Mornings with Sandok Comfort Food

It all started with one facebook ad. I read, got interested in and ultimately mornings has never been the same again.

Welcome to Sandok Comfort Food. A new restaurant located along 6th street Bacolod City That serves good old Ilonggo homecooked meals.

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The interiors are quite homey. With quotes from popular food writer Julia Child hanging on the wall. Ahh the placemat, too! Who wouldn’t dare noticce the lovely piece full of food quotes! I can just easily pretend I’m in a Julie and Julia movie.

The first time I went to Sandok I was so clueless of what to order. The menu written in blackboard adds more charm.

Finally i opted for bacon tapa with sunny side up. Tapa is a popular Filipino breakfast fare similar to beef jerky. Best when paired with fried or garlic rice.

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Sandok’s version of tapa is so thin and dry, unloke Manila’s version which is cooke with some sau e on it. The tapa is somewhat Similar to bacon. Well marinated in salt pepper and spices and sun dried to achieve that perfect crunch.
It’s so good. It reminds me of my early childhood days when the smell of deep fried tapa is wafting through the air eveytime i wake up in the morning. I love it. Period.

And one good meal deserves another, right? So in the following days of my month long stay in bacolod i went back to Sandok for my breakfast fix. This time i ordered chunky corned beef and garlic rice.

Sun dried tapa

Sun dried tapa

This time I hit the jackpot. It was a eureka moment. Finally I found the best corned beef in Bacolod! Their corned beef is homemade and is oozing with all the juices. The level of saltiness is just right. So in the next few days i just had corned beef corned beef and more corned beef.

On my last day in Bacolod, just a few hours before I flewback to the Metro I went back to Sandok for lunch. I had Manok sa ubad soup with rice on the side. The servings are large the soup is good for two persons already.

Chunky corned beef

Chunky corned beef

Sandok also serves other Ilonggo homecooked dishes like KBL (Kadios Baboy Langka), kansi and dinuguan and to make the menu exciting they also offer menu of the week. When i wwnt there for lunch I was supposed to try their burger steak menu of the week. Unfortunately they ran out of gravy sauce. Awwww. Maybe next time

But for now you know where to find me when Im craving for good homecooked meals. Sandok is located along 6th street. In front of sophia’s bakery and City Lunch. They are open 7am-8pm and closed on Sundays.
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Mornings with Sandok Comfort Food

It all started with one facebook ad. I read, got interested in and ultimately mornings has never been the same again.

Welcome to Sandok Comfort Food. A new restaurant located along 6th street Bacolod City That serves good old Ilonggo homecooked meals.

image_20141126115016508_1

The interiors are quite homey. With quotes from popular food writer Julia Child hanging on the wall. Ahh the placemat, too! Who wouldn’t dare noticce the lovely piece full of food quotes! I can just easily pretend I’m in a Julie and Julia movie.

The first time I went to Sandok I was so clueless of what to order. The menu written in blackboard adds more charm.

Finally i opted for bacon tapa with sunny side up. Tapa is a popular Filipino breakfast fare similar to beef jerky. Best when paired with fried or garlic rice.

image_1

Sandok’s version of tapa is so thin and dry, unloke Manila’s version which is cooke with some sau e on it. The tapa is somewhat Similar to bacon. Well marinated in salt pepper and spices and sun dried to achieve that perfect crunch.
It’s so good. It reminds me of my early childhood days when the smell of deep fried tapa is wafting through the air eveytime i wake up in the morning. I love it. Period.

And one good meal deserves another, right? So in the following days of my month long stay in bacolod i went back to Sandok for my breakfast fix. This time i ordered chunky corned beef and garlic rice.

Sun dried tapa

Sun dried tapa

This time I hit the jackpot. It was a eureka moment. Finally I found the best corned beef in Bacolod! Their corned beef is homemade and is oozing with all the juices. The level of saltiness is just right. So in the next few days i just had corned beef corned beef and more corned beef.

