Showing posts with label Gourmet. Show all posts
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Gourmet Italian dinner with a tight budget: Café Lidia

Café Lidia is a familiar spot for me for a friend invited me to dine with him on this place last 2010. Now we went to this café to celebrate my parent’s 26th wedding anniversary. The place was more spacious nowadays and they have a parking space already. Yey! (:

OVERVIEW:
This is located in #64 Calderon Street, Kalumpang, Marikina City. For commuters, you can ride any jeepney going to Marikina and it will pass thru the area. For those with private vehicle, at Ligaya turn to the street opposite the side where you see the Sandugo outlet and Jollibee (be sure to turn on the way heading to Marikina and not the one going to Pasig) then turn right at Calderon Street (beside Metrobank) go straight ahead and you will see Cafe Lidia on the right side of the street.


Elegance defines this café. It really looks like a fine dining restaurant however when you enter their place a lot of people middle class men were inside. Moreover, their interior design suits their foods. Very nice.











 During my 2 visits in this place it is always jam-packed. This is definitely a hit for individuals near the area. Oh well, for the taste of their food coupled with its affordable price who would not love to dine in here. 

SERVICE:
Fast, delicious and even though they have been featured in a lot of newspapers and/or tv shows their food are still very affordable.

FOODIES:
Buffalo Wings Php 170
Their buffalo wings were the best I have ever tried. It was so tasty. Very enticing for an appetizer. Trying this is highly resommended! (:

Calamari Fritti Php 290
(Crunchy coated squid wings with tartar sauce - Casa Lidia)
They give big serving of their calamari fritti but as for the taste it is like any other calamari. 

Mixed Seafood Marinara Php 170
(in white wine and spicy marinara sauce - Cafe Lidia)
We also ordered a mixed seafood marinara. I have been craving for this since we went to Mama Chit’s and here it is. This is so delicious indeed.

Pizza Papa Php 230
(Bacon, Pepperoni, Ham, Beef - Cafe Lidia)
We also tried their all meat pizza- Pizza Papa. I liked the one that we ordered before. I think that’s House Special Pizza and Shrimp and Garlic Pizza. Must try!


For our main entrée, we ordered for chicken marsala, grilled pork belly and salisbury steak. Amongst the three I love chicken marsala but all were so tummy filling. 
Salisbury Steak Php 255
(200G of ground beef stuffed with mozzarella cheese with mushroom sauce,
served with mashed potato and mixed vegetables - Cafe Lidia)

Grilled Pork Belly Php 210
(Served wtih Java rice and mixed vegetable - Cafe Lidia)

Chicken Marsala Php 250
(Chicken breast sauteed with mushroom, sundried tomato and marsala wine
served with mashed potato and mixed vegetable - Cafe Lidia)

We’re so full actually but we still pushed to order for a dessert- a sylvanna. Yey! So happy! This is my comfort food ever since and I am just lucky to have found one in this store.
Sylvanna Php 25

If you intend to enjoy gourmet food but you want it inexpensive. This is the place to be. Must try!

Photo credits: Instagram, Photomarkr, PicsArt

#64 Calderon Street, Kalumpang, Marikina City
(02) 647 7606
cafe_lidia@yahoo.com



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Kanto Freestyle Breakfast

I used to believe that no matter how costly a food maybe as long as its taste qualifies for its price I’ll go for it. However, Kanto Freestyle Breakfast proved that there are still gourmet foods that will satisfy your taste buds yet not be that costly.

OVERVIEW:
Kanto Freestyle Breakfast is situated at 549 San Joaquin St., Barangay Plainview, Mandaluyong City. It is approximately 20 to 30 minutes from the MRT Boni Station depending on the traffic flow.


It is a karinderya (yes, with the flies) that is situated at the side of the street. Their parking place was the street itself and there’s not much tables and chairs. Is the area easy to find? No! You can definitely miss it. I was actually lost the first time that I went to the area. I even asked for directions on the market area near the place and they do not know where Kanto Freestyle Breakfast is (in spite of it being televised and publicly advertised). So, if you will be going to their place - when you reach San Joaquin Street, the karinderya was opposite the street where you find the South Star Drug and Tapsilogan. This is how their place looks like.


SERVICE:
Oh well, I arrived at their area for lunch and there are a lot of costumers during that time so they run out of garlic rice and they warned me before ordering that the food will take about 30 – 40 minutes to be served. And alas, it took them 40 minutes. Before I went to their place I was forewarned about their slow service so it did not bother me that much. On the positive note, the servers were nice. They try to attend to your needs even though there are a lot of costumers so kudos to them. (insert smiley here)

FOODIES:
Blueberry pancake (Php 90)
Originally, what they serve is mixed berry, berry pancake but since the server informed me that it was a mixture of strawberry and blueberry (and I don’t eat strawberries) I asked them if I can modify my order and they gladly adapt. 

 So, my blueberry pancake was first served and all I can say is that it is truly better that iHOP. The presentation of the food was nice. Furthermore, I was expecting that they will lessen the toppings of my pancake since it was originally a mixture of strawberry and blueberry but no, they put a lot of blueberries on the pancake and their pancakes were so fluffy. They served 3 pancakes for every order and that is definitely tummy filling.

Since I am taking my time while eating my pancakes I sort of played with it and it’s toppings. Happy pancakes for a happy foodie.  
Batangas Beef Tapa (Php 90)
Next served was my Batangas Beef Tapa. I have ordered this because I thought that I will not be satisfied with the pancake alone (since most of the pancakes that were served in restaurants/karinderya were air filled). I had a hard time eating this for I have a full tummy. But, it was so delicious and again the food was too much for its cost. I do enjoyed eating it very much.

Feeling hungry now? They serve breakfast for 24 hours so if you happen to be near the area I do recommend that you try eating there. Their products are definitely not overrated. You’ll definitely have no regrets.


Photo credits: FotoRus, InstaMag

 KANTO FREESTYLE BREAKFAST
Mandaluyong Branch: 549 San Joaquin Street, Barangay Plainview, Mandaluyong City
Marikina Branch: 6 Aquillina St. Cor Col Divino Sto. Niño, MarikinaCity
Contact Number: 4002268
FB page: https://www.facebook.com/kantofreestylebreakfast

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