Graciano's Kitchen

My sister invited me for dinner the other day with her friends to Graciano's Kitchen. It's a new dining place near our place (walking distance). It was a good thing it was a treat because I really wanted to try their food so I can blog it. Haha. Free food, happy tummy, right?

Here's what we ordered:

My sister ordered this 10" Graciano's Pizza for 218.00. We all agreed that it tasted different from the usual pizza served in other food places. They used a different cheese and I didn't get to taste the pizza sauce. Was there pizza sauce at all?

My sister's friend ordered this Garden Salad for 65.00. She said there was nothing special about the salad. I haven't tried it though.

My sister's other friend ordered this for 58.00 inclusive of Iced Tea. She didn't like the taste unfortunately.

This is what my sister ordered. It costs 84.00 inclusive of Iced Tea as well. She said the pork was tender and she like the mushroom and onion rings on top of the grilled pork.

This is what I ordered. Grilled Chicken costs 84.00 inclusive of Iced Tea as well. I personally love the taste of it and the gravy poured on the chicken. Chicken was tender and juicy. I love it for the price of less than 100 bucks.

This is the Iced Tea that comes along with the food we ordered, except for the pizza and garden salad. 

I will definitely go back here with my husband to taste their other food. Even if my sister's friends were not that satisfied with what they ordered, I think they deserve a second try. I'd like to try their pasta and other flavors of pizza. I actually got to taste their tacos here when I ordered there when they were newly opened. I had to wait for this moment before I have to blog it. :)

So expect another review of my "own" from this food store. You may also visit their branch along Naga Road, Pulang lupa Las Pinas City beside Infinitea and just within Petron Gas Station.

Chef D'Angelo

I can finally share with you one of my favorite places to eat, Chef D'Angelo. Last week me and my childhood friends had lunch because one of my friends will be flying to Taiwan for work. Since we were looking for a place to eat where it's affordable yet very yummy, I suggested Chef D'Angelo. My best friend agreed with my suggestion so we had our lunch here. We actually ordered the same food. Super yummy!

I super love their nachos even if the ingredients is not complete. With just these two dips, I am super solve!

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This is their Sampler 1. If I am not mistaken, this cost P155.00 and the chicken is big, I must say this is one of the things I love about Chef. This is what I ordered, pasta with red sauce.

My friend ordered the same Sampler but with white sauce on the pasta. You see the chicken? It's big and it's yummy, very tasty!

I ordered this for my daughter and for the 2 kids we were with. This costs P48.00 and it's not bad because my daughter ate a lot of this and still was able to share with other kids. 

They have a lot of menu and food to offer! This is a must try! I am not sure though where the other branches of Chef D'Angelo but the one we went to was in SM Mall of Asia, South of the mall.

Chooks To Go

I am always curious how Chooks To Go chicken tastes. All of a sudden, I had an urge this evening to try this chicken. There was one near our place though it's a pedicab away. 

When I got home, I read their paper bag. In front of the bag, you will see the phone number if you want it delivered. I didn't know they deliver and I was anxious whether the branch I know actually deliver so I went there.

At the back of the bag (sorry for the photo) you will see their reheating tips. This is very helpful for me because there were leftovers and I always put them in the fridge if we have leftovers so we can still it the next day. As per the instruction, you have to reheat it by frying for 10 minutes.

So this is what's inside that paper bad. Taaddaa!!! By the way, this whole chicken cost P194.00. And so I tasted the chicken and in my opinion, it was too salty for me. Maybe this is because of the sauce that was in it when it was cooked or something but I find it too salty. But if you remove a bit of the saltiness, it tastes good. My sister said that the chicken was "malambot" and she actually liked it.

And so my craving has been satisfied. :)

Chicken Deli

Yesterday, my family had lunch to this newly opened Chicken Deli in Naga Road, Las Pinas City. They opened last August 15 and I was so eager to try out their food. I was so thrilled also because this is just a walking distance from our village so we don't have to ride a cab or jeep or tricycle, but sidecar is an option if you want.

