New Bombay Restaurant - Glorietta Philippines

I was in the Philippines last April 8-13. I really included on my itinerary to have one lunch at this place. Been hearing alot of fuzz about this newly opened restaurant in Glorietta Mall. Also, mama is craving for some indian cuisine so I let my whole family and 2 other cousins enjoy the experience (though I order a separate food for my son at Jollibee Fastfood).

impressive wall painting decor and elegant dining table

my family (with 2 other cousins) enjoying an indian meal

mouthwatering chicken tandoori

aloo gobi, fish masala and buttered chicken

buttered naan (seems not so toasted though nut quite ok)

Rating 1-5 (5 being the highest)
Food - 3.5
Service - 4
Price: Affordable (value for money)
Will visit the place again? YES

Breakfast at Great Eastern Hotel - Aberdeen Court

We stayed at Greart Eastern Hotel for 3days/2nights last April 10-12. My son's pre-school graduation party was held there too but i will post a separate article for that. This one concentrated on breakfast alone. I was really suprise that the hotel offers relatively cheap menus. Taste is average but not a bad as what some online review claims. Average taste but clean and freshly made I think, not to mention waiters were friendly and efficient.

picture taking after the waiter took our food order

clubhouse sandwich - i highly recommend this one...

tapsilog (famous filipino breakfast consist of cured salted beef, egg and garlic rice)

dimsum breakfast - seafood congee, jumbo siopao and beef dumpling

country-style waffle (taste quite ok but presentation is pathetic)

Rating 1-5 (5 being the highest)

Food - 3.5

Service - 4

Price: Affordable (value for money)

ExpensiveWill visit the place again? YES

Seafood Lunch - Good Friday 2009

In our family (at least on my mother's whole clan), it had always been a practice to have a get-together sort of a family reunion during lent season - good friday. Menus are always seafoods and veggies - at least for one day, we try our very best not to eat red meat.

tiger prawn in oyster sauce

fresh oyster in vinegar and onions

sauteed green mung beans

simmered green mussels on ginger

Fishing Village - Island Cove, Philippines

Relaxing ambiance over great food - that's how I can describe my experience dining at Fishing Village inside Island Cove Resort. Wide variation of filipino specialty dishes from different parts of the country (some menu you won't be familiar so better to ask the waiter first before you order). Depends how big your group is, you will be given a cabana where you can just enjoy te view, go fishing or just simply order your food/s right away.

walk around and choose your dining cabanas

nice to do photo-shoot along the wooden aisle too

filipino dishes - sisig and fresh talaba

more filipino dishes - igado, sinigang na bangus and pinakbet sa munggo

filipino desserts - halohalo and buko with ice cream

more filipino desserts - leche flan and buko pandan

Rating 1-5 (5 being the highest)

Food - 4

Service - 4

Price: Reasonably priced

Will visit the place again? YES

Ivory Kitchen - Clark Quay

S$15 nett for a fine-dining weekday buget lunch? For real? Hehe... Yes, this classy indian restaurant serves buffet lunch from monday to friday at a very cheap price of S$15. Amazing right?

ivory kitchen weekday lunch buffet table

Appetizers and varied naans are being served at the table. While wide selection of vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals are at the buffet table. Though they change menus on a regular basis, my all-time favorites are thier chicken tandoori or tikka, fish fillet in in some indian spices/ sauce and lamb curry. However, they only serve white rice and vegetarian pulao, no other briyani selections. They have salads, fruits and dessert to complete your lunch. :)

from left to right: jo, leya and me - picture taking first before eating. hehe...

Rating 1-5 (5 being the highest)

Food - 4

Service - 3

Price: Expensive if ala carte/ cheap if you avail the S$15 weekday bugget lunch promo

Will visit the place again? YES

Cooking for 2 - No Meat Dishes

Ash Wednesday came, being a catholic and for the spirit of lent season - I committed myself not to eat any meat and be vegetarian from February 25 till April 12. So with this, Mr. A and I shared vegetable dishes earlier.

assorted vegetables in shrimp paste (pinakbet in tagalog)

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Chopped garlic and onions

Squash cut into squares

Long greenbeans cut into 1inch long

Eggplant cut into circles

Bittergroud cut diagonally

Salted Shrimp paste (bagoong in tagalog)

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Saute garlic and onions then put all the vegetables. Simmer for 3 minutes before adding the salted shrimp paste.

vegetable omelette

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chopped garlic and onions

carrots cut into cubes

minced cabbage

beaten eggs

salt to taste

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Saute garlic and onions followed by cabbage and carrots. Once the vegetable's change color, add the beaten egg ( you can choose to make it whole or stir it like what I did). Put salt as desired.

Go India Restaurant - Vivo City

Go India Restaurant at Vivo City is I believe the only first-class indian dining in the whole vicinity. Mr. A and I went here once for an early dinner. I simply love the place! Ambiance is very classy, service is fast and food is too good.

We started with roasted papad serve with two different dip. After 30 minutes, our main dishes arrived. Tasting the food, I concluded that the meal was worth the wait.

Saffron Rice - aroma is very inviting, finely cooked

Garlic Butter Naan - tasty, perfectly done and not so oily

Fish Kebab - so flavorful, very tender and fresh

Buttered Chicken - big serving, meat is soft, so thick-gravy, bot spicy at all


They also have a wide selection of alcoholic and nno-alcoholic coctails to choose from. Not to mention that they also serve buffet during lunch time at S$25++ (not bad right? saw the buffet table is very long... hehe...)

our non-alcoholic drinks - pink bird for me, green slime for Mr. A

So either you want to have a heartly indian meal or you just simply want to relax and unwind over some cool drinks, you can never go wrong with Go India Restaurant.

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Rating 1-5 (5 being the highest)
Food - 4
Service - 4
Price: Expensive
Will visit the place again? YES