I once read that 'there is no sincerer love than the love of food' if you've met me, you know what I mean :), but seriously, sometimes when I feel down and stress from factors affecting the stability of my mind, I run into the comfort of food. That's why when I was invited for a food trip at Marquee Mall, I never waste a second to respond immediately.
November 17, 2012 Saturday was one of the memorable days of my life because I didn't do nothing but to eat, laugh and take photo which is my three favorite things to do.
Almost an hour drive from Manila we reach Marquee Mall at Angeles City, Pampanga. It is my first time to visit the mall and I have a comfort feeling, maybe because it is an Ayala Land Inc property also. The designs and interior of the mall is like Market! Market! which is my resident mall due walking distance from our home. Zaya and Trisha welcome us, as we arrived at the area and gave a short talk about Marquee Mall and what will happen in the next few hours of our stay.
Then we started our food tour at T.G.I.Fridays, one of 17 food establishments that we visited that day. So are you ready to eat? or travel the foody way? hehe..So let's begin.
We tried the T.G.I.Friday's famous Baby Back Ribs and Boneless Buffalo Bites. The latter have a right mixed of chili on it but have it dip and woolaa.. I also like how they cook the Baby Back Ribs, it so tender as it melts into your mouth once its there.
I love Japanese foods, because of its simplicity and ready to bite pieces that's why when Red Kimono is our second stop, I giggle hehe..We tried their new Crispy Prawn and Dilis Maki, yes its Dilis on top of it, what a bright idea huh. Okonomiyaki mixed of veggies, Chiken Teriyaki, Classic Milk Tea and their very own Red Kimochi..
How about an instead Fiesta? Yes all of us felt that way when we enter the Seafood Island restaurant. Sizzling Plate Overload was waiting for us, packed with lechon manok, bagnet, tortang talong, bbq, prawns and more for only 1,888Php with free pitcher of ice tea. A food party good for 12 or 15 i think.
For our fourth stop, we went over to Italliani's and the Chef personally explained the Country Classic (grilled chicken, marinara pasta, tender boneless shortplate) and Farmers Feast (braised baby back ribs, roasted chicken and Aglio Olio) package meal that we tried which is good for 3-5 persons. I like Italliani's, because I like how they cook pasta perfectly and the ambience of the restaurant is so classic.
Apag Marangle Restaurant is the exciting part of our tour, hear we eat native dishes like Humba, their own version of Paella with bagnet on top and the exotic ones like fried frogs and crickets or Camaru. I tried to eat fried frog at Binondo, but I haven't tried a Camaru, since its my first time and can imagine how they crawl. But I saw Flow, eating it like a popcorn so I successfully ate one hehe..Its not but at all especially when you dip it in vinegar first. So if you want to explore Pampanga through food, visit Apag Marangle.
Pizza Hut's our next stop and we tried the one in the commercial right now, the Parmesan Cheesy Crust Pizza and when they say cheesyyy...it is. Cheeze lover here, that's why I am the one still kicking and eating the whole one slice of it. They also prepared the Spaghetti Bolognese with Meatballs, Aglio Olio and Mango Shrimp Salad.
Another Japanese restaurant in the mall is SumoSam and they know how big my smile is hehe..Though I really like the ones they prepared but I really am full from the previous food establishments that we had. I only ate one Las Vegas Roll which taste so good, a pasta strip both for Japanese Carbonara and Seafood Yakisoba.
Classic Savory is up next with their delicious Roast Chicken, Lomi and Pancit Canton. They will also chopped the chicken for you. But this time my appetite surrender due food overload hehe..My mouth is looking for something sweet and also caffeine hehe..
Gilingan's Sizzling Pork Sisig, Kare-Kareng Gulay and Fried Garlic Chicken is the ones we had at our last restaurant. We still do like the taste of food despite fullness especially the sisig.
Finally our next dessert stop is at Nathaniel's, which offers Puto-pao, Mochi with red beans and their very own Buko Pandan Salad. I like their version of Mochi especially when we dip it at coconut milk. Buko Pandan was great, the sweetness is enough for you to crave for it more and more.
Kabigtig's Halo-Halo is the best halo-halo aside from Razon's, I've ever tried. The unique about this halo-halo is that they used pastillas as swettener and the ice is so fine..They also gave us Pancit Palabok for a treat.
If you like kutkutin's Honey & Daisy's Pastries is right for you from pulboron, pastillas and barkillos name it they got it at a kiosk located, i think south wing of the mall.
Auntie Anne's Pretzels are so love especially when we dipped it at chocolate and caramel. You can try it also with cheese and almond.
They also have here the Carreon's Sweets and Pastries which offers various kind of pastries that you could take home for you and your family.
Dakasi, a milk tea store with other 400 units worldwide. They gave us the best sellers and I took home Blueberry Milk tea whihc perfect for my midnight snack hehe..
Dessert time is not complete without an ice cream, Fruits In Ice Cream is the best ice cream in town so we tried the Banoffee and Strawberry Cheesecake and I think that Banoffee sundae is perfect, for a coffee addict like me.
For the finale of our food trip is the Coco Fresco located at second floor of the mall. The buko shake is my companion going home.
'I am not glutton- I am an explorer of food', Now I can tell what the phrase means and I will remember this experience for the rest of my life. We had fun and travelled the world food from Italy, Japan, China and Philippines.
Thank you so much Marquee Mall and MNL-MRM, I will definitely come back soon...
