Dinner Buffet at The Heat in Edsa Shangri-La

Edsa Shangri-La is a five star hotel with an awesome buffet restaurant called The Heat.
Javi and I had dinner with our parents and Kim at this fabulous place!

The pictures explain the restaurant way better than I can!

Seafood bar

Our Moms getting salad.

This is what should happen to all the pigs in our country (I speak in a metaphor!). This is the traditional way of serving roasted pig - too bad they had already taken out the apple from the pig's mouth when I took the shot.

Onto desert, shall we?!

Truffles and cakes and pastries, oh my!

Pistachio treats!

Look at Javi's eyes, all lit up with sugarbliss!

Happy and full!

Jatujak in Megamall

They say the Filipino and Thai food are very similar, especially when it comes to two fantastic ingredients: bagoong and green mangoes! This is why Thai food is so good in Manila - especially when the restaurant serves Bagoong Rice!

Javi and I had lunch with two of my good college friends, Rissa (my future sister-in-law) and Danes at this restaurant called Jatujak in Megamall. Great find, Javs!

Being the epitome of efficiency, Rissa orders for us. Danes looks at her cellphone. Waiting for a text from Dean, maybe?

Bagoong rice! Bagoong, eggs, sour green mangoes, and a little bit of onions. YUM! Check out the Chicken Satay in the background, too! Bagoong = shrimp paste

Pad Thai (sorry - we had already gotten from it before I remembered to take a picture of it)

Fried egg rolls with spicy sweet and sour sauce

Max's Fried Chicken - Sarap to the Bones!

Another Filipino favorite, Max's fried chicken is known for its Spring Chicken - a small chicken with big flavor! That's why Max's tagline is "Sarap to the Bones!"

Sarap = delicious

Max's chicken absolutely has to be eaten with banana ketchup.

Chicken, rice, and lumpiang sariwa (fresh summer roll) with peanut sauce. New Yorkers can see what this tastes like at Saigon Grill in University Place (Union Sq.) and at Amsterdam & 90th.

Me with bread rolls, chicken, and pancit

Pancit = glass noodles with vegetables