Kape Chino: That Wonderful Coffee Shop in Malacanang!

Kape Chino @ San Miguel, Manila
 
I have eaten in two restaurants located within the Malacanang area. One is the very intimate La Cocina De Tita Moning where a good friend married her Canadian boyfriend. And the other one is Kape Chino (Casa Roces) with Tita N and Isabel. 

The Cravings Group has "re-interpreted" old recipes and came up with a wonderful culinary experience. The coffee shop, named after Joaquin “Chino” Roces, boasts of a well-maintained heritage house, professional servers and yes, unforgettable food.

 

Lamb Kaldereta (P520)

Slow stewed lamb shoulder cooked in 

spicy tomato sauce and risotto

Our group's favorite! 

Just love risotto!

Pate De Pescado

Warm, creamy pate topped with black caviar & served with toasted baguette

Bacalao Caviar (P425)

Salt cod and potato

Salmon Mousse (P295)

Salmon puree with a hint of Pommery mustard 

Personally, I enjoyed the Bacalao Caviar more than the Salmon Mousse.
I liked the saltiness and how it bites the tongue. 

Pescado en Salsa Verde (P345)

Baked fish fillet served with salsa verde and mashed potato

Fettuccine with Bleu Cheese & 

Roasted Mushrooms (P185)

Bleu cheese & sliced mushroom on top of creamy fettuccine

Chicken Adobo Confit (P285)

Oven-baked o chicken supreme served with salsa verde & rich adobo sauce 
We recommend that you skip this dish. 
It lacks flavor ad character. 

Malacanan Frozen Souffle (P390)

Frozen lemon custard souffle with dark chocolate flakes,

pistachio nuts & lemon lavender sauce  
Perfect way to end your meal! 

 Basilica (P165)

Basil, dalandan and lemon juice 

 

 

Kape Chino
1153 JP Laurel Corner Aguado Street
San Miguel, Manila
735-5896

Videokelympics 2012!

Last Saturday, August 04, 2012, Eat Bulaga held the much-awaited Videokelympics! 

Out of the four contestants with power voices, (Ser Franco de Asis, Sheena Velo, Almira Lat) it was Yolanda Galinato who emerged as the grand winner.  

She belted out a Dusty Springfield original, "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" winning P100,000! Congratulations, Yolanda! 

Ryzza Mae is the New Darna!

Ang bagong Darna!

"Ako si Darna!"

"Ding, paki-ayos mo lang ang hair ko... 

                      nagulo na naman ng hangin eh!" 

"Hi, fans! 
Don't worry, ako ang bahala sa inyo!"

"Ding, please... paki-luwagan mo lang ang costume ko.

                     Medyo naparami ang lunch ko!"

"Who's the sexiest Darna?

Duh! Isn't it obvious?

Whateveeeer!"

"Dapat ipa-ayos ko na ang bracelet ko.

Tumatagos na ang mga bala dito!"

"Ah, buto ba yung nasubo ko?

Hindi bato??"

"Ah, Ding... medyo malaki yata 

ang bato? Walang mas maliit? "

"This has been Darna! 

Fly na ako! 

Bye and see you

sa Eat Bulaga!"

Mana-ish from Heaven!

Mana-ish & More (Middle Eastern Grills and Delights) has been in the food business for the past three years yet it was our first time to eat here. Tita N and I haven’t been checking the places along Jupiter in Bel-air lately, maybe because most of the good ones are in the malls. Maybe.

Thanks to Serenitea, whose Jupiter branch we've been frequenting (our top choice among so many milk tea stores... next is Happy Lemon), we always see the Mana-ish signage on our way home to Urdaneta while sipping our large Choco Mint and iced Earl Grey (0% sweetness please!).  

One time, we wanted to have lunch at Whistlestop (we used to visit the Pasay Road and Libis branches many, many, many moons ago!) but couldn’t find safe parking (no driver that day) so we decided to try Mana-ish (a few meters away), finally. 

Did we like the food?  We loved it!  Really loved the food!

Shawarma Plate (P350) 

Chicken or Doner (mixed meat roasted on a spit) Shawarma wrap 

served with french fries, sauce and pickles

 

This Shawarma Plate can feed 

three very hungry men! 

