MERCATO

A night out with good old friends. This was never planned, it just so happened that we we're all online at Facebook and decided to meet-up last Saturday and have some food trips. We went to this place called Mercato which offers different kinds of foods. All possible foods you can think of is there. It's like Banchetto where foods are all over the place. They usually open over the weekend. As usual, in a place like that, you'll go crazy deciding what to buy. It's like you would like to try and taste everything. We all ended up with full stomachs. So nice to go out and eat with good friends.

Check out the photos below:

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It was kinda raining that night, but there were still a lot of people. 

Good thing Mercato is inside a big white tent.  

This picture is a little blurred, sorry about that. =p

FOOD TRIP WITH FERN

Weekend food trips with my buddy Fern! Just this last Saturday, we tried a new food place in Marikina called Burrito Bros where they offer Mexican style foods. Then the next day, we decided to visit Banapple to fill in our stomachs. :)

What's in the table?

Super Taco

Super Burrito

Banapple on Sunday

Hickory Smoked Barbecued Country Ribs

It's a Pesto pasta for Fern; I forgot it's menu name

*BURP*

Apple Caramel Crumble Pie

Home Made Ice Tea

Mirinda Soda

Looking forward for more food trips with friends! I suddenly got hungry. Haha!

PIZZA CRAVINGS

I am craving for pizza right about now!

I want pizza, pizza, pizza!

Plus mojos and a bottle of Pepsi pleeeease...

LAI-LYN'S CATERING

Tapsilog craving? Try Lai-Lyn's Catering tapsilog! The place is just a few minutes away from my workplace. After shift, me and some colleagues would go there to simply eat, sometimes our food is accompanied by a couple bottle of beers. Haha. Their food is really nice, they offered catering services and have this little place where they serve very affordable meals too. Not only it is affordable but delicious as well! Yum. My favorite is their tapsilog, whenever I'm there, I can't resist ordering their tapsilog. Now, I'm hungry. LOL!

Lai-Lyn's Catering

#8 E. Rodriguez Ave., Sto Nino, Marikina City
933-09-78 / 997-7672

CAFE DE LIPA

Me and my friend Slice went to Lipa, Batangas over the weekend. We stayed at her friend's place. It was not a planned visit, it's actually a last minute thing. We just wanted to go somewhere that weekend and ended up going there. 

On our second day there, that was Sunday, I craved for coffee. We were planning to go to Starbucks Lipa, but Ate Karen, who is a true blue Batanguena mentioned that there's a coffee shop near Starbucks Lipa that tastes the same like Starbucks' coffee but is actually made from Kapeng Barako. Batangas is known for their strong tasting Kapeng Barako and is usually served hot brewed. But Cafe de Lipa made it with different twists and keep up with other famous coffee shops. They also served iced coffee, frappes, lattes and yummy pastries that will go along with your choice of coffee. 

Their coffee is so good, it's just like your favorite coffees at Starbucks. The ambiance is so nice too. I feel proud that we Filipinos can also make a world class kind of coffee. They have several branches as well, but mostly in Lipa, Batangas. I hope they expand more to different places, they'll definitely beat other known coffee shops.

- Slice -

- with Ate Karen -

Coffee Lover!

Cafe de Lipa

Main Branch : 

32 San Carlos Drive, Mataas na Lupa 

Lipa City, Batangas

CASA FELIZ

Me and my good friend Slice decided to eat out after our shift last Wednesday. I invited her to try this place I saw online, the place is actually called SKOW and I wanted to blog about it. But unfortunately, it's not yet opened so we ended up dining at Casa Feliz which is just a few blocks away from SKOW. It's my second time to be at Casa Feliz. The first time I went there was with my team, we had our team dinner there. Their specialty are cakes and pastries but they also served appetizers, pastas, burgers, pizza, etc. I haven't really like their food that much, it's okay and good, but not so exceptional for me.

What's in the table?

"Vida Verde Tea" 

It's their very own recipe. It says on the menu that it's a green tea with pistachio nuts. It tasted like sans rival, a little chewy because of the pistachios maybe. But I've liked it, a must try! By the way, it has fresh fruits on top which I didn't eat. I can't distinguish what fruit that is. Haha!

"Chocolate Cake"

We didn't like it. The texture of the cake is not good, even the icing doesn't tastes good. =( 

"Buffalo Wings"

This tastes good. Not so fabulous like other buffalo wings but the little kick of it's spicy sauce and the garlic mayo completes that meal. It sure is nice to go with rice. 

Vida Verde Tea 

wins over 

Chocolate Cake. 

LOL!

 Slice - 

are you not enjoying 

your slice of chocolate cake? 

Haha!

Buffalo wings and rice! 

*BURP*

We still enjoyed though, the customers are just us two then. So it's like we own the place. Casa Feliz looks like a garage style of dining and they have this huge white tent as their ceiling with fancy chandelier lights hanged on it. Plus they offer free WiFi too. Sorry I was too lazy to take photos of their place coz I was really planning to blog about SKOW, which didn't happen. 

Oh well, their slice of cake for a minimum price of Php70 is affordable enough. They have big servings for cakes. I've tasted their blueberry cheesecake before, it's not that good for me as well. Ooopsss. But I think they still have a lot to offer. So if you'r into cakes, try them!

Casa Feliz

95 Rainbow St. Hacienda Heights 

Conception Dos, Marikina City     

(632) 933-6653

BANANAMAN.. LOL!

Browsing photos from the web and saw this. It really made me laughing out loud! The faces of those fruits are just so funny. Wahahahhahaha. I think it'll be a cool cartoon series to watch and have a title like Bananaman! or Banana is the Man! Hahahaha. I can't help it, their looks are hilarious. LOL!

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

For those who are in love ~

stay happy.

For those who are searching ~

love saves the best for last.

For those whose hearts are broken ~

someone will put it back together in one piece.

Love is in the air. 

It's a lovely day.

Happy Heart's Day!

 Saw this photo at the web, and they just looks yummy...

YUM YUM YUM