Trip Ko Lang

Hello again Trip Ko Lang readers! Thank you for supporting my 1st Blogiversary Contest and for being a Fan of my Trip Ko Lang Facebook page. Just keep dropping by my site, new surprises are coming in my next posts… Anyways, the contest has ended and it is now time to announce our winners.

Congratulations to the following Trip Ko Lang readers:

Ann Saturno

Entry: Chocolatier Boutique
Prize: Pino Resto Bar GC worth 500php

I like this entry because it is a new foodie discovery that I also want to try and I’m really into desserts and chocolates so this Chocolatier Boutique is a must visit dessert place for Trip Ko Lang.

Lei Rivera

Entry: Amazing Cones
Prize: Tutti Frutti GC worth 200php

This is amazingly one-of-a-kind foodie that can be anyone’s favorite.

Anna Lissa Abello

Entry: Tuna Kilawin
Prize: Tutti Frutti GC worth 100php

Thanks for sharing your foodie discovery in Davao. Trip Ko Lang also loves to travel and try  famous delicacies/food in different provinces visited. I’ll definitely visit this when I get to Davao.

Trip Ko Lang would also like to thank Pino Resto Bar and Tutti Frutti for sponsoring these gift certificates. More power to all!

Hello Trip Ko Lang readers! In celebration of my upcoming 1st Blogiversary this February, Trip Ko Lang magpacontest… Yes, totoong contest eto and it will be all about FOOD, I have been sharing different food discoveries in this blog and I think now is the time for you to share with me your own food discoveries and favorites. All you have to do is to join Trip Ko Lang fan page, upload one photo of your favorite food or resto (it really doesn’t have to be the best shot…) and include a caption/short description – name of resto, food title and answer the question why is it your favorite? or what makes it special for you to like?

As for the prize, I’ll be giving away a free scrumptious meal for 2 in my favorite featured resto – Pino Resto Bar and will let you experience eating the Pino Resto way.  So start checking your food or resto shots, or visit now your favorite resto and start uploading them in Trip Ko Lang fan page. The most exciting, unique, tempting food/resto discovery or favorite will win! Good luck to everyone!

Contest duration 27 Jan to 12 Feb 2010 ( hey, you can still make this your Valentine date… hehe)

No limit for the number of entries per person.

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10 Feb 2010

My Blogiversary Contest is about to end and to add a little surprise, I’m giving away additional prize – a free dessert from Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt. Hurry, share now your favorite food/resto or any food discovery.

Pino Resto Bar Menu

It was a Friday night, pay day, traffic in the metro and the highlight of that evening was the onset of typhoon Santi… but these obstructions did not stopped us on our aim for that evening and that is to reach Maginhawa street to dine in Pino Resto Bar…

Thanks to their multiply site with all those enticing food photos which greatly motivated us to get to the place and try it ourselves…So it was really a must for us to visit Pino Resto Bar and this was the only evening for it!

As we arrived in the resto, we were lucky to get a spot because the place was just small with a homey ambience like you were just in your own home. Pino Resto offers Filipino cuisine with a twist; in all their dishes, they have something distinct that made any simple dish intriguing and worth trying. The service crew were all friendly and you can feel that they were really happy to serve you.

Crispy Tenderloin Tapsilog (210php)

We ordered one of Pino’s favorites, the Crispy Tenderloin Tapsilog, juicy beef tenderloin in small pieces coated; fried with crispy breading and covered with gravy sauce.  As for the egg, 3 quail eggs fried in one and topped over the garlic rice.

Bagnet Tofu Stack-O with rice (215php)

Also we tried Bagnet Tofu Stack-O, one of their new dishes. The first time I tasted Bagnet was in Ilocos and that was last February 2009, I really missed it and so this Bagnet dish was one of my best choice.  Tofu is also my favorite, so I can say that this dish was really made for me. Even the rice was special; it has its own yummy flavour with slices of mushrooms mixed.

Dilis rice (90php)

We both had ordered our own meals but can’t resist to try their Dilis rice…we were interested to see how it would look like and so we also ordered for one. Dilis used was the typical big, flavoured dilis which is usually eaten as snack. Rice was also mixed with dilis and topped with fried egg. Yum, yum, yummy…

PINO Iced Tea (35php)

As for their drinks, they have their own iced tea called Pino iced tea at 35php per glass or 80php per pitcher. Definitely very cheap, refreshing and has distinct taste.

Buko Pandan Leche Flan (70php)

Pino’s best seller dessert is the Chunky Choco Tempura, though we really wanted to try it but can no longer have one because we were already full and just opted to have a light dessert like the Buko Pandan Leche Flan. With every taste, another taste follows and so on until you finish it all as you can’t figure out what makes it sweet, tasty and good to eat.

Our Pino Resto Bar experience was really remarkable; everyday Filipino food made to something surprising and superb in presentation and taste. The location is a bit far but worth a visit. Food prices are reasonable and really worth it.

We would surely go back for their Kare-kare Bagnet, Sisig Carbonara, Chunky Choco Tempura, Pino Flavoured beer and Pino Giant Margarita. Till our next visit!

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Special thanks to Shotnroll.com for the yummy shots used in this blog. Thanks!