Beer Butt Roast Chicken

It has been my husband's dream to eat beer chicken ever since he saw beer being used to grill/roast chicken on some cooking show.  One trip to Gourdo's a few months back we spotted this Beer Can Chicken Roaster which naturally came home with us.

New Toho Food Center

We had a mini reunion at the New Toho Food Center in Binondo to celebrate my cousin and my aunt's birthdays and my lola's despedida.  It was really nice meeting up with family and seeing people we haven't seen since we were kids.

Our family feasted on several yummy dishes most of which I wasn't able to catch the names.  My favorite were these shrimps...

Cyma

Last May, we celebrated my niece's 2nd birthday with a greek feast at Cyma.  We started with the Cold Pikilia which consisted of all 5 of the cold dips.  

Cold Pikilia P530
Tzatziki - The classic! cucumber, garlic and greek yogurt dip
Melitzanosalata - Freshly roasted eggplant, tomatoes, garlic, fresh lemon and evoo
Hummous - Velvetty chickpea, tahini and garlic dip
Htipiti - Creamed feta cheese, hint of roasted spicy peppers and evoo
Taramosalata - Greek caviar, salted fish roe dip

Canterberry Cafe

The best Fried Tofu (P95) I've ever tasted is served in our friends restaurant in Taytay - Canterberry Cafe.  The crispy tofu pieces are best dunked in their sauce which is slightly sweet, salty and sour.... think crispy pata sauce.  I tried recreating the crispy tofu at home but failed miserably.  He still hasn't spilled their secret to us, well I wouldn't either. 

Lugang Cafe

We had our flu shots last May and decided to celebrate Mothers Day early since my sister in law's family were going out of town for an office teambuilding.  The first thing I noticed when I stepped into Lugang Cafe were the magnificent chandeliers and the lush seating areas.

Beef Khmer Curry

Here's the second installment on the Cambodian spices - Beef Khmer Curry.

Sophie's Mom

Have you noticed this pink and white themed food stall in SM Megamall?  Aren't the pastel colored decorations and trinkets absolutely adorable?  

Chili's

We accompanied my sister on a work errand to Power Plant Mall and we ended up having a really late dinner at Chili's.

We loved the Asian flavor of the Crispy Chicken Salad.  A refreshing deviation from the usual creamy dressings and boring old salads.  Even my sister the picky veggie eater loved this.

Crispy Chicken Salad P270 regular; P460 to share
Crispy chicken breast with mandarin oranges, carrots, water chestnuts, red bell peppers, toasted almonds & crispy rice noodles.  Served with our Mandarin sesame-ginger dressing. 

J.Co Donuts & Coffee

Back in the 90s, my mom used to hand carry boxes of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts from the States.  The only pasalubong I requested for were the sinfully delicious Original Glazed Doughnuts.  I was ecstatic when some genius brought the franchise to Manila.  During its first few months of operations, our ref was almost always stocked with those goodies.

Fast forward to 2012, J.Co Donuts made its way to Manila.  It started in Indonesia and has branches in Malaysia and Singapore.  I didn't need much convincing when my sister suggested we check out their first store in Megamall.

Random Food Bites - May 2012

Instead of preparing several short posts, I compiled several dishes in one article.  Here goes...  

S&R's huge salad can surely satisfy my belly for lunch or dinner.  I like their pizzas, burgers and hotdogs too but I have gravitated towards the salad recently.