Me Ke Aloha, Johnny Kahuku’s Hawaiian Shrimp House!

Makou kaulana o koʻu kaikuwahine,Ghelleny, ka lā hānau maʻaneʻi ma Johnny Kahuku’s Hawaiian Shrimp House’s Hawaiian Shrimp House. Translation: We celebrated my sister's birthday, Ghelleny, here at Johnny Kahuku’s Hawaiian Shrimp House. Thank you Google translation for that. Hahaha.

After our family attended the church service in CCF here in Eastwood, we watched a movie first then decided where to have dinner for Ghelleny's birthday celebration. She's now 15, yay! Our first plan was in Sambokojin, but my sister wasn't able to bring her ID so no free buffet for the birthday celebrant. Aw. So my Mom suggested we find another restaurant instead. We were torn between the Red Crab and Johnny Kahuku, 'cause they're just beside each other and at the same time both a seafood restaurant. And since Johnny Kahuku is under the mother company of the Red Crab Group of Restaurants, and fresh from our sight--really gives a Hawaiian vibe, we decided to gave it a shot. 

I wasn't able to take a picture of the place. :( So let me just describe it to you. Hehe. The moment we entered the restaurant, you could really feel the Hawaiian vibe. Interiors were remarkably vibrant and lively, which gives a cheerful and inviting mood; very tropic indeed. I love the way their wall decors with a very big "Aloha" and "Surf Zone" were done with Hawaiian tribal designs! They also have this big Tiki mask logo facing outside the restaurant which I think saying "Aloha!" 

BTW, they got piles of menu--which is good and bad. Good 'cause you have a lot of food to choose from, and bad 'cause you can't order and digest it all. Huhu. 

For starters, we had the Tropical Tuna Salad, ₱390.00

Mixed Micro Greens topped with Seared Ahi Tuna, Watermelon, Edamame, fruits in Season, and drizzled with Sesame Miso dressing

The salad was real neat. Loved the crispyness of the greens together with the dressing!

And since I am craving for sashimi during this time, I requested the parentals to order me this Salmon Poke, ₱365.00

Fresh Salmon Sashimi topped with fresh seaweeds, roasted pineapple, lemons and drizzled with ginger Shoyu dressing

All mine! Bwahaha. I really did enjoyed this but I think it was a bit over priced for the serving. But the taste was a killer! So I'll still order this when I go back here. 

And for our main course, we had this yummerz Singaporean Chili Crab (3pcs-300grams), ₱1099.00 

Slow Cooked Crab, with garlic and sweet chili sauce; and two fried bao aside

The sweet chili sauce is. the. BOMB. You could really taste the sweet sauce of it being kicked off with spicyness--which terrifically blended well. Really did love the baos as well! 

On the other hand, we also got the Garlic Overload (3pcs-300grams), ₱1099.00 

Deep fried Crabs, with bits of golden garlic, chillies, salted black beans, and garlic egg noodles below the crabs; topped with garlic egg noodles

 Being a garlic lover, I can say that this is my favorite out of all we ordered. Even though it's fried, the crab's fat oozing out of its shell is the real MVP here!  The way the crabs were fried, ughh so delish!

Also tried the Combination BBQ Platter 2, ₱989.00 

Beef short ribs (grilled and fried), Shrimp Kahuku, Mochiko Chicken, with Hawaiian rice, and Macaroni salad

Wasn't able to appreciate well this platter 'cause my main focus during this time is on the crabs. Haha. But nevertheless, the ribs were quite chewable naman, the shrimps were great (hello, garlic lover me), the chicken is a must try--for it's very tasty, the rice is okay, and the macaroni salad is really tasty too. We weren't able to order na din a dessert 'cause we really are full na. But we did get to taste their Kahuku Dirty Chocolate Brownie, a free treat from them because of Ghelleny's birthday. I must say, their brownies were to die for! Alongside with a vanilla ice cream, ugh mouthwatering. 

So overall, our dining experience here is a stomach buster--in a satisfying way. Happy tummy, indeed. It's like we ate in a buffet restaurant too. We really had a pleasant and worthy birthday celebration feast here. The staffs were very accommodating and friendly. The ambiance is very relaxing and at the same time like being transported in a while to Hawaii. 

Recommending you all to try Johnny Kahuku’s Hawaiian Shrimp House as well for I will absolutely be back here to try more of their dishes!

