Shaved brussels sprouts, lovage, salsa verde. Happy hour $8
Stoneburner, Seattle WA
Who uses lovage these days?! Stoneburner apparently and it makes me happy. This salad seems pretty simple, but it’s absolutely delicious. NOMS!
Shrub Club: tequila, watermelon shrub, lime, seltzer. Happy hour $7
Father and Son fountain, 2005, Louise Bourgeois, Olympic Sculpture Park.
Fried chicken tossed in honey and garlic glazed. 200 PHP
Mesa, Boracay PHILIPPINES
Mmm, these were delicious! Of all the items we ordered, this chicken was one of my favorites. I love sweet and flavorful glazes so this did it for me. The chicken was also juicy and tender so it was a success all around.
Green lobsters at the d*talipapa fish market.
Chicken adobo, salted eggs, onions, tomatoes, white cheese. 410 PHP
Paraiso Grill, Boracay PHILIPPINES
The combination of ingredients sounded very intriguing so we decided to order this. Unfortunately, the pizza didn’t come together as well as we thought it would. And the white cheese was kinda gross.
French fries. I don’t even know why we ordered a side of these. We had SO much food!
Boracay sunset.
Prawns 150 PHP, Cooking service 100 PHP
Plato D’Boracay Resto, Boracay PHILIPPINES
Mmm, this squid was so good! They were grilled just right so that the squid weren’t tough and chewy. I loved eating the heads and eyes. Hehe!
Calamansi and red chilies for making the yummy dipping sauce.
Dipping sauce.
Fresh fish at d*talipapa seafood market.
Passion fruit, black currant, earl grey, chocolate, green tea, and raspberry. Each $1.35
Fresh Flours, Seattle WA
Omg, I’m in heaven! I bought a box of these to take to a family event because everybody loves macarons! My nieces and nephews can destroy these things in zero seconds flat. As macarons go, these were very good and the staff at Fresh Flours were great.
Served with roasted new potatoes. $13.50
The Fat Hen, Seattle WA
This was pretty tasty. I loved the roasted potatoes! They were perfectly seasoned and nice and fluffy. The benedict was good too, but not the best I’ve had. I liked that the hollandaise sauce was bright and citrus-y though. The service was friendly but on the slow side.
Drip coffee. $2.25
Seattle Great Wheel.
Sautéed in olive oil and seasoned with garlic and laurel. 270 PHP
Mesa, Boracay PHILIPPINES
Ugh, this wasn’t very good. It had a weird flavor and texture. I don’t know if they just threw it in for garnish, but the dry bay leaf was not appreciated. I hope that’s not how they produced the laurel flavor, by throwing in a crusty leaf afterward! I was excited to order this dish and it fell flat.
Station 2 beach.
With calamansi.
Paraiso Grill, Boracay PHILIPPINES
Meh, I wasn’t too impressed with these oysters. They were overcooked and started to get tough. They also didn’t come with an interesting sauce, just calamansi. I guess this would be fine if the oysters were good quality and not overdone.
Vegetables at the d*talipapa market.
Prawns 700 PHP, Cooking service 250 PHP
Plato D’Boracay Resto, Boracay PHILIPPINES
This was a new, amazing experience for me! So there’s a great fish market a few blocks from the Boracay Regency called d*talipapa. You’re supposed to go purchase whatever you want to eat, then bring your fresh seafood to the cooking service restaurants in the market to cook it up for you! Awesome, right? Thank goodness my friend Robert is fluent in Tagalog because I don’t think I could have haggled with the fish mongers and then communicated with the cooks to let them know how we wanted the food the be prepared.
These prawns were SO good! They were super fresh and had so much flavor. I guess when you have that much butter and garlic, everything is better. 🙂
Rice. 75 PHP
d*talipapa fish market.
With vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce. Per person dinner $20
Hutch Bar & Kitchen, Oakland CA
Ok, this tart was TINY, but I really didn’t mind after that gigantic fried chicken dinner. It still tasted great and the ice cream was an added bonus. Mmm…
Manhattan on the rocks.
On house baked ciabatta, served with shoe string French fries. 650 PHP
Cozina, Boracay PHILIPPINES
We actually weren’t very full towards the end of our dinner since the portions were really small for most items, so we ordered this final item. It tasted pretty good, but the ciabatta bread was a little chewy perhaps undercooked? I don’t think I’d go back to this place.
Sailing around Boracay.
Chocolate, citron cream and berries. Pre fixe menu
Radio Africa & Kitchen, San Francisco CA
This was a delicious, simple dessert! I loved the flavors of this dish and the fact that it wasn’t too sweet. The rich, dense chocolate torte was sliced thinly enough so that it didn’t weigh down the other components. Noms!
Rose wine.
Poison oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum, Anacardiaceae), Bon Tempe Lake.
Vittle Monster 