Meals on Wheels # 10: Nestle Buncha Crunch

Date: December 30, 2012
Driver: KB (with Framie)
Food: Nestle Buncha Crunch (how I missed ya! :P)
Meal Type: Snacks
Route: S&R to Bonifacio High Street 

Crazy Katsu

We live near Marikina, but have only very recently explored the area. We were so glad to find out that there are actually a lot of good restos so conveniently close to our home. 

So last Friday, Ate, KB, Bee and I decided to eat in Crazy Katsu in Soliven Street. I've been wanting to eat in Crazy Katsu since it opened its first store in Maginhawa near the original Pino, so yey for me! :)

Crazy Katsu's menu is as simple as it gets, with katsu, of course, being the main dish. 

Here are our orders:

Miso soup. Really, really good for 30 pesos. 

Gyoza. 

Chicken katsu. Their best seller. Breading became a bit soggy because of the sauce. But the sauce was good anyways. I liked that it has a bit of a kick because of the sili.

Tonkatsu. Crispy and tender. Surprisingly, I liked the pork better than the chicken. One of the best katsu I've had. 

For dessert, coffee pudding or coffee-flavored leche flan. :) Just ok. 

After an excellent dinner, we moved to Ersao just beside Crazy Katsu. I had their Raspberry Shake, which was also very excellent. :)

I really had fun that night (eating good food and pesky-ing Bee), and hope to come back to Crazy Katsu soon. :)

Until next time, 

Binky

Europe Post: Berlin, Part 1 (Historical Walkabout)

From Amsterdam, we took a night bus to Germany. It was really not the most comfortable ten hours of my life, but I knew it was going to be worth the sleeplessness. I was going to Berlin! :)

Like most of Europe, Berlin is a historical city. However, large parts of it were destroyed in the Second World War, and have gone drastic changes with the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall. 

What's left of the old world, of course, lends to a more beautiful and dynamic city.  

Among the cities we visited, Berlin is unique in that it looks and feels more modern than old --  four-lane roads instead of narrow cobblestone streets, glass/steel structures instead of intricate gardens, high rise buildings instead of grand palaces, and... more street art and grafitti one can stuff inside a museum. 

Here are a few sites we visited.

The East Side Gallery. This is the longest preserved part of what used to be the Berlin Wall. The Gallery consists of paintings done by artists from all over the world. 

We also saw this near the Wall, a gig poster of one of my favorite bands, The Temper Trap. Too bad we didn't get to see them.

The Berlin TV Tower, one of the highest structures in Europe. 

Berliner Dom and beside it, the Altes Museum (Old Museum)

Here's Bee, being silly again.

We followed the stream of tourists to the iconic Brandenburg Gate.

Darth Vader and a Storm Trooper by the Gate. 

The Reichstag -- home of the German parliament (Bundestag), equivalent to our Congress. 

The Holocaust Memorial, built as tribute to the Jews who died in WWII. 

That's part one of my Berlin post.  

Binky

~photos by Star, Bernard and Binky, please don't steal. :)

Meals on Wheels # 9: Cello's Doughnuts

Date: December 24, 2012
Driver: KB (with Dad)
Food: Cello's Cocktail Doughnuts (Assorted)
Meal Type: Snacks (before lunch)
Route: Katipunan to House

Meals on Wheels # 8: Marks & Spencer's Milk Chocolate Orange Biscuits

Date: December 21, 2012
Driver: KB (with Ate Star)
Food: Marks and Spencer's Extremely Chocolatey Milk Chocolate Orange Biscuits (More Chocolate than Biscuit!)
Meal Type: Dessert (after Dessert)
Route: Shangrila Plaza to House