Pizza in a Cone

 

You may be used to eating pizza as a square, a triangle, or a small circle, but now, New Age Food Concepts, Inc. introduces a new shape that goes well for people on the go! As another way of reintroducing "wraps", they presents a new way to enjoy pizza! It was already featured in different TV stations but we just tried it recently.

 

We ordered Everything but the sink in Amazing Cones located at Robinson's Galleria and it was good. Soft, chewy dough is molded into a cone and filled with different ingredients. Everything but the sink pizza cone contained pepperoni, Italian sausage, beef, mushrooms, pineapple, bell pepper, onions, olives, tomato sauce, and mozzarella. 

It wasn’t a long wait till you get your order as it was freshly cooked. What we like about it is the cheesy part, and the part that our hands won’t get messy from eating the pizza. Because of the cone shaped and the wrapper that they have, it’s very easy to eat. You can eat it even walking. Our only complaint was the size of the cone. They were too small; we didn't even get partially full.  ;p

 

For more info you can visit their website: www.amazingcones.com

Island Cove Food Trip

Aside from the beautiful attractions of Island Cove, they also have a variety of delicious menu at their Cafes and Restaurants. We tried their Big Five Pizza, Southern Fried Chicken and Buffet Breakfast.

Feasting on the Big Five Pizza!

Big Five Pizza - A very tasty Pizza topped with pepperoni, sweet hot Italian sausage, mushroom, onion and pepper, with marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese in the crust. At Php240.00 the four of us shared this  large 8-sliced delicious snack, a bit expensive but it's all worth it.

Yummy

Southern Fried Chicken - Lightly breaded crispy chicken cutlets served with mojos and creamy garlic dip. For only Php220.00 we enjoyed this 4 big pieces of crispy and flavorful southern style fried chicken. We also ordered it together with rice which is a bit expensive at a price of Php40.00 per cup.

Buffet Breakfast

We were entitled to a buffet breakfast for two at one of their Restaurants, the Sangley Point, where we really indulged on their buffet menu. They have fried rice, fried bangus, adobong manok, longganisa, fresh garden salad, different types of bread like cinnamon rolls and pandesal, you can also have eggs cooked the way you want, fresh fruits and fruit juices, puddings, and our all time favorite, Churros con chocolate! :D

"L Po-yo caca- Lo-co"

El Pollo Loco, pronounced “L Po-yo Lo-co” and Spanish for “The Crazy Chicken". They specialize in Mexican food and chicken as their specialty (which you might have already guessed from the name of the place). It only has two branches here in the Philippines, one in SM Megamall and the other is in Mall of Asia. For more info, check their website: http://www.elpolloloco.com/

On Sunday afternoon, we did our weekend habit which is going to the mall and food tripping. This time we tried El Pollo Loco's Flame-grilled chicken together with Spanish rice, Corn Cobbettes, Fries, and their fresh salsa which you can have mild or hot. We also had leche flan and fruit salad as dessert.

Flame-Grilled Chicken

And don't forget to stop by their Salsa Bar where you’ll find their famous House Salsa, Avocado Salsa, Pico de Gallo and Salsa Roja! All are prepared fresh everyday. Their salsa bar is a great way to add different flavors to your favorite menu selections.

Fresh Salsa

For those who don't prefer rice, you can also try their flour tortillas which are trans-fat free. What to do is shred their flame-grilled chicken, then put in on a warm flour tortilla, top it off with fresh salsa and corn, wrap it up and there it goes! Yummy!

Flour Tortillas

We ♥ Mang Inasal

If you are a RICE LOVER, Mang Inasal is the place for you, where you can enjoy unlimited rice while savoring their special Chicken Inasal. Mang Inasal is the Philippine's fastest growing barbeque fast food chain, serving chicken, pork barbeque and other Filipino favorites, and was first established on December 12, 2003 in Iloilo City. They have now 294 branches nationwide. Equipped with great-tasting Filipino favorites and pocket-friendly prices, Mang Inasal knows that in the end it will win the heart of the masses.

