More Reasons to Love MAMA CHIT'S

There I was again at Mama Chit's, this time with my cool Mom and cool sister.

 The cooooool Mom

With the cooooool sister

Our family is quite close and since my work was not until late that afternoon, I decided to treat them for lunch. Too bad our other lovely sister was in Makati that time! :(

The place still looked the same, warm and toasty as I would describe cafes like this one. You can check out my first write up on Mama Chit's by clicking here.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, more reasons to love Mama Chit's:

The Chicken Burger

 The Chicken Fillet Burger (No veggies. Guess who ordered this. Haha!)

The Chicken Fillet Burger says aaaaaahhhhhh....

 Mango and Banana Shakes

The coooool Mom caught texting behind the Mango and Banana Shake Towers

 Pesto and Sun Dried Tomato Pasta...soooo creaaaaaamyyyy....

The pasta dish, barely surviving.

MAMA CHIT'S

278 J.P. Rizal Street, San Roque, Marikina City
Tel. No.: (02) 646-8547

Just across the Shoe Museum, near Our Lady of the Abandoned Church

Munching Budget per person: starts at 100 PhP

Marikina, aking hirang.

Roni

TAPSI NI VIVIAN

Serving very good tapa since 1984: TAPSI NI VIVIAN :)

I love their interior. Simple and very clean.

 

 Orders come with free soup. It is actually beef broth from their bulalo, yum!

The essentials:

 Spiced Vinegar and Soy Sauce

Calamansi and Chili

As we anxiously wait for our tapsilog (tapa + sinangag + itlog) orders, I got up and admired their display of viands. There's a lot to choose from! They said aside from tapa, their bestsellers are crispy pata and lechon kawali.

 The bulalo section: Hello indeed!

 Choose your ulam: fish escabeche, caldereta, pinakbet, etc, etc, etc...

 Daing na bangus, shrimps, fried tilapia, barbecue, etc, etc, etc...

 Their best-selling Crispy Pata

Lechon Kawali, longganisa, bopis, etc, etc, etc...

And then our order arrives:

 TAPSILOG (tapa, sinangag, itlog)

Tender marinated beef with garlic fried rice and egg - sunny side up! :)YUMMY!

 Pairing mine with Coke Zero

 

 Our plates only after a few minutes...!

Tapsi ni Vivian also has "Roofdeck" which you can rent for all your partying needs. Our high school batch had our grand reunion here. :)

Taste the sweet and tender tapa at Tapsi ni Vivian today!

TAPSI NI VIVIAN

32 Gil Fernandez Avenue (Walking distance from Sta. Lucia Metro East mall)

Marikina City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Tel. No.: (02) 645-0125
Open everyday until late hours! 
Munching Budget per person: starts at 100 PhP


Marikina, aking hirang.

Roni

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

Yes, I cannot thank you guys enough for the great statistics this photojournal has been receiving. From when it started last October 2010, views have soared in just five months!

Nothing makes me happier than this, knowing that the love of Marikina food is viewed and shared not only in the Marikina, nor the Philippines, but the world!

I promise to give you more photos of great food finds in Marikina. Again, please accept my heartfelt THANK YOU and see you around Marikina!!!

Marikina, aking hirang.

Roni

BOYONG'S

This is one eatery in Marikina that is, shall we say, an institution. Almost every Marikenyo knows this place. A bit embarrassing for me but it was my first time to go here last week after almost, well, two decades of living in Marikina. Hehe!

When you enter Boyong's, you'll be greeted by a small (but cozy) space where you can eat. Boyong's delivers for a minimum amount of 200, and they also have customers dropping by for take out orders. We decided to have dinner there.

The food at Boyong's is very affordable (wait 'till I say DELICIOUS towards the end of this post, too).

I ordered the "musts". The recommended dishes by friends are dinuguan (meat stewed in blood), puto pao (a cross of puto and siopao),  pasta and halo halo. I was with Mom and my sister that night, I was able to try out a lot from their menu. Yey!

 Dinuguan with Puto Pao (Dinuguan 40 PhP, Puto Pao 14 PhP)

 The Puto pao (14 PhP), carefully examined, and consumed. Hehe.

 Hungarian Sausage (50 PhP) (This was supposed to have the works of lettuce etc. but my sister is allergic to veggies, hehe!)

 Aligue (Crab Fat) Pasta (85 PhP) (notice the heart-shaped garlic bread, hehe!). And when we say CRAB FAT, this one's LOADED. Yum!!!

 Seafood Aioli...loved the tomato chunks... (95 PhP)

 Barbecue barbecue yummy barbecue

And of course, we wouldn't leave Boyong's without trying their famous halo-halo (40 PhP)!

I didn't expect them to be this huge!

Ahhh, life's simple pleasures!

So yes: the food is affordable...AND DELICIOUS! Visit Boyong's today! :)

BOYONG'S

#15 E. Dela Paz St., San Roque, Marikina City
Tel. No.: (02) 682-0403 / (02) 682-5615
Open Mondays to Saturdays, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. 
Munching Budget per person: starts at 30 PhP


Marikina, aking hirang.


Roni