Here's what we ordered:

This is what I ordered, Pork Sisig and this is for P99.00

This is what we ordered for my daughter, chicken bbq and rice for P59.00

They call this Bacolod Express. I must say this is tasty and I like the hot feeling of this. This costs P49.00

I super love ensaladang talong! The bagoong here is so tasty. This is for P39.00

This is what my husband ordered, Liempo with rice for P99.00

We also ordered Iced Tea, priced at P35.00 per large glass and we ordered Tropicana Juice for my daughter for P39.00. Overall, we were satisfied with the service and the food. The people here are attentive, especially when you are running out of rice! Haha. They do have unlimited rice, by the way for the meals they offer like what me and my husband ordered.

This are good deals they offer for family or groups who wants to eat here and try different food they offer.

Like the other Inasal food stores, they also offer free "sinigang" soup while you're waiting for your food.

Took photos of their menu posted on their cashier section.

We will definitely go back here because, one, it's so near to our place it's so accessible. Two, they have nice food selection and I have yet to try their merienda and panghimagas food which I will try on my next visit.

I am sure of the branches they have in Metro Manila but you can check their FB page for more information.

Chicken Deli

Naga Road, Pulanglupa Las Pinas City

(Between PNB and Petron}

McDonald's free Spicy Chicken Burger on Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all the Daddy, Tatay, Papa, Itay, Dada all over the world! 

In celebration of Father's Day today, McDonald's gave McSpicy Chicken Burger to the first 100 customers all over McDonald's branch in the Philippines! Luckily, we were able to get 2 coupons and was able to taste this really yummy and really spicy burger! I was not able to take a photo of the burger because we already ate them before I could take the photo of the actual burger. 

Thank you McDonald's! We really enjoyed the free burger!

Mang Inasal

Yesterday was my niece's birthday and we had dinner at Mang Inasal (Evacom branch) and this is what we all ordered.

The chicken was so tasty and I remember seeing this is in a commercial and this was their new food offer. This also comes with unlimited rice and for the price of P99.00 it was so worth it! They also have a lot of food offer aside from the photo above.

You can check out their menus on their website, just click this.

Chicken Tinola

Here's what you need:

P100 worth of Chicken, tinola cut
2 sayote, cut into 4 slices
bunch of sili leaves
2 Knorr chicken cubes
1 medium onion, sliced
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 small ginger, sliced
water
oil

How to prepare:

- Heat oil in pan. Saute onion, garlic and ginger. Add chicken. Saute for 5 minutes.
- Add water just enough for you and let it simmer for another 5 minutes.
- Add 2 cubes of Knorr Chicken cubes. Add sayote. Simmer for 3 minutes.
- Once the sayote are cooked enough, put sili leaves. Simmer for 2 minutes.
- Serve

I apologize if I hadn't been posting recipes recently as I am busy with my new role as a WAHM and sometimes I find cooking very tedious and so I sometimes just cook the ones that are already in here. But I promise to still post new recipes when I have time. 

PureFoods Nuggets

I wish there were nuggets when I was a kid because I really love this and so is my daughter! I feel like a child whenever I eat this! Me and my daughter buy this whenever we go to the grocery to stock foods for her. She loves the ones with shapes on it but the one on the photo were numbers and letters because the shapes were not available when we bought this. What I also love about this is it's also educational! If you have toddlers who love to eat, you can try cooking these for them and at the same time teach them about the shapes, letters and numbers! Although sometimes it's not clear what letter is on it because sometimes the nuggets are deform. :)

And by the way, I so love their free bbq sauce too! :D

Chicken Curry

Like Kare-Kare, this is the first ever time that I cooked Chicken Curry! Super thanks to Del Monte Quick and Easy because they made this dish easy and delicious too!

