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Chilli’s would always be our favorite restaurant. Aside from the fact that our comfort food were served there, we also love the new offerings every now and then. When we were at Greenbelt, we decided to have a quick dinner with the kids at Chilli’s.

We didn’t order much, only our favorite meals…

Clam Chowder. The little girls surprisingly love this soup. They finished the whole bowl in a few minutes! I guess it was good.

Baby Back Ribs + Chicken and Rice. The ribs were still tender and the chicken was tasty. It’s a must to order this if you are dining at Chilli’s.

Chicken Fajitas. Our all time favorite at Chilli’s. I was craving for this for months so we made sure that we ordered it.

We love, love Chilli’s. We’ll definitely go back again if we crave for those yummy fajitas. Soon.

Chili’s Bar and Grill
2/F Greenbelt 5, Legaspi St
Legazpi Village, Makati
(02) 729-2862

I’ve heard a lot of good reviews about Crazy Katsu, so when we were at the area one weekend, we decided to try it out. We went with the kids and they were excited to try it too.

Since I was excited to try their Katsu, I was disappointed when I learned that their chicken katsu was spicy!

Too bad the kids weren’t able to try it. But they enjoyed the bowl of sukiyaki as they fondly called it “the sweet soup”.

There were not much options at their menu. Hopefully they get to add more soon!

Crazy Katsu Diliman
Unit I Teacher’s Village, 81 Maginhawa St Teacher Village – East, Quezon City (02) 435-0030

Usually when we are in Food Choices Glorietta, with all those options available, choosing which one to eat for lunch or dinner is harder. But that particular day, we were all drawn to this one restaurant that is offering Greek cuisine. The prices were not too expensive either so we went for it and tried it for the first time.

I got the chicken kebab platter which was served with side salad and Greek rice. For PHP195, the serving was so huge I had to share it with my Hubby.

It was a great choice and we all love the food. So if you are craving for a greek cuisine, go Greek!

Go Greek!
Glorietta 4, Food Choices
East Drive, Ayala Center, Makati
(02) 729-0623

For our last dinner in Ho Chi Minh, we decided to make it special and try Barbecue Garden.

We passed by this restaurant for quite a number of times so we were all curious. It’s also loaded with a lot of people so we assumed that they serve good food!

Everything we assumed were right. They serve good food and we love the ambiance that it offered. Although we found it hot, but we enjoyed our last dinner in Ho Chi Minh.

We had the meal set which includes seafood, beef and pork to cook in our table. On the side we had salad, noodles and rice.

Everyone left the restaurant with happy tummies! We love this restaurant and I highly recommend it.

If you are going with kids, make sure that you ask which food are spicy and which ones are not. Their mild spicy is too spicy for us!

Barbecue Garden
135A Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, District 1
Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam

After settling down at An Hung Hotel, we went out to check out the shops and what the Old District has in store for us! I was so excited because like Ho Chi Minh’s Ben Thanh Market, everything is there, available for us to buy. The shopaholics are definitely excited! (*wink*)

After an exciting day of shopping, we ended the day with an Italian dinner at Mama Rossa. Since we’ve been eating Vietnamese food for the past 4 days already, it was a welcome change. And we all miss the pizza and pasta already!

Soup to start off the meal. Perfect for the cold weather! Temperature has gone down by night time so this soup was a delight to our hungry tummies.

Pasta was great for the kids and kid at heart. (*wink*)

Tasty thin crust pizza were the highlight of our dinner.

Not in photo are the baby back ribs and the sirloin steak that we devoured in I think, 5 minutes. LOL! Oh, it was a great dinner! We all had full tummies when we went back to the hotel. ♥

Mama Rosa
6 Le Thai To Str.,
Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam

Pho hoa has now been part of our favorite restaurants ever since my little girls tried their seafood noodle soup. My girls love noodles so much and Pho hoa’s is now their most favorite among all the restaurants that we’ve been to.

And mine too! I also like their fresh spring roll which tastes really fresh and tasty too!

And the BBQ rice as our staple food in Pho Hoa.

I wish we could back there one of these days. I highly recommend that you try it too!

Pho Hoa
http://www.phohoa.com.

One Saturday we were in Kapitolyo area to do errands and decided to have breakfast at Milky & Sunny. I’ve read that food is good here, so we tried it!

The moment we entered the restaurant, I immediately felt at home. The wall decors were really cute and homey.

And not only the wall decors were nice, the food was very good too!

I had skinless longganiza that comes with fried rice and egg…

…which was really tasty. I love that this one is not oily too. Hubby on the other hand, had his favorite beef tapa.

And just like me, he also loooove it. Will definitely go back and this time, we will bring the kids!

Milky & Sunny
#9 East Capitol Drive
Barangay Kapitolyo, Pasig City
Mobile No. (0917) 813-6482
Open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily

One weekend in August, we were invited by our relatives to have lunch at Gloria Maris, CCP. It was my first time so I was really excited having heard good reviews about this resto.

We just let our relatives do the ordering and I think they ordered the package for the entire table. Everything was sumptuous!

As for the kids, they always love to eat out so this one was a wonderful lunch for them.

I’m so thankful we were invited to this particular lunch. It was definitely a sumptuous lunch!

Gloria Maris – CCP Complex
Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex,
Roxas Blvd. PICC Reclamation Area, Pasay
(02) 831-3816

A couple of months ago, we had relatives here from LA who wanted to eat Filipino food. Since they were able to try Mesa already, I suggested that we try Masas too.

I’m so glad I suggested it, because they all love everything about Masas.

Since most of our relatives were health-conscious, we ordered mostly their vegetables – pinakbet, kangkong, bangus sinigang, crispy pata for the younger ones and salad.

Isn’t it obvious in our faces? We all love MASAS!

Masas
Ground Level, Greenbelt 2
Paseo de Roxas cor. Legaspi St., Ayala Center
Makati, Metro Manila
(+63 2) 757-4031

The first time we tried Mesa a couple of months ago, we instantly fell in love with the food.

Most of the food at Mesa are Filipino food with a twist so yes, it is quite different that’s why we loved it to bits.

For appetizer, we had Sisig in a Pouch. I love the twist of this food. It wasn’t an ordinary sizzling sisig. I also love the pinakurat vinegar that comes with it.

For salad, we had Pomelo Salad with Latik. Again, this one is different because of the Latik that comes with the salad. Very tasty and delicious.

For the rest of our orders we had, baby squid in olive oil which was an unforgettable dish that I would love to order again next time we will be in Mesa. We had bagoong rice which includes thinly sliced mango.

I highly recommend that you try MESA too! ♥

Mesa
2/F SM Megamall, Atrium
Doña Julia Vargas Ave. cor EDSA Wack Wack
Mandaluyong
(02) 470-4660