food love

Here's a mini food post on the things I've been munching on lately. If you're an Instagram follower, you've probably seen the lot of food photos I post almost daily. Today I'd like to share with you some details on the food behind @danielamgamboa and #danielaeats (yup I made a hashtag!).

Prosciutto and Arugula Pizza at The Palms Country Club

I don't know why I always opt for Margarita pizza when this exists. It was my first time to try it this year (SO.LATE.) and I absolutely love it. The Palms pizzas are cooked in a brick oven so the slightly burnt taste you get from the brick oven cook makes it extra good. I also always have my pizzas come in thin crust because I enjoy the little crunch you get at the end of eating a slice as oppose to the thick, filling crust, so I was happy that that's what I got for this one.

Spicy Tuna Salad, Sea Breeze and Cha Soba at Omakase

I don't even need to explain! My heaven. 

Dumplings at Mandarin Palace

I'm not really a Chinese food lover, but I can eat a whole lot of dumplings. Pork Siomai and Hakaw forever! And Mango Sago. YUM. I also enjoy jellyfish once in a while, but I didn't like the one they had here. 

I forgot the name of this dish, but it's from Bamba Bistro in BF. That place has such good food. It may appear tiny in serving, but I shared this (and a few other dishes) with some friends, and we were stuffed! I suggest you share different dishes when you visit so you can try out more than one. And order a Sangria!  

 Huevos from Bamba Bistro

This was my favorite. The chorizo + ground beef + chilli + egg (and a few other ingredients I might be forgetting) was so good! The burger I posted above actually also contains Huevos that's why I really liked it.

Pizzookie from Bamba Bistro

The perfect end to the Bamba experience. Freshly baked chocolate chip cookie topped with Vanilla ice cream, coated with some salted caramel syrup. It also comes in a small serving size but it's actually perfect since you'll be so stuffed from the main dishes. It's a must for anyone that visits Bamba!

Random, but now that I think about it, the Magnum dessert I had a few days ago in Magnum Manila is somewhat like this. More on this in the next food post!

Sambokojin in SM Southmall

Okay, not exactly the best Japanese place in the south. It's no Omakase or Hanakazu, but I love eating here because it's affordable (Php 600-700 if i'm not mistaken), it's a buffet, and it's a fusion of Japanese and Korean food--my two favorite cuisines. Just a side note for those who plan on eating here - watch out for their sashimi. I've visited this place I think more than ten times, and most of my visits were pleasant. It was just maybe twice or thrice that I encountered tuna sashimi that didn't look fresh. I didn't even try it to spare myself from a bad stomach, so I just requested for a new batch and they replaced it with fresher looking fish. 

Sukiyaki from Krazy Katsu in BF

Sweet! I think this is the sweetest Sukiyaki i've ever had but I kinda enjoyed it. Anton also liked it but we agreed that you need to have an order of something else to alternate it with so you don't get tired of the taste. I got some of Anton's meal to get a taste of something else in between, and I enjoyed the Sukiyaki more that way. 

That's it for today! Here's a random food quote I saw on Tumblr today:

"People who love to eat are always the best people" -  Julia Child

I agree!

jap happy

For the first time in my life I am actually admitting to Jap food overload.
Last week, I ate in Sambokojin with Anton. We were just craving so we decided to eat there for dinner.

Last Monday, my sister treated us to Sambokojin for her birthday.

Yesterday, my sister invited me to join her and her boyfriend for dinner in Palms and I decided to order Spicy Tuna salad and Zaru Soba.

In between all these meals, I would occasionally get Jap cravings (still), and would munch on some crab sticks with kikoman and wasabi at home.

Madness I tell you! I don't want to put blame on the monthly cravings (if you know what I mean), but it IS partially to blame + I think I really have some sort of addiction.

And to top it all off...

I got one more Jap meal waiting in Omakase! A few days ago I saw on my FB news feed that Omakase posted an Instagram photo that won the @IwantOmakase photo contest. I immediately searched the page for the mechanics of the contest and found that by simply tagging your Omakase food photo or experience with @IwantOmakase and #iwantomakase, you have a chance to win a special treat from the restaurant. I'm not really one to join online stuff (may have done it twice or thrice in the past and never won), but I just decided to tag all my old Omakase photos on my Instagram.

And I won!!

I had no idea what, but I was happy anyway. I had to send some details to an email and when I did, I got a reply with a free Dynamite Roll and Miso soup to my name! I was the happiest kid ever.

I just checked the Omakase page now and it says that the contest is still on going. So if you want a chance to win a treat, tag away!