Food Trippings

Alaska King Crab Paella, 1,400 pesos

Tapella is one of the newest restaurants in Greenbelt. With its name, you would probably think that they serve tapas and paella. I was able to try it with my family. Continue reading →

Hermanos Deli Bar is a new deli bar situated at the Ortigas Home Depot Complex. The deli bar just opened last February and had a food tasting event with the bloggers. Basically, Hermanos offers pica-pica dishes for wine or beer drinking. What differentiates this deli bar from others is that they give a different approach on familiar Spanish and Filipino pica-pica dishes. So for example, instead of using the normal ‘tapas’ they would substitute it with Vigan Longanisa. They currently have 13 dishes under the Tapas de Kastinoy (uniquely Filipino with a Spanish Twist) and 12 Pica-Pica dishes. And because this is a bar, they offer alcoholic beverages such as red and white wines, local and imported beers and many more. Continue reading →

Chicken and Spinach Lasagna, PhP 125 per order

We tried Mom and Tina’s Bakery Cafe at Perea St. in Makati. Upon entering the restaurant, it is like you’re in a whole new environment, from urban to country-style and homey one. Looking at the menu, Mom and Tina’s has a lot of items to choose from. Continue reading →

Paella

Prior to dining at Pizza Hut Bistro, I was already intrigued by how’s the menu offering different from the regular Pizza Hut. Upon entering the restaurant at Gateway, I was impressed with the ambiance. The restaurant has a set of mood lights and much larger tables covered with cloth. On top of a table is a vase with an anthurium which made me think of funerals. Continue reading →

Cucina, as the name itself implies, is a Spanish word however we also have that term ( it’s spelled in Filipino as kusina) which means kitchen. Probably the branding is for us to know that their cuisine is a mixture of Spanish and Filipino. It is located at the Food Choices in Glorietta 4.

We decided to have the promo meals: 2 viands + rice. I chose eggplant seafood tortilla ( in other words, it’s tortang talong with seafood filling) and lengua with mushroom sauce. The torta was half of the whole tortang talong. I can taste the seafood though I am just not sure what type of seafood was in it. It was ok, it was nothing really extraordinary about it. On the other hand, the lengua with mushroom sauce was also ok.

Overall rating of the food: hmm 3/5 stars. I could recommend this for people who would like to eat Spanish-Filipino food who are on the tight budget. Their promo meals are priced as Php 129.00 ( 2 viands+ rice) and Php 149.00 ( 2 viands+ rice+ drink). As for the proportion of the food,it was fulfilling .