Lechon Macao from LA Bakeshoppe

LA Bakeshoppe is really a bakery. Half of the store is selling different kinds of bread and they are known for their specially-made cheese bread. (which i heard is really delicious.)

But apart from this normal facade, a cute little restaurant that can serve up to about five to six tables consumes half of the restaurant. The restaurant is serving Chinese dimsum and other oriental dishes.

The interior design would not hint you that they are serving Chinese as the chairs are made from salvaged wood. The tables are made of old metal recreated into matching tables. The walls are lined with old bottles in different shapes, sizes, and colors on wooden shelving that brightens up the white-washed walls. 

The lights are ingenious. It is made of jars in different sizes fitted with lights. It was really cute and amazing; I was staring at it the whole time. It is a really great choice as a date place.

I ordered Lechon Macao. It is priced at P120 which is really good price. Other dishes range from P85 to $140. You can order dimsum at P40 to P60. Everything seems reasonably priced. There are desserts but they mostly provide you with products they have from the bakery.

It did not take a lot of time for the food to be prepared and this is what i got.

The food is okay; despite that the kangkong/river spinach could have been served in smaller portions, i enjoyed it. It has a little bit of sauce as this was sauteed in oil and soy sauce, and it was a bit oily for my taste. Rice soaked up much of the juice that it eventually worked out. Credits to how tender the meat is. It was really cooked nicely. The food is tasty, but not too exceptional for my taste. To borrow a phrase from Goldilocks, it was "just right."

The ambiance, the service, and the food is borderlining to above average. Still, I would want to come back for some of their other meals. They have special orders for crabs which is pre-ordered about 3 days in advance and costs about $5000 to $8000. I do not really know how much crabs you can eat for that amount, but I heard that the crabs they prepare are known to be really delicious. Though, i am allergic to crabs, I would definitely try it. Besides, suicide by eating P5000 worth of crabs is a really interesting way to die. I kid, i kid.

They also serve different types of tea, coffee, iced coffee, and a lot more. This is a really great substitute for commercialized coffee. Treats? You can get them from the bakery. I heard they serve unlimited bread and coffee for P99. Make sure to order a box of those cheese breads. You can get more information about LA Bakeshoppe through their Facebook link and find recommendations about their cheese bread here.

Deep-Fried Burrito

The idea is simple. Everything tastes better if you deep fry 'em!

Deep fried chicken? Good! Steak can be deep fried into Chicken Fried Steak and it also tastes good! Dip Oreos in pancake batter, then deep fry? Heaven!

You would find a lot of amazing things that taste really good deep fried. But when I created this blog I wasn't really thinking about everything healthy. I will spare you the "eat healthy" sermon as you already know what's good for you. The main rule is "everything in moderation." Anyway, it is not everyday that you would crave for deep-fried burritos.

Yes, it is deep fried burritos.

When people say deep-fried I am already half-disgusted by how oily this eating experience is going to be, and also have excited on how this can turn out. I have a passion for this form of cooking as this process if responsible for delicious dishes like the Ilokano dish, Bagnet. It is deep-fried pork with its skin cooked to perfection to be really crunchy almost similar to porkrinds but the meat part would still be moist and juicy.

Deep Frying is also responsible for corndogs which i love. Yes, sometimes food doesn't have to take much thinking, yet it can really be so delicious.

The dish consists of two burritos, deep fried, topped with lots of cheese, and a side of salsa. Yes, the salsa is a tad bit spicy. One can never go wrong with having too much cheese so the sight of so much cheese already excited me. The bite was really good a you get the crunch that you would not get in regular burritos. And it is surprising that it is not oily.

You can taste tomato sauce from the meat filling which is really good and compliments the taste of cheese. the need for adding a lot of cheese is really not necessary, but it is a plus for those who love cheese like i do. The salsa has to be included in every bite as it really gives the tangy and spicy taste to each bite.

This simple dish gets a B+ for me and it is does not even cost too much. The serving only costs P85. You can find other delicious Mexican Dishes from K's Diner. The place has a cool vibe, too. You can find other reviews through this link.