Dinner at Boon Tong Kee, Mall of Asia

Date of Visit: September 15, 2012

Last time, my officemate/friend scheduled a dinner night-out with our close friends from work. She treated us because her husband came back from Japan. It was also an opportunity for us to talk about business, our planned business and hopefully it will pushed thru. We came from our previous company (a financial institution) and now four of us are not connected anymore. So its like a reunion for all of us. Eventhough were not officemates now our communication is still there and our friendship remains the same. #Thankful

When we arrived in MOA, wala kaming makitang kainan kasi puno lahat. Payday eh! We can't transfer to San Miguel bay because its raining that time. We settled to Entertainment complex and found Boon Tong Kee located across the Highland Steakhouse near the IMAX theater. It's a Singapore franchise and first in Manila.

In 1979, Mr. Thian Boon Hua started a small stall in Chinatown serving Cantonese chicken rice. Building upon the popularity of his silky white sauce chicken rice and emphasis on quality service, he rallied his family members to establish Boon Tong Kee’s first restaurant at Balestier Road in 1983.

In its second year of operation, the restaurant started to garner rave reviews and accolades from industry luminaries and customers. Before long, outlets at MacPherson Road, Whampoa West, River Valley Road, Cheong Chin Nam Road and East Coast Road followed in rapid succession.

The company diversified its operations in 1999 to include "Zi Char" (home-style cooked food) and eateries. From the traditional Balestier Road outlet to the upscale River Valley branch, Boon Tong Kee has enthralled Singaporeans and tourists alike with its delectable food and friendly staff.

Here's our Dinner. We ordered the restaurant's recommendations:

Deep Fried Stuffed Fritter

Just like Lumpiang Shanghai but bigger in size. 

Poached Chinese Spinach with Assorted Egg

Crispy Bean Curd

Its always been my favorite. This cute nugget-look-a-like with crispy outer part and soft in the inside is really good paired with Wasabi Mayo :)

Chicken Rice for all of us.

Came in pyramid style.

Signature Boiled Chicken

We ordered this because its their signature dish just like Wee Nam Kee's.  Best combined with sauces.

For our drinks (no photo), most of us ordered fresh buko juice while the couple ordered Barley and lemonade.

My friends

Its been good catching up with friends over food. Watcha think?

Our table location is outside the restaurant and its perfect while watching the fireworks. Kaya lang when the fireworks started people kept coming in and stayed at the railings. In short, our table was surrounded with people watching fireworks. Kainis dba? Buti na lang tapos na kaming kumain that time kasi mawawalan ka ng gana. Nevertheless, our dinner was fantastic.

Thanks to Jhoy and Moks for the free dinner.

BOON TONG KEE, MANILA PHILIPPINES

2/F Entertainment Complex, Mall of Asia

http://www.boontongkee.com.sg/

Tel. (+632) 804-2862

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Xin Wang HongKong Cafe, Mall of Asia

Last saturday, hubby together with his 2 agents went to MOA. While on their way, hubby called me if i want to go in MOA to check Uniqlo. They fetched me in Mcdo and the four of us went to MOA. We were looking first on where to eat kasi sobrang gutom na daw sila and we tried this new cafe called Xin Wang Hongkong Cafe located near the SM Imax.

This was not new to my palette but hubbys 2 agents were first timers with this kind of restaurant.

 Xin Wang Hongkong Cafe

 The menu

 Tomguts na be?

Our orders:

 Iced Hongkong Ying-Yong

My drink. It was a combination of milk tea and coffee and their best seller too.

 Iced Lemon Tea

Order by the 2 agents, Hubby chose Softdrinks.

 Fried Spring Rolls

Hubby ordered this and thought it was just fried lumpia because of the picture in the Menu but when it landed our table, it looks like Turon with sauce and this was really good.

 Sambal Seafood with Egg and Rice

This meal was ordered by one of his agent. According to him masarap daw. Muka nga kasi naka-tatlong rice sya eh... :)

 Hubby's agent whose happy with his meal :)

Hakao

I got really excited when I saw Hakao in the menu but its name is different from what we know. I ordered this for me and the Chicken Porridge (Sorry no photo). After tasting my first bite, it didnt dissapoint. I also like the Porridge.

 Bulgogi Meal (dont remember the exact name)

This was hubby and the other agent's order. If you're a fan of Korean food, then you'll know what Bulgogi is.


After our meal, i asked them what they can say about the restaurant and the food. One of hubby's agent was really dissapointed, i know that he will be because based from hubby they're not fond of korean food so his order of Bulgogi was a huge disappointment to him. I love the Kimchi though.


Did you know that food in this restaurant is really affordable? All our orders costs P1,300++ only. Thanks hubby for the treat :)

After eating merienda we went to Uniqlo because we want to buy jeans and shirt. We fall in line until we got inside and we were dissapointed because the sizes of the jeans are all for small frames. We look naman for shirts and when we saw the line to dressing room, we were turned off and we backed out. We will check na lang some other time.