Pecho and rice wrapped in banana leaves

You can choose from a variety of chicken parts such as Leg and Thigh, Breast and Wing or Pecho as they call it. They also have pork inasal, burgers, beef sinigang, bangus sinigang, and a variety of Filipino desserts such as halo-halo, mais con yelo and saging con yelo all topped with ice cream. Tsalap! :)


For Mang Inasal Branches : http://www.manginasal.com/branch.html 

Beef Salisbury

Red Ribbon's Beef Salisbury is made of 100% BEEF generously topped with rich mushroom gravy sauce with smooth and creamy mashed potato and buttered corn and carrots sidings, and it goes well with steamy cup of rice, you don't have to order for extra rice because the meal itself will fill your tummy...Yummy! Yummy! Yummy!

Beef Salisbury

You can order it solo, with drinks, or both with drinks and a slice of red ribbon cake which is Php135.00 only and it depends on what cake is available. We chose coffee caramel and white forest as our dessert.

Coffee Caramel Cake

White Forest

WOW Siopao!

One of our favorite merienda, Siopao. But this one is not just your ordinary Siopao. I (Hippo) bought this from a Chinese friend who always go to Chinatown in Binondo. This huge piece of bun costs Php 60.00, but it's worth the price. Three to Four people can share this jumbo siopao, it's like a whopper of Siopaos. It weighs approximately 250-350gms, I think...hehehe...and it is around 6 inches in diameter, I think (again)...hehehe...

This Siopao has an extraordinary flavor and filling, not just your plain asado or bola-bola. It is filled with shrimps, mushrooms, chicken, hard boiled egg, chinese chorizo, and sausage, and it comes with oyster sauce, which gives more appetizing flavor. It is best with coffee or hot choco. Yum! :)

WOW SIOPAO!

Siopao Facts:

Siopao (sio-pau) is  a Hokkien term for baozi, literally meaning steamed buns. It is also called salapao in Thailand.

It is a popular food item in the Philippines. It does not require utensils to eat and can be consumed on-the-go. Like baozi, there are several siopao stuffing varieties which could be either Asado or bola-bola that may use pork, chicken, beef, shrimp or salted duck eggs.

Churros Con Chocolate!

Churros are a Spanish pastry that is like long donuts and commonly dipped in thick chocolate, that’s why it is known as “Churros con Chocolate”. It is our favorite treat at Dulcinea. For only Php 98 you can indulge yourself on 5 pieces of golden looped strips of batter. Dulcinea’s churros are crisp then slowly turns chewy as you eat them. It also comes with a demitasse of hot and dark semi-sweet chocolate that’s sooooo rich and heavenly!

 

The way it was arranged made it look classy and tempting.

 

It has almost no taste, not even sweet enough but when you dip it into the chocolate sauce, it becomes a perfect combination! The more you dip it into the chocolate the more it becomes delicious.

Churros Fast Facts:

• originated in Spain; referred to as Spanish doughnuts
• got its name from its shape, which resembles the horns of the Churro breed of sheep reared in the Spanish grasslands of Castile
• are typically fried until they become crunchy
• normally eaten for breakfast or as a snack dipped in hot chocolate or sprinkled in sugar and cinnamon
  
• has a ridged surface due to having been piped from a churrera, a syringe with a star-shaped nozzle
• are often sold by street vendors, who often will fry them freshly on the street stand and sell them hot

 

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Ilocos Empanada

Ilocos Empanada or Batac/Laoag Empanada is one of our favorite foods that we tried on our wonderful adventure. During our stay in Pagudpud we indulged on this unique Ilocos delicacy, it is composed of rice flour for the crust with achuete to give it a bright orange  color, filling of egg and mongo sprouts also known as "toge" , grated green papaya and Laoag Longanisa (yum!) which adds more flavor to it. You can dip it with either Ilocos vinegar or catsup which enhances the taste of the empanada.

Yummy Empanada!

Ilocos actually has two kinds of empanada, the Vigan Empanada and the Laoag/Batac Empanada. Unfortunately we were not able to taste  Vigan's Empanada,  though there's not much difference on the ingredients except for the Longanisa, Vigan's Empanada is  crispier, thinner and also light colored.  The next time we go to Ilocos we will surely try it! 

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