Archive for November 2015

I’ve been to Banapple Katipunan branch few years ago and I was very impressed. So when their Gateway branch opened (if I’m not mistaken) last year, I really want dine at this branch. Didn’t have the chance to dine here until now since their restau's always full especially on weekends and nights.

So we went here last Sunday, at around 4-5 pm. There were a lot people inside but good thing, we were able to get a seat. The waitress were very accommodating and friendly. They assisted us with our seats.

Menu was handed upon seating.

It’s a pay first order so after choosing what to eat, we lined up to pay at the cashier. Place is bigger and spacious compared to their other branch but since there were a lot of people inside, place can get too crowded. What I didn’t like about the place is it’s too noisy for me. I can’t hear much of what the other person is saying. Can’t blame them as there were really a lot of people inside.

Here’s what we ordered:

Garlic Beef Tapa with Creamed parsley eggs (Php200)

“Tender beef tapa, fried in garlic pieces and paired with our special creamy eggs”

- Servings were surprisingly huge. Tapa is very soft and tasty. I liked their creamy eggs a lot!

Baked Creamy Cheesy Penne (Php215)

“A Well - loved dish of luscious white cheese sauce and meaty tomato sauce, with al dente penne pasta and sautéed Hungarian sausage”

- Perfectly baked with oozing mozzarella cheese on at the top. Totally yumyum! What I also llike about this meal is they really give you huge amount of servings that is worth of what you pay. This huge baked creamy pasta penne for Php215 ONLY!!! Super sulit! :)

Overall, I was satisfied with the dish we ate here at Banapple. Affordable and worth it! :) Definitely one of my faves! :)

Banapple Gateway

Located at: GF Gateway Mall Araneta Center Cubao QC

Phone number: 4370204

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Banapple-Gateway-Mall

Alexei’s Diner & Cafe

Located at: 7 Gil Fernando Ave. Sto. Nino Marikina Ciy

Phone number: 9014674

Opens at: 10AM - 11PM

Facebook: http://facebook.com/Alexeis-Diner-Cafe

Katipunan area is known to have lots of restaurants and foodie stop ever since before. Since this place is near my home, been going to this area a lot of times (especially when I was in high school when I took advance classes every summer or review for entrance exams) but wasn’t able to explore this area well.

If you have read my previous posts, I mentioned that I want to expand my food journey starting with Katipunan, UP Town and/or Maginhawa St. So I invited one of my friends for a food trip in Katipunan.

Let’s start with Brickfire, located at 2nd flr Xavier Residence, near/at the back of McDo Katipunan. Brickfire has variety of foods, mainly steaks but they also serve breakfast meals, burgers and pasta. As the name itself, place is brick themed and very Western. Waiters were very accommodating as they greeted us upon entering and assisted us with our seats.

I haven’t seen the menu before we went here so I was surprised that their foods are very affordable. Actually, I really wanna try their pasta but since it’s a steakhouse resto, of course I ordered their steak instead. Haha

Here’s what we ordered:

Cowgirl Annie in Honey Mustard 220g with Rice (Php164)

- I’m not a fan of steaks but this is soooo good! My friend actually suggested for the doneness to be “Medium Well” since “Well done” would make the steak hard to slice or chew. I don’t usually eat steaks so I didn’t know this but good thing, Ilistened. :) The meat was soft, juicy and easy to chew. The sauce along with the corn and carrots, made the meat yummy! I was quite surprised that the servings given was huge given the price of Php164 only!! Actually, I wasn’t able to finish the steak since I was already full.

The Duke (Tenderloin)

- According to my friend, this steak is soft as this one’s tenderloin. “Though, hindi ata medium well yung luto naging medium rare, medyo rare pa yung ibang parts pero oks naman hindi lasang hilaw.” My friend also thinks that maybe they lack more veggies/sides included. Though everything’s worth it for the price.

But overall, my experience with Brickfire is really nice. Very affordable and totally recommended steaks! :)

Brickfire, Katipunan

Located at: 2nd flr Xavier Residence Building Rosa Alvero corner Esteban St Loyola Heights Quezon City

Phone num: 09173547318; 4262254

Opens at: 10:30AM - 10PM

Facebook: http://facebook.com/brickfiresteaks

This is the Part III and the last part of my food trip with Jumi and Chad.

After eating a hefty meal at Sano Ramen, we decided to look for desserts and a place to hang out. We went at Breaks and Shakes in Sapphire St. as I suggested.

Breaks and Shakes offer meals, pastas and the best milkshakes!! Located at Sapphire St (near St Paul Parish) I already dined at this place a few weeks ago and was very impressed so I suggested that we hang out at Breaks and Shakes after we ate our dinner. Luckily, we were the only customers at that time.

**took more decent-high-quality-night-time-photos since I brought my cam this time**

Here’s the menu:

Here’s what we ordered:

Cookies and Cream Milkshake with Whipped Cream

Green Tea Milkshake

Pistachio Milkshake

Originally, I wanna order their Coffee Almond Fudge Milkshake which I ordered before but I was informed that it was already out of stock. :( I got the Cookies and Cream Milkshake and it was also soooo good! (But still, Coffee Almond Fudge is the best!!) Haha

I also took a sip at Chad’s Green Tea Milkshake and I love the Green Tea milkshake which is not too sweet (I love matchas/green tea and not too sweet foods/drinks).

Pistachio Milkshake was good too! :))

Chad had a little presentation he shared with us. After that, we played this game and Monopoly Deal in which I surprisingly won! Even though I was the most inattentive and uninterested at first (I was already too sleepy at that time since I had a night shift earlier and had 3-4 hours of sleep only). Haha

(PHOTO SPAM ALERT!!!!)