As usual, it's been months since this food trip happened. We've been hearing craze about different night markets / food markets that have sprouted here and everywhere. Boyps and I prefer to have dates when the sun is up so we can both go home early before late night. We were just so happy to know that there is a market that is open in the morning.
We arrived at Salcedo Market past 12 in the afternoon. Some of the shops were already cleaning up and closing their shops but there were still some who were lively and busy serving customers.
Salcedo Market offers almost everything. There are shops that sells fresh fruits, vegetables and seafoods, fresh flowers, dried goods, processed foods, native delicacies, and other products like pots, bags, wallets and a lot more. Of course, there are also a lot of food choices to make your gastronomic adventure a success.
Potdog - Boyps favorite :p It's close to be like waffle because it also has a jumbo hotdog inside. It's just that the coating is different from the usual waffle (pancake) mix.
Cantonese Dimsum (CHR Siomai) - we bought pork siomai in this cart. Nothing special but it was still a good try.
Hachibi Takoyaki (Php 50) - This looks appetizing but we both didn't like this. The octopus is just so small that you won't even notice that it has one.
Taqueria Mia - the burrito is plain and quite bland. It was jam-packed though but it really lacks flavor.
Canalonese Spinach by La Cuisine Francaise (Php 330) - We both got excited when we saw this store as they were selling a variety of pasta dishes. Out of curiosity and excitement, we bought one without asking for the price and we just got shocked when we paid 330 for a slice of lasagna :p. It was sulit though, big and tasty.
We also had empanada but I forgot to take a picture of it. We enjoyed our first ever food market adventure. There are really a lot of stalls to choose from. It has a variety of everything. It was such a good experience and I just hope that I'll also experience to become one of the sellers in any food markets in town. :)
Open every Saturday from 7 a.m to 2 p.m.
Salcedo Weekend Market
L.P Leviste St. Jaime Velazques Park
Salcedo Village,
Makati City
I thought I already have a draft for this but I was so wrong. Haha. After 9 months since this adventure happened, here's my day 3 post. :p
We all woke up early for our dolphin watching. Everyone participated because we all wanted to see dolphins.
Nothing beats sunrise in the Philippines
Breakfast was served as early as 6 am. Immediately after eating, I went to the reception to advise that we are ready for the boat ride. But the lady said that we still need to wait for 3 more ladies that will be joining us. I was really annoyed because they have just started eating when it's actually time to leave. Another thing that made me so annoyed is the life jackets.
Super sira - sira at kulang - kulang. Anyway, it was a long trip before we started seeing dolphins. Weather was a bit gloomy and it makes us all sleepy during the entire trip.
We've seen a couple of dolphins playing around. They are really hard to capture and see. I guess dolphins feel that they are being chased by a lot of boats. Hihi
After a few minutes we left and headed to Balicasag island for snorkeling.
We rented our snorkeling gears and shoes for 150 each. Underwater cases for digicams were also for rent. So sad I still didn't have an underwater camera when we went there. No digicam either.
Words were not enough to describe what I saw. Underwater creatures and corals of Bohol are just so amazingly beautiful. After almost half an hour, we have to leave the island for our return flight to Manila.
I think this is the most beautiful picture I have taken. Haha!
This trip was so memorable. Aside from the fact that we traveled as a family, this was also the first time that Boyps and I had an out of town adventure with my family. Early last year, I also had the chance to explore
CDO and
Iligan with Boyps' family.
Sana this year meron uli :p
I've been busy lately with work and have been going home late (this is an uber late post - I'm currently unemployed :p). It's past 8 in evening and Boyps and I are already hungry. We don't want to go farther just to have a quick dinner so Boyps told me to just try the new burger store in Robinsons Summit Center -
Bodato.
Bodato serves a variety of hamburgers. We ordered Chicken Burger and Spicy Beef Burger. Looking while our order is prepared, parang casualan lang tapos ang mahal mahal. But when I got to taste it, I liked it. The patty is not dry but not too oily. It also has dressing, lettuce and tomatoes. There's really nothing special about it but it was still a good try. It's a bit pricey with how it looks on the pictures, but at least, it passed our taste.
Chicken Burger (Php 85+)
Spicy Beef Burger (Php 85+)
Bodato
7th Flr Robinsons Summit Center
6783 Ayala Avenue
Makati City
Kalbi
It was a bit late in the evening when we decided to have dinner in Glorietta. We settled at the Food Court (food choices) of the mall to make the selection of restaurant / fast food easier. But Boyps is always having difficulty choosing where to eat when we are at a food court. He has a tendency to roam around twice (or more) before he can decide where and what to try. That night, I immediately chose Kalbi while he's still thinking. But guess where he ended up? Same with mine. Bwaha..
Kalbi ka din pala e:p
So here's what we ordered:
Boyps tried their
Chicken - KB (Php 149) - it is a meal with chicken chunks, whole kernel corn, bean sprouts, kimchi and sunny side-up egg on top of a plain rice. It was yummy and saucy. The serving is big, really big!
Sulit kung sulit!
I settled for
Chicken Burrito (Php 159) - A super huge tortilla with rice, chicken, onions and other veggies inside. It has a mild spicy taste but not as yummy as
Mexican Express'. It's quite difficult to eat because it was very
siksik (loaded). Another sulit (getting more that what you payed for) dish. I had to take home the other half because I got so full with the 1st one. It also comes with a free side dish and I chose Nachos with cheese.
Kalbi
3rd Flr Food Choices
Glorietta 4
Makati City
Korean Ice Creams
Boyps has been wanting to try the
Korean fish ice cream so when I saw it in 1 of the 7-11 stores in Makati, I bought him one. According to him, it was just an ordinary ice cream. Haha. He was a bit disappointed when he got to taste it.
We saw
Melona Ice cream in one of the shops in Binondo. Boyps said that there's something inside the popsicle so I kept on looking while eating. I'm almost done but seen nothing except for the stick. So if there's anyone who can tell me what Korean Ice cream has a filling (except for the fish) please leave a comment. :p I'll surely be back in that store to try other Korean products. Hihi
Sorry I forgot the name of the Korean store.
It's not our first time in Yoshinoya. If I remember it right, this is the restaurant where we had our first dinner date but in Megamall branch. Bwaha. Anyway, it was already past 2 in the afternoon when we finished our shopping. Our stomachs are really growling so we settled for the restaurant with much lesser customers.
Here's what we had for our late lunch:
Miso Soup - a good starter for our hungry tummy.
Super Beef Bowl - thinly sliced beef mixed with lots of onions. For me it was good but Boyps said it was just okay.
Regular Chicken Teriyaki - mine is way better that Boyps :p. The chicken is soft and the sauce is really flavorful. It was also served with carrots, cauliflower and broccoli.
Kani Siomai - It's a siomai with crab stick on top. I'm not a fan of crab stick so I didn't enjoy this much.
Yoshinoya
2nd Flr. Main Building
SM North Edsa
Quezon City
