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Comfort Food at the new House of Minis@ Liberty Center

August 20, 2015

Comfort Food at the new House of Minis
@ Liberty Center

My mom and dad often brought us to House of Minis when we were young. Our ritual would be to buy groceries at Unimart in Greenhills in the morning and then have lunch at House of Minis in Shoppesville.

My dad passed away in 1997. My mom continued going to House of Minis even after he passed away. She loved the food so much that she even brought my children to the restaurant to share her enjoyment of their food. My children now associate House of Minis with their memories of their Lola, and reminisce about what she usually ordered and how happy she was during those times.

My mom passed away last year. In honor of her memory, we decided to celebrate the passing of the year, by attending Mass, then dining at her favorite place and ordering her favorite food. We miss her so much. It was a bittersweet feeling. But somehow, tasting the same food that we enjoyed when we were young, while in the delightful company of our parents, comforted and warmed our hearts. It somehow filled the longing we have for the presence of our mom and dad. Now, we're creating new memories to share with our kids by dining at this place.

Mama would have loved this new branch of House of Minis. Why?

It's spacious and well lighted.

It serves the same food we enjoyed 40 years ago.

Our favorite, the Specialties of the House:
Complete meals with Soup of the Day, Dinner Rolls
and Coffee or Dessert (Ice Cream)

This soup did not disappoint.
It tastes the same as the ones we enjoyed when we were young.

It's the same simple lettuce salad with thousand island dressing.

My mom and I usually order the mini Porterhouse cooked medium well.
It's still tender and yummy!!!

Finally, the chocolate ice cream for dessert.

It has the same ambience.

We all smiled when we heard the organist play.
It's reminiscent of the House of Minis in Shoppesville.
There's always someone playing when we dined at their Shoppesville branch

It's the same linen and set-up we used to see,

There's plenty of parking space.

Location:

Contact Information
House of Minis
Liberty Center, Shaw Boulevard
Tel. No. 672 34 48
Operating Hours: 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM (All day dining)

KATIPUNAN Food Trip: Healthy Dining at Gino's Brick Oven Pizza

February 28, 2015

KATIPUNAN Food Trip: Healthy Dining at Gino's Brick Oven Pizza

I highly recommend the food at Gino's Brick Oven Pizza. It's healthy, fresh and full-flavored. I'll share with you my two favorite meals that I always order every time I go there. No matter how determined I get to taste the other food on the menu, I always end up ordering these two meals.

These are my two highly recommended meals:

SUMMER SALAD with BURRATA

This salad is made up of greens, prosciutto, sliced parmesan and pine nuts with dalandan dressing.

You can order the salad alone (195 pesos) or with burrata (440 pesos)

My tip: Make sure to order this salad with the burrata. This salad becomes unique when you eat it with burrata.

Cutting open the burrata with a knife, you see all the mozarella and cream oozing out of the mozarella shell.

What is a burrata?

Burrata, meaning "buttery" in Italian is a fresh cheese made from a mix of mozzarella and cream. The outside thin shell is a pasta filata curd made of buffalo and/or cow's milk mozzarella while the insides contain a soft, doughy, stringy, mixture of curd and fresh cream. (source: cheese.com)

This is how I eat the salad

PROSCIUTTO PIZZA

This thin crust pizza is made of tomato sauce, prosciutto, kesong puti, and arugula
and cooked in a brick oven.

The size is around 9 inches, cut into 6 slices, and cost 420 pesos.

My tip: Make sure to try this pizza dipped in Gino's spicy honey shown below.
The unique taste of sweetness and spice adds another dimension to this dish.

It's a great idea to combine honey
with the flavor and spice of red pepper.

INSIDE THE RESTAURANT

The restaurant is small and is almost always filled with people.

LOCATION:

2nd floor (on top of Mercury Drug), K2 Building
341 Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City

CASA XOCOLAT: Ending the Christmas Season at Our Favorite Restaurant

January 5, 2014

CASA XOCOLAT:

Ending the Christmas Season at Our Favorite Restaurant

It's the last day of our Christmas vacation and what do you think is the best way to end it? With pasta and lots of chocolate at our favorite chocolate restaurant. Yup, we're seated at the right corner in the photo above.