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| Rosemary Chicken from Agno street food stall |
I've been busy lately and most of my schedule is taken up with guiding guests all around town. Normally, I would go home and get some sleep after a tour. Lately I've been bingeing. As you can probably tell by this article's title, I do follow a couple of episodes of some TV chefs: Jett Tila and Alton Brown, etc. And so the title is my take on Chasing the Yum and Good Eats.
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| BACSILOG at Agno Street food stall |
So back to my story, I may not always have the budget for expensive meals. But since I know I'm a pretty good cook, I know what's tasty and right for my budget. I've been hanging around the DLSU area since I live right next door. Student meals are always great and priced for the De La Salle community. That means, good food, generous portions at student allowance-affordable cost!
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| Dodalgi Sonagi at Cafe de Seoul |
One favorite haunt is Cafe de Seoul, which I blogged about earlier on. The place is a fave among the DLSU students. It's wi-fi friendly (some tables installed with Samsung tablets), cheerfully decorated, brightly lit. Why wouldn't they want to hang out to study there? I was treated to a BACSILOG (bacon, sinangag at itlog) by a friend who got it in one of the stalls in Agno Street. He got himself a rosemary chicken and both meals were served in a paper bowl. Both meals cost P65.00 each. To accompany it, he got me a Dodalgi Sonagi ( a strawberry, kiwi and mint slush at P120.00) while he got a Green Tea Latte for himself (much the same price). I was hungry so I wolfed down the bacsilog which was slathered with a heavy cheesy cream. Ooohhh,,, so yummy. It was cheesecake (P120.00) for dessert. Great balance of sweetness. Not crumbly and the cherries on top was the perfect foil as it provided some amount of tartness to the white chocolate smiley garnish on top.
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| Cheesecake at Cafe de Seoul |
Zark's burger is right across DLSU's Henry Sy building (yes, what was once a football field!) This is a simple restaurant that serves the humble burger... in all it's decadent, tasty, greasy splendor! You deserve to PIG OUT once in a while. And yeah, we did! We decided to order an item called The Ultimate Burger (P145.00) It was huge! We were so full we didn't get to try the Tombstone (P320.00) which is a 3-tiered burger patty on a bun strewn with all the fries and sidings you would want... and more! Any diner can take up the management's challenge to finish a Tombstone in 5 minutes. The winner of a clean plate gets bragging rights, a free t-shirt and his photo up on the resto's wall...
| Ultimate burger from Zarks* |
On another occasion, I managed to have lunch at WILDFLOUR at the corner of 4th and 36th at Bonifacio Global City. My friend and I lunched al-fresco at a little corner table. They serve a complementary appetizer of baguette and a pot of butter for each diner. There's salt on the side too. For days, Jerome's been dying to try the Croque Madam (P450.00) so he ordered it
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| Croque Madam at Wildflour |
while I had a Smoked Salmon on a croissant and a side salad of greens and citrus dressing (P410.00).
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| Smoked Salmon from Wildflour |
The Chai Tea he drank was P120.00 and my coke was P70.00. To cap off lunch the Choco Pot de Creme was a delightful dessert at P205.00 a pot. It tasted so good so I resolved to make my own version of it - and soon!
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| Choco Pot de Creme at Wildflour |
* photo from Cafemobility.blogspot.com
