Category: Food Trips

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A Crab Feast

Last Friday night, I had the pleasure of joining a group of food bloggers in a crab feast. Our gracious host, The Red Crab Alimango House – Lucky Chinatown Branch, was more than happy to send us to crab heaven by serving us with not just one nor two but a total of 24 crab dishes for dinner!

It was raining hard outside but that didn’t stop our tummies from having a party complete with unlimited rice, free-flowing drinks and contemporary music played through surround speakers. Yes, seriously. Add to that the good conversations and even better company and we all went home super satisfied.

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What to Cook for Breakfast?

I dunno with you but breakfast doesn’t really excite me. I prefer sleeping for long hours and waking up late, especially if the next day is a weekend. My first meal of the day is usually brunch or lunch. But when I got married, weekends automatically included preparing breakfast for the hubby. I made a deal request with him, though. I told him his brekky would be ready no earlier than 9:00 .am. Glad he accepted!

So far, my breakfast ideas are limited to these combos:

1. different kinds of silogs (for the non-Pinoys out there, it’s basically a fried meat or sausage, garlic fried rice and sunny side-up egg meal)
2. pancakes + fresh milk or juice (I would have liked to add bacon there but it’s freakin’ expensive in this part of the world!)
3. pasta
4. steamed rice or my special Chinese fried rice + leftover viand
5. sandwiches + hot chocolate
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Chic-Boy on Molino Boulevard, Bacoor

Dinner tonight was sponsored by the hubby. We dined at the newly-opened Chic-Boy restaurant housed inside the 678 Commercial Center, a business complex located just a few blocks from where we live. We feasted on Cebu lechon manok and liempo. Food was good. And cheap, too.

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my in-laws at Chic-Boy Bacoor

Since they’ve just opened recently, we expected that the service would be quite awful. We weren’t disappointed. Our orders arrived late, but we liked the fact the crew were apologetic and friendly. They would gladly receive requests for water and rice (they serve unlimited rice there!) and try to deliver them as soon as they could.
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My Binondo Food Trips

Binondo, the oldest Chinatown established in Asia (outside of China, of course) is home to many Chinese tea houses that serve authentic Chinese fares at affordable prices. I’m not saying it only has that because it definitely has more than that. It’s like a time machine that transports people to the olden days when Chinese migrants first settled here in Manila to earn a living and influence the Filipino way of life in more ways than one. But I digress.

As a big fan of Chinese food, I only got to explore Binondo restaurants fairly recently. But more than anything, I think it gives me an advantage because I got introduced to Binondo and its culinary treasures at a time when I’m already earning money. You see, if I didn’t have purchasing power yet, how would I be able to enjoy the delicious Chinese food in Binondo? Haha.

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McDonald’s 24-Hour Delivery

I didn’t know McDonald’s delivered 24/7 until last, last midnight when my siblings and I suddenly had a fast food craving. I liked that they have a flat delivery rate of just P40. We could order as much or as little as we want and never worry if we’d pay high for delivery charge or that our call would be accommodated at all.

Ordering can be done online but my brother D preferred the traditional way. After listing down our order, he dialed the magic number (8-MCDO or 8-6236) and talked to the girl on the other line. After that, we waited for like 30 minutes before the McDonald’s delivery boy showed up on our doorstep with our midnight snack.

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Craving for Chinese Food

I’ve been cooking Chinese fried rice and buying take-out siomai and siopao the past weekends to somehow satisfy my hunger for Chinese food. I dunno but the fusion of flavors found in Chinese cuisine never fails to make my tummy happy. That, or I’m just a glutton in denial. Haha.

The fiancé and I might go to Divisoria tonight to check the layout for our wedding invites. If that pushes through, I would take him to Binondo and treat him to a dinner of Chinese food. Divisoria and Binondo are within close proximity to each other so getting from the former to the latter won’t be a problem at all. Oh, how I miss our Binondo food trips!

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