Desserts at Vanilla Cupcake Bakery!

After a filling meal at Wee Nam Kee, We decided to have our dessert at VCB. Cupcakes have taken the fancy of Manila's sweet tooths and we couldn't resist!

I had a really hard time choosing with this wide variety of sinfully good cupcakes. 

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Shakey's: 1954 Pizza

The secret is out! It's in the crust.

To celebrate the opening of its first pizzeria in the USA (1954), Shakey's brings back the vintage feels with its 1954 pizza.

With eye-catching fresh rosemary and basil leaves, delectable cheeses, morsels of sausage and beef, it would surely wakeup the foodie in you.

Yes, the secret's in the crust. It's soft and chewy with crispy edges. I loved the mozarella cheese and the parmesan on top, it gave the pizza its oomph!

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Pizza Warehouse: Pizza Groupie

Pizza Warehouse is a newly opened pizza joint at Glorietta 3. I passed by their space last summer and it was still not there. But when my friends and I went there a week ago, we were glad to see it open.

Lucky number 14 for luurrrrvvvv.  Mehhh.

Truthfully, the place reminded me of our school's cafeteria with the white table tops and all.

All Cheese Pizza (Php 99)

Cheese Pizza, hurray for cheese. It tasted  cheesy. Not to salty, slightly creamy and addictive. Great for cravings! 

Pepperoni Pizza (Php 109)

The pizza was hard to cut. The toppings come off when you try to slice it. I don't really know why, maybe because the aircon was on and the pizza was out for a while before we ate it. 

Best eaten when served! 

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Yabu: House of Katsu

The katsu craze has reached Philippine shores, particularly in Manila. Different stores have popped up here and there and the quest for the best has started.

Yabu: House of Katsu is a more high-end type of katsu restaurant. Erwin, my sister and I visited the one at Glorietta 5.



The interior was designed with serenity in mind. I felt like it was wrong to laugh out loud, in a taklesa kind of way. But the place still excuded comfort.

They started us off by telling us about the yabu ritual. We had to grind a combination of regular sesame seeds and black sesame seeds to add more flavor to the katsu sauce. It was a good distraction while waiting for the food.


Hire Pork Curry - Hot

I got the Hire Katsu Curry Set in hot. There were three choices as to the spiciness: regular, hot and very hot. Hire which is pork meat without fat.

I really loved this dish. It was different than what I would call regular curry or that which you normally cook at home. The difference in spices were evident. Japanese curry tasted more pronounced and distinct. The spiciness was just right for my palate. It was appetizing, the taste in your tounge encourages you to eat more.

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Yoshinoya: Beef Ramen

いらっしゃいませ!

Beef Ramen

Irasshaimaise! is a formal way of saying welcome to our store in Japanese. Yoshinoya being a japanese fast-food chain, you can hear this here a lot. The crew is very attentive and as soon as someone enters, they cheerfully greet.

I am not the type of person to be satisfied with noodle/pasta dishes. I always feel hungry afterwards. So Carla and I ordered Beef Ramen and the Beef and Chicken combo plate. I forgot what the rice meal was called so I'll say it's a combo meal, meant for sharing.

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