Another Foodie Meet-up at Poblacion Makati!

Poblacion Makati is really shaping up their food scene. A lot of restaurants have opened from left to right this year. Despite that, the variety and choices are all different which makes it much harder for us foodies (and even a normal diner). Ming Kee is one of the restaurants that opened this year.


Ming Kee is a restaurant that offers Singaporean cuisine that you can typically see in Singapore (of course!). They have their restaurant in Singapore (specifically along McPherson Road). Now, they bought their Singapore specialties in the country for foodies to try. While I haven't been in Sinagpore personally, I've tried several singaporean dishes in a few places that caters them. I love a good hokkien mee, mee goreng, bah kuh teh and chili crabs.


Ming Kee's interiors are tastefully done even though the building is not yet completely finished. They even have an elevator for easy access. I'm not sure what to expect during our Zomato Foodie meetup because my skin can't handle most sea food. But the foodie in me wants to have a taste of their singaporean dishes. Here's what we had that afternoon:

It's really weird but Mati's Meat and Bread's facebook page have been popping from my Facebook mobile feed for quite some time and upon reading some reviews from fellow bloggers, the desire to try their dishes (specially their steak) deepens. It took a while because the thing that's keeping me to rush over and try them, is their distance. Mati's Meat and Bread is located in Filinvest Alabang, which is quite far from me. Luckily, I was invited to a food tasting on my rest day. Yay!



Mati's Meat and Bread is located at River Park Alabang, at the back of Festival Mall. Mati's is also under Melo's Steak group. We were able to talk to one of the owners, Mr. Paul Macasaet. Of course, we had to ask the origin of the rstaurant's name. It seemed that Mati is his son who's also present that afternoon. Talk about a lucky kid!

I was really excited to try their mouthwatering dishes. If you stack their page, you'll see those fod porn shots that will definitely tickle your tummy. Here are some (maybe a lot) of the dishes we tried that afternoon:

Arrozeria means "House of Rice" in Spanish. Arrozeria opened a few months at Century City Mall to offer authentic Spanish cuisine, specializing in rice dishes (hence the name). The Filipino culture have been brought up loving rice in general. Meaning, a Filipino meal will not be a complete meal without rice. With that, an invite from Arrozeria to try their new dishes definitely made my tummy do summersaults.


Eversince they opened, Arrozeria have been receiving good feedback on how good their paellas are. So I was really excited to try out their new dishes. Here are the dishes that'll be available in their store for you to try:

Italian dishes are really one of the interesting cuisines I've tasted. The taste varies from different regions. Gone are the days that the only Italian dish I know are pasta and pizza. I was invited to a dinner to meet an Italian chef. Chef Giorgio Matera is the brain behind the Italian restaurant La Piadina. Bringing his passion of Italian cuisine, Chef Matera have been satisying hungry tummies for years.




La Piadina invited foodies to launch a whole new array of dishes that will surely attract your cravings for more Italian dishes. Surprisingly, the new dishes does not include a new pizza dish, but other Italian dishes that will make you appreciate the cuisine even more.

Back when I was still renting in Poblacion, particularly in J.P Rizal area, the food scene there was not much but some old pubs and bars for drinking and whatnots. This year, the Poblacion food scene came to life as hole-in-the-wall restaurants opened from left to right, offering different cuisines and catering the fickle palate of ever evolving foodies.

Crepe Amelie is mainly a crepe store that replaced that Sicilian pizza place at A.Venue Mall. By its name, Crepe Amelie provide a passed down by generation crepe recipe and made it compelling by preparing crepes in a lot of ways; breakfast crepes, savory crepes and dessert crepes.



With other foodies, we braved the busy Makati Avenue to try different crepes at Crepe Amelie. Asie from crepes, they also offer pastas and sandwiches as well. Here are some of the pasta selection we tried that day:

It's my birthday. Usually, I just spend it with the ones I love. But now, I decided to share all the blessings I receive to my readers, who never gets tired of reading my posts. I love you guys, I wish I could get to know you more through the comment box.. :)



I'll share with you something personal. I'm turning 28th this year, and I can feel my biological clock is ticking. As the old saying goes, "Malapit na ko mawala sa kalendaryo.." Even so, I'm glad because God has answered my prayers and given me the things I truly wanted in the right time. With that, I like to thank everyone who made my year awesome.