A personal blog detailing dining and eating experiences
We went to this place for lunch in Shibuya.
They have a limited menu, and they only accept cash (you have to pay before you get seated also).
I got a highball (of course), and a miso ramen with extra pork and stir fried vegetables (which were basically just stir fried bean sprouts). The noodles seemed home made, but they were the thicker kind (not the thinner ones).
Leaving the restaurant I would have said I would have came back. But I did have a stomach issue later on. So now not sure.
On our second night in Madrid we wanted to eat at a great paella place, and we did!
This place is rated 4.5 on Google, and usually requires a reservation. Fortunately, they did let us in (although the door was locked when we got there).
The place was a bit fancy, but still let us in with shirts and shorts. For drinks, got a white wine that was a tad bit sweet (supposedly pairs great with the paella we ordered).
To start, they gave us some vegetable sticks / fruit sticks, as well as bread with butter that felt and tasted like cheese (soooo good). Also served a cold tomato soup called Gazpacho. Also great!
To start, got the tomato salad. Great way to start a meal by eating healthy.
For the main paella, got the seafood paella and a chicken and pork paella. Both were great, but I liked the seafood one better (others in the group found the other paella better).
For desert, got the apple pie (which almost seemed like an inverted apple pie). Also great! They also gave us complimentary melted chocolate and cookies.
Would come back here again in a heart beat.
Went to this Michelin star restaurant on a Sunday night. Great KBBQ place.
For drinks, got a plum soju (2nd picture). It wasn’t really sweet at all, Whig was surprising, but good.
We got most of the meats on the menu (wish I paid attention to the ones we didn’t get). For the sauces that come with them, only one I really liked (it was the sweet one. One of them was wayyy too spicey.
Tl;dr, would get everything below again.
Stopped by this Ramen place in Korea Town for a thanksgiving late lunch lunch.
Got the shoyu ramen (which means chicken broth apparently) with pork. Overall pretty good. I should’ve added an extra slice of pork though.
Also paired it with hot Sake. Can’t go wrong with that on a cold day.
Also, wanted to add that this place is a good for eating alone and working on your phone (the eating bar you can just order ramen, drinks, and sit there for a good amount of time on your phone).
This place was definitely worth it.
I had already eaten before coming here, so I ended ordering just an appetizer (the lobster sushi roll, which was also good). However, I should’ve gotten the main course that had the pork and scallops (serving size was not big, and it tasted great).
Try various Filipino food, I decided to try this food truck.
I did like the food, but I think I got mild food poisoning from it :/. I ordered the pork sisig with egg.
This is a very simple, but fancy and soy hot pot place.
I got the Wagyu beef and pork hot pot, which was great. They also had a full, since they were connected to the hotel.
The one thing they did try and do is they included tip in the receipt even though there was only 3 of us (fortunately Mark caught that).
We ate lunch at this cafeteria after exploring around Montserrat.
The rating for this place was 2.8. I would have to agree based on the pork and pasta quality. I ordered the 3 piece meal, and from the pork, chicken strips and pasta, the chicken strips were the only thing that was good. The pasta was ok, but something seemed off, and the pork was super hard and dry.
We dropped by this place for a quick bite to eat, where they served pinchos for only 2 euros each.
From the ones pictured below, the salmon with cream cheese was great, and the one with cooked pork.
Gotta say, I thought this place would be one I’d go back to, but likely not.
I ordered the “Grilled Pork, Egg Roll, Vermicelli” dish. The egg roll was good, but the pork itself seemed off (like it was soggy. I don’t think it was undercooked since it didn’t have any pink). Anyway, my stomach was a bit upset afterwards (and I’m blaming the pork).
