Jozu Kin

Thanks to Joanne's efforts (aka kakulitan), had dinner last Friday at Jozu Kin in The Fort. We only found out about it through our efforts to look for a Japanese restaurant and thanks to Azrael's Merryland, we found the perfect place to spend our Friday evening and fulfill our quest for new finds.

Jozu Kin is the newest cosmopolitan Japanese restaurant in town, opening just last September 2009 in Burgos Circle, Forbes Town Center, Fort, Global City. The food is awesome!!! They offer new takes on old favorites and they also have all of the favorite Jap dishes. Every bite's a surprise. Price is ok, averaging 400-500 per person.

Will try the different foie gras dishes next time. =P

Our menu for the night: (Pardon me for not being able to remember all the dishes =P)

Maguro Togarashi: spicy tuna with onions and wasabi mayo

crostinis

GYOZA!!!

jampackedbear's favorite: chicken teppanyaki

Jozu Kin
Unit ES-2, West Crescent Park, Rizal Drive (Burgos Circle), Forbes Town Center, Fort Global City
(632) 403-1875
Operating hours: M-Th: 11 am-2 pm for lunch; 5:30-11 pm for dinner
                          Fri-Sat: 11 am-2 pm for lunch; 5:30-12 am for dinner
                          Sun: 11 am-2 pm for lunch; 5:30-10 pm for dinner

Sushi Etiquette

Who knew there were so many rules to eat sushi? I only know (and follow) the one that involves not rubbing the chopsticks together to remove splinters. Glad I follow at least one of them. =)

My 22nd Birthday =)

Thanks a lot to my Carat family for this wonderful party! I love you all! View the pictures here: 

Gelopot's 22nd!

Crepe-ing Back to College

After having lunch in Ken Afford (see previous entry), decided to revisit an old favorite, Kamirori, known for their reasonably priced Japanese food and for dessert. I remembered having a "phase" during college where I would buy their ice cream crepe every time I go home.  Hence, the weight during college I guess. Haha

A few months back, Kamirori moved from their previous location (at the ground level of our former condo) to

the other side of Katipunan, at the new Petron gas station just beside the entrance to Loyola Grand Villas. Just as well, their food AND desserts remained.

Personally, I think their California Maki is the best I've ever tasted. =) But I'm here to talk about their desserts.

Sadly, they don't have a counter anymore where the mouth-watering desserts used to be. But still, the taste and quality of their desserts did not disappoint. Ordered the Ice Cream Crepe and the Amaretto.

The Ice Cream Crepe is actually just vanilla ice cream topped with a layer of crepe and caramel cream. But it's still oh-so-good! And for just a 100 pesos!

The Amaretto is flourless chocolate cake covered with cream, amaretto, and bits of nuts. It tastes as good as it did since way back in college. I was immediately beaming with delight upon eating a mouthful of this sumptuous dessert.

Eating these desserts just brings back fond memories. =)

KAMIRORI

Petron Square

365 Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, QC

(632) 467-8491

Open from 10 am to 11 pm from Monday to Saturday

Can Afford!

As I was already in the QC area yesterday, decided to have lunch here on my way back to Makati. Given my roots, Katipunan will always have a special place in my heart. That goes for Ken Afford as well, one of my favorite restaurants ever.

Other than the obviously affordable food (~P 120-150 a meal), it boasts of being able to invite not just students but people and foodies all over the metro to try their famous Sisig a la Domeng/Roque and their other 55 dishes.

Their menu is a list of your all-time favorite Filipino dishes from Lechon Kawali to Sinigang na Baboy or Hipon. Some of my favorites are Stuffed Porkchop (breaded porkchop stuffed with mushroom and cheese) and the Sisig a la Domeng (sizzling sisig with egg). While waiting for your order, they offer you free refillable soup. Serving size of one meal is good enough for 1-2 people.

In terms of service, the waiters are very friendly and are generous with smiles. =) Oh and they don't charge extra for service charge and/or VAT.

KEN AFFORD, Katipunan
B. Gonzales St., Loyola Heights, Quezon City
(02) 433-3575
8 am - 10 pm daily

picture courtesy of http://monette.sumulong.com/restaurant-reviews/ken-afford/

All's Well in Eat Well

For a long time, I've been wanting to eat at Eat Well! Delicious Kitchen in The Fort. Finally got the chance to eat there last night and true enough, it did not disappoint! =D

First of, I expected the usual chinese cuisine. Lechon Macau (or some other version, theirs was Roasted Crispy Pork, I think), dimsum, fried squid, hot-pots, etc which you can find in almost any Chinese restaurant in the metro. But I wanted to try something different, so we ordered the Steamed Egg White with Seafood to go with the Hakao and Roasted Crispy Pork.


True enough, Delicious Kitchen did not disappoint. The Hakao was just sumptuous and they're very generous with the shrimp. The Roasted Crispy Pork, although it doesn't look very appetizing with no clear efforts at presentation, is very tasty and goes best with Hoisin sauce. The Steamed Egg White with Seafood, as our main course, was a nice change from the normal orders and very yummy also. It's like different kinds of seafood (shrimp, squid, fish, and fish eggs) and mushroom on a bed of steamed egg whites. A must-try!!!


I'd definitely go back to Delicious Kitchen to try out their other sumptuous dishes.

Eat Well! Delicious Kitchen is located on the ground floor of the Deutsche Bank building in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.


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Munch Punch
Click The City

Momotaro Bento

Our latest discovery!

MOMOTARO BENTO offers really cheap beer (only P 100 for 3 bottles! But it’s not BBZ) and really cheap food as well. Their bento boxes range from P 120 to P 170 and you’re good to go. They also offer the usual pulutans like sisig and tokwa’t baboy to name a few.

Oh and for every order of a bucket of beer, they give you free pulutan. It’s fried shrimp head. We think these are the left-over heads from the tempura orders since the owner is also the owner of Nihonbashitei.

Momotaro Bento is located along Arnaiz Avenue (Pasay Road), beside El Cielito Inn.

The Cycle of Life

Something I know all too well...I'm now on "Acknowledging Fatness." I'm at my heaviest weight ever. Let's see if I'll move on to "Ineffectual Resolutions" anytime soon. =)

Oh and my oreos is alcohol. =D

Hooters!

I finally had the chance to eat at Hooters bar and restaurant in SM Mall of Asia. Been wanting to go there for the longest time but it never pushes through.

They're obviously famous for their very very friendly servers =) But don't get me wrong, their food's awesome! Ordered their famous chicken wings and steak quesadillas which were more than enough to give me a full stomach. All of these are of course partnered with my all-time favorite, no-fail San Mig Light =D

Oh and they also have the Double Chilled Draft Beer. Must taste that soon. =)

Hooters, San Miguel by the Bay

Bldg. D Unit 1-6, San Miguel by the Bay, Mall of Asia

Pasay City, Metro Manila

Busog Again!!

Had dinner in Amici with an empty stomach and we went out with a very full (bordering on an unhappy) stomach! Good food, great company never fails to make my night =P





I looooveeee their GELATO!!!




Visit them at their Makati or Tomas Morato branch :)