NUEZCA CAFE EXPERIENCE

#latepost
Ok. So I have been Lazy :) and I haven't posted all of my foodie escapades 2013
because of the ff. Reasons:

1. I'm Lazy

2. I just felt it was not appropriate to post foodie adventures during the Typhoon Yolanda Tragedy.

3. I was just plain Lazy 

and Amasareeee hehe.. I'll try to post everything today from all of my backlogs ^_^ 

So let me start off with my foodie adventure in one of my fave foodtrip place: Maginhawa St. ^_^ 

NUEZCA CAFE EXPERIENCE: 

Nuezca Cafe' is a family-run restaurant that offers Healthy and Natural dishes fresh from their own farms located at San Felipe, Zambales where they raise naturally grown Poultry and livestock. For very reasonable prices, we provide meats bred using traditional farming methods and fed naturally, without chemicals for the savvy consumers looking for the healthiest diet. And the Nuezca Cafe' kitchen promises the use of ZERO MSG in their kitchen to preserve the natural taste of our dishes and promote a healthy lifestyle. - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nuezca-Cafe/

I've always been intrigued by the restaurant's facade, they have a nice outdoor and indoor dining area, The Outdoor dining area is perfect for romantic dinner dates <3.  Its just too bad I was not able to snap a few shots because it was raining really hard that day. 

I don't know about you, but anything that says NO MSG is always a cool thing for me. :) Plus the fact that everything here is "ORGANIC" is for me something worth trying. 

Since this would be my first time to try this resto, I asked for the specialties.. 

Le Menu

Seafood Gising Gising

A MUST TRY! 

Organic Pork: Lechon Kawali

 Its was soooo tender and at the same time its soooo crispy. I needed to post another picture because it's that good! :) 

Organic Rice

Love em Chilies! yummers!

Organic Leche Flan 

fell short of my expectation.. its was just OK. The flan was a bit overcooked? It was not smooth and creamy like how I want my leche flan to be.

53 Maginhawa street corner 

Mahusay Street UP Village Quezon City

0917 822 3414

Joining the Bandwagon ~Bitstrips

KANTO FREESTYLE BREAKFAST: Gourmet Breakfast at the Kanto?

Yep! Gourmet Breakfast at the Kanto! That's what I had for brekky today. It's not your typical carinderia because they serve Affordable Gourmet Breakfast available 24/7.  I'm talking about  KANTO FREESTYLE BREAKFAST  in Mandaluyong City. 

When we got to the place at around 6:00 AM, there were a lot of customers dining in, mostly from BPOs and people from the area. The place have 5 tables when we got there but additional tables were set up when a few more people came.

KANTO FREESTYLE BREAKFAST

MENU

Php 80.00 - Php 90.00 for  Kanto Boy Breakfast

and you can even get creative with your order! ADD BACON TO EVERYTHING! ^_^

This I would definitely do when I go back to this place!

KANTO BOY BREAKFAST: BATANGAS BEEF TAPA

Served with 2 scrambled eggs, Garlic rice and Tomato Pesto - Minus the Pesto, the server said they are out of pesto for the tomatoes. Yummeh! ^_^

I asked the server what the best seller would be and she said its this one and it didn't disappoint me ^_^

KANTO BOY BREAKFAST: PAMPANGA TOCINO

Served with 2 scrambled eggs, Garlic rice and Tomato Pesto - Minus the Pesto, the server said they are out of pesto for the tomatoes. Delish! ^_^

TUYO FLAKES WITH KESONG PUTI

I love this! Really good for brekky.. I wanna try this with Pasta! ^_^

COFFEE

FLUFFY PANCAKE TOPPED WITH OREO COOKIE BUTTER

I thought it has "Speculoos" Cookie butter then sprinkled with OREO cookie bits but no, this one is different the chef made his own cookie butter using Oreo, interesting ^_^ 

Oh my Gee It Me! ^_^ Bon Appetit

Street Dining at its best, Check out the sign at the background lols :)

Too Bad when we got there they didn't have Chocnut Champorado Topped with Tuyo. I would definitely like to go back here and try everything with BACON! >:) 



Kanto Freestyle Breakfast
San Joaquin St.. Mandaluyong City

4002268

Tagaytay Road Trip: Dinner at Pamana

Road Trips wouldn't be complete without food trips, especially if you're going to Tagaytay where there are a lot of places to get your foodie on! (What?! ;-) I just had to say that! haha..)

It was a little late when we got to Tagaytay and it was really cold and we got cravings for Bulalo and a friend suggested we try out Pamana. 

When we got to the place it has this homey feel. It's just like eating at home with the whole family. I like how the place exudes that vibe. It's like getting your own homey dining table at this restaurant. 

PAMANA

Pamana's  Concept is fine dining Filipino restaurant that serves heirloom recipes handed down from generation to generation. 

Menu Cover

A Gigantic Bowl of Nilagang Bulalo

Free Soup Refill

I love that you can ask the server to reheat your bulalo when it gets cold or he can add steaming Bulalo Soup in your bowl. ^_^ 

Sizzling Pork Sisig 

It was just OK

Crispy Tawilis

it was OK, I'm not a fan of this one and I still cant get over how my friends just ate the whole thing from head to the tail.They said it was good. It paired well with the Nilagang Bulalo.

