Davao Restaurants – Mesa Filipino Moderne-SM Lanang Premier

Last Saturday we had planned to watch the Araw ng Dabaw's Parada Dabawenyo but my little girl went to sleep late at night on Friday, so we end up waking up at about 9am in the morning. Since the parade started already at 7am, we decided not to go, but instead we change our plan to go eat at Mesa - Filipino Moderne at SM Lanang Premier. My wife read reviews of this restaurant from other sites, and was intrigue about it since one of its owner is said to be Kiko Pangilinan husband of Megastar Sharon Cuneta.

We went to SM Lanang Premier late in the afternoon, it was a bit dark that time of the day, since it was about to rain. I'm just glad we arrive at SM Lanang before the rain started falling. Mesa can be located at the back of SM Lanang Premier fronting the dancing fountain. 

When we arrive at Mesa the female attendant immediately accompanied us and brought us to this cone shaped place at the restaurant. I forgot to ask her if there is a name for such a place though. There were only a few customers when we arrived, maybe because it was raining that time. When the waitress handed the menu, I let my wife pick what food to order, I was busy then with my little daughter who just can't stop tinkering with the spoon. My wife ordered a Grilled Liempo Mesa Way - A Classic grilled pork belly (Php 185.00),  Soup Buntot - Double boiled oxtail and tripe soup (Php 290.00), Apahap(Seabass) or Lapu-Lapu (Grouper) - Pan fried with latik (fried coconut meat) (Php 495.00 - 90 Php per 100g). Our drinks are Sago't Gulaman (Php 60.00), Fresh Buko (Php 75.00) and Mango Juice (Php 75.00) and 4 cups of plain rice (Php 35.00 per cup). I think we had a total bill of Php 1,300+ service charge included. A bit too pricey for me though.

Our Drinks - Sago't Gulaman, Fresh Buko and Mango Juice

Grilled Liempo Mesa Way

Apahap(Seabass) or Lapu-Lapu (Grouper) - Pan fried with latik

Soup Buntot - Served to us by this lovely waitress

All Three of our ordered dishes

Let us forget the amount for the moment and let us go to the foods instead. Almost all their servings are good for 2-3 person, so this will be a great place for a group of friends or a family gathering to go to. As for the food we ordered, I like the Soup Buntot since I like eating with a soup as a partner. My wife loved the Lapu-Lapu, though she only ate a few of it, leaving me to finish a large amount of the fish. Our daughter is more of a liempo lover but like me she loves eating with soup. The drinks are served on almost a foot high glass. 

I do love the place, especially the cone thing shape area we were in, it gives you some privacy. Just beside our area are two enclosed rooms on the restaurant which would be great for business gatherings. The staff are also on their toes, polite and attentive (They do have a service charge as I mentioned earlier hmmm).

So despite the price, we did enjoy and loved the meal so it makes up for it and I recommend Mesa to be one of the places to eat when you visit Davao City or SM Lanang Premier.

Mesa Filipino Moderne

SM Lanang Premier - Davao City

Customer Care Hotline:

0917-852MESA

Car Wash and N'Joy Bar-BQ at Davao City

If you are having your car washed, and having to wait on a chair can bore you or even yet you suddenly feel hungry from waiting. Visit N'Joy Bar-BQ at Lanang just beside Insular Village 2. At N'Joy Bar-BQ there is a car wash station just beside it. So you can wait there and eat and watch TV while your car gets washed and cleaned.

Me and my wife ate their about two months ago, and the food and the service was great. Since the place is far from the downtown area, the place is not much crowded by people.

I ordered a value meal that consists of 1 Chicken Pecho, Rice and Atsara for 79 pesos while wifey also had a value meal that consist of 2 Pork Barbecue, Rice and Atsara for 65 pesos. I had a coke in glass for 15 pesos and my wife had calamansi juice for 25 pesos.We had a total bill of 184 pesos, not bad huh?

With regards to the place, the place is spacious, its quite windy when we visited the place since its open and no windows, the place main cooling equipment if that is the right term is a ceiling fan. I also like the color of the place which is yellow, it does help brighten up the place.There is also a huge mounted TV at the top wall of the counter.

So in case you are near lanang area visit N'Joy Bar-BQ.

Here are some photos of N'Joy Bar-BQ:

Front View of N'Joy Bar-BQ

Inside N'Joy Bar-BQ

Spacious open air area

Car wash station right beside N'Joy Bar-BQ

Chicken Pecho, Rice and Atsara

2 pieces Pork Barbecue, Rice and Atsara

Delicious and Tasty Chicken at Goldie Chicken House - Davao City

If you like chicken, well fried chicken to be exact. Better check out Goldie Chicken House at Ilustre Street. 

