TEA's me: Cha Dao Tea Place

 Yesterday CDTP celebrated their 1 year anniversary and gave away one free drink for every purchase of one drink. Buy 1 Take 1 on all drinks (froth blends not included). 

Bee's pick: Sour Apple Yakult Blend with Nata sinkers. It was an adventure ordering this, clueless and curious how it tasted. His drink tasted like sour jelly ace, in a GOOD way. I'm happy that he liked his drink :D thumbs up on this one. 

While Bee is more of the "fruity" person, I'm more of the brewed tea girl. I ordered Wintermelon Creme with Nata, it was very creamy as expected. I like the creaminess and sweetness of this drink but I must say that Black Milk Tea (house blend) still tops my list. 


Thank you for this treat CDTP Kapitolyo Branch! :D Super nice staff! 




Total drink cost: XL Wintermelon Creme- P75 + Nata sinkers - P10 + free XL Sour Apple Yakult Blend with Nata sinkers = P85 
Bite cost: P45 ~ P95/drink 
Munch worthy: Yes. Affordable compared to other tea places + free wifi. 
Walker repeat: Anytime :D Best affordable tea place in Kapitolyo

MUNCHSTER BITES: Chubby's Rib Shack

A pre-birthday celebration for Bee :D

Yesterday, we used the Deal Grocer voucher I bought for Jai's Birthday Celebration, P250 for P500 worth of food and drinks at Chubby's Rib Shack, Solaris One Makati City. The voucher is valid on weekends only. 


We arrived past 7:30 pm yesterday and there were only a few people dinning that time. The waitress didn't assist us immediately upon arriving so we just decided to pick a seat. 

 Sorry for the low quality photos. Used my camera phone :P 

Jai ordered their Baby Back Ribs (P349) served with Texas Toast, Honky Tonk Rice and Coleslaw. Choose from Homestyle BBQ, Honey BBQ and Cayenne BBQ. Jai added a side dish of fries to his meal (P29). The Baby Back Ribs was flavorful, tender and lip smacking good but not "fall off the bone" quality. The Honky Tonk rice was okay, I prefer the BWNT dirty rice, the toast on the other hand was perfectly made, crunchy on the outside and soft as you bite through. 

I feasted on their half pound Honey BBQ wings (P134). I loved the sauce and the crisp chicken skin and tender chicken meat. 


The food was good but not spectacular. The price was reasonable but I wish they'd add more rice to their Baby Back Ribs meal. The service, err...not great. Chubby's Rib Shack is definitely a must try for the food alone, don't expect much on the quality of service (well based on our experience in Solaris branch). 


Visit their site:  
Facebook: Chubby's Rib Shack


Bite cost: P200/meal 
Munch worthy: Yes. 7/10 bites! 
Walker repeat: Will go back for the food.

MUNCHSTER BITES: Bagnet Boy

First, I got attracted to their logo. I'm a collector of pig stuff (from stuff toy, accesories etc.) so it was like looking at a pot of piggy gold. I decided to eat here and ordered their Bagnet with rice meal. Yummy! It has that crisp and crunch you're looking for in authentic bagnet. I haven't tried the original bagnet from Ilocos though but this is the closest I've gone. 

 The most affordable bagnet meal starts at P85.00- bagnet served with soup, rice and tomatoes w/cucumber as a side dish.

You can have it with your choice of veggies for P99.00 or be crazy over bagnet and order their 1/4kilo for P175.00. They also have other combo meals (w/o the bagnet) of Ilocos favorites such as sinanglaw and other specialties such as kare-kare, binagoongan, crispy dinuguan etc. for P65.00 only.

Watch for my next Bagnet adventure soon...Bagnet 8065! :D 


Visit Bagnet Boy at Shangri-la Food Court or Robinsons Galleria Food Court. 


Total food cost: P65.00 - P100.00/meal


Bite cost: P85.00/bagnet meal 
Munch worthy: Yes, worth the cholesterol 
Walker repeat: Yes. A quick bagnet crave escape. 


Disclaimer: Bagnet Boy did not pay me to write this review.

OUT OF TOWN: Nathaniel's Pampanga

Nathaniel's Bakeshop treats you to a gastronomical adventure with variety of merienda (desserts) favorites. Nathaniel's Bakeshop is famous among "Kapangpangans" because of its delectable food matched with affordable prices. 

For starters, Pork Siomai 

Yummy Pork Siomai filled with real meat. I didn't get that "umay" feeling after eating a few (ahem...a lot). 

The famous Buko Pandan Salad

Frozen Buko Pandan, as if your eating icecream. Has generous pandan and buko fillings. Definitely the best buko pandan I have ever tasted! 

Cheesy Pichy-Pichy

Tasted okay, nothing special about it. Has generous shreds of cheddar cheese. 

Puto

Same as the pichy pichy, was okay. Nothing spectacular about it. 

The good news is... you don't have to go all the way to Pampanga to sink your teeth into these yummy treats. Just hop over to Timog, QC and feast on affordable food, from their famous snacks to their ala carte offerings. 

Btw, Thank you to my sister Cho who bought all of these goodies :D 

Visit Nathaniel's at any of these branches:

Timog QC: Unit 3, ITC Commercial Complex, Timog Ave. Cor. Panay Ave., QC 

Pampanga: OG, Road Pampanga City Marquee Mall, Angeles City 

Total food cost: FREE, c/o my sister Ate Cho. 


Bite cost: Starts at P50/person 
Munch worthy: Yes. Definitely!
Walker repeat: Yes. Very affordable. 



Click on the link below to view their menu: 
Nathaniel's Timog Menu