Tag: Filipino cuisine
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Have a Choobi Choobi Filipino Meal at SM City Bacolod
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“Choobi Choobi” is a Fookien word for the Visayan expression “lingaw lingaw” which translates to enjoying or having fun. Now, Choobi Choobi is almost synonymous to Filipino food that you can enjoy. The CEO of Choobi Choobi, Mr. Constantine “Stan” Tanchan, fondly shared the story of how the name came…
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Dine Philippines 2015: Where Food Meets Opportunity
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Bacolod City has long been celebrated as one of the country’s top food destinations. So when Dine Philippines 2015came to the City of Smiles, it brought more than just well-known personalities in the culinary industry. It also served a generous helping of inspiration, innovation, and fresh ideas for everyone passionate about…
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18th St. Palapala Restaurant: Serving Fresh, Delicious Food
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Palapala, to Negrenses, is synonymous with having fresh seafood on display and you can have them cooked however you want. It has become a tourist attraction and the whole experience of choosing your fresh seafood and have them cooked is something that many travelers look forward to enjoying. I have…
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Chikaan SM Bacolod: Feasting on Filipino Food
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Recently, we had some guests from Manila. She contacted her friends in Bacolod for a dinner together. Where else to enjoy good Filipino food with a Visayan trademark but in Chikaan at the newly opened store in SM City Bacolod? [UPDATE 2023: The restaurant has closed and is no longer…
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Mely’s Garden: A Homegrown Restaurant in Bacolod
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My sister and I were having an early dinner in this relaxed atmosphere – a dining place in a veranda. Every corner and décor screams “homey”. And rightly so, because the diner, Mely’s Garden was situated (at that time) in Mely’s own abode. [UPDATE 2023: This establishment has closed in…
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All-Filipino lunch at the L’Fisher Chalet Restaurant
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It was a satisfying Independence Day celebration for me this year. It seemed that it was a day that granted me freedom from hunger, to be specific. I might not be in nearby Iloilo City, a sea away from my hometown Bacolod, where the President of the Republic commemorated the event;…