Cafe Bob's in Bacolod

We only had a few days of vacation when we visited Bacolod a few months ago. We will be back there again next month to attend Jayvee Fernandez's wedding. Anyhoo, I'd like to share here the top food places in Bacolod that people keep saying we must try... so try we did with our limited budget and all. 

Going through these photos of Bacolod food places makes me want to go back there again right now so we can order more dishes. Hihihi.

Here's the first Bacolod food stop: Cafe Bob's, located in Lacson St. corner 21st St., Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. You may contact them at (+63 34) 434-2409 

Zucchero Cafe de Boracay

Zucchero Cafe de Boracay is a nice and simple coffee shop which also serves good pasta dishes at affordable prices. The facade is not that interesting, albeit quaint. I usually would usually pass by this place whenever I walked from Angol beach to Station 2. It's along Station 3 beside some tiangge stalls.

Boracay Nomnoms and Gluglug (Aria, Luna Rossa, Calypso, Gelato, Cornetto, Arwana)

Living on an expensive island like Boracay, I couldn't afford to have buffet or fine dining all the time. On several occasions, I just actually hung out at my favorite carenderia in front of the beach and ordered my favorite Filipino dishes at Php35.00 each. When I felt like I needed to gain some weight coz perhaps I was exerting too much effort from walking the four kilometer stretch of the white sand beach almost every day, then I'd pig out in one of Boracay's afforable buffets. At other times, I'd eat pizza in one of Boracay's best pizza places, Tree House, and there was that one time I ordered yummy Chicken Afritada at Casa Pilar.

On this post, I'd like to share with you my other food experiences in Boracay so in case you still haven't visited this beautiful island, you would at least know what to expect and you can prepare your budget for it.

Aria
This restaurant is located at D'Mall. They serve delicious Italian food like pizza and pasta. They were all yummy by the way. Well, they should be since I consider the prices a bit steep, ranging from Php300- Php600 per dish.

Boracay Tree House Resort and Bar

I kind of have a love-hate relationship with Tree House in Boracay. This resort and bar was recommended to me by Lissa. She said that it's one of the best pizza places on the island aside from Da Mario which is also owned by the same person who owns Tree House.

Boracay Buffet @ Bamboo Bar

So there we were in Boracay... after more than an hour of walking from Stations 3 to 1 and back, we ended up near where we came from which was at Boracay Station 3. For us, it has the most appetizing and affordable buffet we can find --- dinner buffet at Bamboo Bar at Station 3 for only Php250.00.

Roasted Chicken and Garden Pasta Salad

Since the year started, we noticed that if we are not eating out, we normally have food delivered at our house (which reminds us, we better start taking pictures of food we order so we can feature them here on our food blog). But on occasions that we do have the time to prepare something healthy to eat, we usually prepare something like this...

Angelina Pizza and Pasta @ Malapascua

I want to share with you the scrumptious Italian dishes I had with my team that time we went to Malapascua. On our first night there, Connie brought us to this secluded Italian restaurant at the other side of the island, Logon Beach Resort. The name of their restaurant is called Angelina Pizza and Pasta.

It's quite a romantic place. I saw a few couples, all foreigners, sharing a meal together. How I wished Peter was there!

We walked several kilometers from Exotic Dive Resort and it was a long and hard walk. Even when I was wearing my contacts, I almost stumbled a couple of times. Good thing Ian was there to guide the way. Come to think of it, we should've brought a flashlight. It was my second time in Malapascua and I should've known better than to walk in the dark coz unlike other beaches, Malapascua at night can really get very dark and quiet. Watch out for uneven sidewalk and dog poop!

But the long walk was worth it. Everything we had was just so delicious! Too bad, I didn't get the names of the dishes. I was too hungry at that time to care. But here are the photos:

Media Noche

Peter and I really did hibernate during the holidays. We didn't go out nor attend any parties at all... oh except for our village party which Peter went to coz he's sociable like that. Even then, Peter still prepared some dishes that can last until the next day. But, unlike the previous years, we didn't anymore do the 13 kinds of fruits coz I found out that shopping for them stresses Peter out. It's not something that he enjoys doing, plus we don't really believe completing the 13 kinds of fruits will bring us luck. The last couple of years, many of those fruits just got rotten coz we couldn't eat them all in a week's time. So, just the regular fruit groceries and none of those superstitious luck and wealth charms. No jumping up and down either. We had a quiet and peaceful New Year's Eve. We still believe though that we're gonna get richer & happier this year. That's what matters, right? ^_^

Anyway, here are the simple dishes Peter prepared last New Year's Eve:

pasta in olive, mushroom and tomato suace

Our Simple Noche Buena

We didn't visit our family or spent Christmas anywhere but home. It was just the two of us so we figured, there's really no need to prepare that much food. We only had four dishes plus a bottle of fruit wine. The food lasted for two days and we were both happy, which was what mattered the most. Anyway, we just want to share here the four simple dishes we had on Christmas Eve. We won't be sharing the recipes of our two favorites at this time (the pasta and the lamb chops) because they're very special and taste sooooo good that someday, we might be able to make a living out of it, who knows?! Do check out our video blog on Christmas Eve.

Macaroni in RAM Spaghetti Sauce with Mushrooms, Onions, Bell pepper and TomatoesPlus Cacciatore Chicken

I was craving for my hubby's red sauce pasta that he was sweet enough to make me some in the middle of the night. I still have some left over and that's what I'm having for lunch today.

For this particular pasta, he used macaroni coz we ran out of the spiral ones. And instead of using the usual Clara Ole tomato sauce, he used RAM spaghetti sauce instead and added mushrooms, tomatoes, lots of bell pepper, red onion and garlic plus Italian herbs.

While the pasta and the sauce were cooking, he also boiled some chicken thighs which he later mixed them with the sauce.

Everything tasted delish once finished!

Bon appetit!

Pasta in McCormick Creamy Garlic Sauce and Tuna

I personally think that instant food is awesome. A lot of times, with just the slightest bit of effort, you can easily punch up something instant and come up with a really nice dish. One of our favorite instant food ingredients is McCormick's line of instant powdered pasta sauces. Granted, you can simply follow the instructions on the packet and you'd end up with something ok. Or you could try out the following recipe instead. It's really yummy and it only takes about 15 minutes to prepare.

Here's how we did it...

What Have I Been Cooking Lately?

I took up a monster work schedule the past month and it's only now that I am able to recover a little more quality time for myself and for my cooking. And on those rare occasions that I or my hubby was able to prepare something to eat, I enjoyed each and every dishes we made. We also made sure that they're all healthy and delicious at the same time. Let me share with you those few home-cooked dishes I had. The rest of the time, I was either eating out , cooking the same dishes, or munching on fruits, raw vegetables, and chocolates. ^_^

Herbed Sweet and Sour Tuna Sauteed with Fresh Egg, Tomatoes and Garlic

Peter's Holiday Dishes

My hubby, Peter, is currently on a long holiday break. He seldom cooks for me anymore due to his work schedule so now that he is at home with me, I let him take over our kitchen and in the process, I learned how he did some of his wonderful healthy dishes:

Grilled Tofu in Onion and Mushroom BBQ sauce

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1/8 cup water
• 1/8 cup vinegar
• 1/8 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 clove garlic, minced fine
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 large onion, sliced
• 200g button mushrooms, sliced
• 2 packs of firm silken tofu, cut into cubes