The Green Pastures Experience

          So yeah I know I've been MIA from blogging these past few months, I'am trying to write a separate blog about it but I'am still thinking if I'd publish it because its totally non food / travel related. 😷. Soon, maybe? 😳 Sorry for not posting that much for the people who regularly checks out my blog ( Hi Mom! 😆 ) Please check out my Instagram account: @OhhMyGeeItsMe as I sort of regularly updtate that thru IG Stories, Follow me! 😁

          Writing this blog ilicits a little bitter sweet feeling for me as this was my last #Saturdate foodie trip, I am changing RD from Sat - Sun to Mon -Tue. Daaang this feels weird. I've had the Sat - Sun off for years! So for now I am saying goodbye to a "Quality" #Saturdate hashtag 😧. But I guess its sooo much fun to go out on a weekday because there's not a lot of people in restaurants and beaches and them weekday rates too! 😏 I guess I would just have to make the most out of it. 'Nuff bout that long intro! 😁

          So for my post birthday dinner celebration we headed to Green Pastures at Shangri-La Plaza Mall by Chef Robby Goco, he is also the chef behind my fave Greek Restaurant, Cyma Greek Taverna and some other concept restaurants like Charlie’s Grind and Grill and Souv. Green Pastures serves organic food fresh from farm-to-table concept in a modern farm house interior restaurant The servers are dressed in their plaid polos but they recently changed it to I think it was something floral, the server's name also starts with Betty, Mary, Joe and Bob to complete that farm house concept. They're famous for their DIY Salad Bar (Which I haven't tried yet 😧) and all of their produce are sourced locally. I decided to go healthy and organic after pigging out on my birthday with an eat-all-you-can bacon party because YOLO. I felt so guilty after I had to look for something healthy after. (read it here).

Green Pastures facade at Shangri-La Plaza Mall

The open kitchen

Real indoor plants in the restaurant

          For starters I would highly recommend the Duck You! - Duck fat fries, duck skin chicharon, duck confit served with a vinegar spritzer, everything just meshed well together, I just had to blurt out Duck you diet after! haha 😁

         

Duck You!
(Php 235)

Duck fat fries, duck skin chicharon, duck confit, wtd?

          Gotta love em house made cheeses! I've never had a Burrata before and I've always thought that it would look something like this in the picture below:

Buratta with its man bun 😁 

but this one from Green Pastures was so good with those strawberries which was perfectly paired with their homemade toast! Down side is they don't have a complementary seconds for the bread you have to buy them. The bread slices in this serving was just not enough.. for me. hehe 😁

Burrata

(Php 430)

Mt. Atok organic strawberries, heirloom tomatoes, basil oil

Roasted Tomato and Straciatella Toast

(Php 240)

Arugula, lemon oil, flaky sea salt

KFC - Korean Fried Cauliflower

(Php 230)

Soy garlic glazed, housemade sriracha mayo

          I just love how the Mykons Salad had that fresh and clean taste. I love everything in it. Oh Chef can you please add more of those pita chips please 😁 This is one of my favorites here.

Mykonos
(Php 440 - small)

Romaine, lemon shrimp, feta cheese, red grapes, chickpeas, pita chips, cucumber yogurt dressing

All' Amatriciana

(Php 460)

Housemade passato, pancetta, red onions, chili flakes, pecorino, buccatini

Shank and Marrow Bolognese

(Php 610)

Grass-fed, parmigiano reggiano, pappardelle

Tequila Joe's Organic Beef Sloppy Cow

((Php 560)

Oyster jus, mushroom glace and garlic bulgur

          Oh I just cant end my dinner without dessert even if I was sooo full hehe 😁 I left a little space for my favorite part of the meal! You must try their Endorphin Rush Bar, it was sooooo good! The Chocolate cover ice cream and that warm hot caramel sauce is just enough to release Endorphins in my body. Woooh Sarap! 😍😋

Endorphin Rush Bar

(Php 250)

Housemade brownies, vanilla ice cream, Malagos farm chocolate coating, hot caramel sauce. Be Happy!

          My top 3 favorites so far from this restaurant would be:

1. Duck You!

2. Mykonos

3. Shank and Marrow Bolognese - This dish was so good, I was kidding B that I can even eat it with rice! Carbs overload! haha 😋

Their sugarcane lemonade was also refreshing and also try their Local Organic Citrus in Season. I love how this restaurant supports local produce and organic products. The feeling after the meal was just awesome as the experience itself was. I will definitely go back to try their other house made cheeses and the DIY Salad Bar.

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Shangri-la Plaza Mall
4/F Shangri-la Plaza Mall, East Wing, Shaw Blvd
Wack Wack, Mandaluyong

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