LATE LUNCH AT SIZZLING PEPPER STEAK

After a hectic shopping spree for clothes at SM City Fairview, the kids and I had a super late lunch at Sizzling Pepper Steak. It was already around 2, o’clock in the afternoon by then and the kids were quite hungry. But I argued against eating at just any fastfood joint since we rarely get the chance to visit the mall so we might as well take advantage of the opportunity to eat at a joint we haven’t eaten yet. And so we ended up at Sizzling Pepper Steak – my daughter ordered her fave food from Jollibee (burger steak) but served on a sizzling platter and it was good. My son, on the other hand, had sizzling beef tapa and good thing the tapa was tender and the egg done just right. My order naman was a healthy chicken platter without rice...it tasted good too just that the veggies were a bit less than what I had envisioned, I guess they should have added some mashed potatoes. Would we eat there again? Well, the meals weren’t cheap at an average of PhpP200 per meal – but their food tastes OK – not bland but not spectacular either. Maybe, if I had extra money and didn’t want the usual fastfood fare, I would eat here again.

LUNCH AT FRIULI TRATTORIA

Today an officemate treated me to lunch at one of the cool restos at the famous Maginhawa strip at Teacher’s Village. The restaurant’s name is Friuli Trattoria, and as its name suggests it is an Italian restaurant filled with my fave food of all – pasta and pizza! A quick search at Google reveals that its name came from a place in Northern Italy that is famous for growing grapes that is made into wine. The restaurant, on the other hand, is also famous, not for wine this time but for its delectable array of Italian food that not only tastes so good but is also quite affordable! Among the famous items in their menu are the ones we ordered for our lunch today – the Tre Formaggi (or the three cheese pizza-yum!), carbonara pasta (but of course!) and the toasted ravioli (which was quite good too!) I swear...my nitpicky daughter who hates pizza is gonna fall in love with this place (well she likes cheese kasi). I promise to bring her here one of these days and maybe by then I will get to taste their pesto pasta or angel hair putanesca and even their cheese sticks...oh my, so many possibilities! I can’t wait...meantime check out the pics of the food we ate.