When it comes to chicken, for me they have the tastiest and juiciest chicken, that can rival that of Jollibee and Mcdonalds. Me and my wife love to eat there because also of their affordable price. I'm not sure of the correct prices of Jollibee and Mcdonalds when it comes to chicken, as far as I can remember, a 1 piece chicken meal in Jollibee or Mcdonalds can cost you almost 80 pesos (a one piece chicken part, one soft drinks and a rice) and that is good for only a single person. At Goldie, me and my wife usually order a Thrift Treat (Large) which can cost us 142 pesos, Expensive? well lets look at the content. A Thrift Treat (Large) has 6 slices of chicken part (YES 6 chicken parts compare to a single part on your favorite food chain), a rice and a macaroni or potato salad. Since there is only 1 rice we would order an extra rice, and an ice tea which cost 18 pesos. Usually our bill would range at about 180 pesos, is it worth it? of course. 

The only downside of the place well, its not air conditioned, only ceiling fans are in used, so come lunch time it could get a little hot, and the place also is not that big, it could accommodate maybe 20 to 30 person the most. But only few people dine in at the place, most of their clients would order in advance through phone call, and mostly are take out orders.

So if you crave for some tasty and yet affordable chicken. Don't hesitate to visit Goldie Chicken House. 

Goldie Chicken House is located at Amgar Plaza, Ilustre St, Davao City. Tel No.: 226-3846

Below are some photos of the place and our order.

 Goldie Chicken House

Food Counter located outside for take out orders

Inside Goldie Chicken House

Thrift Treat (Large) at Goldie Chicken House

2 of my 3 chicken part share, me and my wife each had 3

Dencios Kamayan in Fortune Homes Lanang Davao City

After going to church on a Sunday afternoon we decided to dine in a different restaurant or fast food chain. So we decided to go to Dencios at Lanang near Insular Hotel. Dencios has long been there and I don't know why Dad decided to have dinner there, I my self would rather want to eat at a different restaurant because I have already eaten on some branches of Dencios here in Davao City. As far as I can remember there's one in Damosa Gateway, one in SM Ecoland, and more.

We let Dad decide to take the order since it he who want to eat here, he ordered a lechon kawali, pork barbecue, chicken barbecue. Keona on the other hand paid no attention to what we are ordering because her eyes was focusing on the playground inside the restaurant. Below are some photos of what we have ordered and the place.

Dinner at Patok sa Manok Restaurant in Davao City

It's been quite long since hubby and me have brought Keona out for a stroll. We have been busy lately for some priorities and time adjustments and so last weekend, we decided to bond together with our little girl. We first had our lunch at Jollibee then off we went to SM City to witness the cyber expo there. Unfortunately, the crowd are so huge that we were not able to really get closer to the stage at the event center and just roam around the mall. Keona had fun playing on the toy car display and the salesperson assigned in the area was so kind to let Keona play with it. We then chose clothes for her and we were able to buy one.

On our way home, we dropped by a restaurant and eat there. It is located in Lanang Davao city, just near Davao Insular Hotel entrance. It was not a peak hour so Keona was very carefree roaming around the place as if it's hers.hehehe

Sharing to you some photos:

Front of the restaurant

our table with foods served

3 orders of rice

lechon kawali

kinilaw

inside the restaurant

We actually frequent this restaurant because they offer a wide array of foods and the taste is really delicious. Sometimes, we just take out our order. My FIL's favorite in this restaurant are the kare-kare, kinilaw and milkfish. It was really a delight dining at this restaurant. They also accept deliveries. Have a nice day friends.

Dinner at Mandarin Tea Garden with Siblings and Hubby

My twin and my other siblings came over here in the city of Davao. My twin wanted to buy laptop, a digital camera and cellphone. She wanted hubby to accompany her with buying the laptop because hubby is a computer engineer and he knows about computer specifications and he already researched which brand is good.

After buying everything she wants to buy, she treat us with a dinner at Mandarin Tea Garden. We ordered supreme siomai which I did not eat because I have an allergy with shrimps. We also ordered pancit guisado, beef ampalaya, beef steak and fish fillet. I was the one who consumed almost all the fish fillet. It's very delicious and guilt-free because I know it's not gonna trigger neither me nor my daughter's allergy plus the fact that it's not laden with so much cholesterol.

We also ordered durian shake, my favorite. My niece had her four season juice and fresh fruit salad. Having able to bond with my siblings is a good feeling especially when we are feasting yummy foods in front of us:).

Sharing to you some photos:

me and my siblings

hubby with my siblings...beside hubby is tata, weng(my twin), orville (my only brod), langging (our youngest) and Mahal(my niece, weng's daughter)

durian shake

four seasons juice

beef steak

beef ampalaya

pancit guisado

fish fillet

fresh fruit salad with dressing

supreme siomai