Woori Jib Korean Restaurant

We love Korean food! Our favorite San Song Korean Resto being one of the restos we love to visit in Makati. How fortunate for us to stumble upon a good Korean resto, closer to home...well closer to me at least =) Woori Jib Korean Restaurant, located along Kalayaan avenue, Q.C. has become our not so far Korean resto fave!
The place is nothing different from SanSong...a casualy Korean-house-y type place...patrons of which are mostly Koreans too...so that's a pretty good sign you're getting the real deal.

The waiters are very friendly and the Korean owners (who always happen to be dining there too) are very warm and hospitable....they sort of make you feel you are guests in their home....and yes we were mistaken for Koreans here =P hehehe

We love the freebies that go along dining in Korean restos. They serve us small bowls of thick golden pumpkin soup...more like pumpkin puree!

This can serve as baby food too! Yummy....and we eat it for it's nutritional value...and because it's FREE =)

A party of small appetizer plates...that they replenish each time we wipe out the dishes....




...they only stop serving them up when you tell them to =) How generous!

We love the potato salad with apples and cucumbers! Yummmmmy and FREE!!!

Now for the food we paid for....
Jampong

A generous steamy bowl of ramen noodles with a mish-mash of seafoods....mussles, squid, fish and prawns...plus veggies..veggies!!! Oh a bit spicy..ok...really spicy for me...but good that I still eat inspite the heat ;P

Sundubu-Chiggae

Our fave! A spicy soup with tofu and veggies! We eat it with hot and sticky Korean rice (I love those little metal bowls with lid that cradles the rice!) So good and soothing to empty stomachs!

Mandu

Korean dumplings! They taste like Japanese Gyoza...but I like this better =) Delicious with that soy-vinegary dip! We love to pick on them as we eat our soupy rice and ramen =)


More FREE STUFF... yes, the freebies go on...

after a hearty and healthy meal, they offer you coffee or tea for FREE!

Coffee with cream and sugar

It's instant...but it was nicely prepared by the owner...sweet and creamy...I just treat it like a dessert as I normally take my coffee black and brewed!


Rice Green Tea

For non coffee drinkers...the rice green tea is soothing to a very full belly! =)

Delicious and comfy Korean at Woorijib!

Tapas & Vinos at Barcino

KUNG HEI FAT CHOI! Welcome YEAR OF THE OX =)

Wow...Chinese new year came in quite early 2009...and it feel just great!!!! I can just feel the good vibe of the year flowing all over me. Another reason for celebration...another excuse to indulge perhaps? hahahaha Oh definitely.

Let me just share with you another lovely and delicious way we have come to love spending our evenings with...good tapas and vinos in a quaint cozy place...Barcino it is!

I have been here before they expanded the place, before they branched out to Fort Bonicafio...and ever since I have been charmed by Barcino. I just love the wine, cheeses and tapas bit, makes me feel I am being luxurious ;P hehehe

We are loving this TERRA wine. A nice medium bodied red wine. I am no expert, but I just like what seems nice to my palate.

This one seems to me like a medium bodied red.


This Mvsa wine is a semi-sweet red, which I enjoyed better than the former...probably because it's a bit sweet and served chilled =)


Now for the Tapas....Stuffed Pimientos

I forgot the spanish name of this tapas. A big red bell pepper stuffed with ground beef, cheese and tomatoes...and baked to a yummy wilt. It tasted like a tasty meat sauce concentrated in a ball! Very flavorful and goes well with a medium bodied wine.

Tapas Gourmet

There are two tapas platter, which are popular here. This is the Tapas Gourmet, which comprises of Manchego cheese slice (I LIKEY!!! =)), Chorizo extra, Salsichon extra, Jamon Serrano, Chorizo picantes frito and Fuet (a fatty smoked sausage)...served with a delicious creamy ensaladilla rusa (potato salad) in the middle. I just love popping one of these yummies and taking a sip of the wine. The flavors in the mouth is totally a wonderful palate experience.

Tapas Barcino

This is other tapas platter they offer here, which is made up of Tortilla Espanola (spanish tortas), chorizo bilbao, lumpiang sobresada and Manchego cheese sliced served with creamed new potatoes and Aceitunas (olives). This is our favorite =) We love having the yummy morsel with a piece of olive then sipping wine. The creamed potatoes was a delicious as well. Some people like to have their tapas with bruschetta too.

How nice is that?...Simply lovely =)

Yummy YAKI'S At Little Tokyo =)

Japanese food is really one of our faves. Apart from sushis, sashimis, makis....furais...udons....there are some treats we like that are not so commonly found on the commercial Jap restos....

We go to Little Tokyo to enjoy twi of our favorite Yakis....

For our first Yaki fave....here is the man who makes them at HANA....

..he spends the night just manning his be-holed stove top cookware, which magically turns this milk like batter into....

these...delicate and delicious TAKOYAKI!!!!! =D

Always soft, fluffy and steaming hot when served. They have octopus pieces inside and topped with a tonkatsu sauce-like sauce, japanese mayo and those nice green herbs! Perfect with toragashi (jap chili powder).

