A casual dining restaurant is a restaurant that serves moderately-priced food in a casual atmosphere where it provides table service. It is referred to as the market segment between fast food establishments and fine dining restaurants.

Chicken Skewers
Last Tuesday night, I was able to sample Summit Ridge Hotel’s menu for their Summer BBQ nights. It will start today (March 19) and will be available on all Saturdays until May 28 (except for Black Saturday I suppose).
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Here’s the part two of our Robsinson’s Galleria The Veranda Food Tripping. This time, you’ll be reading about Delicious Kitchen by Eat Well and 8 Spices. Delicious Kitchen is a Chinese restaurant while 8 Spices is a Thai restaurant. Continue reading →

Thanks to Robinson’s Galleria for inviting us over to a food tour of the restaurants in The Veranda. Our first stop was Papa John’s where we were able to sample their thin-crust and hand-tossed pizzas. Continue reading →

One calls comfort food as such because this is a kind of food that satisfies you immediately without making any effort. Batchoy is one of my favorite comfort foods, I may not be an Ilonggo but I don’t need to be one to enjoy my Batchoy. If you may ask what batchoy is, it is derived from the Chinese cooking influences – soup made of chicken stock with miki noodles (yellow noodles), pork cracklings, pork meat and innards and vegetables. The original batchoy was traced in La Paz, Iloilo. There are many variations of Batchoy now, Bihon, Sotanghon and even Misua are now being substituted for the original Miki noodles. Even the toppings, Batchoy can be served with chicken or beef instead of pork. Continue reading →

Banoffee Pie, 85 pesos per slice
Finally, Banapple (one of the famous restaurants/cafes in Quezon City) has opened in Makati. They opened a branch in Ayala Triangle Gardens in the last quarter of 2010. Since I’m residing in the south, I do not have to go to either Katipunan or Tomas Morato just to have a bite of the luscious Banoffee pie or any of their cheesecakes. Continue reading →