Author: Rochelle Sy Chua

After the amazing show in Tribu K Mindanawan Cultural Village, we walked to Riverwalk Grill for our dinner.  We were told that Riverwalk Grill is famous for their exotic foods.  Crocodile was mentioned a couple of times and I was actually thinking yaiks, should I eat?

I was hungry then as I only had noodles for lunch that day.  As we walked through the restaurant, I saw the chef cooking barbeque.  When I got to smell the aroma of the food, I knew right then and there that we would have a nice meal.

Riverwalk Grill is more of an outdoor type of place.  It doesn’t look like a high-class restaurant but hey, it was the food we were looking forward to.  I was excited.  I wondered how a crocodile would taste like!

I wasn’t part of the ones who ordered the food so I was just there to be surprised haha!  Here are the food that were served to us:

• Thai Mango Salad (Php 90)

This dish is a combination of green and semi-ripe mangoes drizzled with vinegar and garnished with onions.  Thai Mango Salad is nothing extraordinary but I actually liked this dish.  The bitterness in the mango was very distinct here, yum! 😀

• Imbao Soup (Php 120)

Imbao soup is actually clam soup.  Here in Riverwalk Grill, the clams they used are the female ones.  The clams are juicier than other types.  This dish was pretty cheap for only Php 120 and it was presented nicely too.

• Croco Spicy (Php 390)

Now, our most awaited dishes were being served.  First up were crocodile dishes.  This one is Crocodile spicy (one of the most popular dishes in Riverwalk Grill).  Honestly, I never imagined that I would actually eat something like this in my lifetime.  I took a bite.  It tasted like chicken but I just kept chewing for a few seconds.  The sauce gave the dish character but I can’t conclude my impression of crocodile yet.

• Croco Sisig (Php 390)

The 2nd exotic dish served was still a crocodile one.  This time cooked like a sisig.  Oh boy, it did look delicious!  After I took a teaspoonful of Croco sisig, I can now conclude that I won’t be eating or craving for crocodile in the future hahaha!  It’s nice that I was able to finally try it though 🙂  Crocodile meat was tough, I felt like eating chewing gum.  I will stick with pork sisig next time 😛

• Ostrich Egg Omelette (Php 500)

Next up were ostrich dishes. Contrary to crocodile meat, I actually liked ostrich a lot, like a lot!  I think I’ve eaten more of ostrich dishes compared to other dishes Riverwalk Grill served us.  I especially liked the Ostrich Egg Omelette.  It was a bit expensive at Php 500 per plate but hey, how often do we get a chance to eat ostrich?

The omelette was cooked with ostrich, several spices and cheese (I think).  It was one of the most ingredient-packed omelette I have eaten.  We also enjoyed taking pictures with the Ostrich Egg hahaha!

• Ostrich Steak (Php 390)

Another favorite of mine is this Ostrich dish cooked as steak.  Surprisingly, it tasted like beef steak and there wasn’t any after taste at all.  Loved it! 🙂

• Beef Kaldereta (Php 216)

• Grilled Chicken Barbeque (Php 66 per stick)

We saw the chefs grilling the chicken earlier.  I knew as soon as the dish landed in our table that it would taste good.  I wasn’t disappointed.  Freshly grilled chicken was definitely a winner!

• Mixed Fruits with Cream

For dessert, we had mixed fruits.  I loved the presentation but I was really thinking why cream was served with the fruits.  I’m not a big fan of cream.  I guess fruits will taste better with cream (like fruit salad right?).

• Mango Float (Php 70)

The name of the dish is quite confusing to me.  Riverwalk Grill’s mango float is actually a mango graham cake.  This freezer-baked cake was topped with cherry which was a nice touch.  I loved the rich flavor of this cake.  I wasn’t able to finish one whole dish as I was too full already with all the dishes that we have tried out.

• Ripe Mango Shake (Php 50)

We all enjoyed our food adventure 🙂  Most of us ate crocodile and ostrich for the 1st time!  What an eventful first night at Davao.  We all ate like a family, passing the dishes to each other and exchanging stories and stuff during our unique meal.

We also took several pictures and this was some of us after our meal.  If you visit Davao, don’t forget to go to Riverwalk Grill and order their crocodile and ostrich dishes.  You won’t regret it.  It’s always nice to be adventurous once in a while 😉

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Riverwalk Grill
MA-A Diversion Road, Davao City (Behind Davao Crocodile Park)
(082) 221-9643

It’s not a secret that I’m a huge fan of Kentucky Fried Chicken or shall we call KFC.  The yummiest chicken in the world is my ultimate comfort food!  Whenever I feel sad or stressed, just one box of KFC hot & crispy chicken can already make my day brighter! 🙂

The past few days, I noticed the newest commercial by KFC.  It seems like they changed their tagline.  I remember KFC as having finger-lickin’ good chicken.  Right now though, they came up with this new ‘so good’ tagline.  Upon watching the TV commercial and thinking about it, KFC So Good does make a lot of sense.

