La Regalade

The Casual Date Place

It’s our one year anniversary and EJ treated me to a date at La Regalade. It is located along Pasay Road, near the entrance of Bel-Air, right across Kink Cakes.

We were graciously led by the guard to the restaurant. We had reservations for 7:30 pm but we were there quite early, around 6:30 pm. We were the only customers when we arrived. The ambiance was very cozy and classy. The interiors were of a white and beige shade and they had interesting lights that reminded me of the lights in Coffee bean.


EJ and I were then given a bread basket for appetizer. The bread was really good. I think I ate 2 baskets of bread all by myself! It was from a nearby bakery, Boulangerie and not from the restaurant itself.


We also ordered soup and salad. The soup we ordered was Soupe a l’oignon (Onion Soup). I recommend that you order this. It's a gratinated onion soup and it's smothered under a blanket of mozzarella cheese. This is a must try!

Soup a L’oignon Php 220

We had the Salad Regalade. It's a seafood and bacon salad. It was quite flavorful -- quite delicious and different. I loved that it used different kinds of vegetables as well.

Salad Regalade Php 485

For our main course, Ej ordered the Duck Leg Confit with Lyonnaise potatoes. It was okay , though a bit dry.

Duck Leg Confit Php 980

I had the Coq Au Vin. It came in a large pot with lots of sauce. I recommend that you order rice with this dish. It's good for two people. Honestly, though, I didn’t enjoy the main dishes as much as I enjoyed the starters.

Coq Au Vin Php 780

Service, thankfully, was great! EJ mentioned that that was the way waiters should be, not overly annoying but very attentive.


The place was a good date place since it provided an ambiance for great conversation and good food.

Great starters (soup & salad), disappointing main course, excellent ambience. For a relaxed, date-friendly atmostphere, La Regalade is a good way to go. Just choose better main dishes than what we ordered. :)

La Regalade
820 Arnaiz Avenue, Makati City 1226
Tel. No. 7502104 - 05
Mobile No. 0927 - 2319090

GUMBO

...did not disappoint...


Went to SM North EDSA agian after a long time and the Block is really SM's anti-Trinoma mall, so unlike the old SM shoebox malls. Big lobby, high open space & outside there was a "green" walkway eading to the newly rebuilt Annex. The Annex is also a nice place but was there only to go to Ace hardware & did not see the whole place.

Wait, why am I reviewing SM North EDSA? This is supposed to be about food & today's place is Gumbo.

Located at the main floor of the Block, Gumbo is besides Gloria Maris. First went to this place when the Block was just opened & the servers wearing decorated hats caught our atention. Tried it then & learned that it was ran by the same people who also ran Burgoo. So expect cajun, new orleans type of food.

Anyway, enough of the long intro & to the food:

Ealier, G & I had beef brisket wanton noodle soup & siopao at the Gloria Maris but I digress again. So it was M who ordered for the three of us.

First on the table was NEW ORLEANS DELIGHT PIZZA


White sauce pizza with sausage, shrimps, garlic & yes, anchovies - P355.00

Good, tasty & especially liked the shrimps. Recommended.

Next: SEAFOOD SPAGHETTINI for M, P355.


Shrimps, clams, mussels, spaghettini pasta in pomodoro sauce . The shrimps, mussels, clams were well cooked & the dish was well made. M liked it.

Dessert -HOT CHOCOLATE CAKE ALA MODE p275


A big block of chocolate cake with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. Need I say more? The chocolate was nicely moist, delicious & with the ice cream, one can almost feel one's arteries hardening. But it was delicious & so, who cares.

Must mention JENNY, our waitress who was very attentive, helpful & quite the cheerful one. Engaged us in lively short conversation without being intrusive. She knew when to back out.

Food was OK and one can see oneself going back for more. Very high marks for the service, hope it was not just because there were just a few diners in the place and that kind of service is the standard.

Prices are reasonable & the items we ordered did not disappoint.

There is a Gumbo in MOA, next to Via mare.

PS: According to wikipedia: Gumbo is a stew or soup originating in Louisiana which is popular across the Gulf Coast of the United States and into the U.S. South. It consists primarily of a strong stock, meat and/or shellfish, a thickener, and the vegetable "holy trinity" of celery, bell peppers and onion. The soup is traditionally served over rice.

Elbert's CHEESESTEAK Sandwiches

CFoncourse Level
PowerPlant Mall


I had the "FULL AMERICAN CHEESESTEAK" classic again. The first time I ordered this sandwich was maybe a month ago but in a paper bag "to go". I liked it then and so I ordered it again, but I had it cut in half - one half to be eaten already & the other in a bag to be saved for later.

Yes, the orders here are quite big. The classic has approximately 350 grams of meat plus the cheese, for P320. One can have the ""Hoagie" a 6 inch sandwich with 300 grams of steak for P240. no soda yet.

Others are steak sandwich (Classic@P290, Hoagie @P230), Provolene cheesesteak (C @P390: H@P310), Pizza Cheesteak (C@P420, H@P340) Quite pricey but the "FULL AMERICAN CHEESESTEAK" was very good. The meat was tender & the bread was good.

One can eat on tables set up in front of the counter made of stainless steel designed to inovke the "diner" look.

They also had "fries & soda combo for P80 and one can order extra sides.

Quite pricey but a classic sandwich is quite filling and this is at Rockwell so maybe it is alright, price-wise? Maybe, not sure. But will surely return for more.

Forgot to take pictures, was so hungry that the sandwich was just one more bite away from extinction when I remembered that I should have taken a picture.

Next time.

Hotrocks, Libis

Sunday found me and Dan at one of our old reliables, which to us means cheap good food! We've been coming to HotRocks in Libis for several years and has always been a good place to come for

a fast steak fix.

HotRocks has two floors, the first is airconditioned and houses the place's wall of fame.

The second floor is al fresco and is also the smoking area.

Their wall of fame, where the famous sign on HotRocks plates :)

That's Pacquiao you know

Hotrocks serves unpretentious grilled steak that is, steak plus rice and that's it! You can choose the doneness of your steak though and if you'd want a regular or a large cut.

Hotrocks has since expanded their menu to include pizzas, salads and pinoy staples like kare-kare, salmon belly sinigang, etc and burgers.

For me and the hubs, our usual order would start with two to four sticks of Tenga (Pig Ears) from the Pinoy Barbecue menu, we always order them extra crispy. For drinks, we'd always order a pitcher of green iced tea or neon green tea in this case.

Crispy Tenga

Green Iced Tea

I usually just order the regular cut of their steak but the waitress informed us that every sunday lunch, the large cuts at HotRocks are 20 percent off!! so two large medium well T-Bones were ordered for our table.

Medium well

The steaks came in two white plates with popsicle sticks. They were grilled just right with the right kind of char.

We finished our plates and our pitcher of green tea full and satisfied. Cheap and predictable, we'll be coming back very very soon.

HotRocks
Club 650 E. Rodriguez, Jr. Avenue, Libis, Quezon City
Remember! Large cuts of steaks are 20% off every Sunday Lunch!!