Restaurant Review: Icebergs

https://www.instagram.com/p/B11EU6yHUAv/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B11ErU7HZfL/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B11FO49HGXz/ Address: Landsdale Arcade, Timog Avenue, Paligsahan, Quezon City Date visited: January 2019 The Taste 5/5 Their version of sisig is one of our favorites. We think they got the textures and taste right: there were crunchy, chewy, livery and tender parts combined with a good soy sauce-based flavor and white onion bits. Adding...

Restaurant Review: Provenciano Restaurant

https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Q78tInckH/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Q8P_enozM/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Q8kVMHyyx/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Q82vkHvm3/ Address: 110 Maginhawa Street, Teachers Village, Quezon City Date visited: February 2019 The Taste 4/5 The laing dish (taro leaves in coconut cream with pork and chili) was delicious. It was creamy and the leaves had the right texture to them. The pork pieces added the right amount of fat and meat...

Restaurant Review: Gumbo

https://www.instagram.com/p/BzeyUS0n5k8/ Address: Third Floor, Robinsons Magnolia, New Manila, Quezon City Date visited: March 2019 The Taste 3/5 Their seafood jambalaya tasted good but the texture of the seafood meat seemed overcooked. The mussels were dry, the shrimp too firm and the calamari were a little rubbery but the saving grace was really the taste of the...

Restaurant Review: Lula’s House of Kare-Kare

https://www.instagram.com/p/BwhGAhklNVJ/ Address: 8 Pres. Roxas Corner Major Dizon Street, Industrial Valley, Marikina City Date visited: December 2018 The Taste 4/5 The "Original Lula's House of Kare-kare" tasted good. Kare-kare is a stew of thick peanut sauce and is accompanied by bagoong alamang (fermented shrimp paste). The meat and vegetables tasted really clean which is not so...

Restaurant Review: Mangan

https://www.instagram.com/p/BywxL1Iney3/ https://www.instagram.com/p/Byww9cYnXxK/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BywwtoXnv27/ Address: Ground Floor, Pedro Gil Wing, Robinsons Place Manila, Ermita, Manila Date visited: April 2019 The Taste 4/5 The pork sisig was good while the adobo tasted more like asado than adobo. The mango salad and sinigang na bangus (milkfish in sour guava soup) were just ok. The gising-gising was the best tasting...