Yummy Grubs at Dong Juan

Mozzarella Sticks [Rating: 7/10]

They weren’t bad but I’ve munched on better.

Food is one of the major glues that holds us together. And by “us”, I mean my friends and I. Hehe. That’s why it’s not so unusual that whenever I meet up with friends, we always have food right smack in the middle–a fact that I find delightfully adorable, I tell you. Anyhoo, friends and I just discovered this one yummy place, which has two nice branches; one in Guadalupe  near Mooon Cafe and another at The Persimmon in Mabolo. You might have heard of it. It’s called Dong Juan.

Delightful Dinners and Lovely Luncheons at 10 Dove Street

News about this beautifully quaint place actually reached my gluttonous ears several years ago. In short, I’ve heard of this place from friends before but have never had any occasion to visit it myself until last month. My two delicious visits to this adorable place are, I can safely say, among the highlights of the last month of my 2011… more so when I got a taste of their Pandan Cake after I already had their Yogurt one! How unbelievably yummy is that?!

Now, before I go into the photos of yummy food and beautiful friends, I think it’s only appropriate that I mention some details about this lovely food place.

10 Dove Street, as its name implies, is the actual  address of the restaurant. The complete address is 10 Dove Street, Sto. Nino Village, Banilad, Cebu City Philippines. They serve “four-course” meals of your choice. Basically, you order a soup, a salad, a sandwich(main course), and a slice of cake. But it depends on which sandwich you get though. There are some sandwiches which have accompanying salads, so you’d have to cancel the salad part… which would mean you’d be having a three-course instead of a four-course meal. But that’s all right. You’d still be stuffed. Trust me! And all these delightfully delicious dishes only cost Php190 per person. It’s a veritable glutton’s feast that’s quite reasonably priced in this age of never-ending inflation, methinks. However, that price doesn’t include drinks. So you have to pay for the drinks on top of the Php190. No need to worry though, their drinks are reasonably priced at Php40 to Php50… from what I can remember.

Yummy Fish and Pasta at Fr. Landz

I have been MIA here for quite a while. I could dish out (apparently, I’m still thinking of food… sheesh!) tons of excuses but the short of it is; I got lazy.  Anyways, I have been itching to have dinner with friends for quite a while. And we’ve been planning to have one for months but none of it ever panned out… except for this one time. Yay!

So yes, Yam, Ley, and I had dinner last Wednesday night. I actually took a day off work for this just so we could make it happen. And since the place was only a short walk (from our houses) for the three of us, it was sort of an easy decision. And the place was a tad empty. Let me rephrase that, we were the only ones there. I guess we’re getting bored of the typical mall meet-ups, binge dinners, and noisy high school crowds. Hehe.

And so we decided on Fr. Landz. It’s a teeny tiny place on V. Rama Avenue that serves pizza, a variety of meat dishes, and tons of fettuccine. All right, not really “tons” but a lot, believe me. Actually, they also have penne. The crew was friendly enough. And when I saw their pretty colorful drinks, I was sold! Just check out my aqua blue lemonade.

Aqua Blue Lemonade [Rating: 10/10]

Impromptu Chika-an Dinner

Last Monday,  some friends invited me to an impromptu dinner at Chika-an SM City Cebu. And I, of course, jumped at the chance of spending some time with friends I haven’t seen in a while… not to mention, there are some yummy food involved. I never say “no” to good food.

Poffertjes and Waffle Sundaes at Texas Chicken

A few months ago, some friends and I went on a day trip to Batam, Indonesia via Singapore. A friend and I were already in Singapore almost a month before that trip… for purposes that I am not going to mention here. Hehehe. Suffice it to say that the plan didn’t work out and we went home to Cebu over a month later. Anyway, we were staying with a friend and her hubby while we were in SG. And so when another friend came to visit, it was sort of inevitable that we’d go on a trip for a weekend.  We decided to go on a day tour to one of the neighboring islands. A small island that belongs to the Indonesian archipelago… Batam.

Mandarin Tea Garden at SM City Cebu

One Sunday (months ago), Papa and I were aimlessly walking around SM City Cebu after Sunday service when we discovered that Cebu now has a branch of the famous Mandarin Tea Garden. I was able to sample their food in Davao when I went to that city for a dear friend’s wedding. And I personally thought their menu with those “no pork” signs was quite adorable. Their food wasn’t bad either. I remember I ate so much at that time. And since my Papa loves Chinese food as well, it wasn’t so difficult to convince him to sample their food.

We had…

Mixed Vegetables [Rating: 9/10]

Missing Macaroons

I’ve always had a sweet tooth. If you offer me a hotdog and a cup of chocolate pudding, I’d snatch the pudding without waiting for you to finish the sentence. Hehehe. In fact, back when I was still working in an office (Did I fail to mention that I don’t anymore? ), you would always find me munching some cookie, cake, chocolate, or ice cream every few minutes or so. I’m not kidding! I really did that. And I absolutely love pastries! One of my faves are these coconut and sweet milk cup-sized pieces of heaven… macaroons.

Out with Girlfriends at Savory

We had this dinner last month, a day before New Year’s eve. Hey, at least it wasn’t last year. Wait. It was last year. Hehehe. Anyway, we girls try to see each other every few weeks or so because they tend to miss me if we don’t. All right, we miss each other. Seriously, we like to catch up on what’s happening with each other’s lives every few days or so. The fewer shocking surprises, the better. That’s our motto. Haha. But when we do have shocking, but delightful, surprises, we always would like to celebrate. I think this dinner was one of them. Hehehe. Kidding, Dona.

Now, this restaurant can be found at Robinsons Cybergate Mall. That new building across Chong Hua Hospital and near the old Robinsons Place, if your facing the Fuente Circle. The place looked like any typical family restaurant and the crew was quite accommodating. And when we ordered our food, they didn’t wait for us to get irate before they served it. Haha. They were quite quick actually, which was delightfully surprising. What about the food? Well, it was all right. Most of their food did not really stand out as exceptional, but I remember the fish was really yummy and the malunggay pancit was a new experience.

Now, on to the specifics…

Thai Dinners with my Little Sistah

Last year, my little sister and her little family came to visit us here in Cebu. It was a blast! We visited all the Thai restaurants we could think of. Unfortunately, there were times that I wasn’t able to bring my camera. There were also times I was so busy munching that I barely took any pixies. So all in all, I only have pictures of Lemon Grass and Siam.

Froyo, anyone?

The White Hat [Rating: 10/10]

I love ice cream. I love any and all dairy products, actually. Yes, yes, it’s obvious that I am a fan of food. Moving on. When I first tasted yogurt, I thought it was weird. Well, I was only a little kid. I thought all sour milk is bad milk. But as I was growing up, I grew to love all dairy eatables… even yogurt.