Ask for more yoghurt sauce! 

 

 Eggplant Fatteh (P325) 

 Eggplant, chickpeas with toasted pita, garlic, vermicelli rice, tahini sauce (pasted made of ground sesame seeds used as dip) 

 with  ground beef and buttered cashew nuts 

Generous ground beef! 

Under the meat are layers of carbo!

Balanced texture. Really good. 

I have this special love for eggplant 

and this dish has tons of it!  

Mana-ish and More!
Middle Eastern Grills and Delights
20 Jupiter St., Brgy Bel-Aire, Makati City

Must Fish Monday on Discovery!

Join Discovery Channel for three hours of most extreme fishing on 

Must Fish Monday. 

Sometimes, 

the fish is bigger than the story. 

Must Fish Monday starts 13 August at 10pm (9pm BKK/JKT). 

 

River Monsters

Premieres 13 August, Mondays 10pm (9pm BKK/JKT)

Jeremy Wades investigates various reports of freshwater ll also visit Southern Africa’s Okavanga Delta, Africa’s Zambezi River, India’s Himalayas, Russia, Mongola and Australia. fish that have grown to enormous – potentially human-threatening size in America.This season, he wi
 
Deadliest Catch
11pm (10pm BKK/JKT)In the far northern reaches of the planet a rare breed of extreme fishermen hunt the Bering Sea. Adventure is their call, crab is their prey, and a one hundred million dollar plunder is their reward. Discovery Channel is proud to announce the return of 'Deadliest Catch' for a brand new season, as all the captains return to do what they do best: fish for crab. Skippers and their crews endure boat killing storms and body crushing working conditions - risking it all on the search for crab. In the end, they will all come to the realization that the most violent storms come from within.
 
Hillbilly Handfishin'
12am (11pm BKK/JKT)HILLBILLY HANDFISHIN' is a trip of a lifetime for fish-out-of-water, adventureseekingclients who want nothing more than to surprise themselves – and maybe gross themselves out by doing things they'd never thought. Led by Oklahoma hand fishermen and self-proclaimed hillbillies Skipper Bivinsand Trent Jackson, the clients get a taste of redneck lifestyle by going through the paces of noodling catfish with no fishing rods and no hooks. 

Read more at http://www.discoverychannelasia.com/tv-shows/mustfishmonday#tGmbZySv2lt5vPX2.99

A Bad Angel in One Rockwell!

AK Bistro of Angels’ Kitchen @ One Rockwell

Tita N told me that years back when it was owned by the Chef Joy (a close family friend who sold the business eventually), Angels’ Kitchen in Greenhills used to serve very good food. So, we had to try out this AK Bistro by Angels’ Kitchen in One Rockwell. We expected so much.

Only to be massively disappointed.

The Bistro has a limited menu. Fine, no problem with that. It’s just that there’s so little to choose from. One thing, they don’t serve sandwiches and to think that they are open for meryenda.

The taste. How’s my CHORIZO BOLOGNESE SPAGHETTI (P358)? First of all, P358 is expensive for a pasta meal that is so boringly plain. There’s nothing in that spaghetti that’s extra-ordinary. Secondly, I was expecting for a strong chorizo flavor. There’s none. Nada.   

Tita N ordered for a GARLICKY, EGGLESS CAESAR SALAD (P288). Sounds interesting, no?  But she said otherwise (Tita went to a culinary school in San Francisco and used to own six restaurants; currently, she teaches cooking to groups of young and matured ladies).  Asked how she finds her salad she answered with the expected poise and class… "pangit." 

With that, I rest my case.

AK Bistro of Angels' Kitchen
Unit W105 One Rockwell
Poblacion, Makati City

Ryzza Mae is Getting Ready for School!

 Masipag talaga itong si Ms. Ryzza Mae!

After making us fall in love with her cute antics for almost three hours and after gleefully posing with her horde of fans for picture taking, heto naman siya ngayon sa loob ng recording room (together with the staff, writers, production assistants! getting ready for school!  Look at her!  Walang pagod!