Food Tripping at UP DILIMAN: Mang Larry's Isawan

Food Tripping at UP DILIMAN: Mang Larry's Isawan

What is an Isawan?

An "isawan" is a food stall selling grilled isaw. Isaw refers to the intestine of the pig or chicken. An isawan, however, not only serves grilled intestines but other innards of the pig or chicken like tripe, gizzard, etc. 

The different grilled innards served by Mang Larry's Isawan

How much is it

Menu displayed in front of the stall

Product and price per stick:

Balun Balunan (chicken gizzard) - P6.00

Special Isaw Pork (pig intestines) - P6.00

Pork Barbecue  - P10.00

Atay (Liver) - P6.00

Botchi - P6.00

Isaw Manok (chicken intestines) - P3.00

Isaw Baboy (pig intestines) - P3.00

Goto (tripe) - P6.00

Tainga (pig's ears) - P6.00

If you wish to try one of each kind like the one above, your total cost is P52.00

From left to right: Balun balunan, special isaw pork. botchi, pork barbecue, atay, tainga, goto, isaw pork, isaw chicken.

Where it is located

Mang Larry's Isawan is located at the parking lot across the parking lot of the UP College of Law. It is also across the Parish of the Holy Sacrifice and the University Arcade and Swimming Pool. 

Update as of Feb 11, 2015: Mang Larry's Isawan was relocated to the parking lot across the Parish of the Holy Sacrifice and near the University Arcade and Swimming Pool. Checkout the map shown below.

Hours of Operation: 

Monday-Sunday: 10:00 AM - 9:30 PM

UP DILIMAN: Chocolate Kiss Cafe at Night

UP DILIMAN: Chocolate Kiss Cafe at Night

There is this nice cafe at Bahay ng Alumni at UP Diliman, Quezon City, that serves home-cooked meals. It's frequented by students and professors by day. By accident, I visited it at night. I never thought it's a nice place to hang out at night. The ambience is totally different at night, with dim lights and a fantastic duo playing the violin and piano while you quietly dine and enjoy their home-cooked meals.

These are the things I enjoyed most when I dined there at night while waiting for my daughter to finish her meeting:

1. The reasonably priced meals that has a flavor of  a home-cooked meal. 

Below is the sample menu: 

I ordered the spaghetti carbonara

2. The music

I was surprised that there was music at night at the Chocolate Kiss Cafe at night. It can be a venue for a date night for people who want reasonably priced meals and a romantic ambiance . Below is a sample of the music that Royce and Gary played that Thursday night. I actually enjoyed it so I'm sharing it with you: 

Apparently, music is played every Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Below is the schedule I got from their website. Music is played from 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM at the Second Floor of the UP Kiss Cafe:

Tuesday:

Bong & Bobot
guitar duet

Thursday:

Gary & Royce
keyboards & violin

Saturday:

Rudy at the piano

Where it is  located

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2nd Floor Magsaysay Avenue, Ang Bahay ng Alumni, UP Diliman, Quezon City 1101

(02) 433 9183 ‎ · thechocolatekiss.com


Other photos of the venue:

At the main entrance, where most cakes are displayed

The inner part of the cafe

The announcement at the front door as to who's playing tonight

Royce and Gary playing at the inner part of the cafe

Food Tripping at UP DILIMAN: The Dynamite at Vinzon's Hall

Food Tripping at UP DILIMAN: The Dynamite at Vinzon's Hall

What is the Dynamite?

The dynamite is green chili stuffed with cheese and few pieces of ground meat, wrapped in lumpia wrapper and fried. The green chili used is the chili used in sinigang and dinuguan, which Filipinos call siling mahaba (long sili) to differentiate it from siling labuyo (hot chili).

This is how they fry it.

The finished product with dipping sauce. 

What's inside: The green chili, the cheese and some ground meat

How much is the Dynamite

One serving of dynamite is 4 pieces for 24 pesos.

My verdict

I took a bite with the dipping sauce and it was a great combination of spice and creaminess. It's like eating spicy cheese sticks. And for 24 pesos, it's a very cheap and filling snack.

Where to buy the Dynamite

At the stall in front of Vinzon's Hall at UP Diliman. It's at the right side of the sloping road leading to the entrance of Vinzon's Hall

This is the stall. You can see at the extreme right is the College of Education building.
At the left side of this stall is the sloping road leading to Vinzon's Hall

A close-up of the stall and their food choices

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