Here's what you need:

1/2 kg chicken, afritada cut
1 medium onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, chopped finely
1 1/2 cups coconut milk
1 Del Monte Quick and Easy Curry powder
1/2 cup water
2 medium size potatoes, cut into medium sizes
1 medium size carrot, cut into cubes
1 small red bell pepper, cut into square

How to prepare:

- Fry potatoes and carrots. Set aside.
- Saute onion and garlic in oil. Add chicken. Saute for 5 minutes.
- Add Del Monte Curry Mix and coconut milk and water. Let it simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add potatoes and carrots, bell pepper.

This is how Del Monte Quick and Easy Curry Mix look like. My hubby said, "You're learning!" Hahaha. Thanks to Del Monte!!

Bon Chon

The first time I tasted their food was when I had breakfast with my friends in Makati. Their chicken is the best! So I told my hubby to try eating here and when we were in Southmall the other day, we had dinner there. 

We also ordered Chapchae because I was curious what it was and the taste of it. 

It was like Sotanghon (or was it) but thicker. The taste is sweet, I like it. We will definitely go back to this place but there's one more place where my husband wants to eat. I'll post it soon.

Chicken Adobo

Who doesn't love Adobo? I can eat this everyday! Hahaha. My husband cooked this the other day and as usual, it taste so great!

Here's what you need:

1/2 kilo chicken, adobo cut
3 medium size potatoes, cut into 4 pieces
1 medium onion, sliced
4 cloves garlic, chopped
soy sauce
vinegar
water
whole pepper
2 pcs. laurel leaves
oil

How to prepare:

- Saute onion and garlic. Add chicken. Saute for 2 minutes.
- Add soy sauce, vinegar and water. Let it simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add potatoes, pepper and laurel leaves.
- Adjust soy sauce and vinegar according to your taste.

This is one of the most famous dish here in the Philippines and it really tastes so good! And it's easy to prepare too!

Chicken Afritada

My hubby cooked today one of my favorite dish, Chicken Afritada. I love it whenever my hubby cooks for us. He has this magic hands that whatever he cooks, it's delicious! That is one of the reasons why I am trying to learn other dishes so I can cook for him too. :)

Here's what you needed:

1/2 kilo chicken, afritada cut
3 medium potatoes, cut into medium size
2 medium carrots, cut into medium size
1 red bell pepper, cut in strips
1 medium onion, sliced
4 cloves garlic, minced
salt and pepper to taste
115 g. Del Monte Tomato Sauce

How to prepare:

- Saute onion and garlic. Add chicken. Saute for 3 minutes.
- Add 1 cup of water. Let it simmer.
- Add Del Monte Tomato sauce.
- Add potatoes and carrots. Let it simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add bell pepper. Then sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Simmer for another 5 minutes.
- Serve with hot rice.

Chicken Balls

What you need:

1/2 kg.    chicken breast, deboned and chopped
1 pc medium onion, chopped
2 stalks green onions, chopped
1 pc. singkamas, chopped
1 pc.    egg, beaten
1 tbsp    all-purpose flour
1 stalk    green onion, cut into strips

How to cook:

- Combine chicken, onion, green onions, singkamas, egg, flour and 1/2 tsp iodized fine salt (or 1/2 tbsp iodized rock salt). Mix well.
- Instead of chopping singkamas, I grated it.
- Form into 1 tbsp balls. Deep-fry until golden brown.
- You can serve with sweet chili sauce, garlic dip or just plain catsup.
- Instead of chopping singkamas, I grated it.

My daughter loves this! She just removed the green onion stalks. Haha!

Chicken Ala King

I learned this from Girltalk and this is a budget recipe and so yummy too!

What you need:

2 tbsp. butter
garlic, minced
onion, chopped
1/2 kg chicken fillet, cut into small strips
1 medium carrot, cut into small cubes
2 small potatoes, cut into small cubes
2 Knorr beef cubes
1 small can evap
1 tetra pack All Purpose Cream

How to cook:

- Saute garlic and onion in butter.
- Add chicken and let it cook until tender.
- Add carrots and one beef cube, cook for 2 minutes.
- Add potatoes, cook for another 2 minutes.
- Add evap, all purpose cream and beef cube and cook for another 2-3 minutes until veggies are cooked.

Serve with hot rice! Enjoy!