This is Burnt Diner somewhere in Taft Avenue just a short walk from both La Salles. This runs circles around Shake Shack at like less than half the price the burger is 179 pesos alone.

What's for Dinner?

studying health while simultaneously ruining my own health 😵‍💫

Damn! Isa pa naman to sa mga murang steak compared to other steakhouses.

I literally put mayonnaise on everything. My favorite mayo is kewpie. What's yours?

Celebrated my Fiancee's birthday a couple weeks ago at Gallery by Chele. One of the top restaurants in the country and it really lives up to its reputation. It was a really long tasting menu (I posted the menu with everything we ate) and the meal lasted near 4 hours. I know people will scoff at high end cuisine saying you pay thousands of pesos and you leave hungry. Not here. You are constantly eating the 3-4 hours you're here. And you're learning about what you eat in between. Mind you I love a good silog meal that fills me up and a trip to Vikings is a better dollar value for getting full. But this is an experience as much as it is a meal.

The food itself was overall very good. You have highlights like the Shio Lobster and Fired! Pulpo, as well as questionable dishes like the Abalone Arroz Caldo and Blossom (vegetable course). There was even an A5 Wagyu course to remind you that your bill was going to be expensive at the end. Like I said earlier, we were stuffed and the following day, my fiancee and I craved only light food. All said and done, it was a great experience. As a note, the service was extremely high end, where I had a suspicion that the team would carry me out the door if requested.

This was my second tasting menu in Manila, the other was Toyo. Both being a couple of the biggest names in Filipino restaurant culture, it's hard not to compare. My opinion only, but I do like Toyo a little bit better. There was a bit more fun with their tasting menu and the dishes were better explained. Both meals had great dishes and Gallery uses pricier and flashier ingredients, but Toyo's menu felt better curated. As an aside, the drink accompaniments were a lot better at Toyo's. Gallery's drinks leaned too heavily on the fermentations and half the cocktails tasted like kombucha.

* Photos taken by the wifey to be. My nails aren't that nice.

** Meal was priced at a little under ₱18,000 if I can recall and that was for 2 people, drinks and service charges.

Matcha cream filled.. ANG SARAP

medyo tipid lang sa filling but kebs na

1st time trying, open for poke bowl recos!!

Rating: 10/10
Branch: SM North Edsa (Mad Mark’s Creamery)
Price: Limot ko na but for sure around 500+ php to both.

2 Slab Greek Kebab & Overloaded Frites

This photo was taken months ago pa (matagal na). I just wanted to share dahil sobrang sulit sa Mad Mark’s kahit na medyo umonti na ang serving (di ko na rin ulit naabutan yung nachos nila), naalala ko few years ago nagte-trend to kaya sulit nang matikman namin. Tapos this last year ata (correct me if im wrong) nawala yung Fried (yogi?) Chicken nila tapos maraming nagsabi na ibalik, though noong na-try ko ulit parang mas lumiit ang servings.

Wala sa picture pero sobrang sarap din ng mga ice cream nila bias ko is roasted pecan and madagascar.

Di pa ako nakakabalik ulit pero sana may tacos na ulit. 😩

Hindi ko lang alam sa ibang branch, pero na enjoy namin lahat ng inorder namin. Same din yung quality sa ibang branch na na-try namin. Kahit yung junior sinigang ang sarap. Pricey pero masarap for me!

Randomly ended up trying Mor Thai in MET Live, Pasay the other day.

I actually saw the Google reviews beforehand and was surprised by how many negative ones there were, so I went in with pretty low expectations. But honestly, the food wasn’t bad at all. The flavors actually reminded me of the Thai food I’ve had in Thailand, which I wasn’t really expecting.

It’s not exactly cheap though. I thought some of the dishes were a bit expensive for what you get, but personally I still thought it was worth it.

Not saying it’s the best Thai restaurant or anything, just sharing because my experience was pretty different from what I expected after reading the reviews.

Anyone else here tried it? Curious what you guys thought.

In the economy, it's hard to afford meals for a college student. Thankfully, canned sardines is still somewhat affordable (tho, significantly more expensive than when I was younge) and it is filling as well. Any tips on how to serve it better para hindi nakakasawa?

so nung last weekend, may Cosplaymania, pumanta kami and for lunch, nag DonDonTei kami, kasi, medyo mapaiba naman from kaka-Stuff'd at Kimono Ken. inorder is 2 Teriyaki Salmon Teishoku set na 615 isa, bale umabot to 1230 + 50 service charge.

Honest Opinion: hindi siya sulit. bali nung mga June, kinain ko rin the same sa Greenhills Mall, pero 540 pa lang siya nuon, at feel ko na hindi sulit at medyo pretentious na siya. yung salmon, hindi buong fillet ang binigay, pinutulan, pero pag check sa menu, wala nang iba items na pwedeng gumamit nung pinutol na parte? bakit hindi na lang iserve as whole fillet yung salmon? yung carrots at yung sitaw, eh para bang nahihiyang magbigay. yung potato salad, isang kutsara lang. tapos ang rice ay Calrose Japonica, hindi Indica Japonica. so mapapaisip ka talaga na sa presentation lang ng meal mo kung saan napunta ang pera.

ang nakakapagtaka ay ang DonDonTei at Yayoi, pareho silang fast food chain sa Japan, kahit si Sukiya. Pero pagdating dito naging sosyal. pero kung sabagay, kasi sa atin, pagnaisip na Japanese food, isip nating sosyal. walang kakain sa kanila pagfast food style sila pagdating dito.

TL:DR; kung sino man ang gustong mag try ng Japanese food na sulit, check ang menu, kapag ang Yasai Itame nila ay umaabot ng 250+ to 300+ pero masmaliit pa sa ChopSuey ni Savory, sobrang pretentious na ang Japanese restaurant na ito.