And for those wondering what Me Ke Aloha means, it's "With love". 

Johnny Kahuku’s Hawaiian Shrimp House

First Branch:

2nd Level Newport Mall, Andrews Avenue Newport City, Pasay, 1301 Metro Manila 

Monday-Sunday 11am-12mn

Second Branch:

Ground Floor, Eastwood Mall, Libis, Quezon City

Monday-Sunday 10am-10pm

Contact them at:

(063) 856-0087

Email: johnnykahuku.ph@gmail.com

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Facebook: Johnny Kahuku’s Hawaiian Shrimp House

Instagram: @johnnykahuku

Cafe de Blas: A Cup Beyond The Rest

I've been hearing good reviews on how nice the ambiance and the food of Cafe de Blas is, and at the same time bad reviews that their food are a bit price-y. Well that led me to be really intrigued on what this shop is up about. 'Twas my first time here accompanied with my loves, Mollyn and Keziah. 

But please bear with me 'cause I was not ready on blogging about Cafe de Blas--for this food trip was also just a biglaan. So mejo kulang kulang 'tong post ko. Well actually I took this shots for my Instagram feed only, but I really wanted to put a glow on my blog again so I decided to make post about the coffee shop. 

You can never go wrong with the garden friendly type of this coffee shop. It never gets old. Definitely loving the ambiance of it.

Seating in a spot like this brick and wood arched garden gate feels like you're in an English garden even though it's just a wallpaper. Way too relaxing.

Not only is this shop reminding us on how beautiful the old-fashion style is, but also gave me a thumbs up on how well they mixed up putting up modern style like this DIY-ed lighting, light bulb in a mason jar.

Being a coffee lover, this is the first thing my eyes laid on when we entered Cafe de Blas. Loving the Coffee-O-Logy wallpaper! 

Due to our hungriness (hungry as a bear), I forgot to take a picture of the menu. Sorry, my bad. But hey, you can't blame me for being just a human. A human who's hungry af. Hehe. Anyways, these are what we ordered. Forgive me for also forgetting the prices of what we ordered. Talk about being old and famished. Chos! Oh just bear with me guys. Haha.

First off, coffee-s. Yaaas. All for the love of coffee-s. Here's what we ordered. Mine is an Iced Caramel Macchiato, while Keziah and Mollyn's are frappucinos (Forgot what kind of frapp it is). 

The drinks were okay. Much better than the ETC drinks. Sorry guys but still a Starbucks lover here.

And for our food, quoting aside a funny line, "There is no 'WE' in 'FOOD'." Cue-ing Ariana Grande's song, 'Greedy'. LOL.

Mollyn's (Yes, diet sya!):

The salad was good, but the serving is bad. Very nakaka-bitin.

Keziah's (She's really into burgers, 'ya know):

The burger was superb. The patty was juicy and big. So yes, kudos to this.

And mine's... (Who's strictly on a serious diet):

Definitely giving the pasta a thumbs up with pinky finger!

Not. Who says I'm on a diet? Hahaha. Here's what I really ordered:

Loving the atsara and buro aside, I think?

I know, I know. Carbs on carbs on carbs. Whatever! As long as me and my tummy is happy, nothing can stop us from loving food even reading and hearing the word carbs is making me feel guilty. Haha.  

All in all, the food was delish but not satisfying enough to provide what a regular tummy needed to be fed on. Plus the price is really not proportioned to the serving size of their food. Peace! The coffee is also a thumbs up, but almost as same amount with the Starbucks drinks which is a price-y too. My friends and I did enjoy our stay here, though Mollyn got bitin with her salad. Imagine me on her shoes pa, right? Hahaha. 

Hmmm. Yes I'll absolutely be back here. I have yet still to try their pastries. Ugh, sorry I wasn't able to take a picture of that too. But looking at their pastries, it's an eye catching. So for my next trip here, I'll certainly order that one up. 

Cafe de Blas 

Blas Ople Diversion Road, Bulihan, Malolos, Bulacan

Monday-Sunday: 10am-11pm

Contact them at:

(044) 931 3090

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Facebook: Cafe de Blas

Instagram: @cafedeblas

Gan Chan: Authentic Japanese Cuisine

Okay. So for my second post here this year, yaaaas congrats Ghe, 3 more months to go before 2017. Way to go Ghe! I'll be sharing you guys my experience here in Ganchan with a close friend of mine--Mollyn. Month ago, Mollyn and I had lunch here due to our sudden craving for Jap food. And since we've already tried it (my first time was when our friend Keziah celebrated her birthday here, just this year too)--and obviously liked it for coming back again, Mollyn and I unhesistant-ly decided to have lunch here (just what I've said in the 4th sentence). 

