Falls off the Bone

I love steaks... I love them!

I usually tell my boy friend that I’m craving for steaks even though we had it like a day before or something like that. I actually say that all that time just so he could agree. After his shift, we met at SM MOA to have dinner then went RACKS.

RACKS is known for their tender and “fall of the bone” steaks. They have this technique in grilling them. I don’t know how you do it but it really tastes good. Their best sellers are the Baby Back Ribs that starts off with P500.00++. Their Hickory Smoked flavored Chicken that starts of at P169.00, is also known. Grown-up or kids also loves coming back for their Mac and Cheese – P55.00.  I’ve been in this restaurant a couple of times.

These are some of their services ;Takes Reservations ,Walk-Ins Welcome, Good For Groups, Good For Kids, Take Out, Delivery, Waiter Service and Outdoor Seating. They accept credit cards, Visa, Mastercard or American Express.

I love the bright white base architecture. I like the touch of greens and yellows. The chairs and tables are made of wood, they’re very soft and neat looking. I like how they made a concept of exposing their brick oven, so that customers will be able to see how their steaks are grilled.  MOA branch can use little bit of cleaning. But I don’t blame them there were really a lot of diners during that time so, there wasn’t really enough time to sweep the floors or wipe it up.

The receptionist was nice and was able to assist us in getting a seat. But was not able to introduce us to any servers, she just hand the menu and that’s it. Then after a while, a guy went to us and introduces himself, and his name is Sherwin.

Since it’s a steak house and all the incredible sauces or basting sauce for all the steaks are very juicy and messy and not to mention all the servers are wearing white, our server had a few spots on his clothes which I believe came from the steaks. He wasn’t able to recommend any dishes for us so we really had to choose on our own.

But once m and my boyfriend picked a dish we liked he was able to explain what was in it and what are our options which is a big thing because usually as soon as we get our orders done, they just write it down and just leave. That’s it!  He did a good job in explaining and repeating our orders..

My boyfriend had the bottomless Ice Tea – P80.00++. It was cute because the served it in a beer mug, so at first we thought it was a beer but it really wasn’t so that’s cute. And I had the Pink Lemonade - P80.00++, as mentioned I like big serving, unfortunately for this one there wasn’t really any option to have it bottomless and it was not enough.

For our appetizer we had the Buffalo Wings – P207.00 (3 pcs). It’s not that spicy. It has a very light color. It wasn’t that warm either. I like the mild taste, a little bland for my taste but it’s still ok. I would recommend offering this to kids.

          My boyfriend had the Baby Back Ribs – P425.00 (Half Slab), served with corn bread, a choice of side dish which in his case he had the Asian Slaw, Mac & Cheese and steamed rice. The Asian Slaw was a bit dry but tasty and delicious. Mac & Cheese is to die for. And the baby back ribs was so tender and soft! He finished the whole thing.

          I wanted a real steak. I diet – killer steak. I ordered the Beef Ribs – P316.00 (Quarter Slab) – served with corn bread and your choice of side dishes. I had the Potato Salad and Mac & Cheese. I loved the Potato salad. Not too warm and not too cold. I like the taste very Italian. I really liked the ribs. It’s very soft and very tender. I could have another one if I was asked to.

So.. here's the deal.. if you're looking for a hot and super delicious and of course affordable steaks you can always visit RACKS. i enjoyed it.. and surely you will to. Hope you enjoyed...Thanks for reading.. 

Eat HAPPY Everyone!!

Kwaizz miya miya!!

Yours Truly,

Zielle a.k.a Fat Girl

Racks

116 Ground Floor, Entertainment Mall, SM Mall of Asia Pasay

556-4787

http://www.facebook.com/pages/RACKS/340692778900

New Peeps at The Old Spaghetti House

After days of work the team wanted to go away and just have fun... before going out and drink. we had dinner. We had Dinner at The Old Spaghetti House. It's a casual dining restaurant that let's you enjoy not so expensive and "mouth-watering" spaghettis or any delightful dishes. It is not the first time I dine in this resto. But it was my first time in SM MOA Branch.

Just to share my First dine in was in Robinson's Malate branch. And to tell you I was not happy! I was disappointed. I remembered it was 6pm so they had 3 hours left before they could clean up and say last order or closing time... But the servers were so lazy, they were not smiling, they looked tired and irritated, they were not very friendly. In short they were undesirable. I couldn't bare the thought of going back to that branch. 

Fortunately, SM MOA Branch is different. They notices us nearing the door and they opened the doors for us even without stepping on the welcome mat. It was almost 8:30pm and its a week day so supposedly they're close at 9pm. But they were so kind to let us in and have dinner. I forgot the name of our server but she was very kind. The manager was the one who served as our food. asked us how was our food. it was good service. even though we were the only customers left.. they were so friendly and nice. Thanks GOD!

