Highlands Steak House, Moa

Sssshhh.. quiet.. another food tripping is on going here..

The typhoon "Isang" had canceled school classes of my girls last Friday. I went to the gym and met my foodie cuzin' Cheri and her kid Bianx for lunch. We went to Highlands Steak House in Moa, which is owned by Henry Sy himself. It is affialated with the Highlander Steak House in Tagaytay Highlands.



Located at the 2nd floor , facing the sea, we could feel the strong wind blows of Isang. The clouds were really dark.




We started with a bowl of very hot clam chowder soup.












My niece  had a blast with the complimentary breads. She asked me to slice them thinly which she enjoyed spreading them with butter before eating them.

On the table:




When our salad_ Green Bistro was served I was truly delighted. I loved that there were slices of pomelo, honeydew melon, pineapple,watermelon and grape in the salad. At home, I could only manage to include one to two kinds of fruit in my own salad creations. We requested for two different dressings_ one for me and Cuz'.













Cuz' and I begun to attack the plate of greens, niece who had  no interest with the salad, started to busy herself playing around the place , taking photos of each corner.























Well, I guess, these photos taken by my niece, are enough to describe the place.

On the table :







Our main dishes were served, niece settled back to the table. We had a taste of their green mango concoction.








Kid's meal - barbecue porkchop







Baby back ribs with veggies and rice pilaf








Salpicao, baked potato,mixed veggies




Steaks are certified angus beefs and expected to be costly. They range from P1,200 for smallest cut to P1,7oo. Depending on the size and variant. Buffet is around P1,800 per plate, if I
remember it right.


The verdict :

Becky's Kitchen

Museum? nah! Century house? looks like, kindah! It's Becky's Kitchen, my forever favorite bakeshop since my old college days in Taft Ave.




My sweet tooth never grow old as I age. It remains loving the sweetness of Becky's cakes and pastries.




The place hasn't changed a bit_in every way it remains the same as it was decades ago.








My girls grew-up with my Becky's pasalubongs. My two girls would never stop leading me to drop by to this bakeshop everytime we are in nearby area.












Aside from the cakes and pastries, Becky's is also specializing in bottled preserves like sardines, garlic,atchara, etc.












Haaay...this makes losing weight so hard to do :<

Danny's Grill And Sushi Bar

Last July 10 was my cousin Cheri's birthday. Although celebrations were scheduled on the coming weekend, her father gave her a dinner.
When we asked my uncle where, he replied : Danny's Grill. I exchanged glances, questions both marked in our faces, with Cheri and asked again : where? Gerry's Grill? And he answered : basta, sa Macapagal yun,masarap dun. Chinese.

So we tailed their car and followed the instructions. It was indeed Danny's Grill. It was across Macapagal's dampa. The place was really my uncle's place. Imagine barangay captains (which he was for more than a decade) enjoying loads of beers and a table full of pulutans, which he himself confirmed later while waiting for our orders. He said that he frequented this restaurant with his government collegues during his terms.


On the table :






















For starters, we ordered for various dimsums and a plate of seaweed with century eggs.




We liked the seaweed plate a lot. There's a hint of spiciness which complimented the taste of the sea in this dish.


























We tried their_ avocado,green mango, water melon,four seasons... with green tea shakes.





















The soup was delicious but I forgot what's it called. There were sea weeds in it. That's what I remember.








> steamed garlic broccoli




> shrimp tempura




> fried chicken




> king crab in sweet chili sauce

Well, it was a tummy bloated dinner.
Happy Birthday cuzin'!!!


The verdict : The place is a little old. When we came, there was rain water pouring from the
roof on some parts of the place. My 9 year old niece, who has been an expert (since 3 yrs old) on king crabs' recipe didn't like the sweet chili sauce here and even preferred the across the street Dampa recipe.

Organic Lechon

Last week when I was in the mall, alone and hungry, I suddenly felt an urge for crunchy fatty protein (huh?).

Lechon-suckling pig.


Then I thought with my health- conscious mind (huh?), if I would indulge, I'd rather choose an organic one which what Hecky's Lechon from Cebu claims.



I asked for the minimum order they serve and was given this 100grams of crunchy skin and almost lean meat of lechon. Then I realized lechon cebu didn't have liver sauce because as it claimed, it's already flavored inside. But I don't eat lechon sans the "sarsa"! My cousin Cheri would order lechon from Cebu in her regular parties but I would always eat it with Mang Tomas lechon sarsa the least.The lady said to take it with the vinegar mixed. No choice, I took a saucer of vinegar.

Well, not bad. The cruchiness dipped in vinegar was a good conbination. But my sweet tooth still missed the sauce and I wasn't able to finish my plate . Although, I must say Hecky's lechon is good.I like it that it has or almost no visible fat meat.