Foodie Manila

Just a few kilometers from the main city, located at the neighboring town of Silay, is one of Bacolod’s oldest bake shops. El Ideal (pronounced as El Idyal) it still stands at the original site where it grew its fame. Famous for both is lumpia and Guapple Pie, this was the perfect resting spot after visiting Victoria’s Milling and The Church of the Angry Christ.

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With the recent rise in popularity of Chicken Inasal in Manila, I decided to take a trip down to Bacolod and find the real roots of this foodie phenomena taking the metro by storm. With outlets like J.T. Manukan, Mang Inasal, and a few more setting up shop, I wanted to know what Chicken Inasal was suppose to taste like, and booked a flight to Bacolod. This was the ultimate Chicken Inasal Taste test.

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If you’ve been following my blog, you know I’ve been on the hunt for the BEST BURGER in town. If I remember correctly, I crowned Charlie’s Grind and Grill as the BEST BURGER in town for 2010. Well, move over Charlie’s, there’s a new player in town. Boulevard Diner may be a little hole-in-wall (both literally and figuratively) place, but if you want a really juicy burger then this is the place to visit.

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Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in southwest France, with an estimated (2008) population of 250,082. The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department. Its inhabitants are called Bordelais.

But to us Filipinos, what bordeaux means is either a good glass of wine, or the restaurant that opened up in the Fort at Burgos circle nearly a year ago. With its really classy decor, simple yet refined, one might misconstrue the place to be expensive or to daunting to say the least. I had that misconception entering Bordeaux. I was about to be proven wrong.

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I’ve noticed that quite a number of my blogger friends have been putting up their own christmas wish lists, and not to break the trend nor to conform I thought it would be nice to put up Foodie Manila’s very own Christmas wish list for things to come.

So breaking the usual content on my blog, I’ve decided to put up some things for Foodie Manila in the coming future.

I’ve heard that putting things up on a board help in making them a reality so here they are and in no particular order.

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We’ve memorized the jingles. (plays the 911-11-11 to the tune of lone ranger in the background) And we’ve all bought at least one time the traditional hawaiian pizza or pepperoni pizza just because we all grew up to Pizza Hut. I know I have. It was so convenient dialing 911-11-11 and placing your order and what better deal was there that if you had a palm card, you get another pizza for free? If they are late or more than 30 mins you get your pizza for free! (at much risk to the driver if I must say!) Pizza Hut is a long standing Filipino Pizza institution and we’ve all grown accustomed to it. Whether we love it or hate it, its there.

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Looking for a seafood restaurant in the Makati district is quite a task already. Looking for a GOOD one, is as you can quite imagine, very difficult. I was pleased to feature part of the Red Crab group of companies, Fish Out of Water, located at the top floor of Greenbelt 5. With its unassuming decor amidst a swanky mall and high-end brands, the alluring combination of tungsten lights and blue neon creates the perfect ambiance to dine with some of the more creative dishes I’ve seen and wanted to try in a long time. Dawning a blue bib, I got ready to enter a Seafood feast.

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The weekend market culture is indeed very big in europe and is starting to catch on here in Manila. With the advent of both Legaspi and Salcedo markets, grocers, cooks, bakers, and foodies all get together every weekend to sample and sell their wares to the market going public. The newest being Mercato located at The Fort, it offers one of the widest selections on food and items. Although the struggle to wake up early on a cozy cozy Sunday morning is quite intense, I promise you it’ll be worth it with the food you get to sample and taste.

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A lot of foodie friends have been talking about Happy Lemon which just opened up in Greenhills a few weeks ago. Being a foodie myself how could I resist not tasting it? So after my lunch at Racks, I decided to trot off to Happy Lemon located at the G/F of The Promanade at Greenhills for a quick look see. For the uninitiated, Happy Lemon is a China franchise of the now popular Milk Tea. There has been a steady rise of milk tea outlets all over the metro with Tea-o-logy, Serenitea, and a few more opening up shop all over the metro.

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I’ve been a huge fan of Chef Rob Goco’s creations, and Ristras was no different, ever since he opened the very first CYMA restaurant at Shangri-la Mall (in Manila. The Very VERY first one was at Boracay). Here he brings to you another masterful offering of Mexican dining cuisine of only the highest caliber ingredients. I know I’ve featured Ristras as one of the first blog entries on this blog but with food this good how can I resist not going back? Armed with better photography skills and an ever bigger appetite I went back to the newly opened branch over at the Fort near Mckinley Drive.

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