One Lazy Evening

Coming home and having to cook is a little bit tiring so one lazy night when Hubby fetched me we decided to just dine somewhere and not wait for the meat to thaw once we arrived from work. My office is in the Pioneer area and since the Go Hotel building is new we checked Tokyo Cafe located on its ground floor. 

 We love Japanese food especially Tempura, which was included in their seafood mix fry consisting of breaded squid, fish and shrimp, so we didn't miss it on the menu. As an appetizer we chose their creamy mushroom soup which was, true to its name, creamy! 

We also ordered Pork Shoga Yaki (sliced pork stir fried in Japanese sauce) which was just ok compared to the must try seafood mix. 

Not that you'd be surprised but yes, we finished them all haha! Trying to digest the food very well, we decided to have some tea and since I couldn't resist it, cheesecake for dessert. I was going for their Blueberry Cheesecake but because of the hour (it was almost 10 pm), the Japanese Cheesecake was the only one available. I took it never the less. If you're into the not-so-sweet-cheesecake you'd definitely love this one. 

Since we were seating at a corner, it was hard for them to see us raise our hands to order or even get the bill. :( Still the experience was satisfying. 

Tokyo Cafe:

Ground Floor, Go Hotels

Edsa, Boni Ave. Cor. Aglipay, 

Brgy. Buayang Bato, Mandaluyong 

Philippines

Sick and Hungry

Because of the rain that has been pouring since 2 days ago, I caught colds and have been sneezing and blowing my nose since I woke up. Being not in the mood to cook, I browsed to check what can be delivered for lunch. I didn't want burgers today, not craving for soup either though it would be perfect for the weather. I checked KFC, Shakey's, and Jollibee but since I don't want the delivery guy getting soaked travelling all the way here , I chose Chowking as there is a store just 10 minutes away from us. 

I loved their King's Congee and I usually partner it with their tofu. I don't know why but now it is only available for breakfast and delivered only until 11am. Sad. So I checked their menu for something else and decided to just get the Chinese Style Fried Chicken Lauriat without drink as I'm trying to cut off on my soda intake. Instead, I ordered Nai Cha (milk tea) for 2 reasons: I like their Milk Tea. It's not too sweet and the tea taste was strong. 2. they have a minimum order of Php 200 for delivery and the Lauriat only costs Php 175. 

This lauriat consists of their Chinese Style Fried Chicken (of course), fried rice (I was expecting plain) pancit canton, few chicharap, 2 pieces of pork siomai and a buchi. 

I was told that though there is a Chowking near us, the one delivering my order was the Petron C5 branch. The operator said the one in Pembo does not deliver. So much for thinking of Kuya's sake. But still, Petron isn't that far from us and it was just drizzling when he came.My food arrived past 3 and I'm already starved so right after taking pictures I immediately bit a chunk of the chicken and shoved a spoonful of rice. I don't know if it is just my colds affecting my tounge but the chicken has a burnt taste to it and the rice was too oily. I went for the pancit but it too didn't taste good. It was dry. The siomai were just ok. I was trained as a kid to finish what's in my plate being made guilty when I didn't by pointing out that I was blessed to have something to eat while others starve, so even though nothing on my plate excited my taste buds except the buchi and chicharap, I left nothing. 

Good thing I had the Nai Cha. As I have mentioned, I love tea so this one, though having a few uncooked and clustered tapioca,  made my day. 

Many times have I eaten Chowking's but this was my first delivery (and probably the last). The food tasted different in a not so good way. I'll probably stick with burgers next time. 


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Hotline: 702.88.88