Category Archives: Restaurant Reviews

Lunch at Old Vine Grille, Eastwood Mall

I love getting together with my college buddies. I just wish we could see each other more often than just when we treat each other for our birthdays.It was Rizette’s turn to treat us and she chose the Old Vine in Eastwood Mall. I haven’t eaten there and it was my first time to goContinue reading “Lunch at Old Vine Grille, Eastwood Mall”

Dinner at Kao-Chi Restaurant

Ok enough of the diet food. I still eat out but much less and I bring my pocket scale with me. My cousin Benjie and his daughter Li-An were home for a vacation and Rochelle and I wanted to treat them to dinner.My cousin lives in Taipei and he was the one who picked usContinue reading “Dinner at Kao-Chi Restaurant”

Dinner at Apartment 1B Gourmet Comfort Food

Our friend Tisay treated us for her birthday at Apartment 1B in Makati.Apartment 1B has been around for at least 5 years and it’s one of the restaurants that serves consistently good food. In a very fickle restaurant market being open this long with a relatively unchanged menu is a big feat. It was aContinue reading “Dinner at Apartment 1B Gourmet Comfort Food”

Lunch at Tosca, Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong

If you’ve been following this blog then you will know that I was in Hong Kong last April and I was on a diet. I wasn’t planning on eating out at all but when our friends invited us to try out an Italian restaurant in the newest and tallest hotel in the world how canContinue reading “Lunch at Tosca, Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong”

Dinner at Tourné by Chef Sandralyn Hataway

It was Jin’s turn to treat us after our first dinner at Myron’s. A discount coupon and my need to find a restaurant that served healthy food brought us to Tourné at The Fort Strip.Tourné was the first restaurant you will see when you enter the parking lot of The Fort Strip. If you wantContinue reading “Dinner at Tourné by Chef Sandralyn Hataway”

Batanes Day 3 Part 3 – Marlboro Country, Imnajbu, Dinner at Pension Ivatan

My favorite place in Batanes was Racuh a Payaman, more commonly known as Marlboro Country. As soon as we walked on top of the wide and flat hill top I wanted to run around with my arms spread out and sing, “The hills are alive…..” Marlboro Country Of course nobody wanted to hear me singContinue reading “Batanes Day 3 Part 3 – Marlboro Country, Imnajbu, Dinner at Pension Ivatan”

Batanes Day 3 Part 2 – Lunch at Fundacion Pacita

If you are going to Batanes and money is no object then the only place to stay is at Fundacion Pacita. We walked around the area before going to the actual nature lodge. The landscaping was top notch. Even the office was picture perfect and so quaint. These are the statues of the parents ofContinue reading “Batanes Day 3 Part 2 – Lunch at Fundacion Pacita”

Lunch at Mana-ish and More!

Last April Rochelle celebrated her birthday and she wanted to treat us for lunch. She knew I just started my diet so she emailed me a magazine scan of a list of good restaurants and told me to choose where we will eat. Isn’t she so thoughtful?I diligently googled each restaurant in the list andContinue reading “Lunch at Mana-ish and More!”