Restaurant Row A mall food trip to Japan
Friday Asian street buffet
PAN PACIFIC Manila’s Pacific Lounge has come up with an Asian street food themed dinner buffet every Friday starting 7 p.m. For P1,000 net per person, dine on balut and penoy (native duck egg delicacies), chicharon
baboy at bulaklak (crispy pork rind and entrails); hot-off-the Indonesian mixed
satay; straight-from-the-wok fish and prawn balls, Yakitori Japanese skewers, tokwa’t baboy (tofu and pork), Singaporean laksa, Arabic grills and shawarma; fried rice specials such as Chinese yang chow, nasi goreng, Indian
biryani; sweets such as taho (tofu with sweet syrup), turon saba (a roll of fried plantain bananas with jackfruit, kamote-Q (sweet potato on a stick) and ube (purple yam) among others. The Pacific Lounge is at the 21st floor, Pan Pacific Manila, M. Adriatico cor. Gen Malvar Sts. Malate, Manila. For inquiries and reservations, e-mail fb.ppmnl@panpacific.com or call 318-0788. FOODIES who can’t go to Japan at the moment can instead trek to Festival Mall which is home to several Japanese restaurants to cater to the South Metro community. These are Hakata Ikkousha at the Expansion Wing which specializes in tonkotsu or pork bone ramen that originates from Hakata; Tenya, the No. 1 tempura tendon in Japan, also at the Expansion Wing; JAEU Bistro and Ramen Bar which features a fusion of two cuisines: Japanese and European, and is especially known for its Hell Ramen or
jigoku; Tori Ichi Yakitori & Bar which is all about its oishi yakitori in chicken, pork, and vegetables, at the LGF, Water Garden; and, Asahikawa Ramen Bangaichi whose Spicy Miso Ramen is an intense flavor rollercoaster, and is located at the mall’s River Park.
Eco-conscious eating
SaladStop! new seasonal menu will be available from Aug. 13 to Sept. 8. The new dishes are Ahi Ono Grain Bowl and the Howdy! Salad and Wrap. The Ahi Ono Grain Bowl has adlai which is a good substitute for rice, baby spinach, seared Tuna, roast mushrooms, carrots, edamame, cherry tomatoes, grated eggs, and Japanese wafu ginger dressing. Howdy! contains romaine lettuce, cheddar cheese, grated eggs, cherry tomatoes, red onions, and oat-breaded chicken with Smokey Ranch dressing. From Aug. 13 to Sept. 8, customers can collect 12 stamps from their purchase of a salad or wrap to get one reusable steel straw and bamboo cutlery set for free. Drop by any SaladStop! store and see posters for more details. There is also a limited edition eco-tote for P220.