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El Pollo Loco in MOA

Sorry for the late post. Ive been busy with overtime in our office including restday ot yesterday. You know naman that i need this overtime pay for the upcoming holiday (christmas). Hubby and i planned of not spending his whole salary for the extension of our house that's why my salary became the budget for the household expenses...

Anyway, i didn't report to work last tuesday because of my grumbling tummy. I dont know if its LBM or what basta masama ang tyan ko... After drinking imodium naging ok na sya :) Hubby and I went to MOA then for the IOS 5 upgrading of his phone and we drop by Power Mac Center and look for a nice case for his iPhone, mahal pala ng Otter case no? So alam na kung san naubos ang pera na budget ko for christmas... sa phone lang nya and its accessories... Ngayon ko lang na-realize na ang mahal palang mag-30th bday tapos sumabay pa ang anniv namin.. Would you believe that we spend more than 70k for that? this does not include hubby's gift to me pa ha kasi di ko alam ang price nun. Take note walang credit card installment yan ha kasi mahirap pag maraming iniisip na bayarin, tama na yung Pag-ibig monthly amortization lang namin ang iisipin namin... And now my christmas budget is gone.. huhu...

Anyway, back to the main focus of this entry, El Pollo Loco :)

Before going to the Power Mac Center in MOA, we had breakfast first in El Pollo Loco. Ive known this restaurant for more than years because one of our ninongs in our wedding is actually the Finance Manager of this company and this will be our first time to eat in the restaurant although ive tried the food in his office before kaya medyo familiar na ko sa menu especially with my fave tortilla and taquitos.

El Pollo Loco, pronounced “L Po-yo Lo-co” and Spanish for “The Crazy Chicken,” is the Philippines' leading quick-service restaurant chain specializing in flame-grilled chicken (the healthiest chicken in town).

El Pollo Loco’s long-term success stems from the unique preparation of its award-winning “pollo”-- fresh chicken marinated in a special recipe of herbs, spices and citrus juices passed down from the founding family. The marinated chicken is then flame-grilled, hand cut and served hot off the grill with warm tortillas and a wide assortment of side dishes.

Through the years, El Pollo Loco has demonstrated a strong commitment to menu innovation, introducing a wide variety of fresh flavorful entrées inspired by the kitchens of Mexico. Along with meals featuring its famous citrus-marinated, flame-grilled chicken, El Pollo Loco favorites now also include made-to-order signature grilled burritos, The Original Pollo Bowl®, Pollo Salads, Tacos al Carbon, quesadillas, Chicken Tortilla Soup and more.

Today, El Pollo Loco Philippines is the nation’s most promising chicken leader with restaurants in Mandaluyong City, Pasay City, and Quezon City.

The chain is expanding nationwide and bringing its delicious fresh, natural flame-grilled chicken and fresh Mexican entrées to people across the nation.

-source-

Its too early pa kaya konti pa lang ang diners.

Is this space alloted for parties? Can someone enlighten me? 

We were given this flyer and i think the meal is too big for us so we just look in the menu board and choose what is enough for us.

Hubby ordered 2-piece chicken accompanied with Spanish rice and ordered another extra rice.

According to him, Chicken is cooked just right, flame-grilled and not burned to crisp and the meat was tender. Hubby actually liked it but not the rice...

For me naman, i like Pollo loco's chicken maybe because it's quite different with fast food chicken like KFC and Jollibee. Its marinated to herbs and spices and grilled to perfection.

Since im monitoring my tummy i didnt order any heavy meal, instead of chicken and rice, i ordered taquitos.

Our order came with 2 different salsa: Spicy and regular..

I love El Pollo loco's salsa especially with tortilla and taquitos.. Actually eto nga lang ang gusto ko sa El Pollo Loco... hehe

El Pollo is not a really good restaurant but certainly good for a fast food. Affordable meal at its best. As im typing this, i wanna go back now and buy tortilla or taquitos.

El Pollo Loco, Mall of Asia Branch

1st level, Entertainment Mall, Central Business Park

Bay Blvd., Pasay City, Manila

Contact #: (632) 556-0574

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Anniversary Date in Burgoo

On the day of our anniversary (Sunday), hubby and I went to MOA because i bought my gift to him. Aside from that, we also celebrate it by dining in Burgoo.

For me, Burgoo is just like TGIF which is American type casual restaurant that serves American way (huge portion of meals).

Burgoo Menu

Since its our first time in Burgoo, we had to ask our server of their best-sellers and hoping that we made the right choice of orders...

I like the table set up wherein kids and kids at heart will not get bored because the paper on top of your table is actually blank paper like cartolina and you can doodle there using crayons.

We went there almost in time for lunch, the restaurant was a little packed with diners. Luckily we were able to secure a table beside a window glass with a comfortable couch. Wala pa kaming masyadong tulog nyan because of his birthday party.

