Category Archives: Restaurant Reviews

Dinner at King’s Dumpling

There were so many dining options to choose from at The One but  finally we chose King’s Dumpling. King’s Dumpling is a popular restaurant chain from Shenzhen where they have many branches. They offer Taiwanese food just like Crytal Jade and many others. It seems Taiwanese food is popping up in Hong Kong and ManilaContinue reading “Dinner at King’s Dumpling”

Dinner at Miso Cool

We discovered this ramen restaurant last October in K11 mall in Tsim Sha Tsui and it’s now one of our favorite places for affordable and delicious ramen. This is my mom’s favorite ramen. It had different varieties of fresh mushroom and the broth was a little milky. The bowl of ramen was healthy and vegetarianContinue reading “Dinner at Miso Cool”

Dim Sum at Hak Ka Hut

I love dim sum. I think I can eat dim sum in Hong Kong everyday. I’ve eaten at Hak Ka Hut before and I loved their version of Hainanese chicken which they call baked chicken w/ savory sauce. It’s salted chicken and very, very flavorful. The vermicelli or bihon pictured above was quite dry butContinue reading “Dim Sum at Hak Ka Hut”

Xia Fei Shanghainese

I’m going to interrupt my blog entries of US restaurants with a series of new restaurants I tried in Hong Kong on my trip last October.During the Christmas holiday season a lot of Filipinos flock to Hong Kong for a quick vacation. Just 1.5 hours by air from Manila, the weather in Hong Kong isContinue reading “Xia Fei Shanghainese”

Jin Fong & Original Chinatown Ice Cream Factory

It was our last day in New York and what better way to say goodbye than to have dim sum in Chinatown. My cousin Virgil picked us up from our hotel in Times Square and brought us to Jin Fong for dim sum brunch. I was surprised how big the place was. I bet it’sContinue reading “Jin Fong & Original Chinatown Ice Cream Factory”

Dinner at Cafe Sabarsky

Before leaving Virginia I made sure all reservations were made for the restaurants we were going to eat at in New York. I looked through The Amateur Gourmet’s list of where to eat and New York and chose from there.  There were several restaurants in his list that I wanted to try but I couldn’tContinue reading “Dinner at Cafe Sabarsky”

Christmas party catered by Choi Garden

Last night I attended a Christmas party at a friend’s house. The food was catered by Choi Garden, my favorite Chinese restaurant in Manila.  I didn’t even know they did catering. That’s 10 Peking ducks in the picture. They did the cooking and prep work in the basketball court above the house’s kitchen. The foodContinue reading “Christmas party catered by Choi Garden”

MĂ¡ PĂªche and Momofuku Milk Bar

One of my goals in New York was to eat at David Chang’s Momofuku Ko but after trying to reserve at all his four restaurants I only found success at MĂ¡ PĂªche. My cousins gave me free reign to choose all the restaurants I wanted to eat at in New York.  Our first lunch wasContinue reading “MĂ¡ PĂªche and Momofuku Milk Bar”

Dinner at Joe’s Shanghai

Hello New York!!!! I was so excited to be finally in the city that never sleeps. We only had 2 nights and 2 days to eat as much as we can. We weren’t even planning to do any sightseeing or shopping. It was all about the food baby! After the four hour drive from DC,Continue reading “Dinner at Joe’s Shanghai”