What to Eat in Davao: Syrian Cuisine!

As you all know, Zabadani is one of my favorite restaurants in Davao. It is along Ponciano Street and serves authentic Syrian Food. They have started offering new food in their menu. Here are some of my favorites:

Beef Kebabs

Samboosak

Kabsa is kind of like paella, but it is made with a Syria flare. It has peanuts, a lot of spices, some Onions and some Chicken.

They also have authentic youghurt Lassi

However, the Belgian Choco is still y all time fave drink in Zabadani

What to Eat in Davao: Pinipig Suman

We went to Cagayan de Oro last month and stopped by at Seagull Mountain Resort along Buda Road (boundery of Bukidnon and Davao) and had some breakfast there. they served the best suman ever! Their suman was chocolate flavored and was served with some pinipig and a sprinkling of sugar. We ate it wih some native hot chocolate. Yummy!

What to Eat in Davao: Korean Food!

My friends and I truly enjoy Korean food ad it seems like every time we get together, we choose to eat in a Korean Restaurant. Our fave is Kim Chi restaurant at Bajada, right in front of Victoria Plaza. It is pretty easy to find, just tell the cab driver where you want to go.

Right after you finish ordering, the waitstaff gives you a set of six appetizers. These appetizers vary with every visit but on this day they served us with some traditional Kim Chi, some egg omelets, some water Spinach with a sweet and garlicky sauce, steamed clams with chili sauce, some seaweed salad, ad Korean Potato and Scallion Pancakes

As our starter, we ordered some Kimchi Chige. This is a sour and spicy soup with tofu slices, cabbage, pork, onions,a nd other greens. it is very savory and has just the right amount of sourness. We asked our Kimchi Chige to be served with Mild heat (my Mom insisted), but I personally like the spicier version.

Kim Bap was then served to us. Kim Bap is the Korean version of a Maki. It is made with slices of raddish, crab stick, carrots, ham, cucumber, egg, and yellow radish, all wrapped inside some sticky rice and Nori. They served it with a dusting of Sesame Seeds

Japche is (i think) Korea's national dish. I am aware that most people think Korean food is always spicy, but Japche is anything but. In fact, it is a little sweet and is very savory. It has a lot of Umami goodness to it. I heard that the noodles they use for Japche is made with Cassava starch. it is definitely more glutinous than the noodles I'm used to. It had some scrambled eggs, bell peppers, mushrooms, pork, and some veggies

Bulgogi is another one of my favorite Korean dishes. It is made with beef that is super tender and (rumour has it) has been marinated ad boiled four different times to ensure that it tastes super yummy and super tender. They serve it with some veggies and some noodles. I read though that they add some pear juice...But I doubt that the one at Kim Chi Restaurant has any trace of pear.

Emerlad Tea Garden Again

Emerald tea garden is a Chinese style resto my family and I frequent. Their food is really really good and i looove the laid-back set-up

Below is a photo of one of my fave fod: jelly fish! oh, and century eggs! i soooo love these...especially with chili-garlic sauce and some soy sauce

pata tim
my all time fave: lemon chicken
beef steak
minced pork with hoisin sauce and lettuce leaves

mapo tofu

Margie's Pastries

margies is one of the patisseries I do not really frequent, but when I do, I really enjoy their food.

I especially like the brownie thins. These are quite pricey, at seventy (i think) pesos for this little package but they are really addictive. They are basically super thin and super crunchy pieces of brownies which are oh-so-good.

This cake was also really good. Although the ame of this cake escaes me, you must try this the next time you visit Margies (there's a branch near SM Davao and one in Torres)

The profiteroles were kind of disappointing though. Profiteroles are basically choux pastries (the same pastry that you get with éclair and cream puffs) with chocolate icing and cream. However, their version had a thinner chocolate liquid that almost tasted like a ganache. They also served it with some cream. However, the dessert wasn't sweet AT ALL. And i love sweet desserts... so i was terribly disappointed...

Their red velvet cupcake was quite good though. I loved how sweet the icing was. Hahaha. Oh, and their chocolate truffles were a bit too bitter for my liking. :D Dust off some cocoa powder before actually consuming the product. Was it as creamy as I expected it to be? No.