Homey, Comfort Food

cake slices from Chocolate Kiss Cafe

Have you ever been to a restaurant where the whole dining experience gave you a very lasting impression? That the food served was downright good and homey that you're still thinking about it even days after? This happened to me on the following restaurants where good food and the somewhat shabby chic ambience created a perfect harmony for me to totally enjoy my meal.

Coffee Shops & It's Load Of Goodies

What I normally do inside a coffee shop: eat, sip and read a good book

Food establishments, especially coffee shops, are the ones that I usually gravitate no matter what mood I'm in. Whether I'm in a celebratory mood for earning a work related incentive, or to ease myself back to normalcy from the frenetic schedule of the past week at the office, or maybe to set the mood with the suspense-thriller fiction I'm currently engrossed reading, or to bawl my frustrations about life and love with my closest friends. But these days, I head to these food places to nurse a weary heart. A lot of things occupy my mind lately and these food places helped me to take it slow, gather my resolve and refuel myself to pick up steam for the next journey.

I Could See Your Halo...Your Yellow Halo

a low fat meal at Yellow Halo

I wouldn't know the existence of Yellow Halo Guilt Free Kitchen if not for the Facebook post of my former colleague Ness on her recent dine here. If not for her, I'll be hard pressed before I learned about this very calorie conscious restaurant and that it's being is just right under my nose. Sometimes being nosy about someone's activities or social media posts (the food related ones, at least) has it's own quirks. 

A Charming Korean Bakery In Ortigas

tea and pastries at Mr. Park's

As I write this on my bed, my female tabby cat is trying to canoodle on my lap and walk right over the keyboard of my HP mini. So, my advance apologies if I sounded a little incoherent on this post. I just couldn't shoo her away. She's too damn adorable. =)

There's a new bakery cafe in Eton Emerald Lofts in Ortigas. But this isn't just any ordinary, run-of-the-mill bakery store since it's has Korean spelled all over the place. I did some checking on the Net and found that Mr. Park's Bread & Cake originally started in BF Homes in Paranaque before they spread their branches in other parts of the metro like in Bel-Air in Makati, in SM Sta. Mesa and now here in Ortigas. Lucky for us who live and work in the area since we don't need to go to their other branches in far-flung places when the craving for good, quality breads and pastries kicks in.

A Secret That Is Not So Secret Anymore

table setting

A gem of a place for those people who likes Japanese food very much and those who would also like to eat in private.

The Chicken That Loves To Cluck

chicken meal @ Clucky's

While everyone seems to be going gaga over the twice cooked chicken of BonChon, several restaurant wannabees are trying to get a slice of that crazed market. One of which is Manang's Chicken which I'm not really that fond of because the last time I've tried their chicken, I find the sauce coating the chicken too sweet and salty. One that fares better on my palate and could possibly get a big slice of that pie market that BonChon currently dominate is Clucky's.

A Day With Henry & Gael

pouring syrup on pancakes

I got a private message from Henry on Facebook wanting us to meet before he set off to Singapore for a month long vacation. He said Gael will be joining us as well. I was only unsure about Henry's specified date (which according to him its non-negotiable because he'll be busy packing and running some errands right after for his impending travel) for us to meet since I'm also expecting another get-together of some sort with Lei and company. Good thing, Lei informed me thru text that the planned get-together will be postponed till next week. The outcome of that get-together with Lei and the rest of my IMPI family was detailed on my Cafe Cristina post.

Subspace Love

subspace coffee's chocolate paradise & purple potato latte

I first read about Subspace Coffee just in passing, I'm hard pressed to remember where exactly I read about it. Maybe some online article or briefly mentioned on the comments section of the food blogs I usually frequented. I do remember that I briefly checked their Facebook page and my attention was not immediately caught by it. Not until I checked out one of many who blogged about this coffee shop, and I was literally floored by the design concept and the interiors of the cafe that I knew right away that I must visit Subspace.

Launch Your Appetite At Lunch Pod

lunch pod's food

I'm one of the many "night crawlers" working in Eton Cyberpod who got excited when Lunch Pod finally opened on the ground floor of our building. This canteen served as a nice respite from the very few food places inside the building which usually just a toss-up between Mini-Stop for quick bites, Mang Inasal or Jollibee. I know the name of the canteen is quite odd but as they say: Never judge a book by its cover. If other food places offers all-day breakfast food, Lunch Pod offers all-day----and night lunch food to cater to people who works in the outsourcing company also located inside the building. Thus, the name implies.