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Mom Violy and Carmina’s dining experience at Dean & DeLuca

  Mom Violy told me she wanted to order the Paella Negra from Dean & Deluca. Carmina suggested we dine in since we’d never really tried their main courses, always just getting takeout with the cream puffs . Mom Violy agreed, and we arrived about thirty minutes before the lunch rush began. The service was very slow, even though we had ordered ahead of time. They mistakenly brought out the Paella Valenciana , despite Mom Violy repeating the order three times to the person who took it. It turned out the cook on duty made the error, even though it was written down clearly. We know Paella Negra takes a long time to prepare, which is why Mom Violy had requested it to be cooked beforehand. She wanted it as her main meal, but because of the mix-up and feeling hungry, she took a piece of Carmina’s Turkey Club Sandwich and asked for the bacon on the side. I didn’t expect the turkey to be just one piece, and the bread was toasted so hard that it removed one layer of the sandwich. Since ...

Makisushi Japanese Restaurant

You have a family member that is craving for Japanese food but they want a certain sushi other than finding a restaurant. You end up typing ebi sushi that is available to be delivered to your home through via Grab. The first name that came up was at Makisushi Japanese Restaurant. It is a new place that I have never tried before the advantage you get the chance to take the picture of each meal everyone has order and write about it. Each sushi is delivered in a box with the soy sauce in a plastic container with wasabi and calamansi on the side for PHP 184.00 ($3.68) for three pieces. Our other family member wanted their favorite California Maki sharing with someone. My job is to remove the food and transfer it to our serving plate to be served to the family members. California Maki is eight pieces for PHP 156.00 ($3.12). Large Chicken Tonkatsu for PHP 348.00 ($6.96) served with Japanese Rice that comes with miso soup, salad and ice tea. Large Chicken Teriyaki with vegetables and Japanese...

Western Burger Philippine Way

  Seeing the Western Burger from the menu from Sweet Ecstasy had remind me something I had missed backed home in California with the same ingredients with the barbecue sauce, onion and bacon made me want to order their food. It came from a box that looked like this delivered to my home from the Grab rider who had picked it up for me. The food was secure that it would arrive the way it had looked in the picture. All the sides are additional charge in the Western Burger is PHP 330.00 ($6.60) each piece. My kamote (sweet potato) fries had coated sugar it tasted great something different from places I've tried before for the price of PHP 105.00 ($2.10). I didn't want to miss out to try their onion rings thinking it fit in my Western Burger although it was still crispy from being cooked and packed up in our meals. Onion rings PHP 140.00 ($2.80) Ecstasy Fries has their special sauce topped with cheese and onion. We had removed the onion this time around for PHP 150.00 ($3.00). Their ...