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Thursday, February 8, 2018

Shawarma Shack: Bang For The Buck Shawarma Meal

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Shawarma nowadays popped everywhere and most of them have a unique way to offer. Shawarma Shack is the first and original buy one take one Shawarma meal in the metro and I was invited to try it out on their branch in FirstStrip, Mendiola.

The crew and staff welcomed me with a warm greeting. I wanted to try all of the food in their menu list but their Chicken Shawarma were already sold out by the time I arrived in their shop. So they gave me their Beef Shawarma Wrap and Beef Shawarma Rice meal instead.

Beef Shawarma Wrap (Regular: 69php; Large: 89php) - Beef shawarma served with pita bread cucumber, tomatoes, onions and three sauces of your choice (garlic mayonnaise, cheese sauce and hot sauce). You could easily tell that the beef was pure (it was also flavorful) and not made with extender. The pita was soft perfectly cooked the way I wanted and the other toppings complemented well with the beef (props to their cheese, which is a cube stick HAHA)

Beef Shawarma Wrap

Beef Shawarma Rice (70php) - Beef shawarma served with cucumber, tomatoes, onions and three sauces of your choice (garlic mayonnaise, cheese sauce and hot sauce). If you are an adventurous type of person like me, it's best to eat it with the three sauces available (it has the right balance of sweet, spicy and salty). I liked that their rice was saute with garlic giving you that extra uhmp when eating the meal.

Beef Shawarma Rice

Overall, I really enjoyed eating both their Shawarma wrap and Shawarma rice and would definitely come back to try out their Chicken wrap and rice meal. I personally think that their shawarma wrap has a similar taste (even better for me) with the leading Shawarma brand right now and the best part was you could buy not one but two Shawarma wrap at a very affordable price.

Bang for the buck meal!

With the pretty owner of Shawarma Shack. :)

Shawarma Shack

FirstStrip Mendiola

Monday - Saturday: 9AM - 9PM

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

lechon kawali

Wooden Spoon: Elevating the filipino food we love to eat

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Wooden Spoon is a filipino restaurant located at the basement level or Powerplant Mall in Makati. The restaurant is owned by the Daza family and they have their own take on our favorite filipino food. The ambiance reminds you of the old traditional Filipino houses. We ordered dinuguan bagnet, lechon kawali, sitaw sa gata, dinakdagan sa lechon and garlic rice.

Dinuguan bagnet (245php) - the recipe came from Ilocos norte and what made this dinuguan special is that they have maintained the crunchiness of the Bagnet event though it was already dipped in dugo. A truly must-try order for Wooden Spoon.

Dinuguan

Lechon kawali (265php) - this is one of every Filipino's favorite dish. To make it more unique, they add three different dips (vinegar, mayo with pesto-ish taste and sarsa sauce) for you to enjoy the lechon kawali.

Lechon Kawali

Dinakdak na lechon (265php) - A combination of kilawin flavor of dinakdakan and the crunchy lechon kawali. Both of them really complemented and taste good.

Dinakdak na lechon

Sitaw na Gata (150php) - A combination of squash, string beans simmered in coconut milk then topped with toasted young anchiovies. This is the first time that I've tried that anchiovies was put instead of shrimp or pork and it perfectly blends well with the coconut milk and squash.

Sitaw na Gata

Garlic rice (140php) - White rice seasoned and stir fried then garnished with chopped spring onions and toasted garlic. One of the best garlic rice I've ever tasted.

Garlic rice

We enjoyed dining in this filipino restaurant. Nora Daza and Chef Sandy Daza really did a great job of elevating the Filipino food that we always love to eat.

My officemates while we had our sumptuous lunch at Wooden Spoon.

Powerplant Mall

Lower Ground Floor, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell, Makati City

11AM - 9PM

Friday, March 10, 2017

Yakitori

Eat Fresh: Affordable Hongkong street food

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Eat fresh is a restaurant located in San Juan City that caters Hongkong street food at a very affordable price. My family always eat at this restaurant whenever they are craving for a good authentic chinese food. After a long day at work my friends decided to eat here and ordered special fried rice, Yakitori, Beef tendon in bowl, Lemon chicken, chicken feet and Salt and pepper squid.

Special Fried Rice - 95php - if you are a fan of yang chow rice, the taste of their rice is almost the same if not more tasteful on the other chinese restaurants.

Special Fried Rice

Yakitori - 120php for two sticks - this has been one of the best yakitori that I've ever tasted considering the price is not that expensive. You can really taste their sauce on the bacon and asparagus.

Yakitori

Chicken feet - 65php - this is a must order for me whenever I am eating on a Chinese restaurant. Their version of chicken feet is soft and juicy and has a bit of spice on it.

Chicken feet

Lemon chicken - 210php - friend boneless chicken dipped on their special lemon sauce. It has a sweet and sour taste that you're taste buds will definitely enjoy.

Lemon chicken

Salt and Pepper squid - 210php - the combination of the salt and pepper with a little bit of chili works. You may need to pair it with a good fried rice to satisfy your hunger. The squid is not bland and is easy to chew.

Salt and Pepper Squid

Beef Tendon - 300php - this has got to be the highlight food of our night. Those soft, flavorful and mouthwatering tendon is really good that you must also watch out your blood pressure since it has high cholesterol on it. A very sinful yet delicious food indeed.

Beef tendon

Another best seller on their restaurant was their version of Laksa, which was not available when we dined there. Eat Fresh Hongkong restaurant is the perfect spot whenever you are craving for a good comfort Chinese food.

Eat Fresh

691 Jose Abad Santos Street, Little Baguio, San Juan City

9AM - 12MN