Saturday Market-ing at Salcedo

So just this weekend I, along with one of my ‘bosses’ from my internship, went to the weekend market at Salcedo Village in Makati. The trip was more business than pleasure, so I wasn’t able to try out as many food stalls as I could. But it was fun, anyway.

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Loubna Piega’s Moroccan Cuisine

The first stall we went to was this one serving healthy Moroccan cuisine. I tried the b’stilla (pronounced “ba-stee-ya”) which I really liked because it was both sweet and savoury. It’s basically like a mini chicken pie of sorts, but it also has cinnamon and sugar powder on it. Really good. Each one was P45.00.

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Picolé Healthy Ice Pops

Read a lot about this place online before we went to the market, so I was excited to see them there. I got the natural yogu pops because I felt like froyo that day. It was…exactly like froyo, but emphasis on the fro LOL. The one I got was P35.00 but I think different flavours have different prices. Check out their website here.

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My Goodness

Lastly, we tried cookies from My Goodness. They were your typical ‘healthy’ cookies in that they have no added sugar and are low calorie. Pretty good, though. Wish we tried more. The ones we tried were the oatmeal. Anyways, here’s their website.

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Most, if not all, of the stalls offer free samples of their products so that can give you a chance to try them out before buying anything.

As you can see from the first two pictures, there are way more stalls in this weekend market. If you want to try Moroccan cuisine, Picole, My Goodness and other stalls, go to the weekend market in Tordesillas Park, Salcedo Village in Makati; Saturdays, between 7 am - 2 pm. Don’t hesitate to ask around where it is if you get lost because it’s pretty well-known and chances are the locals will know where it is. Cab drivers will definitely know it.

Professed Pinoy foodies should not go without having gone to a weekend market in Manila at least once!

Later tater!
Patricia 

Posted by dash o' cinnamon 3 May 1 Permalink

Mo’s Milk Bar, Vosges Chocolate

Bacon chocolate.

It’s the saltiness of the bacon that makes it work. If you think about it, salt and chocolate have been a great combination for years. Chocolate with salted caramel, chocolate-dipped pretzels and chocolate croissants all have some sort of hint of saltiness in them. Even chocolate milks are often mixed with salt (remember that Modern Family episode??).

So, if you think that Vosges’ Mo’s Milk Bar is too weird for you, think again! Remember, it’s just chocolate…. and bacon…. mixed together.

Indita

Posted by Higli-Wiggly 4 April Permalink

Afternoons at Madge

Madge Cafe is easily one of my most favourite places in the entire city. As I’ve mentioned before, Madge is easily the oldest kapihan in Iloilo, having been in business for around 70 years. I know they’re called Madge Cafe, but using the word ‘cafe’ suggests an air of fanciness, which is definitely not Madge. I love that when you come here, you go back to basics - there are no frills, no whipped cream, no grossly expensive tiny cakes with silly names, no slightly burnt gourmet sandwiches from the microwave; just coffee. Good coffee.

They give you a nondescript mug, and your only choices are hot black coffee (P20), hot coffee with milk (P22) and iced coffee with milk (P30), and the coffee is their own brew.

I’ve spent several hours at Madge, with different groups of people, and each visit was memorable. I especially loved my mini reunions with high school friends that I don’t see enough of, in which we realise how much or how little we have grown up. For one, we gossiped less and actually debated about world economy and sustainable energy and whatnot.

Madge can be found in the bowels of Lapaz Public Market, and you can’t get any seedier than that. Like, seriously, if at one point a rat had shown up I wouldn’t have been surprised. Plus, you get all the general pungent smells of a market, and all its noise, too. Also, street kids abound, who won’t leave you alone until either you’ve given them money or you’ve sufficiently convinced them that you have no money to spare (which never happens).

But, honestly, all that is worth it for a cup of Madge coffee.

Later tater!

Patricia

Posted by dash o' cinnamon 4 April 5 Permalink

Bobby’s Burger Palace, New Jersey

This is the best fast food burger place I have ever been to since Brgr.

This place is actually owned by the famous chef Bobby Flay, hence the name. Chef Flay is known for his American/Southern food, which are served in many restaurants throughout the United States. This place apparently serves Chef Flay’s top 10 signature burgers, which are, I guarantee, GOOD.

Due to my obsession with blue cheese, I essentially ordered the Bobby Blue Burger, which has (other than blue cheese) bacon, lettuce, tomato and, of course, the beef patty. For the drink, I had the vanilla bean milkshake. I also ordered onion rings to share with my beloved friend, Heera, who introduced me to this place. As you can see, the onions are OBESE. Pictures are below:

Even though the burger looks kind of small, it is actually very filling. I could barely finish 2/3 of it.

Overall, this is a nice place to get lunch, especially if you skipped breakfast. Definitely try it out if you are in the area.

Indita

Posted by Higli-Wiggly 2 April 3 Permalink

Ms. G’s, Potts Point, Sydney

HELLO KIDS. So last week I went to the infamous Ms. G’s in Potts Point with a friend of mine who’s actually Chef Dan Hong’s sister in law (how cool is that? WE GOT FREEBIES!) Anyway, I’ve been wanting to try this place out since last semester, but didn’t have the chance to do so til just recently. Anyhoo, ON TO THE FOOD.

They serve their cocktails in bubble tea plastic cups! How cute.

BY FAR MY FAVORITE DISH OF ALL : 

Mexican-style Corn on the cob: with mayonnaise, chili sauce and cheese. OMG THIS IS SO GOOD. 

SCALLOPS: 

The banh-mi:

Pro Tip: The chicken katsu ones are better than the pork belly.

For main course, duck noodle! :

with XO Sauce. The photo really isn’t doing it any justice.

The most popular dish for dessert is the ‘Stoner’s Delight’: with deep fried mars bars, donut ice cream, banana fritters, and candied bacon. BUT, I prefer the Ginger Beer Granita (I think that’s what it’s called), just cos I’m not so much a dessert person, and the Granita isn’t too sweet, more refreshing:

Btw sorry for the bad quality of the pics, it was dark and I HAD to use flash :(

Enjoy! 

Dalia

P.S. Make sure you come early if you wanna have dinner here, cos they don’t take bookings. 

Posted by smörgåsbord 1 April Permalink