Category: Restaurants

Club 360

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On January 10, 2010

Club 360
2nd Floor, A. Venue Mall, Makati Avenue, Makati City
(02) 994-9674

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This is my 2nd time at Club 360. The first time I wasn’t able to blog about it because, well I lost the pictures I took there! Anyhow, I was very impressed the 1st time as it stuck in my mind that Club 360 served good food. So when my friend invited me for dinner, I immediately said, “Let’s go to Club 360 at A. Venue Mall.“

The impression you would get from Club 360 when you look at it, you would think that it was a bar rather than a restaurant. Club 360 is obviously projecting a bar/club image. It had a pretty cool red and black themed entrance with circle shape and yes, that caught my attention.

The bar impression you get before you enter? Totally forgotten once you walk past the door. It really is a restaurant more than a club!!

club 360 restaurant

We ordered the following:

Pineapple Fried Rice (Php 180)

I was very disappointed when this was served to us. I ordered this because I saw the picture in the menu where the rice was supposed to be served in pineapple. You think my disappointment evaporated? It continued with the taste of the dish. This dish is just normal.

Spareribs Salt & Pepper (Php 200)

This dish, i remember ordering during my 1st visit at Club 360. It still tasted the same, meat was tender and yummy to eat.

Chinese Kangkong w/ Lechon Kawali (Php 195)

Lechon Kawali w/ Kangkong is definitely a good combination. I love it!

Mascovado Healthy Lemonade (Php 60)

There were three types of lemonade served in Club 360. I’m having a hard time distinguishing the difference. So i ended up asking the servers. I asked, “What is the difference between masconvado, healthy lemonade, lemon mascovado lemonade and honey lemonade?”

Their answers were useless! hahahaha!

They don’t even know themselves. They just gave me ssoooo crazy answers like this is with honey, this is with lemon and this is healthy. LOLz. Crazy.

360 Iced Tea (Php 60)

Mango Sago (Php 90)

The mango sago is like the worst mango sago I have ever eaten!! It’s like watered mango! That’s how I felt the taste was like 🙁

I feel sad that when we visited Club 360, there were few people dining there. To be fair, even in all the other restaurants in the mall, we observed that there aren’t too many people. The location of Club 360 isn’t helping it attract customers either. See, most events and parties are on the first floor. And Club 360? They are on the 2nd floor of the mall where too few visit.

A proof that there were not much people? Three servers were entertaining customers in 1 table. That’s too much customer service, IMHO. I hope their business will do better. Such a waste if they just close down.

More pictures from our dinner here.

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Feng Wei Wei Authentic Taiwanese Cuisine

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On January 2, 2010

Feng Wei Wei Authentic Taiwanese Cuisine
#82 Banawe Street corner Samat Street, SMH, Quezon City, Philippines
(02) 412-5435

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Feng Wei Wei is just a small stall in Banawe, Quezon City but there are always so many people dining. I wondered why. Well I didn’t have a chance to try it until the other day. I’m just so glad I did.

Their place is like a canteen. You can choose from the display which food you want to order. Everything looks sooo yummy. It’s very chinese, the owners are taiwanese and can’t speak tagalog well. They have lots of filipino staff so you don’t have to worry about the language barrier.

canteen feng wei wei

Here are what we ordered:

Broccoli Mushroom (Php 90)

This is Broccoli with Mushrooms. Not fond of mushrooms, I only ate the broccoli. This is simple, healthy & delicious. I believe that broccoli should not have a lot of things cooked with it. So this dish is just good as it is 🙂

Sausage Steam Chicken (Php 100)

I’m not fond of steamed chicken. Whenever I look into one, I always imagine that it would be like raw chicken. Yeeeewww!!! Since we already ordered this, I might as well try one right? Surprisingly good, very tasty but I still can’t get over my initial impression. Oh yeah, I let my friend finish this dish 😛

Adobo Tofu (Php 50)

So what’s my favorite dish from our lunch at Feng Wei Wei? Adobo Tofu! Let me tell you, this dish? You could taste the adobo all over the tofu. It was perfect.