The tagline KFC So Good is simple.  It captures whatever we are feeling. As for me, whenever I get to eat KFC food, I just immediately feel so good! It’s a great feeling and I guess that’s what KFC is all about.

Why is KFC So Good anyways?

• 11 Secret Herbs & Spices

It is definitely the recipe that makes us wanna go back to KFC over and over.  Those eleven secret herbs & spices are just perfect!  I wish we can find out what they are.  I guess it’s going to be KFC’s secret forever hehehe 😛

• Gravy

While I love KFC chicken, I know that even the sauce is addicting!  KFC’s gravy sauce has the right consistency, thickness and taste!  Perfect for Filipino taste buds!  Extremely yummy!  Admittedly, I can’t get enough of it as I use the gravy not just in the chicken but also over rice!

• Fresh Chicken Delivered Daily

I didn’t care much where KFC chicken came from but it was so nice to know that the company does ensure that we get good quality food.  Do you know that KFC doesn’t use frozen chicken?  KFC actually gets daily delivery of chicken.  Now we know that whatever we order is fresh and newly cooked 🙂

• Cooked with Passion with Real Chefs

I always thought that the people cooking the chicken in the KFC kitchen are just normal employees.  I had the shock of my life when we were informed that the ones preparing them are actually chefs (real ones)!!!

KFC chicken are actually breaded with the 11 secret spices by hand and then pressure-fried.  Wow! 😀

Those 4 reasons I mentioned above are definitely the main reasons why KFC is so good.  In connection to the So Good tagline of KFC, the KFC So Good Moments website is now up.

We can share our own So Good moment in the website.  It can be about love, career, family, friends or travel.  Entries can be a photo, a video or a written story.

There’s even an ongoing contest that will run for 3 months.  Every month, KFC will award 15 best stories!

• 3 winners (one from each category) will win GCs for 11 KFC buckets!
• 12 consolation prizes will be given as well in the form of GC worth of Php500.

While we’re at the topic, let me share my personal top 11 so good list.  This can be a good practice for me before I finally submit my official entry in the KFC So Good Moments website 😛

1. KFC is so good.  Their chicken is just unbelievably delicious!  No other chicken comes close.
2. Whenever I reach my goals, whether small or big, is an achievement in itself.  The feeling is definitely so good when we succeed!
3. Letters or notes of appreciation are so good!
4. Being productive is so good 🙂
5. Getting my favorite gadget is so good.
6. Being able to give back is so good!
7. Seeing other people genuinely happy is so good too!  Sometimes, seeing other people very happy makes our heart melt 🙂
8. Writing this blog entry for my favorite fast food restaurant is so good! 😀
9. Being healthy is so good.
10. To be successful is so good.
11. Thinking positive things is so good!

It’s funny that as I write this post, I was eating hot & crispy chicken.  Hahaha!  Talk about coincidence.  I guess KFC is just so good! 😀

As promised in my previous post, sharing with you the food that Microtel Davao serves every morning.  If you’re staying overnight in Microtel, the breakfast buffet is already included in the room rates.  However, if you want to just go there to have breakfast, you can do so by paying Php 200 per person.

It’s pretty cheap for a breakfast buffet right?  The buffet is not spectacular but I believe it’s more than enough to fill our empty tummy 😀

What I liked with Microtel’s breakfast buffet is that they kept it simple (just like what they did with their rooms).  Service was definitely awesome!  The servers were always ready to give their smiles to hungry customers and ready to serve when needed.

I just find it funny that the songs in the background were love songs hehehe 😛

The selection of food was good too!  It was just like our typical filipino breakfast but they do also have breads, cereal and some more stuff.  Let me just share what they have through pictures.  I do apologize in advance if they made you hungry.

Hotdogs, sunny-side up eggs, beef steak & fish.

Plain rice, misua soup, boiled eggs and fish fillet.

Sausage, adobo, breads and puto.

They also serve fresh juice and coffee.  We can also end our meal with fresh fruits.

Breakfast buffet is available at Microtel Davao from 6:30am to 10:00am.  We were there very early as we had a jampacked day.  Thanks again Microtel for the wonderful accommodation & food. 🙂

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Microtel Inn & Suites Davao
6:30AM to 10:00AM
Damosa Gateway Complex, Mamay Road, Lanang, Davao City, Philippines 8000
(02) 233-2333