Allan, Julie, Triza and Me - taking a picture after dinner

Yvette, Triza and Allan - taking pictures during dinner..

Allan ordered himself a Seafood Alfredo P195.00 - it has a white sauce.seafood includes shrimps, squids, mussels, clams in white sauce, served with garlic bread. according to him the dish is good. But it's not enough. hahaha

Triza got the Pan -seared Chicken Fillet with Java Rice P200++.  It was 2 chicken breast fillet with red sauce. with salad side dish. and java rice . She was very hungry that's why she wanted to eat a heavy dinner.

Yvette likes seafood and red sauce so she got herself a Seafood Marinara P185.00 - It was served with spaghetti pasta. Seafood included ; Shrimps, squid, mussels,clams, tomato sauce, served with garlic bread. I just discovered that you can choose any pasta that is available on that day. So if you're bored of spaghetti pasta you can always have fettucine, bow pasta, swirls, and etc.

and as for me.. I was craving for steak so I ordered a medium rare U.S. Beef Bistro Steak with Parmesan Spaghetti P235.00. It was ok. not what i use to eat. since it was thinly sliced but tender east to cut. the gravy was not really my type. Garlic bread was not that warm  but the taste was good. Spaghetti was al dente and warm and olive oil was tasty. i asked for more parmesan cheese. Julie had the same. We're like twins.. hahaha! In the team they call us "THE DEMOLITION SISTERS" hahahaha!

Eat HAPPY Everyone!!

Kwaizz miya miya!!

Yours Truly,

Zielle a.k.a Fat Girl

The Old Spaghetti House

Branches: Ali Mall, Antipolo, Bohol Ave., Forum Robinsons, Libis, Loyola Heights, Market!Market!, Robinsons Galleria, Robinsons Midtown, Robinsons Otis, SM City Manila, SM City North Edsa, SM Mall of Asia, SM Marikina,  Waltermart Makati, Congressional, Festival MAll, Madison Greenhills, Marquee Mall, Paseo de Sta. Rosa, SM Center Las Pinas, SM City Baguio, UP Diliman, Valero

Tel. Nos.:   (02) 477-1876

Website : http://www.theoldspaghettihouse.com

Time to go to KOREA

I'm not really into Korean food but my sister said it was nice and food is absolutely amazing. I don't like complicated dish. you know, the one that you will assemble yourself. or cook yourself. it's not that i'm not into that, it's just that you want to eat your order right away and not care about it anymore. something like that? makes sense? unfortunately in this branch that we went to they don't accept credit cards. anyways i still went to this resto with a friend. and surprisingly...

Ordered a lemon ice tea.

I like their plates and their silver wares. Funny though i wasn't able to use it properly. It was too heavy for me.

It was very weird. We ordered 3 dishes and we were surprised when these plates arrived. It was a lot. At first we didn't knew what they were for. but I noticed that with these plates there came 2 kinds of greens so we figured its a vegetable roll for the appetizer.

Seafood Noodles - it's white noodles and seafood. It was very hot. seafood was fresh. I like this noodles. It warms the stomach. The dish was spicy but tolerable.

This is a breaded fish fillet. I like this dish but there was a lot of sauce that overpowered the fish itself. it was partnered with coleslaw and rice.

Lastly, Pork Strips. It was very thinly sliced. This is what I hate about this restos. you take a look at the menu and you see a whole different picture. You can see that pictures tend to look bigger that the usual. Serving was not enough. Taste was ok. And Presentation was poor.

Abella's Favorite Restauant

So I got my pay... mom and dad teased me that i should treat the family. which is not really new for me.. {laging nagpaparinig...}

So I did. unfortunately... hahaha! kidding!

I always wanted to treat my family.

So we went to our fave resto TGIF Rob Manila.

It was a long table.

We all were high and mighty I loved our server.

BTW she was pregnant which we did not noticed. {sorry i forgot your name girl! you were so nice!} She even offered us this bistro card which is way way inexpensive compared to last year which was 1500 pesos. now its only for 1000 pesos and it has these certificates or gift cards that you can purchase when ever you eat into those bistro restaurants! I LOVE!

Anyway we went in... As expected ambiance was nice and friendly and welcoming..

Plates were clean. tables were fixed nicely. Waitress was very accommodating and alive.

what did we get?

They are called Slush. The red is strawberry and the green one is Apple. They resemble the slurpy drink the one we buy in 711. only this one is light and easy to drink. we aren't sure but i think the red one has a little alcohol to it. hahaha!

The white one is A Tropical Shake. There coconut,bananas and a lot more. It was nice.

Broccoli Soup- Since we ordered a lot we were given a free soup. I was ok. Not really our fave. No one did finished it.

Friday's Three For All - Features three of their most famous appetizers: Loaded Potato Skins, Fried Mozzarella and their Spicy Buffalo Wings complete with Sour-Cream and Green Onions, Marinara Sauce and Celery Sticks with Bleu Cheese Dressing. I loved their Buffalo Wings. We enjoyed that!

