Tag: food

John and Yoko

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On November 22, 2009

John and Yoko
2/F Greenbelt 5, Legaspi St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, Metro Manila
(02) 729-8698

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Yesterday, I met up with Christina. It is such a rare occasion for me to go and eat at Greenbelt 5. I’m so used to eat at Greenbelt 2 and 3. So sometimes I feel that whenever I go to Greenbelt 5, I’m always at a loss as to where to eat.

Anyway, so yesterday, we opted for John and Yoko. It was because I kept raving that their wagyu rice is soooooooo delicious! Definitely, this is a must try!

There wasn’t too many people dining because it was early evening when we entered. Would you believe that after an hour, the place started to fill up? Certainly, nice business for John and Yoko despite the expensive price of their dishes.

Here are what we ordered:

Tofu Cheese Melt (Php 178)

To be honest, I was hesitant to try this. I didn’t dare touch the food until we finished all the other dishes. hahahah!! I don’t know why, it was just that I felt that cheese with tofu doesn’t blend well.

When I finally tried it, I was pleasantly surprised. Tofu felt like it was wrapped in melted cheese. And wow! It was spicy!

If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile now, then you know how much i love tofu! This is simply one of the most unique Tofu dishes I’ve sampled. This is very good food and I recommend you do try this!

Wagyu Rice (Php 299)

I tried this before and I just can’t help but order this again. It is just consistently good! Our favorite Wagyu beef combined into our rice w/ common fried rice ingredients such as onions, eggs & soy sauce. I wish I could cook fried rice this good.

Bacon Wrapped Dory (Php 238)

From all the dishes that we ordered, this is my favorite. This is Fish with Bacon and wow!!! It was yummy!!! I don’t even know how to describe this dish but all i can say is that it was delicious. Every John and Yoko customer should at least try this on their next visit to the restaurant.

One other thing that I noticed in John & Yoko is the outfit of their female servers. They were wearing such short skirts that most guys (even girls) can’t help but notice. I know it is a strategy but I really hope that they don’t push them to wear something so short. The girls are pretty aloof as well.

The male servers, I found to be more friendly & service-oriented.

More pictures from our dinner here.

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Thousand Cranes Shabu-Shabu

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On November 15, 2009

Thousand Cranes Shabu-Shabu
2/F Greenbelt 3 Legaspi St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, Metro Manila
(02) 729-8640

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The only shabu-shabu place I know is located at Greenbelt 3. It has great ambiance. Even if you’re eating something hot, you won’t feel uncomfortable.

Service though is a bit blah coz there were only 4 staff that day. So there was only 1 manning the kitchen, 1 manning outside area, 1 manning the inner area & 1 manning the counter. How could they serve customers with over 15 tables & they were undermanned? tsk tsk!

Before our order arrived, the staff helped setup the cooking area and ingredients for sauce. I lovvveeeeeee sate sauce.

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For those who don’t know how to cook, no worries!!! It’s easy! You just need to put the ingredients on the boiling soup, wait for a few minutes for it to be cooked and then you’re good 🙂

Here are what we ordered:

Shrimp & Meat Shabu-Shabu (Php 570)

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With Shrimp & Meat Set, you could choose chicken, fat beef or porkloin as your meat. We have chosen porkloin. By the way, you need to be attentive when you start putting your shrimp and meat in. To cook shrimp and meat, don’t let it stay more than a minute in the soup.

All Balls Set (Php 400)

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Different kinds of balls in this order: shrimp balls, squid balls, meat balls, even crab sticks! 🙂 If you just want pure & simple shabu shabu meal, then this is for you.

Fresh Buko Juice (Php 70)

I still prefer Shabu-Shabu places that offer eat all you can. I think those are more affordable and we have more control as to what we’ll eat. For me, I would have preferred more porkloin and more shrimps!

And also, there will be less waste for those ingredients that we don’t like (or eat).

More pictures here.

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Graund Launch of C2 Classic Cuisine in Greenhills

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On November 14, 2009

C2 Classic Cuisine
18 Missouri Street, Northeast Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines
(02) 723-2347

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I attended the Grand Launch of C2 Classic Cuisine earlier this past week. We were served different dishes which we can sample and critique. I said critique because most of us invited are from media. They didn’t disappoint. The food is good & well-presented.

Though I was late, they still served food to newcomers. I wasn’t able to taste the other menu items because I was 2 hours late! Good thing, they had backups so I was able to sample some of their dishes. 🙂

The ff. menu items were served to us:

Turon Ala Mode (Php 145)

This is a popular dessert in the Philippines. This is banana cooked spring-roll style with langka sauce on top. Served with vanilla ice cream.

I love it! The size is just right and you can just taste each & every ingredient. Perfect combination & a nice twist done by C2 Classic Cuisine on the dish.

Seared Tilapia in Coconut Emulsion (Php 450)

I like this dish. Tilapia fillet fried into perfection and served with pineapple salsa in creamy coconut sauce. I especially love that they put crunchy potato into the dish. The presentation was great! It really made the dish exciting & not boring.

Tinolang Binakol (Php 285)

This caught my attention right away because I’ve never seen soup served in a coconut shell before. It’s nice that they had a porcelain container beside this dish, as the coconut shell will not be enough of a container to put the dish in.

Anyway, Tinolang Binakol is tender chicken cutlets in ginger-coconut soup served with sayote and coconut strips. Honestly, I wasn’t able to taste any coconut strip but the coconut was still in the coconut shell hehehe 😛 Maybe they weren’t just able to carve the coconut because of time constraint. Still, I believe this was a nice concept. I was hoping they had put in more chicken though. .

Guinataang Puso ng Saging (Php 210)

This was another great presentation! This was spicy banana heart in coconut cream sauce wrapped in lettuce leaves.

The way each dish was presented and how unique each dish was, you could really see the effort they put in each and every dish that they serve. I love it!

Garlic Rice (Php 75)

This is what I really love about C2 Classic Cuisine. Theirs is not the usual Filipino restaurant that we have in Manila. The food is delicious. It has this contemporary twist to it. And more importantly: the price is just right. I will definitely try this out again.

Rest of the pictures here.