Trip Ko Lang

Welcome again to my dreamland! Here’s another exquisite restaurant we tried in Resorts World Manila. I want you to meet Mr. Johnny Chow, hehe!

Johnny Chow at Resorts World Manila

Johnny Chow offers Asian fusion cuisine from Chinese, Korean, Malay and a lot more… they even have their own iced teas with unique flavors and combination, we had their Apple Cinnamon Iced Tea… it was good, refreshing and something different.

Apple Cinnamon Iced Tea @288php

We can’t decide on the food to share and so we just decided to order for their rice toppings.  We had Lemon Chicken Rice; chicken was tender and just had a little sauce but really tasty. 

Lemon Chicken Rice @228php

We also tried their Lechon Macau Rice, also yummy and tasted a little different with the other Lechon Macau.

Lechon Macau Rice @238php

For our noodles, we had Crispy Asado Noodles with real crispy noodles that we even asked for more sauce…but later on realized it wasn’t a good idea because the sauce was really tasty and made us full right away…

Crispy Asado Noodles @245php

Johnny Chow is managed by the same team behind John and Yoko, Sumo Sam and Mr. Kurosawa. If you are looking for Asian food with a twist, Johnny Chow is a good choice for new taste and ambiance.

Go and meet Johnny Chow now at Resorts World Manila.

Trip Ko Lang 2009

Congratulations to TripKoLang.com for winning the best blog award for 2009! Hahaha. Just kidding, but how I wish… This is my blog so I get to award myself… any violent reactions? Read this first… I’m writing this eye and click catching 2010 opener post to acknowledge all the effort, resources, food and travel discoveries that I had gone through to make this blog interesting and worthwhile to read. It all started last Feb 2009, from 34 unique visitors and 925 page loads to 2,000 unique visitors and 11,500 page loads by end of 2009.  Being in the online world for almost a year now, I see this blog as a success! Sharing my own experience in food and travel is my only goal in this blog. Being able to help readers get the basic and vital information on their food and travel interests is all I need to make me happy and keep this blog going…

Here are TripKoLang’s 5 most viewed and most wanted blog posts:

1. Makansutra Asian Food Village

2. Cebu Itinerary

3. Singapore Survival Tips

4. Bohol Itinerary

5. Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt

Here are my 5 favorite posts for 2009:

1. Pino Resto Bar

2. Republic of Cavite Restaurant

3. Makansutra – The Taste

4. Loboc River in Bohol

5. The Skywalk Extreme Challenge

TripKoLang is looking forward for more food posts on drinks, latest restos, budget meals, dating places and more. Watch out for added fun and adventure on travel posts on weekend travels, backpacker style, in & out of the metro, not well-known places worth visiting and etc. If you have any suggestions on featured posts, just drop me a comment or email. Thanks!

I would also like to thank Shotnroll.com for contributing yummy food shots. Thanks to OurAwesomeplanet’s photo contest for winning our photo entry - Lihim ni Lola. Thanks to my new found blogging friends and to all my readers. By the way, TripKoLang is now in Facebook, if you wish to join me and be fan just click here. Thanks!

Let’s all welcome 2010 with new discoveries and adventures. Cheers!

I’m a food adventurer, I love to eat, I’m not afraid to try something different; I love to discover new food, wanting to be a food critic… hehe. But I don’t know how to cook and sometimes I’m on a diet! Anyway, my stay in Singapore opened me to diverse cultures which includes the variety in their dishes. Visiting Singapore would not be complete if you didn’t get to try Singaporean, Chinese, Thai, Malaysian and Indian cuisine.

Now here in Manila, you can savour these authentic cuisines at reasonable prices, comfortable ambience and good taste.  They offer Dimsum, Porridge & Pao; Satay & Barbeque; Nasi Lemak & Roti Prata, Singapore chicken rice; Pad Thai & Bagoong rice; Singapore fried noodles; Char Kwey Teow; seafoods and a whole lot more. Beverages include Kopi, Kopi-O, Lemon Barley, Longan drink, Bandung,  fruit juices, etc. and Singapore’s Ice Kachang as one of their desserts.

Makansutra Menu

We ordered Nasi Lemak (soft coconut rice with fried chicken wing, seafood sambal, potato cutlet, egg & cucumbers) and Nasi Goreng (sambal fried rice with 2 sticks satay skewers, fried egg, and archar (sweet, spicy pickles) priced at 125php each. Singapore Chicken rice is also a must-eat as it is considered as Singapore’s national dish priced at 140php.

In my opinion, food tasted good but not to be rated as excellent. I think I’m saying this because I can’t help but compare with the ones I have eaten in Singapore which I can say are real authentic in taste and has generous food servings. But still I would recommend Makansutra if you want to get a feel of Singapore and try their different cuisines at reasonable prices.

Nasi Lemak and Nasi Goreng @ 125php each

Singapore Chicken Rice @ 140php

Lemon Barley @ 45php, Michael Jackson @ 60php and Green Apple Carrot juice @ 100php

As for our drinks, we had Lemon Barley, with “pinipig” (crispy rice puffs) bits; Michael Jackson, Malaysian drink which is soy milk with strips of dark jelly and a regular Green Apple Carrot juice. We didn’t really enjoy our drinks but they are worth trying. Ice Kachang for our main dessert, the famous red bean ice which is mainly made up of ice with sweet flavored syrup and jelly that comes in bright colors. This tasted good especially with the mango pudding in it.

Ice Kachang @ 85php

Ziplock

One reliable Ziplock is a must have in any group trip. It’s not for your left over food or travel snack but for all your travel expenses. I learned this idea from a friend and started to adapt it in all my group trips. It was very helpful and made our trip so much easier. All you have to do is bring a Ziplock and put all your money inside it. Like for example, we were 6 in our group, we had each pay 2,000php, and got a total of 12,000php to spend in our entire trip.  Assign someone to be the money keeper and payer. Everything went out smoothly; we were able to pay for our transportation, food, entrance fees and other travel expenses without any hassle in chipping in, counting for change or money getting mixed up. Then at the end of our trip, whatever was left in our ever-reliable Ziplock was divided among us. Guess what, we survived our trip without overspending, in a reasonable budget and even had us take home our extra money. So the next time you’re going to have your group trip, don’t forget to have a Ziplock ready for your travel money.

Travel Money

poque-poque, pinakbet pizza, ilocandia pizza, inabraw, ilocandia pasta, crispy dinuguan, bagnet, herencia cafe, paoay

For our Saturday dinner in Paoay, we decided to dine in Herencia Cafe, a fine-dining resto  just near the famous Paoay church. The place was cozy and it has an old Filipino house ambiance. Food is the best! They offer Ilocos’ famous cuisine like the poqui-poqui (Ilocos’ tortang talong), bagnet (Ilocos’ lechon kawali) and crispy dinuguan. Also, only  in Herencia Cafe, you can eat pinakbet as pizza. Yes, I know, you can’t imagine eating a pinakbet pizza… but when you get to taste it, ooohhhhhh, yummy, you will surely love it. Overall, food prices were reasonable, we loved the place, loved the food and it was another enjoyable and satisfying meal in Ilocos.