A Quick Bite at Clucky's

First off, I'm not a die hard fan of Korean fried chicken.  I think I've only tried this type of chicken twice unless you count the ones I have prepared at home using McCormick Korean Fried Chicken Recipe Mixes.  I was staying at Medical City with my uncle and by the time I went down for dinner the foodcourt was closed.  I crossed over to the Rockwell Business Center and scouted the restaurants.  Clucky's looked like an upbeat quick service restaurant so I went in (although my uncle told me to take my time, I didn't want him to be alone too long)  

I went straight to the counter but I couldn't decide right away.  In the end I figured I should try the chicken since that seemed to be their specialty.  I asked for the Tenders Meal with 3 pieces and requested for 2 pieces of the soy garlic and just one of the spicy.

Tenders Meal P109/2pcs; P149/3pcs
breast strips, corn salad, rice and 12 oz soda/iced tea

Chatime Eats

I was at my parents place last week and we just wanted to stay in for dinner.  We were thinking of having food delivered but our top picks weren't available or would take more than an hour for the food to arrive.  Dad was getting hungry already so I was open to just getting anything from the fastfood joints downstairs.  Good thing my sister suggested that we check out the food offerings at the newly opened Chatime branch a few blocks away.  

Mom & Tina's

We've stopped by Mom and Tina's maybe about a handful of times for their Mango Walnut Torte and Toblerone Walnut Torte to bring to parties.  We've been dying to sample their food and actually dined there last week.

The U.S. Beef Tapa was just heavenly.  A must order for bacon lovers.   

U. S. Beef Tapa P225

Crispy strips of marinated beef served with egg, garlic rice and achara. It's an all new way to enjoy tapa!

Mad Mark's

In the past months/years the Kapitolyo area has developed into a busy food lovers paradise.  My family who lives just a short drive away has already dined in most of the establishments here.  Rub and Three Sisters are the only restaurants I've tried in the vicinity.  We met up for dinner one Sunday night and were lucky enought to find a parking slot near Mad Mark's which specializes in man sandwiches, steaks and homemade ice cream.

All of their sandwiches come in two sizes, just sandwich and man sandwich except for "THE" Man Sandwich.

"THE" Man Sandwich P290
For meat lovers, grilled chicken, angus beef, fresh mushrooms, melted mozzarella cheese

Another Food Trip at Il Mercanti

Aside from accessibility and free parking, we keep coming back to Metrowalk's Il Mercanti Food Bazaar for the food of course.  I was intrigued by the AlaBang Salpicao of Panggo's Grill which is actually Alaminos Bangus cooked like salpicao.  It was so fragrant and a great substitute for beef.  This is something I would definitely go back for but I would request for a milder version with less peppers.  

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.

Carmencita's Pasta Boulivar

We visited Metrowalk's Il Mercanti on a Friday night and settled on pizza and pasta from Carmencita's Pasta Boulivar.  Each pasta order comes with bread and a pizza roll or chicken fingers.

I had the Tuna Pasta which was very creamy and a bit spicy.  I totally regret getting the Pizza Roll which was very oily.  Each bite squeezed out so much oil that we just couldn't force ourselves to finish it.

Hubby enjoyed his sweet Baked Macaroni and the Chicken Fingers were way better than the pizza roll.

The Supreme Pizza was ok.  We had it heated but it wasn't as crispy as the slice I took home.

If we ever go back to this food bazaar, I shall definitely try something else.

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IL MERCANTI FOOD BAZAAR

Metrowalk Parking Area

Meralco Avenue

Ortigas Center 

Pasig City

Night Food Bazaar 

Thursday to Saturday 

7pm to 4am

Morning Market 

Saturday to Sunday 

6am to 2pm

Please take note of their new schedule: 

Friday and Saturday 

5PM to 3AM

Bugsy's Bar & Bistro

Ever since I stumbled upon DCF's post on the Unbelievably Good P595 Steak, I've been lusting over it.  I place Bugsy's on my list of must try restaurants and it moved up to the front of the pack when I snagged a Groupon deal for food and drinks at Bugsy's for half the price.

Il Mercanti Food Bazaar

We stumbled upon this food bazaar at Metrowalk a few weeks ago.  We made a quick survey of the food stalls and went with the not so healthy choices (I'm sure my mom is shaking her head if she is reading this).

The Crispy Sisig with Rice was very crunchy and the sauces were very rich.  It was sooo good but I shall never order this again.  It felt like a heart attack waiting to happen.  There is rice underneath all that and some cucumber slices.

Meatless Friday at Tiendesitas

We have been trying our best to abstain from meat on Fridays for this Lenten season.  Last week, we had McDonalds' Fillet o Fish sandwich for lunch and were already hungry even before our usual 7pm dinner time.  We found ourselves at Tiendesitas and ended up ordering from Claire Dela Fuente Barbeque and Grill.

Racks El Pueblo

Aside from my niece's Glee themed birthday bash, I also attended a baptism/1st birthday celebration at Racks El Pueblo last weekend.

Feast your eyes on this!

RUB Ribs & BBQ

I've been hearing and reading great reviews of this new place that serves affordable ribs in Quezon City.  We're rarely in that area so we were pretty excited when it opened a branch in Kapitolyo.  We checked out their Pasig branch last month.

Three Sisters

I have the habit of browsing through the whole menu before deciding on what to eat but at Three Sisters I already know what I want even before I step through these doors.

It's comforting how the pork bbq has remained the same throughout the years-soft, flavorful and very filling.  I prefer dipping the pork in vinegar instead of the peanuty sauce.  The java rice and atchara are perfect companions too.  

Domino's Pizza

I grew up in a compound where most of our neighbors were our relatives.  Most summers and weekends were spent with my cousins in each others houses, swimming in 21, playing kickball or dodge ball in the basketball court or plaza or playing other street games which I don't know how to translate in English.  Brownouts were an adventure. We all converged together in number 6 and scared ourselves to death sharing ghost stories or playing cards via candlelight.

We chanced upon the Domino's pizza branch near tiendesitas and it made me reminisce about the good old instant pizza parties at the plaza.  We would bring out our plastic tables and chairs.  The kids could stay out way past curfew because the adults were there too.