If you’ve been following my European Vacation posts on this blog you must think we are the most boring diners since almost all of our meals in Spain include paella. That’s because we love paella and we’ve been obsessed looking for the BEST paella. This was our last paella in Spain and thank goodness itContinue reading “Barcelona: Best Paella at Sta Maria Del Mar Bar – Restaurant”
Category Archives: Restaurant Reviews
Barcelona: Dinner at La Fonda Del Port Olimpic
Before parting with with our tour guide Marta we asked her for her restaurant recommendation at the Olympic Marina. She suggested La Fonda Del Port Olimpic so that’s where we went. It was a short walk from my cousins’ hotel. The Olympic Village is a young neighbourhood which offers visitors a whole host of possibilitiesContinue reading “Barcelona: Dinner at La Fonda Del Port Olimpic”
Around Barcelona, Xurreria, La Manual Alpargatera
Our day tour of Barcelona booked with Barcelona Day Tours and led by the fountain of knowledge named Marta took us to Montserrat, Park Güell and ended with a drive around famous places around Barcelona. We opt not to go to Sagrada Familia since we were going there on our own the next day. We passedContinue reading “Around Barcelona, Xurreria, La Manual Alpargatera”
Dinner at Maimee’s Garden Cafe
Last week I received a text from my friend Deb who invited me and my US based cousin, Stanley for dinner with some of his HS classmates. Since it was in a restaurant that was very near my house I quickly said yes. But then I hardly turn down dinner invitations – far or near. IContinue reading “Dinner at Maimee’s Garden Cafe”
Barcelona: Buffet at Moncho’s
Our group in Barcelona had grown to 21 less 2 who couldn’t join us for dinner. Sha thought a buffet dinner would be more efficient for such a big group and Moncho’s was suggested by a local tour guide. I wasn’t expecting much from a buffet and I was right. The food wasn’t very goodContinue reading “Barcelona: Buffet at Moncho’s”
Lunch at Wildflour Cafe + Bakery
For me bread is the reason why Inquirer calls Wildflour Cafe + Bakery the hottest restaurant in Manila. It was indeed hard to make a reservation even for a 1:00 pm lunch on a weekday. Luckily they took pity on our group and we got in. Located at the ground floor of the modern andContinue reading “Lunch at Wildflour Cafe + Bakery”
San Sebastian: Gran Bar La Espiga and Rojo Y Negro
Goodbye San Sebastian! These were our last meals in the city that topped the poll as the greatest gastronomic destination in the world. San Sebastian beat out Tokyo, Sydney and Paris for the top spot for foodies and I agree 100%! From Michelin 3 Star restaurants to pintxos bars the food never failed to amazeContinue reading “San Sebastian: Gran Bar La Espiga and Rojo Y Negro”
San Sebastian: 3 Star Lunch at Akelaŕe
As of 2012 there are five Michelin 3 star restaurants in Spain and three of them are in San Sebastian, AkelaÅ•e, Arzak and Martin Berasategui. Due to several reasons we chose to dine at AkelaÅ•e. We actually made a reservation there even before making hotel reservations and buying plane tickets like in my case. We wish we could haveContinue reading “San Sebastian: 3 Star Lunch at AkelaÅ•e”
Dinner at Beso Cucina Vinoteka
Last June I went to Europe specifically to Spain, Italy and France. The trip which I’ve started to chronicle here  made me realize which cuisine I liked best based on the food I ate in those countries. In order of best to least it’s Spanish, French and last is Italian. Since I’ve been back I’veContinue reading “Dinner at Beso Cucina Vinoteka”
Bilbao: Lunch at Bistró Guggenheim
When we planned for our trip around Spain we decided to rent a car from Madrid’s airport then drive to San Sebastian then to Barcelona. We could have ridden the train but cost wise renting a car was cheaper and more importantly we were able to take a detour to Bilbao just to see theContinue reading “Bilbao: Lunch at Bistró Guggenheim”
Shoot First Eat Later 