Lately, I've been having a strong appetite for sashimi. Mainly the raw salmon and tuna--which, by the way, was my least favorite in japanese food. This craving started when I tasted the Spicy Tuna Sashimi of Nihonbashitei. Ugh. Just thinking of it makes me drool all over it right now. Okay, back to Ganchan. 

So here's Ganchan's front view. Beside it on the left side is the Shakey's, and on the right side hmmm. I forgot what it is. Haha.

As you enter the restaurant, the Gundam portraits hanging all the way to the second floor (excluding the anythingundertheg.blogspot.com wording from the stairs) will greet you Irasshaimase! Which in Japanese means, "Welcome, please come in!" Oh, and the staffs secondly. 

Beside the stairway to heaven, char! Is their main bar/cashier bar and a dining table to hop and chow on to.

As you can see in their second room, there's the kitchen beside the restroom. 

Here's the list of their menu.

 And here's what we've ordered. Mollyn and I ordered the same, which is the Bento C (Beef Yakiniku + Fish Fry) for ₱220.00.

I additionally ordered a Shoyu Ramen, which I forgot how much. I wasn't able to take a picture of the page where the price of the Ramen is. Hehe.

The main reason why we came here is for the salmon sashimi, which sadly, is not available when we dine in here. Sad life. Lesson: You really can't have everything that you want. Wow, hinugutan pa yun oh. Hahaha. 

Alright. To wrap it up, the food is great; but so-so for the ramen. Didn't quite liked it. :( The fish fry (salmon fillet) is really yum, and so is the beef yakiniku--really juicy. But the serving size of the bento are too small for me. Well I think this also goes to every normal human being din naman. Hehe. And since this was my second time coming here, I'll definitely would be back again. But I hope, their serving size would really increase na. Hustisya para sa aking tiyan! Hahaha. 

By the way, there's also another japanese restaurant here in Malolos. I have yet to try Itadakimasu Kampai Grill right before Ganchan if heading from Robinson's Malolos.

Gan Chan 

Mc Arthur Highway near First Bulacan Industrial Park, Brgy. Tikay, Malolos, Bulacan

(044) 760 7297

Monday-Sunday: 12nn-10pm

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Facebook: @ganchanjapanesecuisine

A Comeback?

Pa-question mark talaga yung title of this post. Hahaha. I'm really not promising myself that I'll be consistent on blogging again. Ayoko na paasahin pati sarili ko. Awow naman humugot pa hahaha.

So wow, it's been a year and a month na pala since my last post. Well anywayz, I think I'll be back from blogging again for I missed it and I realized how good blogging is talaga 'cause I was able to reminisce the past stuff I did. A really good thing to recall every experience I'll be going through. Whuuut? Hahaha ang drama kainis. Pero ayun nga I said na I'm not promising na I'll be steady on blogging. Please Ghe naman wag ka na tamarin.

Plus, I got my DSLR fixed naman na and we have a new laptop! Yay! Tho my brother's gonna bring it with him in Manila for their thesis. Hayz. Anyhow, our desktop's still alive and kicking pa naman so pagtyagaan na lang hahaha. If anyone is reading this, sorry ang dami kong kaartehan and excuses hahaha gosh I'm so lame =))

Sayang din naman if I won't be able to share my experiences to people (again, if there's someone reading my post lang naman haha). At least here, I'll be able to share naman 'cause I'm not really a vocable person. As in. I prefer writing than speaking in front of a bunch of people. Mej slow kasi ako mag-isip charrr! I'm more of a listener din kasi than a talker (except with the people I'm close with ah). And this is also a good outlet whenever I wanna rant over annoying things and ayun nga, this is where I can express my inner talker.

So yeah I hope I'll be able to work this off this time. I'll find a bag na nga that will help me carry in my DSLR haha it's heavy kasi kaya most of the time talaga tinatamad na lang ako. Eh ang arte ko pa naman 'cause even though pwede naman sa phone na lang mag picture, I still insist posting better quality pictures hahaha. See ang arte haha daming keme =)) Okay so I'll end my post here na. Let's see what my next post's gonna be. Ciao!