Black Pepper Egg Rice (Php 80)

Do you remember my post about Gate One Cafe Taipei? Now I understand why this dish also has so much pepper. The dish was really meant to be that way. I appreciate this more now. It just proved that Feng Wei Wei really is offering authentic Taiwanese Cuisine. I would know right? I just came from Taiwan for vacation.

Soya Milk (Php 75)

Good enough for two 🙂

Assorted 8 Beans Ice (Php 55)

This is similar to Daifu Noodle House’s famous dessert. While Daifu definitely gives more, Feng Wei Wei’s Wonder Ice is more delicious! I felt like there was gulaman syrup in the ice because I felt I was eating gulaman. But it still tasted good 🙂

Before I forget to mention, Feng Wei Wei is also offering party food. While we were dining there, I heard someone ordered some dishes for Php1,000 per dish. I think it was good for at least 10 people, though I’m not so sure.

I’ve always wanted to try Feng Wei Wei & I’m glad I was able to eat there. You can find the rest of the pictures here.

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Mom & Tina’s Bakery Cafe

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On January 1, 2010

Mom & Tina’s Bakery Cafe
G/F Unit 14 Tropical Palm Plaza, Perea cor. Dela Rosa St., Legaspi Village, Makati City
(02) 840-4299

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I dropped by the office last week though I was on leave. I don’t know why but I guess I missed work? Anyhow, I had quite a great time with colleagues Jo & Miko during dinner. Jo recommended Mom &a Tina’s Bakery Cafe w/c I haven’t heard of before. I’m so glad we went through with it coz the food is good! Wow! I didn’t know that there are still lots of places I haven’t tried to go to.

Mom & Tina’s Bakery Cafe started as a hobby of a mom and daughter, I suppose the daughter’s name is Tina. They put up the cafe to share with us their home-cooked food & freshly baked pastries. The ambiance was pretty cool though. Their decors really exudes the holiday season. I was even wearing green so I kinda helped with the theme. 😛

Roch Mom and Tinas

Here are what we ordered:

Carousel (Php 80)

Carousel meaning I can have any drink if I finished 1 glass. I can’t have all flavors in 1 shot but I can ask for each flavor each time. If you wanna try out all their bottomless drinks in 1 sitting then this is for you. This includes Lemon Iced Tea, Red Iced Tea, Green Iced Tea & Blue Lemonade.

Bottomless Red/Green/Lemon Iced Tea (Php 60)

Well, this is not carousel. So you order just one of those iced tea. For me though, I liked the green iced tea the best 🙂 per glass is at Php 45.

Smoked Salmon Sandwich (Php 275)

You can see the salmon in the sandwich. Looks yummy right? This is smoked salmon w/ lettuce, egg slices, capers, cream cheese & dill sauce. Served with one of the best potato chips I have ever eaten.

Philly Cheesesteak (Php 255)

Grilled rib eye with melted cheese on a bun served with their delicious potato chips. I wish I could just order the potato chips.

Half-Pound Salisbury Steak (Php 265)

This one is very good. The burger was juicy & very meaty. I enjoyed each and every bite of it. It’s grilled sirloin burger pattie served with vegetables, mashed potato and rice. There’s actually a quarter-pounder Salisbury steak (Php 195) but I felt it wouldn’t be enough for me. I was right! Half-pounder is just right for me. You should try this when you go to Mom & Tina’s Bakery Cafe.

Mocha Frosticcino (Php 98)

Toblerone Walnut Torte Cup (Php 90)

This one tasted fresh and good but I was too full already. I tried out just one scoop. There are other Torte Cups available in Mom & Tina’s like White Toblerone (Php 95), Mango (Php 85), Strawberry (Php 100) & Dark Toblerone (Php 95).

