Mamma Maria's Pizzeria Gen San

I visited Mamma Maria's Pizzeria again, because I looooved it the first time I dropped by. This is how it looks like from outside. It is located along Quirino avenue in Gen San. it is pretty easy to find. tricycle drivers know where it is.When you enter the place, you get to enjoy the wall murals of tourist spots in Italy. i find this to look very classy and quirky. A very nice touch.
We order a hawaiian pizza, and we could actually see the pizza man making our pizza. i loooved how i could actually watch him creating our pie from scratch. the owner says you could even get inside the kitchen and pose for the camera while pretending to make your own pizza.haha.cute
That is our HUGE thirty inch pie ready for the oven.. this is their second largest pizza. they also have a 63 inch pizza, the largest in the world. our 30 inch hawaiian pizza cost around 900 bucks. I think that was a fair deal considering it took us two days to finish (we took our leftovers out, ate it while drinking beer in other spots, and then i had it for midnight snack, and then again for breakfast, and i still did not finish it. i left it in the hotel room. sad.)


we also ordered some carbonara and bolognese pasta. both of which cost 99 pesos. very good deal. see hwo huge the pizza is compared to our plates, and te table. HUMONGOUS.

Krua Thai

My family and I ate at krua Thai a while back but i forgot to upload the photos. so i hope i remember the names of the dishes..haha. anyways,ill try..

We started off with a mango salad. i don't like anything with vinegar in it so i didn't try it.ick
This was my fave. Thai Spring rolls. I just love how sweet it is, plus i love that it has noodles inside. Carbo loading! haha. it is crunchy and is perfectly seasoned. i swear, if you go to Krua Thai without ordering this, I'mma go there and order it for ya
these are their pork spareribs. They are fried and they have been coated in a batter. I do not know how they do it, but their batter is really something different. when you slice into the spare ribs, the batter falls apart as if it is a shell. I dunno. I just like it. it is super crunchy
This was a chicken dish with cashew nuts. this is too yummy for words. seriously, i do not know how to describe it, it was THAT good.
This beef dish was super tender and was really savory. i liked it, all my brothers liked it as well. it came with a vinegary dipping sauce which i didnt like, but i didnt think this dish needed some sauce. it was perfectly fine on its own.
pad thai noodles are one of the msot popular thai dishes. so, we decided to try some of krua thai's version. it was wrapped in scrambled eggs which you had to break in the middle to get to the noodles. the noodles were sweet and salty and were really good. i think this is one of my favorite noodle dishes ever. (i dont like noodles that much)


finally we had black pepper fish. it was exactly that; fish with a lot of black pepper. i loooved it but that is probably because i love black pepper. if you don't like pepper, skip this dish

Krua Tahi is located at the metro lifestyle complex along f torres street davao city

Kim Chi Restaurant

there's this place i go to with my college friends every time we meet. its called Kim Chi or Somang and it is right beside Chowking Bajada, right across Victoria Plaza. the prices are a bit higher than we would normally spend but it satisfies our Korean cravings every time.

When you first arrive they give you six appetizers per table (each table sits four so if you come in a group of six, you get two tables and twelve appetizers) they gave us some (from the top left) sweet potato fritters, spring onions with chili sauce, kim chi, pickled water spinach and raddish, cucumber salad, and leek and ham omelet
We always order their bulgogi. We prefer their beef bulgogi, which is a sweet dish of soy sauce, beef tenderloin,sesame seeds, sesame oila nd brown sugar . however, it is always 'out of stock', so we ordered pork bulgogi instead. it is a totally different dish. it is spicy and has a lot of veggies. it is equally good though.
We also enjoy kim bap. it is like a maki roll but it has more fillings. theyhave sesame seeds,scrambled eggs, cucumber, kani, carrots, raddish, ham, and i forgot the other ingredient.haha
japche is another fave. I think it is made out of cassava noodles. it is kind of like a glutinous version of sotanghon (or Asian vermicelli) and has a sweet sauce. it comes with some meat, a lot of veggies, mushrooms,and egg. it is really super good
pajeun is another fave for people who do not like spicy food. it is basically a sdavory pancake made from cassava starch and has squid and other veggie sisnide. it has a soy dipping sauce.

