Aha! Singaporean food in Philippines   I don’t frequent the Ortigas area or any other location outside of Makati (except paranaque) simply because I have poor sense of direction.  Yes ladies, I am the 1 percent of the male population who will admit that I’m not good with directions and I don’t mind asking for directions.  We went to SM Megamall last week because wifey wanted to check out forever 21.  Her sister even flew in from Davao to check out that store.  It’s a girl thing so I won’t go into details.  Anyway, the trip was fun for me because I get to try the Orchard Road at SM Megamall Bridgeway (I think).  I’m a big fan of hawker centers in Singapore because the idea of choosing from a variety of cuisines like chinese, malay, thai, etc. excites me.  The Orchard Road restaurant at Megamall is not a hawker center – it’s more like the foodcourts of Singapore but that’s cool too.  Ok, nuff of the boring intros – let’s jump right in to the food.

You can watch the chef's cook. The old guy looks authentic Singaporean.

Here's the Orchard Road Menu. To order, just mark it there and go to the counter.

645 for 3 dishes, extra rice, drinks and extra malaysian curry sauce. For 50 bucks, you should order that extra curry - it's really good. Come to think of it, it's the only dish that I enjoyed. Ha ha ha

Singaporean Dude Cooking - Bare hands so it tastes better (Ha ha ha)

Hookien Mee. They didn't do justice to the dish. This is an amazing dish in Singapore - sarap sobra. This one.. not too much so don't get discouraged by this one. The real thing is Yummyiah!

For 135 bucks you get 4 short Satay beef. It's decent.

Roast Chicken Rice - wifey said it was "ok lang"

Ok, let me wrap this up and justify why I posted this entry even if I don’t have much to say about these dishes.

1. I don’ t want you to get discouraged with Hokkien Mee.  It’s really good if done right.  Here’s one of my posts when I first got a taste of this delightful noodle dish in Singapore: http://chibog.tumblr.com/post/226988876/my-oh-my-fried-hokkien-mi-is-the-best-this
2. You have to try the Malaysian Curry – even as an extra order.  It’s only 50 pesos!  It saved our meal.  So good!

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Lumpiang Togue From Via Mare

Commander, general, chief, batas.. also known as “the wife” gave me the first paglilihi challenge of this pregnancy last night.  The winning food craving was… drum roll please… lumpiang togue! Hahaha.  It shouldn’t be too difficult coz I can just buy from one of the jolly jeeps.  But noooo… i can’t just buy off the streets – too risky for mrs preggy of course. Hehehe.  Here’s how it started… (harps and clouds please – flashback time)

I was driving along dela rosa when I got the sms so my first option was to check out the establishments below the carpark.  First stop was tapa king – wala!  Next was manong pepe’s (a subsidiary of Jollibee – naks!) – walang lumpiang togue!  Back to mr. bonkers and drove to greenbelt 1 which was closer to home.  Checked out Binalot – EEEENGK! Wala! Andoks – naddah. Then I remembered, Razon’s! Woohooo! Sure shot… but it was 8 pm already.. CLOSED! Booo!  Ha ha ha.  Anyway, I remembered Via Mare – all filipino favorites.. Yahoo!  I took a look at the menu, no lumpiang togue and just lumpiang hubad. Booo! I asked the waiter, he said yes they have lumpiang togue but he also couldn’t find it in the menu.  I told him it was for my wifey – “naglilihi kasi” and he swore that they served lumpiang togue.  Finally, he saw a picture of one of their dishes with lumpiang togue as a side dish.  There you go.  Whew! Ordered 4 pieces and went home a hero.  K, Thanks, Bye! Bow.

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Wagyu Burger

Finally had the chance to try out the famous Wagyu Burger of Malcolm’s.  I’m still recovering from a fever, cough and colds – the works.  Anyway, I was afraid I wouldn’t get the full experience because my taste buds were still off due to lack of sense of smell.  Thanks to a  few nose pinches every now and then plus some heavy inhale exhale exercises I experienced the glory that is.. wagyu burger!  I likey a lot.  Only drawback is its price – it sets you back Php400.  Ouch!  It’s not as big as the other burgers I posted here like Charlie’s or Army Navy but it sure has its own elite status in the world of hamburgers.  I would recommend going for it.. we only live once anyway.

Here are some other delightful pictures to stimulate your appetite:

Some pasta - Quatro Formaggio?

2nd Floor

Free Munchies

Wagyu Salpicao

Chocolate Cake

OOOhhhhh.. sarap nito tsong!  Chocolate with chocolate!

By the way, here’s there exact location and contact info:

+632 844 0000
108 HV de la Costa Street corner Tordesillas St.,
Salcedo Village Makati, City

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Max's Spicy Laing Tilapia

A few weeks ago we saw a billboard of the new Max’s Spicy Laing Tilapia.  Mmmm… Laing on Tilapia – sounds good to me.   We tried it out at the greenbelt 1 branch – yep, meron pa dun, sa gilid.  It was actually good.  The gata was a bit too rich but it was good.  Thing is, for Php195 I don’t think that it’s worth it.  It’s essentially one decent sized tilapia cut in half with some laing in between and on top – not even a generous serving of laing.

So there… it’s good but not worth Php195 bucks in my book.

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Charlie's Dark Angus Burger

Now this is what a burger should be all about!  Check it out – this is a must.  Charlie’s dark angus burger is around 195 bucks served with cheese and fat fries.  Yummy!

I heard about Charlie’s a while back from peeps up north but never got the chance to try it out… but all that has changed.  I’m now a believer!  This is one REALLY good burger.   Comes next to San Francisco burger of National Sports Grill in my book.

I hope they open one up in Makati.  Oh and by the way, they sell imported beer and you can have your car washed while you eat.  Pretty cool.

Located at 16 East Kapitolyo Drive, Pasig City
Contact: +632 635-4857

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Feast your eyes on the Army Navy Burger! A mouthwatering burger just below 200 bucks.   You get to choose what you want to add – I just had to add on some bacon and cheese.  mmMMmmm.  Imagine a good tasty canteen burger from childhood and upgrade it in size and taste – takes you back doesn’t it?  Black sesame seeds on the bun – good one!

Shoe string fries - I think?

The fries remind me of picnic – string fries.  It’s fun!

There’s a branch at Glorietta 5 just in front of Rustan’s Makati.

Try it out and share your adventures here.  That’s all folks!

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I’m not an expert in Paella but this surely is one of the tastiest rice dishes that I have ever had!  Yeah!  Just message me if you want to get the contact number to place your orders.

As you can see, its as big as an opened up newspaper

After feeding around 15 people... whew!

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Anyway, a few weeks ago I struck gold and we found a branch at the newly renovated Cash and Carry mall – top floor food court.  Yum yum.

I gues it’s one of those things that reminds me of childhood.  Sweet!

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We ordered Chapchae (or was it japchae? let me know) glass noodles and bibimbap – yum yum.  The one thing that striked me the most was the rock bowl.  I’m not sure what it was called exactly but it definitely kept my food hot.  I was already done eating and the bowl was still hot!  Amazing!  Imagine serving our very own sisig on this hot rock plate… oooh.

Does it taste good?  Oh hell yeah.

Anyway, here are some pics to get you started:

Bibimbap

Chap Chae

Contact information:

757-4031 / 728-1454

Level 1, Greenbelt 2 beside Cyma, Makati

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Branches and contact info:

1. Powerplant Mall – Rockwell: 898-0934 to 35
2. The Podium: 635-6833
3. Jupiter: 899-0640
4. SM Megamall: 636-4635
5. Robinsons Place: 522-7924
6. Paseo Center: 893-7902

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