Recovery Food

It was a Thursday night and just because I am gonna go home Friday night, Darwin and I finally decided to hunt down Recovery Food. Perfect place when you're a bit drunk and hungry. Lol but in our case, we were just hungry. Recovery food has two branches that I know of around BGC, one at the ground floor of Crossroads Building, 32nd Street Corner, 8th Avenue and the second one is at BGC Stopover Pavilion. We went in the BGC Pavilion branch. The crew was accommodating. The place, especially the rest room, was clean and nice. Service was fast. The food was good. See their menu in Zomato. Darwin had the Happy beef rice and I had the Amadobo. Both are tasty. We also had Dalandan juice which comes in a wine bottle. Sadly, the only picture I had there is our food below. Lol

After that, we went to a different Starbucks. We always go to the one in Crossroads building but for a change, we went to the Starbucks near Recovery Food.

We walked around Highstreet too. Just a typical chill Thursday night with one of my mains. Sadly, we don't have a picture together lol

Dress and Flats: Cotton On

Malcolm's

Just because I am missing McKinley, I am gonna blog about Malcolm's Burger.
There are these kiosks located at the ground floor of Science Hub towers.
There's Jasper's, Aunt Annie's, Famous Belgian Waffle, and Malcolm's burger.
For our last week in McKinley, Nian and I decided to eat at Malcolm's burger, located near Family Mart.

Their burgers range from P120 to P220 which is, I think, very affordable.
They also serve Buffalo Wings, which I have tried before and I loved it.
I had the Baked Mac burger(Not in the menu above because it's a new thing) while Nian had the Bacon Cheese Burger. I was satisfied with my burger, it was better than I expected. The burger patty was moist, unlike other burger joints that have dry patties. I also love how the buns are fresh and tasty. I can't speak about Nian's burger but it looked like she enjoyed hers too. Lol

Bacon Cheese Burger

Baked Mac Burger

Lol pictures may not look that good because I suck at food photography but you can see how appetizing it is. I recommend y'all to try their burgers and add some potato chips too! Double thumbs up for me :) x

Nihonkai Tsukiji

It was supposed to be our last day in McKinley, so we decided to eat out of the office, but, as usual, relocation was moved to August 1.

(From L-R) Ken, Emil, Kat, Paolo, Bado, Nian, Me and Margaux

On the brighter side, we ate at Nihokai Tsukiji located at Tuscany McKinley Hill. The food was delicious. I'm not really into Japanese cuisine... I'm not fond of sushi or maki or wasabi or anything raw. I don't know why. Lol but I enjoyed what I ate.

I had Oyakodon, it's a Japanese rice bowl dish which has chicken, egg, and some random vegetables(?) on top of the rice with some sauce. Made me feel so bloated, it costs around P320, which is a bit expensive but the serving is worth it. Kat and Emil had the same too.

Oyakodon

Margaux, Ken, and Nian had the Makunouchi bento. It consists of fish, meat, tofu, vegetables along with rice and soup. I didn't taste it but it looks appetizing.

Makunouchi Bento, Japanese bento.

Bado and Paolo had some ramen noodles. Bado had the Tonkotsu Ramen while Paolo had the Shoyu Ramen. Accdg to Wikipedia, Tonkotsu is "pork bone". It sounds like Tonkatsu but they are different. Tonkatsu is pork cutlet. And Shoyu is "Soy sauce". Tonkotsu is a full flavored pork bone broth noodles while Shoyu is a soy sauce broth. Both looked savory and served in a large Japanese bowl.

Shoyu Ramen

Tonkotsu Ramen

 

The restaurant has that cozy ambiance, prices are a bit expensive but reasonable since they have big servings and the food is very appetizing. I noticed that Japanese restaurants offer hot or cold tea. I don't know if that's a traditional thing or they just love giving teas. Make sure to try them.

Hot and cold house tea

After that, we moved from Japan to Korea.
There's this Korean convenient store. I like to call it "K-Mart", like Korean Mart. It has a whole lot Korean goods, everything Korean!

 Nian and I tried this Korean ice cream popsicle, Power Cap (I think. Because I can't read Korean and that's the only English words I can read on the packaging). What I love about Korean products is that they have cute packaging. Cute packaging is everything! Haha

Look at how creative that packaging is. Hahaha!

I had the watermelon flavored popsicle and Nian got the Soda flavored popsicle.
Mine tasted so gooooooooood. I will definitely buy again and maybe try the Banana and Soda flavor next time. ☺

Picture of me and Nian to finish this blog post. Lol x

Halespot

Halespot located at Gallagher Street, beside Olongapo City Square, near Ministop

Last Sunday was the blessing of my grandma's diner, Halespot.
It's an all you can eat buffet for lunch/dinner & a shisha bar at night.
Food is amazing. Very affordable all you can eat buffet for only P168.
Very cozy ambiance. Fully air conditioned area. Has function rooms where you can celebrate events.
It is located at Gallagher Street beside Olongapo City Square, near Ministop.
Lunch starts at 12 noon, Dinner starts at 6 in the evening.

Bar area

Lounge Area

Lucky's

Last Thursday, my ex-team mates from Best Buy - AppDev decided to have a mini get together before they all move to Cubao later this week and I'm gonna move to Eastwood by the following week. We will all be leaving Mckinley.. lol. Sepanx. I'm gonna miss them so bad. They were the first people in my corporate life, they inspired me to pursue this career. I wouldn't forget them. Ever.

We were supposed to go eat at Banapple but we didn't get reservations and there are a lot of people. We went to Lucky's instead. The place was cozy. Meals' price range is around P120 to P250 which is a very good deal because the food was awesome.

With Kate. This girl is such an inspiration. 

This was what the boys ordered

Resty and Paul

This was Kate's

This was mine

Over all, we were satisfied. It was budget friendly and it tasted so good.
We will surely come back next time.

Banana Apple

Random fact: I haven't tried Banapple's food ever. Not until last Thursday.

Banapple is this cute bakery cafe that serves pastries, as well as entrees and such.
It has a friendly, cozy ambiance. Prices are reasonable too because they have big servings.
I haven't tried the pastries though but they said it tastes good too.

So last Thursday, Nian and I decided to eat there. Just because we were hungry. Kat tagged along too.
I had the Hickory Smoked BBQ Ribs because I was craving for something barbecued.

Hickory Smoked BBQ Ribs
Corn tasted like carrots. Nian's carrots tasted like corn. So hitting two birds with one stone

Nian and Kat ordered different entrees. I didn't have the chance to take pictures of theirs because I was shy and we were hungry. It was delicious tho. Will definitely try the pastries next time.

Me, Nian and Kat