As I wrote in my previous post, there isn’t a shortage of food places in the Parramatta area. The above dining guide lists almost 300(!) restaurants around the area ranging from Chinese, Greek, Indian, Japanese, Italian, Lebanese, Mexican, Middle Eastern, Thai, and Vietnamese.

Church Street alone is littered with restaurants.

Even in the dead of winter, people still love to dine alfresco.

And this is how they do it: with clear plastics all around to ward off the cold wind and at night, heaters would be working to give off much needed heat (one of these days we’ll dine alfresco at night and I might be able to take pictures then – hopefully).

It’d be impossible for us to go to all these restaurants in 8 weeks (not to mention how much that would set us back!) but we were able to check out a few. Read the rest of this entry…

While still on the topic of Cebu, I thought I’d post my experience on Lemon Grass here back from 2007. Originally this was posted in blogspot but since I’ve already removed that blog, I’m reposting this here.

One of the restaurants that we ate at while in Cebu was Lemon Grass in Ayala which offered both Thai and Vietnamese cuisine. I was curious how “Thai” or “Viet” their dishes were going to be (Note: I haven’t been to either Thailand or Vietnam so my comparison would be limited to the Thai and Vietnamese restos I’ve tried in Manila). Looking at their menu, with offerings such as Tom Yam Goong and Pomelo and Crabstick Salad, it looked like Pho Hoa and Jatujak put side by side.

Being that my parents had never eaten Thai nor Viet, I was glad for the opportunity to introduce them to these Asian cuisines (that also meant me picking up the tab). We had the Pomelo and Crabstick Salad for starters, Tom Yam Goong for soup, for the main dishes: Suon Noung, Pla Piew Wan, and Gai Hor Bai Toey, Bagoong Rice and Pineapple Rice, and don’t forget the Citrus/Herb Lemonade which was the best(!) I’ve tasted.

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Finally, to cap the food trip off, the pièce de résistance, we headed off to Mario’s along Session Road for dinner. I read here that this particular branch has been in existence for already 37 years! Talk about history!

What greeted us upon entering was the desserts display. Not even seated yet, already, I was eyeing the Chocolate Truffles for dessert. There wasn’t a lot of people that Sunday evening and so we didn’t have to wait to be seated. It was most unfortunate that we failed to notice the fireplace, otherwise we would have asked to be seated near there to complete our Baguio experience.

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This is a totally separate post because I want to highlight the buffets at Boracay Regency. It was definitely a feast. We availed of their 3D/2N package and translated, that meant that we have 2 free buffet breakfasts and 2 free buffet dinners to go with the package. Read that? Free! Enough of me grinning, I’ll let the pictures do the talking. Prepare to drool.

Dinner was the first buffet meal we had at Boracay Regency. Truth be told, I was hesitant to take pictures at first thus the quality of the pictures. Just click on the image to enlarge.

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