Valentine's Day 2013 at Sincere Cafe & Restaurant

For V-Day 2013, we had our family date at Sincere Cafe & Restaurant in Banawe St., Q.C.

Initially, we were supposed to dine in another restaurant, but it was too crowded and we were 4th on the waiting list so we decided to transfer and look for another. Luckily, we saw this relatively new restaurant and by the time we went in, there are only few diners. I was kinda hesitant at first... only few diners on this hectic day of dating?... it made me wondered. Then I remembered reading on their signage "Sincerity Group of Restaurants", I quickly asked the server if this is the same as the Sincerity Restaurant located in Binondo... thank God she replied YES... we were relieved, our hungry tummies were comforted by the fact that we will be overly satisfied with the food we are about to eat ;)

The restaurant is located on the 2nd floor of a building, hence, take time to look up so as not to miss it... this maybe the reason why prospective diners overlook the place.

 

As I've said, this is a relatively new restaurant here in Banawe. It opened last August 2012. In general, the place was simple, airconditioned and has ample space for the customers. Aside from the chinese writings/characters on their signage, one would know that it's a chinese restaurant because of the chinese goddess/figurines displayed at the entrance.

 

A couple of minutes after we have settled on our table, diners started to arrive, add to that those customers who'd picked up tons of boxes of fried chicken as their take-out orders. As of this writing, they only accept delivery service within their vicinity due to lack of motorized service. 
 

Sincerity in Binondo is well-known for their Sincerity Fried Chicken (our favorite). From QC, we would travel all the way to Binondo just to satisfy our cravings for their chicken. Lucky us, there's this resto now near our place =)

Menu (colored version)

Food prices here are very reasonable, you get your money's worth. The same reason why we keep on coming back to Sincerity-Binondo.

We ordered the following:

Sincerity Fried Chicken (whole) Php300.00

Fried Oyster Cake (small) Php140.00

The fried chicken and oyster cake are staple part of our order each time we dine in their Binondo branch... of course, we can't afford to miss them here at Sincere Cafe to prove that the quality and taste are the same. And we were not disappointed... love the flavor of the chicken and the gooeyness of the oyster cake!
 

Broccoli with Shredded Beef Php200.00

Chami (small) Php90.00

Rellenong Hipon Php50.00

Overall, we had a tummy filling and satisfying family V-Date, not to mention the savings we had because of its affordable prices. We will definitely be coming back here!

V-Day 2013

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Sincere Cafe & Restaurant

2/F RBL Building,
549 Banawe St., Quezon City.

Tel.#: +632 711-0280 / 711-0212

 

Lam Tin Tea House

Looking for an affordable Chinese food? Try Lam Tin Tea House. It’s a casual dining restaurant that serves reasonably priced food. This is our favorite place to dine whenever my family and I are craving for Chinese food on a tight budget. Been here for numerous times already yet their food never failed to disappoint me, I always leave with a happy tummy ;)

 

Last night, as my mom was not in the mood to cook our dinner, she suggested that we just eat out. We don't want the typical fast food thing at the moment, and payday is still way too far, hence, we all agreed to have our dinner here once again.

 

 

 

Our all-time favorite is their Noodle Feast. This dish is large enough to share. It's a serving of flat noodles with bits and pieces of everything... white chicken, spicy pork, beef, dumplings and Chinese pechay. This comes with a semi-sweet sauce usually served on top of the noodles, but in our case, we always request them to serve the sauce in a separate bowl simply because we want to be in control of the taste.

 

Around Php240.00

 

Another thing we like here is their yang chow fried rice. It has generous pieces of shrimps, pork asado, scrambled egg and green peas. One can enjoy it even in the absence of a main dish... hehehe.

 

Yang Chow Fried Rice Php90.00 - Good for 2 pax

 

We also love their version of buttered chicken, sweet and sour shrimp, and fried squid (sorry, got no pictures of it). These are what we usually order every time we dine here. And of course, as a typical Chinese restaurant, they also offer free tea plus refillable soup! =)


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Lam Tin Tea House
30-U Banawe St. cor. Cuenco St.,

Brgy. Sto. Domingo, Quezon City.

