Congratulations Motorino Philippines on the opening of Motorino Singapore!!! For those living in Singapore, you can now have the yummy Motoring experience!!!
Previous entry: Motorino Born in Napoli Raised in Brooklyn Now in Manila May 21, 2014
Updates from Motoring August 15, 2014
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A month ago, I was so happy to see these two beautiful Silang sisters – Rieta and Rina. I rarely see Rieta and so it was nice
And one morning we also had breakfast with Tito Bert – What a spread!!! 🙂
Bambi brought Champorado with tuyo which Tito Bert really loved and ate three servings
I could eat breakfast here everyday haha!! 🙂
Bangus made by Rina which is made with olives and olive oil
Yummy longganisa
Always happy to see the Tan (Jollibee ) sisters behind Sariwon, Donna @donna_a_tan and Diane. Donna is Managing Director and handles Network Development. Dianne handles Operations. Now there’s a third one 🙂 Dotz Dee who used to be based in Singapore but is now back and is in charge of Marketing for Sariwon. She’s also pregnant and soon to pop 🙂 So nice to see sisters working together in a business. More power to the three D’s and thank you for making Heart2Heart always a part of Sariwon from beginning till forever 
Citrus Herb juice 
Love this lychee Sojutini
Love all the complimentary stuff which are refillable
Though this if my most favourite!! Peanuts with dilis 🙂
Hot and Spicy Tofu soup
Chapchae
Dolsot Bibimbop
We were here mainly to try their new offering which I super love!!!
Woo Samgyup
Beautifully marbled fresh premium USDA Choice beef belly served with our special Woo sauce and Sesame sauce.
Best eaten with the 3-step Woo Way: Dip in the Woo sauce or Sesame sauce, then wrap with sangchoo (lettuce) and add a piece of garlic, then use your hand to dip in our homemade Samjang sauce.
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Just launched last friday!!
LA Galbi
Premium USDA Choice beef bone-in short ribs marinated in Korean sea salt and other spices for 24 hours
For dessert – Melona 🙂 YUM!!!
But this is my favourite! Sikhye -Traditional sweet drink homemade with malt and rice. Nutritious and refreshing – and it’s free!!! haha!! 
Sariwon also has lunch sets
Bonifacio High Street: (02) 621-3205 and Greenhills Promenade: (02) 650-3075
Heart2Heart super loves this place in Katipunan! Owned by my cousin in law, Val Lopez
Check out the Philippine Star today and read about how Val Velasco Lopez puts so much chocolate, detail and LOVE into everything she does
Here are more photos and information about the place which did not fit in the article 🙂
It’s in an old house of a 90 year old lady who is the Aunt of Val’s bother in law. This house used to be Xocolat’s commissary to service their Podium branch. They put a few seats outside and many people were coming – so eventually they had to convert the place to restaurant cafe and now the commissary had to move to another location. What a nice problem to have! 🙂
Val used to make handmade fountains and handmade pottery together with a German guy 20 years ago. He put up a factory in Cagayan de Oro and they were making pottery and beautiful fountains like this. This is right as you enter the gate of the house
Bohemian look and feel at Xocolat – live the fabric and lanterns hanging on the outdoor seating area by the front of the house
Plenty cute signs all over the place. Each of these are made by Val! Can you tell how detailed she is and how she customizes everything?
More outdoor seating on the left side
And finally the entrance
And here she is 🙂 Val Velasco Lopez. She has three other partners in the business – Rina Puno Avecilla ( Polly ) Pinky Yap Ortiz and Trish Malvar ( who is based in Singapore ). Val told me that she does the creative side of the business – the graphics, the design and R&D of the restaurant including the dishes. She tells me she loves pork and chocolates yet I wonder why she is so slim!! Where does it go? She also owns the Bead Shop which has 10 branches already. I keep telling her to open in Makati but she refuses because she is so hands on with all her businesses. She cannot imagine running a business that she cannot visit or be present in, hence we have to go all the way to Katipunan or Podium to dine at Xocolat. It’s worth the trip 
Love this chair by the entrance 🙂 Again another handmade and one of a kind fountain made by Val! She is very meticulous about everything and this is true in everything she does. She likes things that are handmade and made from scratch rather than just buying things commercially.
Cake counter 🙂
This is Xocolat’s version of ensaymada. I still have to try this but this is one of their bestsellers 
I am overwhelmed by everything inside – so many stories to tell!
Even the sitrrer is customized
This sign on the bathroom is made by Val and her sons using the wrappers of chocolates!
These antique dolls are from the collection of the owner of the house. Val found it when she was fixing the house and instead of keeping the in a box, she displayed them so nicely in this cabinet. Some find them scary, I don’t 🙂 well maybe if it were at night and I were all alone in the house! haha
Even that chandelier was made by Val 
High chairs of her kids are now being used for kids that come to the restaurant
Photo in the wall! The original partners of the restaurant which included Jesus Romero Salas!
Love the uniform of the staff 🙂
This is my favourite spot in the restaurant and this is where we sat 🙂 Make sure to write your own conversation here
Customized chair
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Even Grill can be Bespoke 🙂 Tried out Sage Bespoke Grill at Shangri-La Hotel Makati for lunch. They opened February last year as a fine dining restaurant which replaced Red. And in September they changed the concept to Grill.
