Yoogane (Il Terrazzo, Tomas Morato)

Beloved and I had dinner at Yoogane a couple of nights ago. This relatively new Korean restaurant opened shop at the same building on the same floor of one of our favorite Japanese restaurants. Beloved had the chance to eat here before, and forewarned me of the spiciness of their specialty, Dak Galbi. Since our recent Korean restaurant ventures proved deliciously fruitful, I gave it a shot.

Every table is equipped with a stove. Beloved explains that the Dak Galbi is cooked in front of you. Although unlike other Korean or Japanese barbecue places we've been to, this place have cooks cooking for you. All of their specialties include chicken plus some other meat. We decided to order their Marinated Chicken Galbi & Assorted Seafood, which came in 900php and 1200php variants. Obviously, we chose the former. I should add that this is the only menu item that has this tag, the others are priced 300Php or less, but I assume these are only good for one. We chose this since this was the only one that came with seafood. Aside from that, we ordered a couple of side dishes, their Assorted Add Ons (200 Php) and Beloved asked for their Udon Noodle (90 Php).

Omakase - Revisited IV (Tomas Morato)

A few nights ago, Beloved and I had dinner at Omakase. Yes, again. Although this is our favorite maki/sushi roll-specializing restaurant, our more recent and frequent visits to Bubble Tea, mainly because Omakase is only open at specific times, have been proving to become quite the rival of this resto's specialty. We were hopeful that this fourth review will still be on par with its previous ones.

We were pleased that their prices didn't have a considerable increase since our last visit. All their menu items were still within reasonable prices. There were also a few new items in their menu that I wished to try, especially after seeing the picture. We ordered one of their new rolls, the Spider Maki (220 Php). We also got our favorite roll, their Rising Sun (205 Php), which is victim to a reasonable 5 Php price increase. Also, because we were hungry, we ordered two hefty dishes—Tendon (220 Php) for me and Hiyashi Udon (180 Php) for Beloved. Finally, we got their Tempura Ice Cream (90 Php) for dessert, which received a big smile from Beloved when I ordered it.

Omakase - Revisited (Il Terrazo, Tomas Morato)

Beloved and I went to Omakase today. Yes, again. The reason basically was we were craving for their rolls. Also, ever since we ate there, the only thought in mind was we had to go back here. So we did. When we got there, the place was full, and there was a waiting queue for those wanting to eat there. Even then, we still waited just to eat there. This just shows how good the place is.

As expected, we ordered their rolls. This time, we ordered a platter of three: the GDR Platter (575 Php). Beloved didn't have anything to eat yet for the day, so she ordered Tempura Udon (230 Php) for herself. As for me, I also ordered 3 pieces of their Ebi Tempura (160 Php) since, if you've read my last review, I've wanted to taste their tempura after tasting their batter. We also ordered iced teas (55 each), and asked for their hot tea. Unfortunately, the hot tea didn't come, maybe because it was a full house and they prioritized larger tables.

Anyway, the platter came first. GDR basically stood for its contents: Golden sun, Dynamite, and Rising sun rolls. The sauce included was the same as last time: their own mayonnaise with teriyaki sauce topped with sesame. The Rising sun roll, the one at the back, was the one we ordered the last time we went, and it's still divinely delicious, even though they traded their avocado with mangoes, apparently they were out of it as well. The mangoes rendered the roll a bit sweeter than the last time, but it's still a wonderful treat.

Omakase (Il Terrazzo, Tomas Morato)

Beloved and I had dinner at Omakase tonight. We don't know of this resto, and just Googled it up with `Tomas Morato restaurants`. This was the second top rated entry at the "I'm feeling lucky" site, so we decided to go there for the heck of it... or maybe after looking through the menu and seeing cold noodles there and beloved was craving for it. Anyway...

Obviously, beloved ordered cold noodles for herself—Hiyashi Udon (175 Php). I had a hard time ordering since there's a lot of stuff in the menu. I could tell, however, that they specialize in maki, or sushi rolls, since a couple of their pages are dedicated to it, and there's a couple of dozen different variations in these pages. They even have three different samplers of three different rolls. Along with that, they also have a decent selection of nigiri (hand-pressed, the `usual` kind) sushi, temaki (cone-shaped) sushi, and sashimi, with samplers as well. After a hard time deciding, I settled for their Rising Sun maki (200 Php). I also ordered cold noodles, Zaru Soba (185 Php), for myself. For drinks, we ordered bottomless iced tea priced at 55 Php each.