Restaurant Review: Menya Noodle & Bento Bar

https://www.instagram.com/p/BvqpwPPF4L0/ Address: Food Court, Ground Floor, Promenade, Greenhills Shopping Centre, Greenhills, San Juan City Date visited: January 2019 The Taste 4/5 The soup broth tasted rich. It had a deep pork flavor in it and the black garlic oil plus garlic chips really went well with the ramen and delicate tasty pork slices. The noodles were firm,...

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...

Restaurant Review: Elar’s Lechon

https://www.instagram.com/p/BycesRVnDse/ Address: 151 Quezon Avenue Corner Speaker Perez, Lourdes, Banawe, Quezon City Date bought: June 2019 The Taste 5/5 Elar's Lechon is our favorite Manila-type lechon. The skin is very crispy on the first bite then, it just melts in your mouth. The meat tastes so clean, sweet, juicy and tender. Their lechon sauce (not in...

Restaurant Review: Tai Koo HK Roast

https://www.instagram.com/p/BzAXSihH4Nd/ Address: Fifth Floor, The Podium, ADB Avenue, Ortigas, Mandaluyong City Date visited: March 2019 The Taste 4/5 The char siu pork and soy chicken were tender and both tasted good. The dumpling was a little dry. The soy egg and buchi were just ok. The sauce was sweet and went well with the other items....

Restaurant Review: Shabu Shabu Ichiban

https://www.instagram.com/p/ByKFA6cHjfc/ Address: 780 Banawe Street, Siena, Banawe, Quezon City Date visited: February 2019 The Taste 3/5 The taste of the grilled meat: beef short plate, pork shoulder, chicken, sausage were average. The side dishes were unremarkable. Unfortunately, the grilling time was long. It was probably not be because they were using charcoal for cooking because other restaurants...