360 Degrees Handshaken Tea

This will just be a quick entry all about this awesome milk tea in Davao called 360.

The Lui brothers had their milk tea delivered at their office. Price for 1 drink is only 30 PHP with your choice of pearls, nata or egg pudding. The taste is more milkier but they have a good blend of black tea. Can't get enough of milk tea mania. 


And did I say delivery is free?


360 is in General Malvar st. (In front of Davao Doctor's College)

Ombu Chicken House

After sleepless nights when I found out my camera's memory card got corrupted, I can now breathe again since I can share all the food I ate in Davao during my last trip despite only recovering around 98% of the pictures.


Upod landing, Mil picked me up first thing in the morning at the airport and I literally crashed in their office couch for lack of sleep. Upod lunch time, her brother Kevin or should I say shoti, woke me up and say we're having lunch at Ombu which is the only place in Davao that I go back to on every trip.


Ombu is located in Seqouia Inn in Davao's chinatown. Upon entering, I was greeted by the usual warm atmosphere like my previous visits. Mil ordered in advance for us and it since there were only a few dinners, we had the luxury to choose anywhere we want to sit. Joyjoy, Mil's kinakapatid joined us for lunch.

I ordered for a glass of mango shake. It was good enough to quench my thirst and a good attempt to stay away from soda on this trip.

Mil ordered Garlic Kangkong for our side dish.

At last after much waiting, the one half greaseless chicken arrived at our table. Joyjoy and I had a quarter each. That crispiness of the skin that crackled when my knife sliced into it was very comforting. The chicken was tender on the inside and crispy with a hint of saltiness in the skin. This is indeed one of the reasons I keep coming back for Davao City.

Overall Ombu Chicken House is good value for money. You'll be surprised that the chicken is greaseless but very tasty.


Ombu is located at the ground floor of Seqouia Inn, Monteverde Ave. Davao City.

Antonio's

Milestones should always be celebrated. So when Tita Lac turned 60, we threw her a surprise (semi) in Antonio's Tagaytay. Antonio's is currently the best restaurant in the country according to the Miele guide. With great food, service that reminds you of home and the nice cool air of Tagaytay plus a beautiful view of their gardens simply makes this place perfect.

They reserved a room for us to have the party. My cousins got balloons, red and white wine and a to-die-for caramel cake from Estrel's.

Our table set up looks very elegant yet simple. It looks like a nice table for all of the chismis to be shared that night.

Since we arrived early, we had the place to ourselves where we can take portraits. My niece, Isla was in a great mood to be a model that day. We had other pictures too but I think you be the judge. Isn't she something?

With plants everywhere and very good lighting, it seems that every photo is picture perfect.

We started our meal with some squid ink bread. The black color makes the whole thing very interesting. The ink did not over-power the bread at all, it just gave it a bold character. Each bite was like heaven. Warm and slightly toasted on the inside and very soft on the inside. Smothered with butter, it seems that you are already done for the night, but this iss just the beginning.

We were given options for our drinks like soda and tea. I opted for the freshly squeezed dalandan juice and some white wine.

My cousin Babits ordered this Carbonara for Isla. The pasta was al dente and is one of the best carbonaras I have tasted. Isla's expression while eating can attest to this.

Next up was the liver pate with rasberry coulis and white truffle. The pate was very smooth and velvety. There are no words to describe it, I will just qoute cousin-in-law Graham "That is a very beautiful pate."

Salad was mixed greens with walnuts, ricotta and rasberry vinaigrette.

Our soup course was cream of khlrabi. Everyone was wondering what is khlrabi. Turns out it's a type of turnip. Since we all didn't know what to expect, we were greated with a rich and creamy soup where the salt only came from the pancetta. Very much my type I would say.

Our main course choices were Steak frites.

Roasted leg of lamb (with a blurred picture).

I opted for the Foil baked Chilean Sea Bass. My plate looked very colorful with the black olives and cherry tomatoes. The textures very a good variety and every flavor will suddenly burst into my mouth--the very soft and smooth sea bass, olives and tomatoes, garlic and pine nuts for some crunch. This all came in a small bed of Antonio's famous mashed potatoes. Now why would I say this is famous? It is being talked about as to what is the secret behind it and I was told it was truffle oil. Yet, who really knows?

I chose to have the chocolate terrine for dessert. This is the dessert that I recommend. Very smooth chocolate in every spoonful yet it is not iritatingly sweet.

The other desserts are mango yoghurt panna cotta.

Chocolate mint ice cream.

Great milestones should really be celebrated. I think my Tita had a memorable 60th at a great place.

We pretty much had a blast from this little lady too.

Antonio's is located in Tagaytay. They also serve breakfast and they have a Filipino restaurant called The Grill at Antonio's.

Isdaan sa Gerona

On our way down from Baguio, we stopped by Isdaan in Gerona Tarlac for some dinner. I liked all the humor they were able to inject in the interiors like sleeping security guards and the former president Estrada.

Upod entering the place you will immediately notice the number of fishponds that have along with several fountains.

They also adorned the place with different Buddhas like the ones you see in Thailand. This place is a nice spot for photo ops well..nice photo ops if you're with great company.

The highlight of this place is definitely tha tacsiyapo wall where you can release all your anger and simply throw stuff in the wall. Up to you if you're ok with throwing a glass or a plate at Boss, Managers and supervisors or even hurl a tv at the Ex-Wife.

The food is typical Filipino fare like Grilled bangus and tilapia, squid, green mango ensalada and your pinakbet. I would have to say these are alright and have some room for improvement.

Isdaan is a great stopover from Baguio going back to Manila especially if you have kids travelling with you. Rest assured you will be entertained.

Isdaan is located in Gerona, Tarlac.