Jap Potato Salad

They sometimes come as freebies in some Jap and Korean restos...but even if it's paid for here...Jap potato salad is one of our must haves =)

Pizza

Can you believe they have Pizza on their menu? Nothing Japanese about it...but he just adores it so much for some reason =) I enjoyed it too...the crust was thin...more like a pita crust...very cheesy and loaded with bacon, bell peppers ham and other yummy stuff that was covered by the thick melty layer of mozzarella! A happy pizza indeed!

For the other Yaki that we go here for....the REAL Japanese Pizza---OKONOMIYAKI at KAGURA!


They have quite a variety to choose from...this one is Tuna I think =D sooo yummmy!

Loaded with cabbage and tuna...drizzled with that delicious sauce and Jap Mayo!!! Oh lalala! Very filling mind you!

We just love the casual set up of the entire place....great with the cool crisp evening weather. We opt to sit al fresco so we may order from both places =)

It's JapaNICE =)

Surprise Coffee-capade to Subic! =)

My new year started with a wonderful surprise! Let's have coffee he asked...and I naturally yes yes...and asked where at?...at Subic! =) My yes popped! I was telling him about this coffee shop I love at subic....Xtremely Xpresso. I have visited the place twice (please check out my archives ;P ) both with pleasant memories...but I soooooo wanted to try the 22" pizza there. Unfortunately, we were both not hungry from all the new year's eve eating....but we forge through in the hopes that the long trip work up an appetite for that mammoth of a pizza =)

It was a perfect day for a mini road trip. The holiday paved a clearing of all roads going there. A lovely smooth drive....but reaching subic.....my attention was caught by this lovely Korean coffee shop that greeted us as we entered in the complex going to our destination. It instantly reminded me of one of my favorite Korean Telenovelas...My Name Is Kim Sam Soon =) Since, we were still not hungry, I asked if we could just try the place for some Korean snacks.

How spoiled am I? =) I was indulged! Look at my window view from inside this cute pastry shop!
Delicious looking pastries filled shelves, counters and tables inside...with free sampling of several of the goodies there! =)
The cakes on display were all oh sooo pretty!!! When you buya whole cake (only Php 800.00! ) they place it in a very nice cake box with a pretty key chain thingy dangling on the hadle! =) soooo cute!

The cakes were made fresh that day...as we saw the Korean pastry chef by the window icing and decorating cakes to be placed on display =)

We just picked out savory breads and pastries to bring home to our famlies as we were really still not hungry (can you believe that...me? not hungry??? ;P)

Yes it is possible that I was not yet hungry...but it IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO EAT EVEN WHEN NOT HUNGRY!!! =D hahahaha

We picked out this pizza bread. Like a lightly breaded and DEEP FRIED savory dough, filled with cheese, ham, bell peppers, onions and CHEESE!!!

let's take a closer look.....
sooooo bad but soooo good =) we did share this anyway.....so we it wasn't as devilish for the figure ;P


I had a cappuccino and he had the iced latte to go with out snack.

This is an sponge cake filled with almonds and cream. Not so sweet but quite nice.

The savory breads were better than their sweet pastries and tarts. Nevertheless, the best part was the trip going there, the amusement rendered by the place...the wonderful and sweet new year's day surprise =)

Thank you oh sooooo much!

New Year's Eve at Chelsea

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! Wow...it's good to finally be able to squeeze in a post here after sooo many post unposted.

The yuletide was just filled with so many get togethers, shopping and EATING!!! A delicious excuse to take in twice or thrice our respective caloric allowance ;P hehehe but what the heck...good times and celebrations go fantastic with glorious food.

I start my blog year with a post from New Year's Eve at Chelsea!



We were directed by a craving for good French Onion Soup! hahaha Yes, end the year satiating a want....so walking along Serendra, with a lovely showery whether...we picked Chelsea =)

Our meal started with the complimentary Foccacia with Roasted Garlic Spread

We had 2 or was it 3 helpings of this....we just loved the sweet0savory goodness of the roasted garlic with olive oil!

French Onion Soup

A steamy bowl sweet caramelized onions in a golden broth, topped with a crisp baguette embraced by molten cheese!!!!!!!!!!!!

We didn't get shy in dunking this in the soup! He was definitely pleased! =)

I rave to him about the yummy crabcakes I got to try on a prior visit here....and so this was next up....

How will you not be happy at this sight.....

...pure crabby goodness as you break in the golden crusted crustacean cakes! You can choose to have it with mayo or just good ol' tomato ketchup. As good as when I first tried it....these babies did NOT disappoint =)


Duck Confit Pizza

On the virtue of indulgence...the duck confit pizza! Shreds of duck meat, roasted eggplants, tomato sauce and mozzarella on a thin crackery crust!

Not your usual Itallian variety...but definetly a wonderful pizza twist to enjoy.

A wonderful year 2008 was and ending with a wonderful meal. Thank you 2008 and welcome 2009!!!! Hoooray for a great year ahead =)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WELCOME LUCKY YEAR '09!!!!!! =D

Hello! I Miss You....*sigh...