Mom's Birthday Cake from KaeKae

My Mom celebrated her birthday a couple of months back and my friend KaeKae gave her this gorgeous cake from iCake (i think) im sure this was pretty expensive but i assured KaeKae that it was worth every penny. that cake was uber yummy. it had chocolate cake with a bubblegum flavored fondant.

Oh, and if you are wondering why the cake looks like that, well, my mom LOVES bags... plus she has bangs..so it actually kinda looks like my mom.haha. only, ahm, sweeter.hahaha

Thanks KaeKae!!!1

Lengua Estofado

Ok. So my mom would totally kill me if i gave you our Lengua recipe, so instead, i'll just give you some photos of the Lengua. Mom cooked it, I plated it. i know it looks kinda cute. haha. Anyway. the next tiem you have Lengua Estofado at home, try to present it this way. :D mwah!

Culinary Creations

Ok, so one night i made some ground pork with tomatoes, onions, garlic, potatoes, bell peppers and all that jazz. Then, i placed them inside super sweet red bell peppers, topped them with cheese, and voila! a super yummy dinner!

There was a lot of extra filling so i put them over some Lumpia (spring roll) wrappers which were placed atop ramekins and then baked them. another super gorgeous dinner!

Plus, it is not spicy at all. do not worry about the bell peppers. after being baked for around ten to fifteen minutes they get super tender and super sweet. delish!

Eeek. Pagkaon Mistakes

Ok. Sorry. I found this in one resto in Bukidnon and I just thought that I would HAVE to post it because it was just too damn funny. First of all, it is Pineapple-Kalabasa FLAN. not PLAN! and in the same way, it is Pineapple-Durian FLAN. not Plan. I didn't take a photo but on a different page they offered LECHE PLAN. Again, it's FLAN not PLAN. PLUS, when did chicken salad become dessert?

Alright, let's move on to the Japanese section. I always thought it was Sashimi, not Shashimi.. You'd thinkt hey would have corrected the name of the dish since they managed to correct the prices of the other dishes below it, right? Plus, it is TERIYAKI..theirs is missing an "i" thus they serve teryaki. And they repeat the error again for Teryaki Malasugi. And friends, it's Tongkatsu. Not tongkutso. Sorry again. i just find it hilarious.

Chocolate heaven at Red Ribbon

The ad for this cake was enticing. it said this cake had four types of choclate. and when i got me a slice i realized the four types were: mousse, brownie, chocolate curls, and ganache (the icing). did it feel like i was experiencing four different types of chocolate with one bite? no. It felt like i was eating chocolate mousse that had a brownie crust instead of cake.

Was it really that good? unfortunately, no. i would soo want to say "yes" but the truth is, it is too much. it is too sweet, it is too rich, it is too much of everything. Its good with coffee though, or with hot milk..or hot chocolate (if you are a chocoholic) but i would serve these in smaller slices than you normally would.

I give this three out of 5 spoons.

Red Ribbon S'Mores Cake

A couple of months ago we tried the Red Ribbon S'Mores cake. If you are not familiar with a traditional S'more it's actually a piece of roasted marshmallow and chocolate in between two graham crackers. Obviously, this cake had all those elements. The cake was chocolate and had chocolate pieces on top, they had soft marshmallowsin the middle of the cake and on top of it too, and they had a graham cracker crust in the middle. plus,t his had some caramel syrup on top.
Was it like a smore? not really. It was soft, and fluffy, and airy. was it good? Hell Yeah! It was not as sweet as i was expecting it to be (i like super sweet stuff) but i'm guessing it is the right sweetness for most people. this is sooo much betetr than their bland oreo cake. I give this cake two thumbs up