Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Yellow Cab, 3 PM Breakfast

Yellow Cab
3 PM Breakfast

It was a rainy Sunday, we all woke up late
and had a light 11 am snacks at home...

It was still raining when we left the house…
past 2 PM and everyone was hungry
for our first real major meal for the day…


We arrived at
Yellow Cab at 3 PM.


Their new breakfast fares
are available all day…


…and we ordered one each
of Salami, Hungarian and Bacon
breakfasts….


My son wanted to eat rice
so I had Bistek Pinoy rice toppings
delivered from Biggs nearby…


It was cold a rainy afternoon.
and a piping hot coffee from Starbucks …


...just beside the restaurant
was perfect for the weather…


Yellow Cab is a haven
for Pizza and Pasta…


The Tomato Soup sourness
is enough to perk you up on a cold day…


The goodness of real tomato
dominates the spaghetti
the way it was supposed to taste…


The Potato wedges
was soft, velvety and tasty…



Mushroom and Pepperoni Pizza
was the best in town…


The breakfast fares
are good enough to be taken
anytime of the day and




Egg and Hungarian Sausage


 
Ham and Egg..

…fortunately, available all day…


both filling and handy to eat
and they all taste great…


No one ate dinner after we went home
as every one was so full

No one craved for anything anymore…


The Yellow Cab breakfast at 3 PM
was the only meal we needed for the day.




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Sunday, July 22, 2012

Pizza Hut, SM City Naga

Pizza Hut
SM City Naga

Pizza Hut has been one of
our favorite restaurants in Naga City
since they opened in early 2000 in Naga Centro…


photo by garzland of SSC Naga


My eldest daughter
even had her 8th Birthday party
in that old restaurant in 2005



They moved to SM City Naga in 2009
and it remained one of our favorite places
to dine in the mall…


Pizza Hut in SM gives you
a good ambiance…



…good food choices…

 
my son Tim having a hard time sifting the menu 

....Creamy and chunky
soup  selections…





...Tasty  Salads…



Wide choices
of rice meals…




...Yummy
Ice Cream concoctions...




…and of course their new
Crunchy- thin crust pizza….


Oooo.. make that
supreme cheese for us...


...and a bottomless
Ice Tea for me...



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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Chef Doy’s, Cereza, Naga City

Chef Doy’s
Cereza,
Magsaysay Ave, Naga City

A classmate commented in one of my entries
that I seem biased against
most of the Filipino restaurants…

see comment on this post:


I beg do disagree.
I love Filipino Cuisine.


I grew up with Filipino food, so I know
how an authentic native dish tastes.
That familiarity, maybe the reason
why I’m harder to please when it comes to our own food.


One should be very cautious
In tinkering the original recipe
as it may make or unmake the chef in doing so…


Fusion Cuisine is where
Chef Doy’s succeeds…


He has perfected the art of combining elements
of different Filipino culinary traditions,


...and comes out with delicious new recipes
but with the familiar but moreimproved taste
that we have gotten used to.


We started with Chicharong Bulaklak na Manok
using chicken innards as appetizer.
The dish was not unique as this could be bought commercially
but the Chef Doy’s type is not the salty nor the spicy kind…


There is barely a hint of salt,
just the pure natural taste the way it is supposed to be……

We all gobbled them up with gusto…


...until it disappeared so fast
that we needed to order another appetizer…


We decided to have “Batangbatang Pusit”
or young squid cooked in olive in spices…


It is a variant of Adobong Pusit  
and it tasted so good that we decided
to reserve it for the main meal.


We thought the dish would be better eaten rice
than just being an appetizer…

We once had a funny dining experience in Athens Greece.
We ordered rice after being given a delicious fish appetizer.
The chef advised us ”it does not go well with rice…”


I retorted that everything goes well with rice for Filipinos.
With a sigh of exasperation, he gladly served us one…

I love Pancit Bato cooked the most natural way-
guisado with nothing but pechay and soy sauce.
No more no less.


 I like what Chef Doy did to Pancit Bato
he cooked it like Pancit Canton to perfection…


We were already full after the Pancit Bato was served
 we thought we could not eat anything anymore…

We were wrong…
the main course was just as fantastic
that would entice you to eat more
even if your tummy is filled to the brim….

The Salmon Belly sa Miso
as delicious and gelatinous…


...the taste was superb and we kept on wondering
that we rarely taste any hint of salt on most of the dishes
which is the common fare among Filipino dishes…


In contrast to most Kare- kare made of slimy oxtail.
Nobody would have realized its crispy version ...


...would be a perfect combination..
Kare- kare was fused with Lechon Kawali…



This dish was a
work of a genius.


We are used to eating Singalay na Tilapia with Pechay…
but Chef Doy’s version of combining it with malunggay
was also witty and unexpectedly perfect...


My kids, especially my son loves fish
but not necessarily malunggay ...


This is a brilliant idea of letting them
eat the kid- dreaded vegetable by fusing it
with something more edible…


The fish was so good that everything
 disappeared in a jiffy...



...other dishes were also consumed
up to the last morsel of food...


The desserts were also glorious-
the lanka in turon was gelatinous
and with just enough sweetnes


 ...and the Pili- topped
 leche flan was heavenly…


Chef Doy’s definitely is
      ...a must visit…
              …must eat place…
                …and must not be missed ...
by Naguenos


or by anyone
visiting Naga.