My Manila Life
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
Vikings MOA
Just like spiral, Viking's buffet has a wide spread of different dishes. It's a combination of western, european, chinese, korean, filipino, Italian & japanese. There's also unlimited drinks (sodas, juices, shakes, beer, tea, coffee). With all the rave & everything we just had to try it. Expect a long waiting line when you get there. Overall, food was average. They do need to improve customer service especially the one in the reception area, man talk about major miscommunication skills ^^. If you don't want to wait make sure you make reservations before going because the place is always jam packed.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Boon Tong Kee MOA
BFF's night out again....as usual, we had to go around the city deciding where to eat. After an hour of driving around we ended up at MOA. Again another dilemna, with all the restaurants around us, where do we eat ^^...then we passed by Boon Tong Kee, we decided to try it out. Since it's a singaporean franchise the first that you would think of is Hainanese chicken & the ever delicious chicken rice. There were 2 kinds of chicken on the menu, their signature boiled chicken & the roasted one. We tried the boiled chicken & it's quite good. The chicken rice lacks flavor though & the serving size was small, plating was unique though, rice was served shaped like a pyramid... As for the other dishes we ordered, we find them all quite satisfying, especially the soup, the combination of eggs & spinach give it a subtle flavor. Overall, we left the place full & satisfied. Next dilemna, where to drink coffee ^^.
Deep Fried Stuffed Fritters (sauce is really a killer- wasabi w/ mayo)
Braised Peanuts
Signature Boiled Chicken
Poached Chinese Spinach w/ Assorted Eggs
Coffee Pork Ribs
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Yabu House of Katsu MOA
We actually discovered this restaurant at Robinson's Magnolia but the place is always full it's hard to get seats. We visited the place twice but we had to retreat, we're too hungry to wait. But then alas, their branch in MOA opened, we just had to try it. It's always been a notion to us, if it's always full then the food must be really good. We were not disapointed afterall, it was really good. We ordered the set katsus which was served with miso soup, refillable cabbage salad (you need to mix a special dressing which I really liked), unlimited rice, & fruits. We're going back next time, still have a lot to try from their menu ^^. By the way, the place is really cool, nice interior ^^.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Bulgogi Brothers MOA
We've always been curious about korean dishes so we decided to try it out. Located at MOA (mall of asia) this is Bulgogi Brother's third branch. The place was nice, cozy ambiance. They serve complimentary appetizers which were really good. Sweet potato, sweet corn, kimchi, preserved radish & cucumber, & salad with kimchi. They're refillable by the way. Hubby doesn't like grilling because that smell is going to be like your perfume for the rest of the night hehehe. We ordered bulgogi, chicken & seafood bibimbap. It's basically a combination of the meat, vegetables, egg & rice. You need to mix everything up so you'll get different flavors when you eat it. Just be careful when you mix the red spicy stuff that comes with it. Mix it little by little until it suits your taste because it's literally hot. If you don't mind smelling like a bbq, it's recommended to try grilling. They're quite famous for their very tender beefs & steaks.
House Tea
Appetizer
Bibimbap
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Mann Hann & Mannang
Everytime we would attempt to eat here, we would always retreat beacause of the long line of waiting customers, well that's how it is in MOA. It's actually 2 restaurants combined serving chinese dishes ( Mann Hann) & Filipino dishes (Mannang). But then, we always have this notion if it's always full then the food must be good. So we decided to eat dinner a bit earlier. Should had done that a long time ago hehehe. We ordered kalderetang kambing which hubby really liked. Cha Mi noodles & adobong pusit. Price was reasonable, food was good...but you'll have to wait for at least half an hour before food comes. Just don't know with the other branches, but this is one problem they should address. Don't eat here if you're too hungry otherwise you'll get a migraine from waiting hehehe ^^
Cha Mi Noodles
Adobong Pusit with Blank Ink
Kalderetang Kambing (goat meat)
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Uno Pizzeria
Uno Pizzeria, located at the bayside area of MOA is more of a drinking spot offering good pizzas & pastas. Hubby is not really a big fan of Italian dishes but unexpectedly, he actually liked the food. What we got was like a set menu where there's pasta, pizza, chicken & iced tea. I really liked the roasted chicken, with all the herbs & the works. Anyway, if you want to eat with the lights on, go there before 9pm, after that time to change to drinking mode, lights out.
Forgot the flavor of this pizza, but it was good ^^
Classic Carbonara, never fails you ^^
The roasted chicken I was talking about ^^
Iced Tea ^^
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Yanagi Japanese Restaurant
Yanagi Restaurant is located at the 2nd flor of Midas Hotel in Roxas Blvd. We've been hearing about the buffet so we gave it a try. First thing that came into my mind when I saw the buffet table, very limited selection. They offer several kinds of makis, sushis & salmon sashimi. There's fresh salad with 2 dressings to choose from, & tempura (you need to order them) which were served straight from the kitchen, pretty good idea since you can eat the tempura while it's still hot & crunchy. Generally, food was ok. We really liked the makis because they used japanese rice. Oh, almost forgot the sukiyaki, which was good, beef was very tender. There's unli coffee & tea as well.
What I don't like, You're only given 2 hrs to eat. When time's up, everyone gets out & another batch comes in. Too slow with bringing out refills so line was really long. Place was pretty cramped up so it was really very stressful.
What I don't like, You're only given 2 hrs to eat. When time's up, everyone gets out & another batch comes in. Too slow with bringing out refills so line was really long. Place was pretty cramped up so it was really very stressful.
This is generally how your plate looks like after standing in line for so long
In fairness it's one of the best makis I ever tasted
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