Pamana's Three Way Adobo

3 kinds of Adobo: Native adobo spareribs, Adobo Flakes and Chicken adobong puti, all in one plate!

You couldnt go wrong with adobo. ^_^ I love the Adobo Flakes!

Your own "homey" dining table in Tagaytay

Ongpauco's Wall

Chef Happy Ongpauco-Tiu conceptualized this restaurant.

I want to have this too at our home but more of my vain pics though.. 

hihi..; ) 

Unfortunately, we were so full that we're not able to get any desserts. And that's a good excuse to go back to Pamana! :) Till my next visit. 

Pamana Restaurant

Aguinaldo HighwayTagaytay City, Cavite(046) 413-1885

Craving for Kare Kare and I found PINO Resto Bar

I remembered posting in FB that I was craving for Kare Kare and a friend replied that I should try Pino Resto Bar's Kare Kareng Bagnet, and the rest... is in this blog! ;-)

Went to Pino Resto Bar for dinner with a couple of girlfriends, when we got in the place, it was packed since it was a Sunday. The waiter asked us if we could just wait at PIPINO which is vegetarian heaven resto just above the PINO Resto Bar. The Servers were really courteous and accommodating + points for PINO. 

PINO RESTO BAR in Malingap St. 

 The Menu

I love this artsy fartsy wall 

Taro Chips

while waiting 

Kansi

Kansi is an Ilonggo dish, it's a cross between Bulalo and Sinigang.

Sinigang na Bulalo?! hehe.. ;-)

A must try! 

Malunggay pesto on top of the bone marrow

Appetizing Appetizer

It could be a meal itself!

Tempura Oysters and Pearls

Oyster fried with wasabi tempura batter, topped with lumpfish caviar, aligue mayo and tempura sauce

Upclose and Personalan na to with Tempura Oysters and Pearls ;-)

One more thing we liked about this is that the shell used to served the Tempura Oysters is really white and clean. We were wondering if they are reusing the shells. 

Kudos for the really clean Oyster shells PINO! 

Mini Sisig Tacos

Mini tacos filled with pork sisig lettuce, tomato salsa and cheese

This could be a meal itself. See the hefty serving?

For Php 225.00 its sooo sulit. 

Kare-Kareng Bagnet

Authentic Ilokano crispy pork belly served with annatto-peanut sauce and bagoong rice

THE REASON WHY I CAME TO PINO RESTO BAR

^_^ 

The trip was well worth it. A Must Try

Pino Resto Bar39 Malingap StTeacher Village - East, Quezon City(02) 441-1773

ON THE SPOT: TOBLERONE CRUNCHY ALMONDS

New Discovery..well at least for me and PigBunny ! ^_^

It's almost like the same classic Toblerone but with bigger chunks of Almonds and it has "Salted Caramelized Almonds", but you could barely feel the saltiness though

In some country this variant is called TOBLERONE CRUNCHY SALTED ALMONDS. 

This one that I got was imported from Singapore per the packaging and was made in Switzerland. 

Seriously PigBunny?! Why >.<

Found my new favorite Toblerone ~Toblerone Crunchy Almonds

YES! CRUNCH ALMONDS!

i love almonds ^_^

Look at those chunks of almonds and nougats

omnomnom ^_^

Fun Fact

There's a bear in the logo of Toblerone

Toblerone originated in Bern, Switzerland. 

A city whose name is rumored to mean "City of bears"

And yeah .. just a tip when eating your favorite Toblerone, To easily break off a single piece of Toblerone, pull toward the bar, not away from it. Try it! ^_^

The El Chupacabra Street Taco Experience

El Chupacabra, Home of the Street Taco is an awesome place to get your Mexican food cravings satisfied. I'm a big fan of Mexican Food and definitely this one didn't disappointment me, Not one  bit! ^_^ 

The place is located along Felipe Street corner Polaris street in Makati, It's a bit hard to get a parking space so better come a little early. When we got to the place it was jam packed we had to wait for a few minutes to be seated. The waiter got our orders and while waiting he offered to serve the drinks. The vibe of the place was really nice and good thing it was not that hot that night and the Mexican songs in the background really did completed the Mexican street tacos party vibe alive. 

Just a tip though, try to get the seats outside because when we were seated inside we got a little teary -eyed because of the smoke probably from the barbecue I'm not really sure. 

The El Chupacabra Street Taco Experience

Menu Board

Mexican street taco comes in a freshly made soft corn tortilla

omnomnomnon ^_^

Carne Asada

 Grilled Steak

San Francisco-style Lean Pork Sisig

 This is seriously yummmeh!!! A must try! 

Carnitas

Roast Pork

Fiesta Sharing Platter

Patacones, Sausages, Dim Sims, BBQ Pork Sticks

I liked the Patacones - Fried Banana Chips, minus the happily sprinkled salt in it. 

The Pork BBQ's were tender

Got so full from this. It's Good for 4! ;) 

Fiesta Sharing Platter - Wings

came in late.. should've been in the photo opt with the rest of the gang in the Fiesta Sharing platter.

Margarita

Will definitely go back to this awesome place, I haven't even tried their burrito!!! :) 

El Chupacabra

Bel-Air

5782 Felipe St cor Polaris StBel-Air, Makati(02) 895-1919