Lugawan Republic Unassuming Comfort Food

After watching the 98 degrees-A1-Blue concert last Saturday at the big dome, which ended pretty late, we drove around the Q.C. area to look for a place to have dinner. At 11:30 PM, I figured there wouldn't be a lot of options and if there was, it would probably be in a "happening" area. 10 minutes later, we found ourselves at the Tomas Morato/Timog area, in a place called Lugawan Republic. 

My Favorite Dimsum Place

On my very first trip out of the country, with a good friend, I took on the responsibility of looking for places where we'd have our meals. I went online and looked for popular places and dishes to try. After all, it was one of the reasons why I wanted to travel. 

That was Taipei, Taiwan in 2006 (or 2007, I can't be too sure). 

Fast-forward to 2012, and many restaurants after that first trip, I've come to conclude that Xiao Long Bao is my all-time favorite dimsum, and Din Tai Fung is my all-time favorite dimsum place. Ever since that first trip, I've made sure to eat at Din Tai Fung wherever it's available. Fortunately, the place has spread to other places outside of Taipei, and for a good reason.

Seoul Food: Part N

I like traveling. I'll dedicate an entire post to how it all started but for now, know that that's the second reason why I've come to amass photos, which led me to start this account.

Very soon, I'll be visiting one of my favorite cities again (and I only say "one of" to sound as impartial as possible because Seoul is secretly my favorite city), and I figured I'd share an interesting experience based on the last one. Of course, this post is called Part N because heaven knows how many parts this will have.

There had been no scarcity of things to do while I was in Seoul for 2 times that I've visited. And when I've run out of unique stuff to do and places to visit, I don't mind visiting some of the places I've visited again. From museums, to shopping, to all things touristy and everything in between, visiting Seoul once on a 4-5 day vacation just isnt enough. Of course, aside from visiting a new place, it's the food that gets me excited to travel.

An awesome Christmas present

This is one of the best Christmas presents I received last year. Anyone who likes eating out will definitely love it, I know I do.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to figure out which restaurant I want to visit next.

P.S. i just discovered an app that allows me to create posts from my phone, so I'm trying it out now.

New Beginnings and Florabel

This is my nth attempt at creating a journal. And it took me a good 24 hours before I published this first one. Not a good sign of things to come.

Recently while browsing through the photos section of my phone, I've noticed that a good percentage of the pics I've taken were either about food, or places I've been to, or both. I post most of them on my Facebook page but never really get around to writing anything remotely decent about them. And because all of my previous ones have been abandoned too long for me to revive, I've decided to just start a new one--so I created this one.

Let's see how far this goes.

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One of the things I look out for when eating out are places that I call "client-worthy". It's become a fringe part of what I do at work to know great places where we can bring our clients for whatever reason.

And so to kick this journal off, I figured it'd be nice to share the first restaurant on my list that is client-worthy (but also because those pics are the most accessible ones right now).