Category: Food

Fish & Co.

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On April 14, 2009

Fish & Co.
G/F Streetscape, Shangri-la Plaza Mall, EDSA cor. Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila

(02) 910-2140 to 42

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I love this restaurant. Though it’s a lil bit on the pricey side, I still feel that it’s worth it. I especially like their fish dishes. Serving is okay, food is definitely delicious and it feels healthy too.

Christina & I was craving for this and we decided to have our lunch there. We were so hungry that we ordered a lot! I think more than what we can eat hehehe

Here are what we ordered:

Lime Cola (Php 155)

This is just cola with Lime. The lime’s taste is just too strong for me that I didn’t really enjoy it much. Though I think it taste good, just not to my taste. Christine loved it a lot (she ordered Pink Passion), so we switched.

Pink Passion (Php 155)

My friend ordered this but I liked this better than Lime Cola. We switched orders and we’re both happy with what we’ve got hahaha. I personally love fruit juices/shakes, I guess that explains why I love this better.

This drink is a combination of Pineapple, orange, cranberry, grenadine & honey. A bit on the expensive side but I guess it’s because it’s fresh.

Fish around the World Platter (Php 795)

A new menu & I really liked how they did it. Would you believe we can try out 4 different dishes in 1 order!!!

Combination of 4 different versions of Fish & Chips
Malaysia – topped with sambal sauce. This is the spicy version of Fish & chips. If you like spicy food, you would really love this version.
Philadelphia – this is the closest to the original fish & chips. Its fish has cream cheese in the middle since I’m not fond of cream cheese, I didn’t appreciate it much. But the lemon butter sauce is an excellent choice for a sauce.
Japanese – when you think Japanese, you think of what? Wasabi!! Its fish with wasabi & lemon butter sauce. But what I like about this version is that the fish is just like sushi.. the fish is wrapped like a sushi and it tasted so good.
Indian – If you love curry, you’ll definitely like this. Its fish with curry sauce. very tasty.

My favorite is the Malaysian version, I guess its because I love spicy food. 2nd place – Japanese, 3rd – Indian and last Philadelphia (solely because I don’t like cream cheese).

Calamari (Php 405)

All-time favorite appetizer for all customers of fish & co. hehehe. Serving is also generous. I especially like this with lemon.

UCC Terrace

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On April 13, 2009

UCC Terrace
SM Mall of Asia, SM Central Business Park I, Bay City, Pasay City, Metro Manila
(02) 556-0446

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I’ve always preferred UCC over other coffee shops like Starbucks, etc. I guess it’s because the ambiance in UCC is different over the others. They have more choices too when it comes to drinks and they also serve food.

Me & Christina went to UCC to relax as we were so tired because we shopped the whole day and we’re so thirsty!!!

Here are what we ordered:

UCC Iced Coffee (Php 129)

This is just UCC houseblend coffee in ice. I really like its taste as I feel that it’s not artificial, I can still taste the freshly brewed coffee. I just like the coffee simple, we have the option to put syrup & cream. Simple, easy and yummy.

I especially liked how they prepared the coffee. They brew it in a special container and when it’s done, they pour it in a glass. Here it is in action:

Japanese Macademia Cheesecake (Php 185)

This is like bread that is just put in a plate and designed with a syrup. It tasted good, not too sweet and not too bland. Now, I know what a Japanese Cheesecake is

Banana Irish Cream (Php 169)

This is ordered by Christina. She ordered this because she saw the advertisement in our table recommending the drink.

When our orders arrived and she tasted this drink, she told me she didn’t like it. It was because she felt that banana and coffee wasn’t a good combination after all.

I didn’t taste it since I’m not really fond of blended coffee w/ cream but I’ll take her word for it.

One thing I missed in UCC is their food, I like their curry rice meals. I’ll definitely try this out one time when I have the chance

Recipes by Cafe Metro

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On March 31, 2009

Recipes by Cafe Metro
2/F Trinoma Mall, North Avenue corner EDSA, Quezon City, Metro Manila (02) 901-3686

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Debbie celebrated her birthday with us here. She treated us for dinner then we walked around Trinoma mall & chatted the night away.

We arrived a lil early so we took some pictures first. We ordered right away so the food was just in the table. We were all a bit hungry and decided to eat after 30minutes. The food is not that hot anymore but still very good!

Here are what we ordered:

Gising Gising (Php160)

This is my favorite of them all. I don’t quite understand what vegetable they used in this, but according to a friend, it is baguio beans. So delicious, it’s spicy, very tasty. I love it!

