Delectable Bites at Mom and Tina's Bakery Cafe

I just love homey restaurants ~ 

they give breakfast nook at grandma's house ambiance! 

Welcome to Mom and Tina's Bakery Café. A quaint little restaurant serving comfort food, guaranteed to satisfy everyone's hunger.

This place is really cozy and inviting ~ 

Everything in the menu looks appetizing. 

I warn you, choosing could be a big challenge! 

We eventually ended getting:

 Quezo de Bola Spread (P250)

Chicken Fillet

Tocino and Egg (P250)

Grilled Sausage and Egg (P340)

Chicken Alexander (P265)

and Mango Cream Pie (P180)

extra heavenly with a cup of perfectly brewed coffee.

Mom and Tina's sells giftable boxed baked goodies and cakes fit for the oncoming holidays.  

Check and visit Mom and Tina's Bakery at

FRDC Building 106 E. Rodriguez Jr. Ave.,
Pasig City

Contact No. 914 0833 and 571 1541

Webpage: www.momandtinas.com

Check their website ~ www.momandtinas.com

Going Korean at the Don's Korean BBQ and Buffet Taytay

Everything Korean is so hip lately.  I am not surprised that one of the latest "food trip" destinations in Taytay, Rizal ~ Don's Korean BBQ and Buffet Restaurant was an instant hit among the general public.  

We just had to give it a try!

The restaurant is relatively small with limited seating and parking, so coming early is a must, if you want to be seated.  

We visited on a Sunday, lunch time and arrived at the restaurant at 11am.  There were already 4-5 families/groups seated, when we arrived.  About 30 minutes later the restaurant was already packed with guests ~ so yes it pays to come early!  

The restaurant serves traditional cooked food and BBQ.  You can opt for just the buffet or get an add on unlimited BBQ set (pork or beef or both) for grilling.  

  

Buffet options are quite affordable~

P275 Buffet Only

P335 Pork with Buffet

P395 Pork and Beef with Buffet

P445 Beef with Buffet

We got ourselves the Pork and Beef with buffet for our group and ended paying roughly P2000 after the senior citizen discounts, for our party of 6.  Not bad at all.  

I personally prefer beef, which was juicier and tastier than pork BBQ; I would definitely just get the beef option next time.  

My eldest enjoyed his time grilling ~ The Chef is in the House :P  

The hardest part ~ waiting for our food to cook.  

But don't worry the cooked buffet spread was good with varied choices.

Spices section ~ for seasoning your grill.  

Cooked buffet included traditional Korean dishes such as 

Bulgogi (marinated beef barbecue), Japchae (stir-fried sweet potato noodles), Ddukbokki (spicy rice cake), Haemul Pajeon (seafood vegetable pancake), Kimbap (Korean Sushi Roll, etc.  I was surprised to see a lot of choices considering the really affordable price.

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Korean food cravings satisfied!  

Thumbs up for Don's Korean BBQ and Buffet!

TIP: A Korean BBQ Grill is not the best place to go before a meeting or another event. The smell of grilled food really sticks to your clothes.

 Don's Korean BBQ and Buffet Restaurant 

National Road Sitio Ilog Pugad Brgy San Juan Taytay Rizal

For inquiries you may visit their facebook page ~ Don's Korean BBQ and Buffet Taytay

  

Sam Kara Restaurant Review ~ Lucban Quezon

Our roadtrip to Lucban Quezon from Taytay Rizal (via backdoor entrance traversing the Rizal towns of Angono, Binangonan, Morong, Baras, Tanay, Pililla, then the Laguna towns of Mabitac, Famy/Siniloan, Pangil, Pakil, Paete, Kalayaan, Lumban, Pagsanjan, Cavinti and Luisiana) took us to a scenic 3 hours route. 

We reached Lucban, Quezon a little over 12pm.  We were tired and hungry ~ checking Trip Advisor's recommendation, we dropped by Sam Kara Restaurant and Garden Resort.

The place is scenic and quite appealing ~ it rich in flora and loving decorated in time for Christmas season.

Accommodations at Sam Kara range from P3500-P7000 (plus surcharge on weekends and holidays).

  

Rooms are air-conditioned, cabled TV and water heater.

From the restaurant, we saw that there is also a resort pool.

 

We never saw the interiors personally though, as we were already billed at another resort ~ Villa Elma. 

