Lola Mommy's Rainforest

Lola Mommy's Rainforest is a place of beauty and adventure on the highlands of the city. It is located at Km. 74, National Highway, (Bukidnon-Davao/ Bu-Da Road) Sitio Epol, Brgy. Baganihan, Marilog District. It is an ideal place to relax with family and friends and enjoy nature. You can also have fun at the same time doing activities like Kayaking and Ziplining. It is available for day tour and over night stay and if you plan to have an overnight better bring jackets since Buda is cold at night.

 

 

                 

Vikings Luxury Buffet Presents Street Food of the World

I am fond of watching shows food shows especially those that features travel and food from around the world like Bizzare Food by Andrew Zimmern and No Reservation like Anthony Bourdain. These shows inspires me to travel and eat.

Last week we were invited to get a taste of what Vikings Luxury Buffet has to offer for the month of August and I was really excited because they will feature Street foods of the world!

Espetinho of Brazil

These are the kebabs of Brazil. Skewers of spiced beef or chicken served with a spicy sauce. 

Espetinho of Brazil

Tacos Al Pastor of Mexico

Derived from Shawarma but made from thin strips of marinated in spices and chiles then stacked into a long spit.

Tacos Al Pastor of Mexico

Rou Jia Mo of China

This is a meat burger of sandwich which commonly consist of pork, stewed for hours in a soup containing 20 spices and seasonings.

Rou Jia Mo of China

Jerk Chicken of Jamaica

Jerk is a style of cooking in which meat is dry or wet rubbed with a very hot spice mixture called Jamaican Jerk Spice. This is my favorite from the set.

Jerk Chicken of Jamaica

Crepe from France

This lovely dessert is made from thin pancake with vanilla ice cream and banana but generally has different kinds of fillings.

Crepe from France

It was a fun experience to travel the world in less than an hour through their food. These food will be available in Vikings for the month of August so check it out.

Our Bon Chon Chicken Experience

           Last Kadayawan (Aug19) we went to SM Ecoland to check the SM Agricultural Trade Fair. We then decided to have dinner at Bon Chon Chicken located at the SM Annex. We heard so much about this South Korean-based fried chicken franchise restaurant that we got curious. The place was full, the lines were long and we have to wait to be seated. We still persisted because we rarely visit SM because it is far from where we live and we really wanted to try the "best" chicken in the world. We ordered the Two Piece chicken drumstick/thigh Ricebox(P145)

and Beef Bulgogi Ricebox (P145). 

        Both meals are inclusive of soda or iced tea. Luckily we found a vacant table but our orders were delayed. We waited for about 45 minutes but the staff were really accommodating and would follow up the kitchen for our orders. I have such high expectation about the chicken that I was a bit disappointed when I tried it. The soy garlic is crispy and tasty  but becomes a bit bland when paired with rice. The Beef Bulgogi was a bit on the sweet side. Over all we had a satisfactory meal but we still can't decide if it is the best chicken in the world that we decided that we have to go back.

      We returned after a week and the place wasn't full this time.We ordered the 2 piece chicken Ricebox again but this time we ordered spicy Mayo for dip. We also ordered Chapchae for our son.  The spicy mayo dip perfectly complemented the chicken and enjoyed it more. My son loved the chapchae. We can definitely conclude that the chicken were superb and we also wanted to try their other food on the menu. Bon Chon Chicken is now added to our list of favorite place to dine in.

Bon Chon Chicken

Location: SM Ecoland Annex Ground Floor, Davao City

Website: http://www.bonchon.com.ph

Sunset at Abreeza

Went to abreeza mall one afternoon and I was greeted with a beautiful sunset around 5:30 pm.

1/50 shutter, 1.3 ev, ISO 1250, f6.3

1/4 shutter, 1.3 ev, ISO 200, f5.6 

   

Kadayawan 2011

I got a chance to shoot the Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan for this year's Kadayawan Festival last August 20. The participants seems to get better at their performance and the costumes more colorful and elaborate every year. The organizer this year was met with a lot of criticism especially the P500 fee for the Photographers for the risers provided near Roxas area but despite that the Kadayawan was still a success.  Here are the pictures that i took that day.~M