Tel.#: +632 425-7093


 

Chinatown's Best Food Restaurant

This post is way too late already, hehehe... but I can't help not to blog it simply because I sooo love this restaurant =)

 

We've been here for several times already and we kept on coming back because of its yummy food. When hubby and I were still in the bf-gf stage, we're patrons of their buffet (no wonder we grew this big... hahaha!), but since we now have our Liam we've been conscious with our budget, hence we're OK with their a la carte and set menus ;)

 

To prove how fanatic we are of this resto... this is where we held the reception of our son's Christening last December 2010.

Last March, as an advanced celebration of my mom's birthday, we treated her to a dinner. We tried their promo package for a group of 4. We chose package C (around Php700) which includes nido soup, yangchow rice, mixed vegetables, fried chicken, fish fillet in lemon sauce, shrimp tempura, and brownies. Drinks are excluded in the package.

 

Nido Soup




Yangchow Rice

 

My son loves their yangchow rice and nido soup... he actually ate a lot of it, as in purely yun lang, he didn't bother to eat ulam (matipid ang anak ko) hehehe ;)

Mixed Vegetables

Fried Chicken

Fish Fillet in Lemon Sauce

Shrimp Tempura

Brownies

 

The mixed veggies and tempura were superb, love the mushrooms and the crunch of the tempura coating! The fried chicken was also yummy. However, the fish fillet in lemon sauce was too tangy for me. While the brownies were a little dry (not moist and chewy as I dreamt of, hehehe) but hey, who am I to complain, it's a cheap promo package remember.

Nevertheless, we were very satisfied with the food and their service, plus the affordable price that came with it, quite a steal I guess. ;)

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Chinatown's Best Food Restaurant
589 Banawe St. cor. Don Manuel St.
Quezon City.
Tel.#: +632 712-4249 / 711-1444

                 740-8649 / 741-7942

www.chinatownsbestfood.com

A Valentine's Dinner at King Chef

Celebrating Valentine's Day this year was more meaningful and special for Lee and I. We had a simple family dinner... yes "family"... because now we're complete, we're a family, we have our baby Liam! Actually, it's our second time to celebrate it with Liam around, but this time it was different in the sense that he was already a toddler now and knows how to interact, respond and appreciate the things around him. Unlike last year, he was still an infant and just slept the entire day. I'm so excited for V-Day 2012 because it will be added to Liam's "firsts" list. This time, we celebrated it at King Chef restaurant in Banawe, Quezon City.

 

The interior of the restaurant was nice, well-lighted, modern yet one can immediately tell that it's a Chinese restaurant because of its color motif and staff's uniform. I love their chandelier, unfortunately my phone's camera was running out of memory space that's why I wasn't able to take photos of it. They served us a complimentary appetizer (peanuts) and house tea.

We ordered Crispy Noodles with Seafood, Spareribs with A-1 Sauce and Barbeque Pork Asado, all in small sizes which is good for 3-4 people. 

 

The Crispy Noodles with Seafood was perfect for me. It has generous amount of seafoods and the noodles were indeed crispy when it was served to us. My son, Liam, loved the noodles and had eaten a lot of it.

Crispy Noodles with Seafood Php320.00

I'm quite disappointed with the Spareribs with A-1 Sauce dish. The meat was kinda tough for me, I find it difficult to cut and chew. Thus, I barely touched this dish, just had a piece of it. But for my husband, Lee, it was perfectly OK, oh well, that's just my opinion.

Spareribs with A-1 Sauce Php270.00

 

The Barbeque Pork Asado was just fine with me. The meat was tender although a bit dry, but it was OK since it came with a separate sauce.

 

Barbeque Pork Asado Php295.00

 

Our first ever family "Valentine's Day" photo... ;)



Me, Liam & Lee - V-Day 2012

 

Overall, we had a nice dining experience here. The staff were very accomodating and attentive. They were quick to take our orders and served them fast. We'll try to come back here to sample their dimsum promo. ;)

Me & Liam

    

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King Chef

989 Banawe St.

Quezon City.

Tel.#: +632 410-4919 / 352-7534