Tag Archive | takeout

UPDATE: Ali’s House of Shawarma

Just can’t get enough of Indian food …or something of that sort – take 2 (flavorful, spiced, beautifully shaped and cooked grains in biryani, etc.)  So we’re back at Ali’s.

Ali's House of Shawarma samusa

Samusa(s) for takeout ^^, Come to me, potato stuffing!

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It Takes a Ketchup Food Community to Make a Happy Tummy

Or is it the other way around? ^^,

No matter.  But just so you know, before any of the other eating places at the Ketchup Food Community came to be, there was Happy Tummy.  A Thai restaurant opening for business at the most opportune time (when people became more receptive to Thai cuisine), they serve pad Thai, chicken pandan, fried tilapia in tamarind sauce, som tam salad, Thai iced tea and more.  What with the mega flavors that their offering of Thai dishes have, you can order up something as simple as eggplant salad and eat it viand-like with bagoong rice or maybe the more downplayed salty flavor rice – Thai rice.  A good and filling meal for a happy tummy.  (“,)  That’s what Race and I did the first time we visited this restaurant.  Hanging out in one of their dining tables in a hut, we had happy tummies in no time.

Happy Tummy scene, eggplant salad, bagoong rice, pad Thai and drinks

View from our Happy Tummy hut, eggplant salad, bagoong rice, pad Thai and drinks (Thai iced tea and tamarind juice. ^^,)

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Chaya Restaurant: Easy Peasy Japanesey Cookery

A lot of the time, food from other countries come out as interpretations when they’re served in the Philippines/Baguio City.  Meaning, they have a touch of something Filipino in them either in the way they’re prepared, the ingredients used as substitutes and so on.  While they still come out delectable, you might be out looking for what’s authentic.  As in the case of Japanese food, nothing beats the real deal.  Japanese cuisine is easy peasy… (dare I continue?   Read More…