Our drinks

Calamansi juice for me and Green Mango shake for hubby

Extra Supreme Nachos

Seafood Jambalaya (Regular)

Grilled Porkchops (Large)

me and hubby

Hubby enjoying his favorite grilled porkchops.

I dont know kung anong meron sa grilled porkchops at gustong-gusto nya yun. Since college and everytime we had a date, TGIF was our restaurant-to-go-to and grilled porkchops was his comfort food aside from the burgers while i chose to have cajun chicken finger. Waaa... bigla ko tuloy na-miss ang tgif :(

Anyway, back to Burgoo topic. Service was really fast and i dont have complain with the servers because they were very polite and attentive. Quality of food is really good. American food at its best where quality, preparation and presentation are top notch. We made the right choice of asking the server their best sellers. Needless to say, we went out with really full and satisfied stomachs. 

Burgoo's Official site here.

Burgoo MOA Branch

2L South Wing, Mall of Asia, Pasay

(632) 556-0091 to 0092

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Vikings Luxury Buffet

The plan of meeting up last Sunday was moved to Monday because of my cousin whose not available that time and has meeting to attend to so i have to leave from work last Monday for our meeting.

We arrived early in the place and the moment we enter the restaurant, we already feel the ambiance Vikings has and you will already see their rates.

 

Vikings Rates

 

We were lead to our table 302 which is on window side overlooking the bay. According to some blogs that ive read prior to the meeting, the place can accomodate at least 600 pax.

Vikings buffet selection was also impressive. There were so much food and I didn't know where to start.

The buffet is separated into several stations, if im not mistaken there are 9 to 10 stations which is Asian, Western, Shabu-Shabu, Grilled as well as Filipino foods.

Some of the cold cuts..

Japanese entrees was also good with different makis and sushis and judging by the quality of food that were available that time, it became one of the must-try. Makis and sushis was the first plate that i had and i enjoyed the sashimi here.

 

The Western appetizers such as bread, soup, fresh green salads and also cold cuts.

Grilled Station

Hubby enjoyed the grilling section, wherein skewered marinated meats, raw seafood and fish prevailed. Among the grilled food, the grilled Salmon was the top choice of all we tried to. My cousin had to go back for another plate of Grilled Salmon and the Tuna Belly.

And they also have the Roast Beef and Lamb meat grilled station which is so good! You just have to fall in line because it is one of the busy station in the resto.

Not in the photo station:

Pasta and Pizza Station

Filipino-Western Station

Chinese Station

 

After attacking the food, save a little room for the desserts. Tons of different cakes and sweets and they also have ice cream station.

Aside from the dessert station, another glass stand for the additional sweets and cakes, this is also the station on where to get fruit shakes and ice cream.

 

The Juices

What i like with Vikings is that, with the rate they offer, the drinks are included in the price. And the drinks have variety too.. The juices, softdrinks and even fruit shakes! San ka pa? May beer and red wine pa!

We tried the juices and we liked it. The mango was good, not the powder type of juice, its like puree so i recommend the Mango and the Calamansi Juice.

 

Our photo on our first plate.

Hubby on my cousin's iPad..

Ui mukang gusto na nyang bumili.... hehe. He was looking for some design of the house in the net because our meeting was all about our house.

 

There's also this lavatory so no need to go to restroom just to wash your hands.

 

Dont forget to get only what you consume if you dont wanna pay extra.

 Check nyo nga kung nasulit ko yung buffet.. Here are SOME of my plates:

Makis

I went back for the Sashimi and the Salmon Sashimi was the best talaga. Its one of my fave among the Sashimi especially when dip to your customized sauce...

Dimsum

Another favorite of mine is the hakao. Siomai is also good, Juicy and meaty. The chicken feet was a fail.

This was my 2nd plate from the Pizza Section. The first plate consists of 2 kinds of Pizza, the Pepperoni and the Vikings Special, i didnt had the chance to taste the pizza on my first plate because hubby consume it all and according to him, he likes the Pepperoni over the Vikings Special.

I had to go back on the Pizza section to try the Pepperoni, i also try Barbecue and get hakao again.

Baked Oysters! Yum Yum!

Desserts Overload!

Leche flan, cheesecake, revel bar, ube cake and the fruit and mallows with the chocolate from the fondue.

Among these group, the cheesecake was the best.

There are 6 different flavors from the Ice Cream Section and being the Avocado lover, i had to taste it together with the Dark Chocolate.

My bet: The Avocado. Its was rich in taste that i had to go back and ask for the 2nd scoop.

I was so happy that time because i was supposed to be the one treating my 2 cousins because they will be giving their free service to my house as my Engineer and my Interior Designer but ended up treating by my cousin.. Thanks Engineer Damvin..

If you want to spoil yourself over a luxury buffet, head out to Vikings located in San Miguel Bay at the back of MOA. It’s great for big groups and they also have private function rooms for parties like birthday, christening etc. From the price, you just have to add 5% service charge and dont forget to leave a tip because the staff are so attentive and approachable too..

 

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