Christmas dinner pictures at a new-found restaurant, thanks Jo & Miko! 🙂

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Crustasia Asian Crab & Seafood House

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On January 1, 2010

Crustasia Asian Crab & Seafood House
2nd Floor, Trinoma Mall, North Triangle EDSA, Quezon City
(02) 901-3607

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I’m sooo excited to share with you this meal Christina & I had. The meal was just unforgettable. I wish I can do it everyday. Every dish was just overly delicious. As I write this post, I’m already wishing I can go back to the time that we’re eating hahahaha! Crazy, right? But it was just that delicious! Yummy!!!

I guess there’s really a reason why there was no room available in Red Box Karaoke. We were supposed to have lunch at Red Box, eat and sing our heart out but it didn’t push through. The front desk told us that all rooms were booked. It was a blessing in disguise, coz what happened next was my most unforgettable meal in year 2009! :D:D:D

We decided to order for their crabs as it is Crustasia’s specialty. You know what’s funny? We also ordered shrimps! We were like killing ourselves with cholesterol but hey, it was all worth it. Worth it, worth it.

Here are what we ordered:

Orange & Pomelo Cooler (Php 195)

Combination of orange & pomelo shaked mildly then served with ice. There were actually 3 sizes offered: solo (Php 105), medium & large (Php 345). We ordered medium as it was perfect for Christina & I.

Thai Seafood & Basil Rice in Bamboo (Php 265)

Great presentation! I never thought that this Thai rice was spicy! We were like shocked to the thousandth level after we tried it. We were like red in the face! Crustasia, this is like OVER! Too spicy! We ended up just eating like 4 tablespoonful of this and just finished the other dishes. Don’t get me wrong though, this dish tasted sooo good too! It was just too spicy for our taste.

Buttered Cereal Shrimps (Php 385)

Buttered Cereal is very popular in Singapore. And I’m glad Crustasia brought it to us here in the Philippines. This was made sooo beautifully. We finished this dish first. We were like lil kids enjoying each and every bite haahhaa!

Typhoon Shelter Crab (Php 1,350)

Superstar dish! The server showed us the crab live first, then we had to agree if we wanted it. After a short while, it was served to us cooked. Wow! That’s all I can say. Geez, whatta crab! 😀

Deep-fried cooked with garlic and chilis. Served with a great amount of garlic and some noodles too. This was wayyy delicious, wow, whew! I missed it 🙁

Pancotta Trio (Php125)

Our dessert for the day. The three just tasted the same, it was just that they had different food items put on top of the panna cotta. Peanut brittle, mango and watermelon. Perfect to end such a great meal.

Christina really had to take this shot as I was too depressed that we finished all our food already. This is me pouting my heart out hahaha! I also have to say this, what an expensive meal! Our bill was Php2,500 and we’re just 2 lil ladies! hahaha! Oh well, it was a super yummy experience, super worth it!

pout crustasia

Best meal I had for December 2009, pictures can be found here.

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Figaro Coffee Company

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On December 31, 2009

Figaro Coffee Company
2/F Power Plant Mall, Rockwell Center, Makati City
(02) 756-5024

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After lunch at Cibo, we went straight to Figaro. Coffee, desserts & more conversations happened there. It’s just funny that whenever we meet, it’s always at powerplant mall. The thing is, coffee place is always at Figaro Coffee Company. I figured my friends really love it in Figaro considering there are about 3 more coffee places in the same mall.

Figaro has this homey feeling because of how the place was designed. Wooden doors, wooden chairs & tables, cute little lamps all over the place, it’s very unique. You can really tell that you’re in Figaro. The drinks are kinda same as the other coffee places though. So I guess this really boils down to preference as to where people enjoy to hang out.

Here are what we ordered:

Mocha Frost (Php 125)

White Chocolate Mocha (Php 105)

Cafe Americano (Php 75)

Cheese Muffin (Php 55)

Oatmeal Fudge Bar (Php 55)

Their orange juice & iced tea are some drinks that we should try in Figaro. Especially the Iced tea, which I think is very unique. Another must-have from Figaro is their “my little Oscar” which unfortunately was unavailable at the time. Our Figaro Coffee Experience photos can be found here.

I didn’t notice if Figaro has their own version of the 2010 planner but anyhow, I already have one so that’s okay 🙂

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