Sa Mundo ng Diosa.DIVA: October 2012

Ryu Ramen & Curry

My boyfriend, being a Regine Velasquez fan, found out about the Asian Songbird's husband's latest venture in Tomas Morato, Ryu Ramen and Curry, naturally (and expectedly) wanted to try it out.

For a restaurant that's just recently opened, the menus looked a bit worn out.

The restaurant was still in its soft opening when we went there last August, but it already had quite a number of visitors. It took a while for us to get seated.

The space was unexpectedly small and felt a bit crowded with individual tables placed so close to each other and it felt a bit kitchen-y. The food really wasn't that great - nothing out of the ordinary - and the service, well, kinda sucked. Maybe it's because they were just new and it's just the soft opening of the place, after all. I don't really know. Maybe we'll come back to try and give them another chance. Maybe.

We're missing a plate!

Pork tonkatsu

Chasyu Ramen

Shoyu Ramen

Ebi Furai

A Dose of Sugar and Caffeine Rush at TCB

I love coffee. I love cakes. So when a shop offers both of them unlimited, I'm sold.

TCB, The Cravings Bakeshop, offers unlimited coffee and cake - as much sweets as you can handle, as much as you can stuff in your mouth without getting nauseous from high doses of sugar - for a very friendly price.

My boyfriend and I visited TCB in West Avenue one rainy day and it was one of the happiest rainy days of my entire earthly existence.

Here are just some of the slices we've sampled.

Cake number 1 is choco-caramel.

Tiramisu was cake number 2.

This one's Philippine Mango Shortcake.

This was cake number 4 and I forgot what it was called. All I remember is that they were all so yummy!

Another Eat-All-You-Can Adventure at Mr. Miyagi

Living in Timog has a lot of perks, but the one I enjoy the most is the multitude of Buffet restaurants to choose from all in one small area.

Mr. Miyagi wasn't, at all, difficult to miss with the all-glass windows and more-than-enough lighting. The interiors were very minimalist with just a slight touch of opulence -- although those chandeliers adorning the buffet spread was very much like Yakimix in Trinoma.

I hope they weren't intentionally imitating one of our favorite Asian buffets, but everything about Mr. Miyagi was so akin to Yakimix - from the unassuming, straghtforward interiors, to the food selection. Although I think Yakimix offers more variety on the grillable stuff while Mr. Miyagi offers more cooked food choices.

Although, as always, my main targets really were the sushi bar and the desserts!

I really didn't get to take much pictures since I got too busy enjoying the food.

Make Your Own Mix'n'Match: Sweet Inspiration's Mongolian Buffet

I've always been a fan of buffets -- if that wasn't made quite obvious in my previous posts yet, I don't know what else would -- but Mongolian Buffets are on of the best for me.

Back in Baguio, there was our favorite O Mai Khan that we frequented for that make-your-own Mongolian bowl experience. So I was so glad that we found Sweet Inspirations in MoA.

Sweet Inspirations is more known for their pastries but they also offer one of the best value-for-money Mongolian buffets in the metro. The all-day, eat-all-you-can spread indulges those who love to create their own stir-fry bowls. Expect the sauce at Cafe Sweet Inspirations, mixed in with your own concoction of meats, seafood and vegetables, to turn an ordinary hodgepodge of ingredients into a satisfying meal.