So this is their Shanghai Chicken Salad - Grilled Chicken Breast With all the greens. With citrus fruits such as oranges. And their delightful dressing. Very Healthy Just a preparation for the meat! hahaha! My dad likes separating the dressing, the chicken and he's the one who will assemble it.

Sizzling Beef Fajitas - Mom's Choice. I was wondering how come they did not gave us the bread to go along with this dish. They gave us the beef, the veggies but no bread. So that was weird.

But the grilled beef was perfect. It was tender and not hard to chew. Flavor was not bad, but we had to sprinkle salt and pepper to add a little flavor. veggies were cooked enough. Not so saggy not so raw. Mom is more on the freshness of the meat and the veggies. Overall she said it was ok. How typical. hehehe! Amount or serving wise. not enough. "Bitin" as she says.

Pacific Grilled Pork Chop - Dad's Choice, he liked the pork. tender. not so hard to bite into it. Its not very easy to please my dad. He always has comments to everything that he eats that's why we have to make sure he eats right and orders the right food. veggies were cooked well too. Not his typical rice though, he likes the round shaped rice/ japanese rice. I think the one that goes with this dish is a basmati rice which is hard and oily. But he said it was ok. Plating wise was ok. Serving or amount was enough for one person. They actually have choices if you want it for sharing or solo. something like that.

Seafood Platter - Calamaris, Fries, Cream Dory, Shrimp. All deep fried with bread crumbs and flavoring. This is one dish that we love to order. Our family loves seafood. This is a recommendation from us. You should taste this platter specially with the sauces that goes with it. Super Love!

This the Jack Daniel's Steak. We ordered two of these. My Sister wants it well done while with my brother he likes it medium rare. Funny though, because when we say medium rare, we know there still a little blood on it. but its ok. because he knows that. When our server asked him how he likes his steaks he immediately says "I like it MEDIUM RARE". And we all go. "are you sure?" and he said "yes. That's how i like it in Libya! hahaha!" nice! hahaha!

Lastly my sister's choice the New York Strip Steak. Grilled to perfection. Not sure if its charcoal grilled or fired grilled. But It was delicious!

Had So much fun! We enjoyed every minute of it!

Eat HAPPY Everyone!!

Kwaizz miya miya!!

Yours Truly,

Zielle a.k.a Fat Girl

T.G.I. Friday's

Branches: ATC, Bonifacio High Street, Eastwood City Walk, Glorietta3, Robinsons Galleria, Robinsons Place - Manila, SM MOA, Tomas Morato, Trinoma

Tel. Nos.:   526-5334

Website : http://www.fridays.com.ph

my birthday at Arya..!

It's The Fat Girl's Birthday! yey!!! I always wonder what it would feel to eat at Arya-Persian Restaurant. So on my birthday I've decided to have a try. I've been reading blogs about it. And notice that they have one in common order. And its the Bareh koobideh.

Bareh Koobideh
this is a lamb sausage with basmati rice, the lamb has a lot of flavors.. its like a "longganisa" but its not pork, its lamb. you can taste the garlic, the fat of the lamb.. and its flavors really come out. i liked it,my sisters didn't though.

Another blogger ordered an Arya Dip Platter so I also tried those.

Arya Dip Platterhummus, salsa, sesame and cucumber dip. It's four types of dips;Hummus,Salsa, Cucumber and Sesame. I liked the Cucumber dip and Salsa. Not so much of the Hummus and Sesame. It Comes with A basket of Egyptian Bread. Still warm. I Love EAT!

Basket of Bread
Egyptian Bread

The Arya Salad. Please TRY EAT! IT'S a MUST TRY SALAD! I loved it.

Arya Saladdelicious greens, swirl pastas, crunchy bread sticks, olives and a ceasar dressing like.. Last but not the least.. this is the Kebab Platter. I forgot what its called but its different kinds of kebab, chicken, beef and lamb. Everything taste delicious.

Kebab Platter
beef, lamb and chicken kebabs

They also have a special sauce that goes very well with these kebabs. The owner fondly calls it Dr. Shin's Tomatoes.

Dr. Shins Tomato It’s basically peeled tomatoes, cucumbers, a pinch of salt, a lot of pepper, some hot sauce and a dollop of yogurt.

I Loved the food, the service and of course it was a my very special day. Everything went fine. After Lunch we watched Tanging Ina, Last na 'to. Then went home. Rested for a while, we waited til 8pm so we could go to Kwagos Grill and continue Celebrating. I had fun. Although not everyone was there, I still enjoyed my day. HAPPY 23rd Birthday to the FAT GIRL!

Eat HAPPY Everyone!!

Kwaizz miya miya!!

Yours Truly,

Zielle a.k.a Fat Girl