Dinner at Rub Rib's

What's better than roast chicken? It's Baby Back Ribs!! 

Kapitolyo is a district near our home which houses a lot of upscale restaurants but affordable in price. Kapitolyo is a village with nice houses and the houses in the main street of the village are converted to restaurants. You can find american food, thai food, vietnamese, european, arabic, and so much more!

We went to Rub Rib's last Feb 5 to celebrate my sister's birthday together with my cousins. The place is quite small but always full of hungry customers. What I like about this place is their famous yummy ribs and it's very close to my house.

Menu. 

Some designs

2 big ribs (good for 4 persons) Family size meal costs P685 with 3 side dish (potatoes, buttered corn, vegetables) The ribs are absolute divine! it's soft, tasty, and very bbq in taste. We ordered additional rice because it's hard to eat the ribs w/o rice =) The meat is so tender that we can't resist to make simot the bones! 

I love the coca cola cherry =)

Dinner at Kanin Club (Re-Visit) / Dessert at Cab Cafe (Re-Visit)

We were suppose to eat at a new restaurant around Kapitolyo but my cousin wants to eat Filipino Food since she will migrate to the states and surely she will miss our local dish. Sometimes, Filipino Food doesn't surprise me anymore since my mom cooks this kind of dishes all the time but I'm glad many restaurants like 1521, Cafe Juanita, Sentro, etc. revolutionized Filipino dishes and put some modern twists in it.

Sinigang na Hipon. This Sour Shrimp dish with vegetables will surely invigorate your taste buds. The Sour taste, the fresh shrimp, and the crisp vegetables are all a wonderful combination for those people who love Soup.

Seafood Kare-Kare. This dish is hard to cook! My mom doesn't know how and doesn't want to learn since it's very complex. The peanut sauce is really really yummy! I did try to cook kare-kare but my patience in cooking ran out. =)

Crispy Pata / Deep Fried Pork Knuckles. It may look foreign or disgusting to others but I tell you, when you taste this, it's soooooooo yummy! It's also good to partner with beer. 

Lunch at Ramen Cool

Ramen Cool with the Folks!! I still like this restaurant because it's cheap and it's a little close to authentic japanese food.

I bought my parents to this restaurant since they are unaware of the wonder of "Kapitolyo" restaurants. (it's street with a stretch of various restaurants). They got curios from all my stories that i told them during my food adventures. They are pretty happy with the serving. =)

Pork Shoyu Ramen. It's a bowl that will pass for 2 if you have someone to share with but not ideally for sharing (It's good for 2 if you have other dishes to order). The taste is nice and savory, the noodles is cooked well, pork is not so soft and not so hard, I love the egg and the savory pork ramen noodles. =)

Kani Salad. It's very fresh and mild in taste. The crabsticks and the strips of zucchini are so refreshing and very appetizing. I just don't like the too much mayonnaise it sort of taste "mayonnaise" rather than kani salad.

Dessert at Cab Cafe

I was craving for CAKE this past week, and it so happened that Cab Cafe was just across Thaidara were i ate my dinner last saturday. One thing for sure with Cab Cafe is it's cheaper than any other dessert restaurant / bar but it has great quality. 

After my dinner at Thaidara, I went to their cafe, and ordered from the counter were all the cakes are on display. I was hesitant to take a photo of the cake display since there were a lot of people eating inside. 

I ordered the most tasty looking cake there is so here they are:

Pistachio Dacquoise. It's a nice pistachio cake, very soft, and but it's a little too sweet for me which it's hard to finish because of the sweetness so i just ate 1/4 of the cake and took it home.

Pavolva. This mango-torte type of cake is nice and sweetness is just right. I love that the mangoes are not sour because it's not mango season rather it's sweet and soft. 

Strawberry Shortcake. I love the combination of the chiffon, cream and mouse layer of this cake. it's not so sweet, and not sour either. The strawberry was sweet and really hits the spot. 

 Bottom line, Cab Cafe is a nice dessert - italian - coffee restaurant but It's desserts are not that really blockbuster type or cakes that you will be craving for. It's ok but cakes at Almon Marina, Conti's, Caramia are far off better. =)

Dinner at Thaidara

Ever since my travel to Bangkok last summer, I've fallen in love with the culture, and especially the cuisine. I so love the combination of sweet and spicy of Thai food. I love everything about their food, culture, and most of all shopping! To appreciate thai food, you have to appreciate their culture, culture and food come hand in hand it's the output of their everyday life, the formation of their ancestors hardships. 

I love the richness of their culture, and their food. I happen to be at Kapitolyo for another round of food tasting, it's so happen that Thaidara is open and i was quite hungry so I pushed my luck and true enough what people said, Thaidara has the best pad thai and tom yum around.

Some article regarding the restaurant

Thai Iced Tea!! this is just pure heaven! I was craving for another glass but I'm saving space for the food that I ordered.

The waiter that i thought was a real thai.

Pomelo Salad! TO DIE FOR!!! Love the sweetness of the pomelo, the soft squid, the tomato, the  fresh shrimp, the leaves, and the salad sauce! it was a sweet, little salty, and tangy salad! winner!

Lunch at Poco Deli

If you want a spanish-italian like ambiance, comfort food, sausages, cheese, cakes, bacon rice, and fine wine, then Poco Deli is your place. 

It's a small restaurant located at Barangay Kapitolyo Pasig, along ramen cool and charlie's burger. I always come here to relax and have a glass of wine. It's very cozy, food is amazing and very near at my house.

I just wish their restaurant would expand to accommodate more guest because during peak hours, the deli could get crowded.

Menu

Simonsig (South African Wine) I'm telling you, this wine is so good I almost drank the whole thing fast.

Dinner at Milky and Sunny

Who say's you can't have breakfast food for dinner? at Milky and Sunny, you can eat comfort food all day long! I love it here, I love the food especially the strawberry cream cheese pancake and the bacon tostadas. It's so unfortunate that the strawberry pancakes are unavailable at that time.

Time Check: 9:00pm 

Weather: Rainy

Hungry

The restaurant's vibe is so homey and very light to keep you up and bright. 

Menu

Lunch @ Ramen Cool

I took my lunch at Ramen Cool last Thursday before my checkup at my urologist at The Medical City.

Since this week was so sad, (rushed to the er, then got robbed - RIP BB Torch) i treat myself something i really like. I ate at a japanese resto near our house. 

I ordered my fave: Sukiyaki, Goza, and Cool Mango Iced Tea. btw, prices are cheap for such a cool place.

Sadly, i hardly touched the sukiyaki. I can't eat due to my ailment (later to found out, Kidney Stones!)

I would not give my insights on these dishes as it wouldn't be fair.

Cool Mango Iced Tea

Gyoza

Gyoza (inside)

Hot Tea

Sukiyaki (i forgot to take a picture before i mix it. sad. it looks promising)