For lunch they also have Lunch Set and Go for those who want to have a quick meal
Bread plate 🙂
Caesar salad
My lunch mate, beautiful Julie Jalandoni Boschi. She told me she likes beef, but i think I ate most of it 🙂 We had the Beef Tenderloin with foie gras and the Colorado Lamb Rack
Potato Gratin is a must 🙂
YUM!Beef Tenderloin ( small 170 grams portion ) with fie gras and two sides – creamed spinach and potato gnocchi arugula pesto 
I love lamb! YUM! Colorado Lamb Rack ( small 350 grams portion ) with a choice of two sides – grilled asparagus and potato au gratin
Simone Corddeda Services Manager- F & B making our dessert
Breakfast menu
Dinner menu- which is a little different from lunch – same grill menu – only these sections vary
Our last stop for the food crawl! Todd English Food Hall. So nice to be back after it opened a year ago.
Previous entry: Todd English Foodhall March 25, 2014
How can we not have dessert even after all that we ate? Especially if it’s at Todd English 🙂
So happy to see Eric and Kidd Dee – the lovely couple running Todd English 
And look whoelse we saw! Lanai and Adam Tabura from the Aloha plate team – They just arrived from Hawaii yesterday. They are winners of ” America’s next food truck race” They are guest chefs for the Dee family and will have some tasting …….. Who knows what may come out of that
Eric Dee told me some good news!! D’O will be opening in November in Manila at the new Shangrila at the Fort – D’O stands for Davide Oldani. He has a restaurant in Milan called D’O which has an 18 month booking. It’s the cheapest Michelin starred restaurant in Europe with 11.50 euro for a 3-course lunch and dinner at 38.-40 euros for a 4 course meal. He is also the culinary ambassador for this year’s World Expo in Milan. He is the brand ambassador for Samsung, Lavazza and Kartell. I guess this is one of the things Rikki Dee was talking about! There’s more to come! 
Deconstructed S’Mores 
The Bomb! Homemade red velvet ice cream cake, white chocolate dome and espresso cream with homemade cookie crumbs
The famous – OMG Chocolate CAKE – silky pudding, milo cereal crumble, chocolate gelato
This is my first time to step into a Vikings restaurant and I am happy its more than what I expected 🙂 Niu by Vikings is priced in between Vikings and the hotel buffets
Just recently they changed the price of the weekday lunch buffets
Love this promo! 🙂 This is one time you wish you were old haha!!
Chef Paul and Wilson Chu the restaurant manager
Private room
Actually – it wasn’t only Rina and I for lunch, how could we have eaten all of that!! haha!! 🙂
Our beautiful hosts for today!! Bernice Baculi, Regional Operations Manager for SM Supermalls. She is in charge of Operations for the whole SM Aura. She just joined last December 2013. And Grace Magno, Vice President Advertising for the whole SM! Enjoyed so much our 5 hour food crawl at SM Aura. It’s fun because they love eating too like us and they know many yummy dishes so we have plenty tips
Bread basket 🙂 
In Niu, you can order anything in any station and they will bring it to your table. This is a great service!!! I wish all buffets offered this 🙂 That way I can order more things! haha!!! Usually you cannot carry too much! But seriously, its that plus being able to share the dishes with others and I noticed that when it is served it is more fresh
Dessert station
Yummy Bibingka crepe from the crepe dessert station. We just ordered this from the table and they served it. Not everyone knows about this unless they suggest it in the station or unless you know this secret 🙂 Thanks to Bernice for the tip!
Very popular according to the guy behind the counter
WOW!! YOGURT!!!
First time for me to see a buffet that includes the drinks – wines
Mixed drinks- this changes once in awhile 🙂
Juices and flavoured water
Beer!
YAKITORI!!!
Hong Kong Style Noodle Soup
HOTPOT!!!
There are individual cookers which you can bring to your table 🙂
Sauces
Shrimp teppanyaki
Lamb which they even fixed so beautifully and brought to the table
Brick oven pizza
The most important to me!:-) They have this only at night though
They served it this way that day – filet mignon with foie gras
Plates for the kids!!
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So happy to have my best friend, Rina to join us in our food crawl 🙂 We had a salad feast! I love this shot 🙂 
It’s always nice to be back in Kettle!! Make sure you are plenty so you can order plenty and eat plenty and enjoy plenty!! 🙂
Ceasar Salad
Kettle House Salad
Smoked Salmon Salad
and Sandwiches
Reuben
Shrimp Po’ Boy
Baked Brie which is an appetizer
Grace wanted us to try her favorite dessert so we had the Pineapple upside down cake 🙂
Kettle SM Aura 5th level Tel # 887 3564
I always imagined how a food crawl would be like hopping from one restaurant to another – and wow! It’s so much fun!!!! haha!! Too much fun but also too much yummy food 🙂 It’s always nice to do it with a big group so you can order more and share!!! It’s exactly how I like to eat – with great company and with small bites.
A few weeks ago we did a food crawl in SM Aura. Our first stop was Ogetsu Hime. Usually, this platter of assorted sushi will be enough for me – but that day I ate all of this plus more!!! 🙂 Special Suhi flown in from Japan – Otoro, Ama Ebu, Anago and Engawa – SUPER AMAZING YUMMY!
Aside from that we had Matsusaka beef!!
WOW!!! 
With the sauce plate which came with lemon, salt and steak sauce. Though for me, when I eat Japanese beef, I want to eat it plain so I can taste all the fat :-O and flavors from the beef!!
Ogetsu Hime, 5th level SM Aura (02)519-9840 / (02)519-9740 / 0917 8096585
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