On my last day in Bacolod, just a few hours before I flewback to the Metro I went back to Sandok for lunch. I had Manok sa ubad soup with rice on the side. The servings are large the soup is good for two persons already.

Chunky corned beef

Chunky corned beef

Sandok also serves other Ilonggo homecooked dishes like KBL (Kadios Baboy Langka), kansi and dinuguan and to make the menu exciting they also offer menu of the week. When i wwnt there for lunch I was supposed to try their burger steak menu of the week. Unfortunately they ran out of gravy sauce. Awwww. Maybe next time

But for now you know where to find me when Im craving for good homecooked meals. Sandok is located along 6th street. In front of sophia’s bakery and City Lunch. They are open 7am-8pm and closed on Sundays.
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Pancake House: new look same great comfort food!

I am not a big fan of pancakes. But i recently discovered my secret love affair with banana walnut pancakes, drizzled with yummy pancake syrup. And that love affair started at the pancake house.

So when i got an invitation for a media fam tour in Pancake House in Lipa Batangas I immediately said yes.

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And during the tour I got to sample other dihes which has piqued my interest among them are the spaghetti and their version of tacos. Their spaghetti is so meaty and comes in a large serving too!

For lunch i ordered hamburger steak with spaghetti on the side. Its so good. The burger patty is pretty thick. And is made of pure beefy goodness. Cooked to perfection and smothered with savory mushroom gravy. Yummy!

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Pancake House Lipa is the first ever store to be built from scratch under the new Max’s Group of Company.

New look new logo but the same good old comfort food we have always known for.

Pancake House’s revamped theme involves all elements of the store—from broad strokes to fine details. The brand’s famous orange color, which was previously integrated into every nook and cranny of the restaurant, was even given an overhaul.

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The logo, on the other hand, now shows a new interpretation of the restaurant’s famed house symbol. Tying it to the concept of home and comfort is the glow from the house cascading to the old orange background. Of course, the brand’s complementing colors—fuchsia, brown, and blue—are also integrated to the new design scheme.

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Dinagyang festival 2015 schddule

As early as September loud beating of the drums can already be heard reverberating all over the city of Iloilo. This is in preparation for the annual celebration of the Dinagyang Festival. Dinagyang is a Hiligaynon term meaning “merry making”. And one of the highlights of the festival is the ati tribe competition.

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On the fourth Sunday of January students from various schools and barangay pain themselves in dark brown and wear bahag and dance to the loud hypnotic drumbeating, much to the delight of the crowd.

During the tribal competition expect to see fast paced choreography, numerous costume changes and extravagant production design.

Laat year’s champion and Aliwan Fiesta 2013 grand winner Tribu Panayanon portrayed the panay bukidnon epic Hinilawod in a 5-minute dance routine. The group’s performance wowed the crowed and ultimately won the much coveted trophy.

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Also confirmed to join this year are the contingents representing the Talakudong Festival of Tacurong City and Kalimudan Festival of Isulan Sultan Kudarat. The twi festivls will be performing during the Kasadyhan Regional Festival of Western Visayas. Check the schedule below:

January 24 Kasadyahan Regional festival of Western Visayas
January 25 Dinagyang ati tribe competition

Sinulog 2015 schedule

January is just around the corner. And what a better way to start the year than celebrate the feast of Señor Santo Niño in cebu.

The famed Sinulog festoval which reaches its peak on the rhird Sunday of January draws millions of Filipino and tourists alike in a festival of epic proportions.

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Check out the schedule of activities below and be sure you know wheere to go and which activities to attend to.

This early out of town contingents from the Province of Camiguin has already signified their intention of joining the streetdancing competition. Also on the list are the town of Catbalogan Samar, abuyog and alang alang Leyte Tangub City Misamis Occidental. Placer Masbate will once again be sending two contingents for the free interpretation and the sinulog-based category.

January 10 Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Lalawigan
January 11 Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Dakbayan
January 16 sinulog festival queen search
January 17 fluvial procession (AM) foot procession (PM)
January 18 grand Parade
January 19 awarding ceremonies and repeat performance of winning groups