Food Trip
A Pre-Valentine Lunch @ Madecca
The girls just wanted to annoy the boys about Valentines date, and as usual asking for a free lunch. =)
The boys ended up of having no choice but to agree and there we go, a pre-valentine lunch out with office buddies. Since everyone just wanted to have a light and quick meal to avoid over breaks, we just dined at Madeca at the 5th level of Podium Mall.
Madeca offers a Filipino-Mexican food like sisig and lechon kawali burrito or sisig and lechon kawali soft taco, just to name a few. They also offer Mexikanin or their rice meals.
We ordered different foods so that we can share and try each of it.
For starters, we ordered chicken chicharon. It is a deep-fried chicken skin. It tasted good, but the boys preferred those bought at the streets. =)
The sisig soft taco, is yummy, the taco is soft by its name describes it. The sisig filling is also good; there are few crunchy and chewy.
The Lechon kawali soft taco and salpicao soft taco are both good too. The meat filling is tender. All Soft taco comes into 2 pieces with salsa and cream cheese dip; it also includes few pieces of tortilla. The tortilla is thin and crisp.
The sisig burrito and lechon kawali burrito is just the same with the soft taco, except that burrito of course comes with a rice. This is much heavy to eat than the soft taco. The same with the soft taco, it also paired with salsa and cream cheese dip and with tortilla.
The Mexikanin are their rice meals. It is also the same filling put in the soft taco and burrito, the rice has a little Mexican taste which I liked. The serving is big.
Salpicao Mexikanin
Sisig Mexikanin
The dalandan juice, at first tasted good then I realized it is carbonated just like a soda fruit drink that you can buy at the supermarket. I liked the how it was served, it is placed on mojito jar with a colorful paper straw.
For the dessert for the girls only, we ordered banana fritters. No photo of it because we just take it out and eat at the office. These are fried bananas sprinkled with cinnamon and topped with vanilla ice cream with caramel syrup. It has only 8 pieces of small bananas, just enough to take away the “umay” taste of the foods that we’ve eaten.
Madeca has a fast food service format. You order your food and pay at the counter and wait to be served at your table.
Overall, I liked the foods at Madecca are good, and prices are affordable.
We thought of eating a light lunch but we ended up of super busog and heavy feeling.
For the other branches, you may visit their website www.madeca.ph
Happy eating. =)
The so called luxury buffet restaurant, Vikings
It’s my second time to dine at Vikings, Megamall branch, and this time I am with my family. The first time I ate here, it was my office mate’s birthday. Since it is my second time, I made the reservations two weeks ago and I chose the dining area at the back of the beverage station.
When dining at Vikings, it is better to make a reservation at least two (2) weeks before your target date of dining. Many people eats at Vikings, Megamall branch even on weekdays.
I remembered, we tried dining at Vikings on a lunch time on Monday, I did not make any reservation for I thought it is a lean day, to my surprise, there are many people (walk-ins) on queue , so we decided to just eat to other restaurant. So better to call Vikings first and make your reservations.
We were already there before Vikings opened. There were already lots of people on queue both walk – ins and with reservations. A separate queuing number were given to walk-in customers and to those who have reservations.
Yes, Vikings is fair enough to accommodate also those without reservations.
We availed the birthday promo treat of Vikings since it is the birthday of my hubby. If you will dine on the day of your birthday, the celebrant is free provided that he/she has at least one (1) accompanying adult. And if you will dine on any day of your birthday month, the celebrant is free of charge as long as is accompanied with four (4) full paying adults.
Vikings has a nice dining area especially at the back of the beverage station, so better choose that place when you are planning to make reservations.
It is more spacious compared to those seats near the Japanese foods (on the left side when you are facing the entrance) and those seats near the grilling station.
seats near the grilling station.
Vikings has a lot of foods to offer, from Asian, European and American.
Filipino dish, lechon kawali, sisig and paella rice
pasta with white sauce
They have the salad station, the carving station. I like the roast beef, it is tender.
For the Asian food, they have Chinese foods which dimsums that I like best.
Chinese foods
Craving station on the left most side and shabu shabu station.
There are different dimsum that you can choose from. There are pork and beef siomai, hakao, and beancurd. They also have yangchow rice, stir fried vegetables, and others.
Yangchow rice, fried dumpling, pork siomai and hakao. it was so yummi!!
For the Japanese food, they have also different types of maki, there are shrimp tempura, which I think is one of every person’s favorite. It ran out fast, you just have to wait for awhile to have it refilled.
Vikings is also known for its grilling station. You can choose from their seafoods selection and even meat. You just have to choose what to grill and the waiter will serve it to your table.
They also have Italian food station, where you can even make your own pasta. It has also different bread types, mini pretzels, croissant, oat meal bread (which I like).
