Author: Rochelle Sy Chua

美好美 (Mei Hao Mei)
Taipei, Taiwan
via MRT – 南勢角 Nanshijiao

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This place is open only during mornings mainly because they serve only breakfast. And they are famous of it.

First thing I noticed is that they act really really fast! Another thing I noticed is that they are super efficient & they collaborate really well.

Here’s how they work: One takes orders, one cooks, one takes care of packing, one takes care of the bills and one takes care of helping customers on the coffee machine. They are just so fast, friendly, efficient and their food is super good & unique.

While my mom take our orders, I spent time taking pictures of the place. After a short while, the manager approached me and asked why I kept taking pictures of the store. My mom kindly explained that I’m a blogger and I always write about all my experiences & I’m definitely going to write about their restaurant. The manager quickly changed mood and started smiling at me ahhaha. I was scared for a second that time 😛

I honestly love the food! We ordered for take out as my aunt & her friend were still at the house. The food is overly cheap as well! My favorite is their omelette! YUMMY!!!

Here are what we ordered:

• Cafe Latte (30NT)

This is just coffee from their vendo machine.  The guy at the place was kind enough to assist my mom on it 🙂

• Soya Milk (18NT)

Going to Taiwan will not be complete without drinking Soya Milk!  My ever ever favorite drink! 🙂

• Omelette (30NT)

Most unique omelette I have tasted, I think they combined egg with lumpia wrapper so it can hold the egg and bacon inside it.. super yummy I tell you!  I just can’t get enough of it.

• Egg Sandwich (30NT)

The rest of the pictures can be found here.

Kopi Tiam
Benitez Horseshoe Village, Quezon City
(02) 723-5674

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When my friend told me that we’re going to eat at Kopi Tiam, I thought it was Old Chinatown Kopitiam, apparently not hehhe 😛  It’s a different place, owned by the same owners of North Park.

I loved it!  The food is yummy, delicious!  It’s affordable too.  There are lots of parking spaces as well.

The restaurant is good for lunch, dinner and also merienda as they have chinese breads, pastries available and also nice desserts!

Here are what we ordered:

• Fresh Honey Lemonade (Php 78)

Same old lemonade but used honey as sugar… I think I like normal sugar better.  Ofcourse, this still tasted good as it’s not powdered, it’s fresh. 🙂

• Snowy Mais Queso Con Yelo (Php 86)

Normal Mais con yelo w/ a twist… sprinkled with cheese.  Just like how we serve spaghetti, we put a lot of cheese on top.  So this made it different.

• Storm (Php 108)

Kopi Tiam called this dessert its favorite.  They even put “It’s a must”.  So I can see all the people on the other tables ordering it too.  I didn’t order it as I have chosen mais con yelo as my dessert.  My friend said that it’s good.  So I guess I’ll try it the next time I go to this restaurant hehee 😛

• KingDao Salt & Pepper Spareribs (Php 168)

Not spicy, not too fat, cooked just right.  Sometimes when you eat spareribs, you feel like you’re taking the oil as well.  With this, you dont feel it much, so you can enjoy the food.

• Boneless Honey Lemon Chicken (Php 212)

This one is really good.  I still like Lutong Macau’s version better.  I’m sure though that you/other people will definitely like Kopi Tiam’s version better.  I just love chicken skin a lot, not really into meat too much.

• Kopi Tiam Chami (Php 188)

Combination of sotanghon & thin noodles, yummy yummy yummy.  It’s funny though that we ordered noodles instead of rice to go with the other dishes we ordered.  But we just wanted to try their noodles for a change.

SOMS Noodle House
5921 A. Alger Street, Poblacion, Makati City (near Makati Dog & Cat Hospital)
(02) 483-3554

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Had dinner w/ colleagues 2 weeks ago at SOMS Noodle house.  It’s an authentic Thai restaurant where you can dine in or take out.

1st thing I noticed is that there are lots of people dining there even if its outdoors, the chairs are just made of simple plastic.  Not really a place that usual people eat to.

The food is yummy & affordable too, that’s why people kept coming back.

Here are what we ordered:

• Bagoong Fried Rice (Php 85)

What’s a Thai restaurant without bagoong rice?  Rice w/ soy sauce with scrambled eggs chopped, dried mango, meat w/ bagoong.  Nothing special but it’s good.

• Gal Phat Pit (Php 120)

I kinda noticed we ordered 3 chicken dishes hahahaa.  I don’t know why 😛  This is somewhat spicy, I especially love the leaves cooked fried, yumyum!  Chicken basil :P:P

• Thai Tea (Php 40)

Milk Tea put in mineral water bottle, not your usual milk tea.  I can’t seem to figure out what they put in the drink, it’s very sweet.

• Garlic Pepper Beef (Php 120)

Beef is soft, easy to eat.  Not too peppery.  We can choose either beef, pork, chicken or shrimp as the ingredient 🙂

• Red Curry Chicken (Php 120)

More spicy than the green one (see below) but I felt it tasted the same.  It’s just the color that’s different.  It tasted very good though 🙂

We also have the option to choose either beef, chicken, pork or shrimp as the main ingredient.

• Green Curry Chicken (Php 120)

Same w/ the 2 menu items above, we can choose between beef, chicken, pork or shrimp as the ingredient.  I just dont know why we kept ordering chicken hahaha!

• Vegetarian Curry (Php 120)

All the dishes taste the same, it’s just that the ingredients are different.  This time, it’s vegetables hehehehe