Lechon Kawali with Kangkong (Php205)

This dish is a bit on the okay side. It’s good but not spectacular. I used to eat even the fatty part of the lechon kawali but for this dish, I opted not to eat it as it’s not well done. I also noticed that lechon kawali and kangkong is a good combination!

Spicy Squid (Php168)

I think this is squid with the usual chinese spicy sauce. they took out the head and sliced it in a way that it’s easay to eat. A good appetizer and can also be eaten with rice.

Crispy Tilapia (Php205)

My friend commented that this dish is far better than the one they serve at Abe (see my post in Abe here). I do think that they are different in their own way. This version by Recipe has more fish meat though and I guess a bit more affordable. Nice dish, delicious.

Generals Chicken (Php205)

I used to only appreciate KFC chicken but this chicken is catching up… It’s uberly tasty & delicious! It’s a lil sweet and the chicken is cooked just right… I don’t know how to explain this but I’m loving this dish. Don’t forget to order this when you try out Recipes.

Plain Rice (Php38)

Garlic Rice (Php48)

I didn’t like their garlic rice. they cooked rice with soy sauce & garlic. I think it’s best if they don’t put soy sauce, the taste is just weird.

Beef Stew (Php258)

I like this one too. But the serving is just too small… I think I only ate 1/3 of one piece of this beef stew.. how pathetic it’s delicious pa naman… I guess 7 people can’t really share this… Recipes dishes are just good for 2 pax.

Overall, I think the food has a pretty small serving considering that the price is a bit on the expensive side. But still, I love the taste, yummy!

Around 8:30PM, we noticed that the mall went dark and the restaurant’s lights are also dimmed. Hey they are celebrating Earth Hour too.

More pictures here.

Oody’s Bar & Restaurant

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On March 24, 2009

Oody’s Bar & Restaurant

2nd Level Greenbelt 3, Ayala Center, Makati City, Metro Manila

(02) 757-4259

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We ate at Oody’s for dinner after watching “Unborn”. I’m just happy that we have good food coz we were all really disappointed with the movie. I’ll blog about it soon.

This is my favorite Thai restaurant. All the dishes are just yummy for me. I especially love their pad thai and I’m super duper over the max addicted to their pandan juice. I just wish I know how to prepare one so I can just drink it every single day hehehe.

We ordered the ff.:

Pandan Juice (Php75)

This is the only place I know that serves Pandan Juice. I’ll be overly happy to be drunk with this drink hehehe! I think I was able to drink 4-5 servings of this when we went there. I can drink more actually. I super love it!

Chicken Pandan (Php188)

It’s basically Marinated Chicken wrapped in Pandan Leaves. Specialty of Oodys, pretty good. I really just love all the dishes in this place.

Fried Catfish with Sweet & Sour Sauce (Php230)

Another pretty delicious dish, I just can’t get enough though. There’s only much meat we can eat in a single catfish. It was just fried & cooked perfectly.

Pad Thai (Php240)

Best fried noodles ever. Thai Rice Noodles with tiger shrimps, bread sprouts, egg in tamarind sauce with chopped peanuts. I’m really curious who came up with this recipe as all the ingredients are just perfectly delicious together.

Pandan Rice (Php28)

Just plain rice that was just named pandan rice. I don’t know why.

Chicken Satay (Php138)

their own BBQ version. It’s grilled chicken in curry. Served with peanut sauce. I’m not really fond of curry so this is just okay for me.

Mandarin Wok

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On March 17, 2009

Mandarin Wok
El Pueblo Real De Manila, Julio Vargas corner Ruby Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
(02) 633-6965

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The venue for the Cashflow Game is here. The Php200 per person fee is mostly paid just for the meal and also I guess the meal of the organizers heehhee. It’s wayy worth it though so I’m happy.

Anyway, the food isn’t that impressive… but the service is good, the staff is always ready to serve with a smile… I just hope they’ll improve on their cooking though..

Here are what was mostly ordered:

Mapo Tofu Rice (Php115)

I’m glad I chose this over the other dishes coz it seemed that this is the only dish that is better than the others. It just tasted okay. Nothing special. I think this was cooked like 30minutes ago before it was served to us.. so the sauce dried up a lil.

Sweet & Sour Pork (Ph125)

The one who ordered this told me that it tasted okay. I’m still glad I ordered the mapo tofu though hehehe.

Pan Grilled Porkchop Rice (Php125)

All the people that ordered this didn’t like it at all. I can see it myself. It’s obvious, it was wayyyy too dry…. NOT juicy at all… so I kinda expected the feedback on this dish.

Fish Fillet Congee with Century Egg (Php110)

Looks good and I think it tasted good as well. I asked the people who ordered this and they told me that it’s good, nice & okay. I’m still glad I ordered the mapo tofu hahahaha