Vikings have a great selection of desserts and beverages. You can choose from cakes, pastries, panacotta, crème brulee, ice cream, and crepes.
crepe station
panacotta and crème brulee
They have also kiddie plates with matching kiddie spoon and fork.
For their beverage station,
You can choose from any brands of soft drinks, draft beer and even Tiger beer (in can), Milo, this is so yummy, it is not the usual Milo that we make at home, coffee which you can make your own cappuccino, sago and gulaman, fruit shakes, different flavors of Winnings Tea, (blueberry lemonade, iced tea, four seasons, lemon with mint, lemon with tanglad, and others that I forgot, And what I liked most? The Wintermelon!! It is super yummy.
You can also make your own milk tea, an instruction guide is provided.
You can also ask for Twinings or Harney and Sons tea bags, which I preferred to take it at home very discreetly.
I super like their beverage station that I even stand there and taste a little of almost everything. 😉
Since this is my second time, I can say that I have tasted almost everything.
If you are celebrating your birthday, you will be greeted and sang with a very happy song and a cake will be given as complimentary.
I enjoyed dining at Vikings. I may not have tried all the dishes, but I can say that that all foods that I ate were all good. The dining experience is exciting. The value of money spent was worth it.
Tim Ho Wan
Tim Ho Wan, Megamall Branch just recently opened last May 2014. Since it opened, there is always a long queue. I got curious what’s with this restaurant and what do they offer why people are patiently waiting on long queue. I also watched on one of the documentary shows on television which featured Tim Ho Wan that this restaurant originated from Hong Kong, and the cooks were chefs from Hong Kong. I just don’t know if the Hong Kong chefs will stay in the country to prepare the food at Tim Ho Wan, or they were just invited.
And so I tried Tim Ho Wan. When we went to Tim Ho Wan it was already passed 12 noon, and there is a long queue. Seats were provided to customers while on queue and a copy of the menu is also provided so you can choose what to order while waiting. Upon falling in line, we were asked for how many seats. We patiently waited and we did not wait for a long time to be seated. However, they will not allow your group to be seated if you were not complete yet, they will let the group next to you to be seated first until that your group is complete.
An order sheet and a pencil is given to your table, for you to place your orders.
It took 15-20 minutes when our orders were served.
We tried the famous Baked Bun with Barbecue Pork at P145.00 (3 pcs), it was served hot, it was a little crunchy yet the bread is soft and fluffy (like mammon) and it has a delicious bbq pork filling.
Prawn Dumpling @ P160.00 (4pcs), Pork Dumpling with shrimp @P150.00 (4pcs) (sorry I wasn’t able to took a photo of it.)
I so loved the dumplings, it is so yummy, the wrapper is soft and the meat is also tender.
We also ordered rice with beef and fried egg @180.00. It is a beef rice topping similar to tapsilog. This was served really hot, that we cannot eat it right away upon serving, =) beef is tasty and tender.
For the place, Pardon me that I cannot comment on it since we were seated outside. Yes, the seat given to us was outside the restaurant. I cannot choose anymore and wait any longer coz I am hungry. =)
If you haven’t tried Tim Ho Wan, and craves for authentic taste of Chinese foods in the Metro go and try it for yourself, don’t worry about the long queues coz it’s definitely worth waiting.
TIM HO WAN MANILA Ground Floor, SM Mega Fashion Hall, SM Megamall
Facebook: Tim Ho Wan Website: http://www.timhowan.com/
Loleng’s Hutieu-an – the famous Vietnamese Carinderia in Morong Bataan
After the exhausting and tiring sightseeing, we dined at Loleng’s Hutieu-an (Vietnames Foods), the famous Vietnamese carinderia in Morong, Bataan.
I learned this famous Vietnamese Carinderia from one of the local tv shows. The owner used to work at the Philippine Refugee Processing Center (PRPC); from where the owner learned how to cook the Vietnamese noodle soup, which up to now, Loleng’s Hutieu-an carinderia is continuously satisfying its customers with Vietnamese noodles and banhmi.
Banhmi is a Vietnamese sandwich with ham, a little of tomatoes, lettuce and cucumber which costs 25.00 The banhmi tastes good and we liked it which ended up on ordering again.
Hutieu, is a Vietnamese savory noodle soup with rice noodles which costs 50.00 for the small size. It is like a chicken mami noodle soup.
We also ordered Bun-cha-gio, it is a spring roll with noodles paired with vinegar which also costs 50.00.
We also ordered their palabok which also costs P50.00, sorry wasn’t able to take a photo of it.
Going to the place is quiet difficult, especially us who are first timers but thanks to waze that we found the place. But Loneg’s carinderia is popular in the place, you can ask the locals and ride a tricycle and you will be brought there.
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