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DEL MONTE Original

SHAKEY'S

MAX'S

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Recently, I took a membership at newly opened ANYTIME FITNESS in the Antipolo Vista Mall complex. The mall is located on the slope of Mille Luce Hill which has a commanding view of Antipolo and beyond. The gym is on the upper floor while a COFFEE PROJECT is right beneath on the ground floor. I go to the gym early mornings and spend an hour and a half burning calories. After my workout, I am always tempted to drop by the coffee shop for a cup of their piping hot brewed Joe and a banana topped muffin while wiling my time reading their complimentary daily newspaper. Now, I am just wondering where this habit puts my calorie intake. "...Hmmmm... baka parang eleksyon lang ito na may DAGDAG BAWAS..."

Just finished my Cold Chicken Sandwich, made from a two day old left over chicken breast from Max's. Bread was a 2 day old small baguette from Rustans with tomato slices,, romaine lettuce, and slathered with mayo. Very good and satisfying. I only ate half of the baguette and still have the other half of the sandwich in my fridge for later. Hahaha

Tinolang Manok with Green Papaya, Talbos na dahon ng Sili.

For me, the freshness of all the ingredients hold the key to the Kare Kare. However, the quality of the sauce holds it all together. The sauce should not be pre-seasoned with salt or patis. Just the pureness and cleanness of the beef broth will give its flavour essence plus of course the right toasted ground peanuts and the grainy texture of the toasted mixed malagkit/japonica pestle pounded rice. The icing on the kare kare sauce is the sauteed binagoongan-quality alamang bagoong. Luckily, I find ABE's and its sister restaurants kare kare, closest to this taste.

Egg sandwich with mayo

1. Egg with Mayo on Tasty Sandwich

2. Cheese Pimiento on Tasty Sandwich

3. Liver Spread with Mayo Sandwich

4. Flying Saucer with Kesong Puti Sandwich

5. Of course, the old reliable Lily Peanut Butter with Matamis na Bao on Pan de Leche.

6. At pag wala ng palaman. Hot Pan de Sal with loads of melting Anchor Butter.

My childhood favorite meriendas or recess baon sa school.

The Classic SAVORY in Antipolo Vista Mall had closed. The HAP CHAN Poblacion Branch had down sized and shortened their business hours.

PEKING GARDEN still serves the best Peking Duck dinner in the city. On the same floor of the mall, there is also a KIMPURA Restaurant. These two restaurants are reminders of the best in Chinese and Japanese cuisine in Manila in the 70's. These two restaurants evokes a lot of memories, from birthdays to anniversary to reunions for my family.

I wonder what happened to LA PETIT CAMILLE? One of the better local restaurant that served Vietnamese cuisine with a french flair. Their food was better than the run of the mill Vietnamese chain restaurant PHO BAO.

san ba ok sa little tokyo makati?

For me SERYNA never fails to deliver for that kind of class.

Larry J. Cruz (LJC) coffee shops like the Cafe Adriatico, Cafe Havana, etc and the Cafe Breton are your distinctive coffee shops and not your cookie cutter variety,

Last night I had the chance to drop by at OOMA Japanese Restaurant in ROCKWELL. They are not located inside the Power Plant Mall but they are in the ARUGA Apartment/Hotel Complex. I've read good reviews about them. I would consider it as a Casual Dining restaurant. The prices and food servings are very reasonable. However, for a Japanese restaurant that caters to the SUSHI market, it has more FLAIR than substance in its sushi creation than making it just FRESH and SIMPLE. I understand the appeal it may have to the Filipino palate but I would consider it more for the Food Truck Sushi foodie than the TSUKIJI Market, Tokyo Fine Sushi Bars class connoisseur with emphasis on freshness and subtle simplicity.

Food- 7.0/10 heavily made up sushi

Price- 9.0/10 plentiful and reasonably priced

Ambience- 7.0/10 casual dining atmosphere

Service-8.0/10 fast and courteous

Presentation-7.0/10 okay but plating can be better

Overall-8.0/10 It's still worth the trip and experience.

Power Plant Mall @ ROCKWELL, specially late afternoons or early evenings during weekends. Live jazz band or piano music. Not very crowded and upscale too. You can have a great time watching the world go by.

Best vikings branch?

VIKINGS NIU at SM AURA Taguig. VIKINGS also owns FOUR SEASONS. The Standard VIKINGS at MOA I guess is their biggest outlet. Their new concept Eat & Drink All You Can Food Court, The ALLEY @ UP Town Centre.

Is it true that THE ALLEY is also a part of the VIKINGS GROUP?

The Alley @ UP Town Center

Masarap po ba dito sa ALLEY. Very unique ang concept nila.

The Alley @ UP Town Center

The ALLEY

Eat & Drink I heard about this but never tried it yet. All You Can FOOD COURT. Very unique concept. Okay ho ba ang food? At P666++ on weekdays & P888++ weekends sounds reasonable.

For the availability, price, taste, consistent mix, clean and sanitary preparation, I go for CHOW KING or MANG INASAL.

7-UP. Uncola at walang sabit na after taste. Mahirap lang mahanap sa mga restaurant.

SPRITE- May after taste sa akin.