Sam Kara specializes in Filipino dishes.  Everything in the menu looked delicious, we simply settled with an order of Bilao (which is a combination of Sam Kara's specialties).

A Bilao costs about P1300+ and includes: Inihaw na Manok, Tokwa't Baboy, Laing, Baked Fish Fillet and Bicol Express with soda.

Everything was spot on delicious ~ they serve known Filipino dishes, cooked and prepared differently (but in a good way).

Sam Kara Restaurant and Garden Resort

is located in

Sitio Malinao, Brgy. Igang,
Lucban, Quezon Philippines

For inquiries and bookings,
you may contact them at 0917-6742693

reservations@samkara.ph

Guevarra's: The Best of Filipino Cuisine

We visited Chef Laudico's Guevarra Restaurant in San Juan for my mother's birthday lunch. I have been to the restaurant with officemates before and was really excited to come back with my family this time. 

The restaurant is an old house (~ this house has so much character) turned into a restaurant.  Consistent with the theming is the Filipino buffet spread. 

We were there early (about 1 hour before the opened their lunch tables).  We live in Rizal and we wanted to beat traffic.  We waited for awhile outside. 

NOTE: If you are coming on a weekend or holiday, don't just pop up.  Please be sure to make reservations.  During our visit, we saw a couple, who had to wait for vacant seats for 2 hours (even though they came early) because the restaurant is fully reserved (reservation details listed at the bottom of this post).

My parents playing cozy while waiting.

Waiting = Selfies

We have seniors with us, so I specifically requested for seating nearest the buffet spread (#PerksWithSeniors).

I love the interiors...

Autographed plates of famous guests, adorned the walls.

Don't worry my "forgets" had double dose of their maintenance medicine for the occasion. 

So much food ~  for the price we paid (P500 for a Saturday buffet, less Senior Citizen discounts)  I would say it was "Sulit".  

Chef Laudico Guevarra's Buffet Restaurant

387 P. Guevarra St. cor. Argonne St., Addition Hills San Juan

Manila, Philippines

Operating hours: 

11:00 am- 2:00 pm (Lunch)

7:30 pm- 10:30 pm (Dinner)

Buffet Rates: 

Monday to Friday - Lunch P399/ Dinner P499

Friday to Saturday - Lunch or Dinner P599

For reservations, call: Landline: (02) 705-1811, (02) 705-1874, and (02) 502-5006 or Mobile: 0917-311-2222

For more details or information, like Chef Laudico Guevarra's Facebook or follow them on Twitter.

Sungayan Grill Restaurant Review ~ Bolinao Pangasinan

The long drive from Manila to Bolinao for my son's birthday weekend at Puerto del Sol Beach Resort left us tired and hungry.  We initially thought of heading to the resort directly for lunch, but fortunately saw the Sungayan Grill Restaurant and Floating Restaurant.

I knew I have seen this restaurant's good reviews in Trip Advisor and decided to make the stop.

The restaurant is about 2 minutes walk from the parking area via floating walkway.

The restaurant was named after the "sungayan" unicorn fish. As the name suggests, the restaurant specialized in seafoods dishes.

There were many guests when we visited.  We came it right smack  lunch time on a Saturday.  It was good though that we got there first, ahead of the bigger groups.  

We were seated comfortably right next to live acoustics.

Our order a small (good for 4) bilao worth P750, already inclusive of rice and a pitcher of ice tea.

Food is fresh and delicious.  I especially loved the perfectly grilled squid and the fresh vegetables dipped in Bolinao bagoong. 

Our plates were embarrassingly "spic and span" clean.   Good thing I was on "see food" diet.

We also got buko (P35)

~ My husband saw the buko on the menu list and just can't say no (#bukoaddict).

After lunch, we crossed to Sungayan's coffee shop  "Kapihan ni Zian"right across the main dining hall. 

Coffee was fine, but lacking the kick of Batangas' Kapeng Barako. There was only limited choices of desserts to pair off with your drink.  

Appended below is the full menu of Sungayan Grill Restaurant.

For questions and inquires, please like them on facebook

Sungayan Grill FB

Call 0912 353 4433

@bolinaosungayangrill

Wondering where to stay in Bolinao, check here our accommodation in Bolinao: Puerto Del Sol Beach Resort