F&B Review : Japanese Cream Sodas

Hello everyone!

It's really been ages since I've last updated. It's already half way through 2016! I can't believe it! I hope the first half has treated you well ♥ This year I've technically finished the semester but I have to get my internship process going, before I can call it quits at school. I've had to have a few coffees and some sodas to get me through the deadlines and assignments. None I could have had just for the heck of it! 

However, one time while I was out with family, I spotted some Japanese sodas! I later learned that they were cream sodas (which is a plus for me ♥)

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Le Cat Coffee Shop: Cafe Review

Hello everyone! June 3 (Wednesday) was super eventful!

The last event for that day was visiting a cat cafe which is located within my area!

I was so happy to learn about it from Ate Chai who posted a video about it so Lee and I went to visit the very next day. 

This is mostly a first impressions review but I will most likely come back to take more pictures and actually order more of their products
(I also apologize in advance for blurry shots ;; )

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Hello again! June 6 (Saturday), I returned to the cafe and made it a point to actually dine inside.
Small update, but my insights on the cafe all in all
Cafe insights and additional info are down below!

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Food Review: Bawai's Kitchen

Hello everyone!

Last Sunday, we made plans to go to Tagaytay and try out this restaurant called 'Bawai's Kitchen' !
The owner apparently was one of our previous neighbors and moved out a long while back. The cuisine in this restaurant is Vietnamese ! I'm not very familiar with the Vietnamese food but from all the positive reviews I've heard about this place, I kept an open mind and an empty stomach !

The Bawai's Kitchen was actually quite difficult to find.

'A hidden gem' truly describes this restaurant.

What is also quite unique about this restaurant is that they encourage you to pre-order your food.

They are only open from Thursday to Sunday and their peak days are from Saturday to Sunday

(where reservation is strongly advised) 

Also the road was very narrow and difficult to find parking since there is limited space 

so please be wary!

A cute cat bell to welcome us

A woman combing her hair

Somewhat like a finding set up. The ceramic cup next to the goblet is for the tea served :)


This is what we ordered from Appetizer to EntreeAppetizer : Goi CuonSalad: Bawai's Salad
Entree: Com Suon Cha
     Curry Cha                Tom Rang Me



Goi Cuon

It is served with peanut sauce

A very light and fresh.

I absolutely loved this dish 

Inside of the roll

Bawai's Salad

Sweet and light with some sour notes.

Tom Rang Me

Curry Ga

Nothing very special about this curry for me.

Did not have the 'wow' factor but still quite yummy!

Com Suon Cha

The meat was very tender and the fat in between could almost melt in your mouth.

Bawai's Tea


Presentation is awesome though I think it could use a garnish to really sell it c:
The flavor was orange since they didn't have they're signature lemon syrup.
Very good though for me it tasted like orange soda. 

OVERALL RATING (COMMENT)

I really loved the atmosphere of the restaurant; I believe that is one of their best selling points.

The dining area is at the 2nd floor and the wind and calm atmosphere really matched with the food served. Portion of the food seems like a lot for just one person but if you are to share a single dish, I think it's good to share from 2-3 people. We were 4 at the time but we managed to get full since we bought 3 entree's. 

Price: 4/5

This isn't exactly the best place for those who are on a tight budget.

The choices are quite pricey and portion seems a bit small for the price.

Though it does pack with flavor and is quite delicious so I'll give it that !

FINAL VERDICT:

4.5/5

I think what really needs to improve is the service.

It took them a quite a while to serve and some couldn't even smile nor paid mind to us.

There was hardly any staff outside to watch over the guests in case we needed something.

The food, however, was absolutely delicious.

I would definitely come back and bring people with me 

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Mystic Brew Cafe

Hello lovelies,

Yesterday , I had a spontaneous invitation from Lee to go out and have a walk. I suggested we go to a cafe nearby the church so we can have rest and some food.

This cafe is also known as Mystic Brew! It's current theme is something from a mystical and magical world with a very chill and mysterious ambiance. There's some mini shops inside where you can purchase things you fancy or stay for the delicious food and drinks!

Read more for pictures and info about it! ♥

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De-pooping Shrimp and Burnt Butter??

On Fridays we have our cooking class focused on Fish and Meat dishes.

Last Friday, we just had our first meal done!

We made Shrimp Jambalaya and Beef tenderloin wrapped in Bacon with Hollandaise sauce on top of string beans.

Shrimp Jambalaya

Beef tenderloin on top of string beans with Hollandaise sauce.

The Shrimp Jambalaya reminds me of Paella and ours came out quite spicy !! We learned how to devein a shrimp (which is de-pooping to me hahaha). It was really interesting!

When we made the Hollandaise sauce, we burnt the butter and it was really terrible! :'( Everything smelt like burnt popcorn and we had to get another butter... sigh such a waste! But it was alright afterwards, we made a pretty decent sauce even though it was a bit on the sour side.

I really enjoyed it! And it actually doesn't take very long to make, just long to prep everything.

Once I've perfected making it again at home, I'll share the recipe :) 

But I believe the serving amount we made is good for one cover so if you want to make for more people, you'd want to adjust the measurements ♥

That's all for now, I've got another post as to what I did yesterday :)

See you !

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Greek Salad with Blood Dressing?!

Hello everyone!

I'm quite surprised I've already attracted some viewers!
So again, My name is Katrina and today's events were pretty scary.

Today we had kitchen practical, so I'm helping out in the kitchen, specifically the cold kitchen.

COLD KITCHEN(noun)

Where food that does not 

require cooking is prepared.

ex. salads and sandwiches

Today was one of our busiest days EVER!! Our professor/head chef left us before the restaurant opened to attend an important briefing elsewhere. I thought my part of the kitchen wouldn't be asked to make a lot of things but, I was wrong. We made in total 20 sandwiches in one day. I mean, we're a small school and I didn't think that many sandwiches would be gone in just a few hours!! But hey, it was fun !

Now the highlight of the day, why is there blood dressing on my Greek Salad??

Well it's because

I'm trooper pfft

I cut my finger. 

"It probably isn't that big" 

Yeah I think it isn't reaally

 I actually cut off a chunk of my finger. About 1 cm long and 0.5 cm deep. And there was A LOT OF BLOOD. I was surprised I didn't freak out. My instincts just told me to remain calm. It only hurt like hell when I ran water down on the wound.

Expectation

My "freaking out" face

 I didn't want my fellow classmates to panic, despite the blood pooling in my palm and running down my forearm.

Reality

"Oh shit"

Sad thing about it was that I didn't really get "immediate medical attention". The nurse in my building was MIA so we opted to wait first. I waited (what felt like) 10 minutes and just decided to cross the street and go into the highschool clinic which took a student assistant and I about 5 minutes to get to. I got bandaged up and I guess I passed out due to blood loss in the clinic and slept for 2 hours :') The student assistant also bought me pineapple juice since I needed something sweet. Thank you for going out of your way and doing so! :') I was hoping for cake but can't complain.

I went back to campus and reassured everyone that I'm fine. I bought some tacos and it was delicious.

So yeah, pretty eventful I guess. Made tons of sandwiches, chopped up my finger, ate some tacos. Today is a pretty good day :)

Take care everyone and be careful with sharp things !

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