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Recovery Food

It's the wee hours of the morning. You just had an awesome time partying and drinking with friends. You're calling it a night but just before heading home, you feel the need to wear off the buzz, and sink your face into a big bowl of a nice, hot meal. You need to recover. Where do you go? You go to Recovery Food.

8 Cuts Burger Blends

Most burger places allow you to customize the toppings of your burger, but did you know that there's a restaurant where you can customize as well as what cut of beef your patty will be made of?

Tea on the Rocks

One should never judge a restaurant by its facade. I however, have to admit that we decided to try this cafe all on the basis that it looked cool. Seriously, that doodle art on the wall just called out my name. Luckily, the milk tea in Tea Rock Cafe tastes just as good as the store looks.

After having lunch at Casa Verde (you can read my post about it here), we wanted to make the most of our stay at U.P. Town Center so we tried out another establishment. Even before seeing Casa Verde, we already saw this and told ourselves we were going to come back for some milk tea after lunch. 

Tea Rock has such an extensive menu it was a challenge for us choosing what we were going to order. Aside from drinks, they also had a wide variety of food offerings to choose from which you won't find in most tea places. 

Milk tea places have become hangout places for the young crowd whether it's to study or simply get together. With the colorful and vibrant wall decor, you know this place is really catering to the hip crowd.

After choosing from over seventy drinks, I got the English Black Tea with Cheese and Sea Salt. When it comes to teas, the most common variant which milk is added to is black tea. The cheese in this drink makes it a more decadent version of tea with milk. This came with a free sinker and I chose egg pudding which goes so well with the creaminess of the drink.

With so many milk tea places opening up left and right all over the metro, there are great ones and there are not so good ones. This one however, totally rocks. 

Casa Verde is Now In Manila!

My friends could probably tell how excited I was upon seeing Casa Verde by how fast I ran towards them (in an unathletic, girly manner) to tell them we should eat there. It was our first time in U.P. Town Center (which I blogged about here) and with so many restaurants that were so tempting to try, we took our time going around, checking every single restaurant before we would finally decide. While walking, I noticed with my peripheral vision a familiar green logo. I left the pack to go check it out and lo and behold, it was Casa Verde!

Casa Verde is a famous restaurant which previously only had branches in Cebu that serves classic American comfort food. I was lucky enough that I was able to go to Cebu early this year for work which gave me the chance to try this awesome restaurant. I blogged about Casa Verde before and I said that I would seriously go back to Cebu just for this restaurant. What do you know, now I don't have to because it's finally here!

While a lot of the restaurants were pretty empty despite how enthusiastic their servers were in inviting people to try them out, Casa Verde was jam-packed. Since they've only been open for less than a month, some of their dishes (and service water) were still unavailable but that didn't stop people from coming.

It's a good thing though that their famous best-seller, Brian's Ribs was available. I would have been so heartbroken if it wasn't. If you eat in Casa Verde, it would be a sin not to try this ribs. It's so good and so affordable. One order which is already good for two people is just around P250. And it is so delicious. I was never really a fan of ribs because I don't like sweet food but this has the right balance of sweet and tangy. Although the meat was tougher and drier than the one I had in Cebu, it still tasted like the original. 

To go with our ribs, we also ordered their Southwest Pasta. It's penne pasta tossed in alfredo sauce, with chicken, bell peppers and onions. I love this dish! Even though it has a cream-based sauce, it was surprisingly light which only means you can eat more of it (and trust me, you will). The flavors of the bell peppers and onions were also a great contrast to the richness of the sauce. I could have finished this whole plate if only I didn't have too much of the ribs (and of course I had to share it with my friends). 

There's so much more on the menu that I'm so excited to try at Casa Verde and I'm so happy I don't have to take a plane anymore to try them!