I soooo miss blogging!!!! I am lagging on my posts...really bad. The reason behind is good...'tis that season for a lot of merry making...and the added work load brought about by the holiday rush =)

I have sooo many places I want to share..hopefully before the year ends I'll be able to post a few. For now, I just wana see something new posted here =)

Hello to all of you who take time to read my blog....I miss you all...I miss writing....

...so for now, I hope everyone is having a wonderful Yuletide season like me =) Is it too soon for a Merry Christmas greeting? Perhaps....8 days away...yehey!!!!!!

Let's go on decking our halls with boughs of holly...falalalala-lala-la-la ;P MWAH TO YOU ALL =D

Pizzetta Italian and Greek Cuisine

Continuing with our Maginhawa street foodie exploration...adjacent to our favorite Pino resto bar neighbors Pizzetta Italian and Greek Cuisine. Italian and Greek....two of my favorite cuisines! We were allowed to order from Pino, while dining in Pizzetta too...nice!


Vegetable and Cheese Ball (I forgot the nanme of this dish!---but it's ok since this dish is forgettable! hahaha )

This was made of cheese and minced carrots coated with breadcrumbs and fried. It was served with a side of fried papadam. We think it would have tasted a lot better had they been served HOT! It's such a crime to serve fried food--cold! We even asked the waiter to change our order...they just poped our dish in a microwave and handed it back you us...all mushed up and tasting well..like mush!. Sad, sad...oh restauranteurs..please, please don't do this! Might I add that prices here are kinda steep for the serving size and quality! 3 pieces of cold fried minced carrots and cheese balls with a piece of papadam around 200 bukcs (more or less but probably more!)

Grilled Chicken Breast Served with Bruschetta and a small helping ofr Tatziki

oh my..priced around Php 250.00...super not worth it! Two skewers each with three small pieces of chicken breast with ultra thin slices of zucchini. The chicken pieces were tasteless too! sooo sad....i only managed to enjoy the bread.

We had to move to another place to eat some more...perhaps we ordred the wrong dishes but two out of two bad ones we decided to give up =(

King's Kebab

We have heard raves about King's Kebab, located along Katipunan avenue, very near Banaple. It was quite a debate actually, whether to have good ol' banaple or try something new. Well, we decided we can always go to Banaple any day...so we headed on to have some kebabs =)

Hummus

not really..a hummus..hummus...no trace of chickpea taste here...but it was good with the crispy pita breads. I liked how toasty they were...and it's becaused they are warmed on terracotta stones placed over the grill..nice =) I like toasty breads..

Chicken Kebab

Tasty and tender chicken breast pieces skewered and grilled with onion and tomatoes


Beef tenderloin Kebab

Tender pieces of beef...tasty too!


Liver Saute

unfortunate for us, they don't have liver kebabs, like the ones they have at Mister kebab....rather, they have this beef liver sauteed with onions and tomatoes...really good...better with rice than bread...but we were in the mood for bread...no rice today =)

Yummy, casual and affordable persian cuisine (though Mister Kebab is cheaper). All alfresco dining here.

Flap Jack's, Greenhills Theatremall

Ohhh..I love breakfast food =) I think a lot of people do so too...and why not? Breakfast being the most important meal of the day...one may indulge guilty free...on carbs, fat and fatty protein source ;P Well, we can always bank on having the entire day to burn them off..hahaha Sooo good are breakfast food that it has become en vogue to find breakfast meals available all day long. I blabber as I relish on the delicious thoughts of breakfast food....ahhhh.

Apparently, when I have heard and seen Flapjacks, opening a branch in Greenhills, Theatremall....I definitely had it on target.

I have read and heard alot about it...more disappointing comments than happy notes...I still wanted to give it a go =)

Prior to this visit...I was able to have a taste of their Adobo Pan de Sal...brought by my sweetie..for us to snack on upon picking me up...sort of like a pre-dining snack! hahaha the pan de sal was not pan de sal...tasted more like a a burger bun shaped like a Pan de Manila pan de sal...it had tomatoes and shreds of chicken adobo...it was ok...nothing great but we finished 2 of them before settling in a resto! hahaha

Now back to Jack...here we go....first up for me....ENDLESS COFFEE IN A POT!!!

not bad at all for Php 70 bucks! I actually like the clean and strong taste of their brew...I feel sorry for them because I managed to down quite a number of pots =)....seriously! hahaha

What good is dining at Flapjack's if not to have FLAPJACKS
This is..... Pancakes ...ofcourse! ;P Two big rounds of fluffy pancakes with a mound of whipped burre. They were nice.

Arroz ala Cubana
Ground beef with diced potatoes, bell peppers and peas served with sliced fried saba and garlic rice. This was good. Their garlic rice needed more garlicky flavor.

With those two..oh three items that I have tried, Flapjack's is ok..though kinda pricey for the type of food...(the Rice dish was about Php 195.00 pancakes Php 125.00 and you pay aditional Php 50.00 for siding to go with your flapjack's) . The food is not bad but nothing to rave about...perhaps we have yet to try other items on the menu =)