The barely cooked runny yolk is meant to be popped and enjoyed along with the risotto...and enjoy I did. The golden lava coated every kernel of rice with its warm embrace and made the risotto that much more comforting.
This is an Onion, Chive, and Bacon Savoury Cupcake. Even the icing was savoury! It was super delicious and was really innovative. Overall, the ambiance was great (loved the fake sky ceiling!), food was well thought out and executed, and the service was attentive.
All six of us ordered their Award Winning Seafood Chowder with soft poached quail egg and crispy pork rind. While the soup was smokey, full of flavour, it was too thick and tasted a bit more like sauce than soup. The quail egg added a certain richness to the soup too which was nice.
Overall, Jethro’s is an awesome breakfast and lunch diner serving up good eats with a twist. I most definitely will return for some alligator nuggets or pancakes!
They serve this to you with a little sleeve around the plate to catch any splattering oil that radiates from the oven hot iron plate. If you are noob (hehe) at this Teppan Rice business, you can read the "How To Cook" instructions on the sleeve.
You get the real deal here when it comes to their Matcha Latte. Served in a traditional Japanese bowl the way its suppose to be (not cup), its not only fragrant but it has incredibly depth. Be forewarn, this latte isn't sweet. There is no additional pre-sweetened sugary stuff here.
My girlfriends and I recently went to Seattle for a triple birthday trip (yeah, three of us had birthdays within 5 days of each other) and knowing us, it was going to be allllll about the food.
Lil Sis recommended we stop for Jollibee, a Philipino fast food chain highly popular in Asia because she thought it was the bomb diggity of fast food.
Jollibee was a bout a 15-20 minute drive from Bellevue and is located further below Seattle in Tukwila. It's connected to a mall called Southcenter Mall.
It had a really interesting Asian KFC vibe, most likely because they specialize in fried chicken (called "Chicken Joy" hehe). Even Anthony Bourdain tried Jollibee on his show "Parts Unknown" and loved everything about it. You can watch it here below.
[Jollibee segment starts at 0:40]
If you haven't seen "Parts Unknown by Anthony Bourdain" before, you're missing out. It's incredibly eye opening from a cultural perspective and he always talks about food. :)
Connected next door is a Filipino Bakery in which you can get copious amounts of Pan de Sal, every flavour of Mamon, and Ensaimada.
They sell things like fried chicken, burger steaks, sweet spaghetti, burgers, and mango pies to name a few.
First off, I LOVE how every chicken joy automatically comes with a side of gravy. Can Church's Chicken, KFC, and LA Chicken adopt this? Please?
This is the 2pc Burgersteak w/ Mash Potatoes ($3.99) and it is exactly what it says it is. Two pieces of burger patty and a scoop of mash. Nothing special, but it's really inexpensive.
The 3pcs Chicken Joy with side of Corn, Gravy ($5.99) and Jollibee Spaghetti ($3.99) was absolutely delicious. The fried chicken rivals LA Chicken (thought LA is still better) and is heaven when dipped into the thick artificial but addicting gravy. Sweet spaghetti is a classic Filipino dish and apparently every Filipino mom will try to make their spaghetti as closely as Jolliebees. The sauce is thick, meaty, sweet, and who can resist those little cut up wieners?
All in all, Jollibee reminded me of eating fast food in Asia, with its 90% oriental customer demographic, weird and uncommon food combinations, and delicious never-good-for-you goodness.
It's a place all foodies should try, with no high expectations of course because after all, it is still just a fast food chain.
This is a revisit post on Kumare in Richmond which is my
favourite Filipino restaurant. I reviewed Kumare a while ago and surprisingly
it was one of the first posts I’ve ever written on my blog (check it out here).
I noticed a few new items on their menu but unfortunately we
didn’t order any this time.
These desserts look a little carb heavy, don’t they? But I
bet they are tasty. :P
We ordered a Large
Garlic Rice ($4.00) to share and it was actually enough rice for the five
of us. I highly recommend the java rice as well if you like flavourful rice.
This post is composed of two visits to Kumare but I won't be separating them as I forgot what I ordered for each visit. :P Kumare is a Filipino restaurant located on Park Road in Richmond.
photo courtesy of Pooh
This is the Sizzling Pork Sisig ($8.00) and it is minced pork (ears, innards, everything) on a sizzling plate topped with a raw egg. When you first get it, you have to mix the egg into the pork and let it cook. The aroma of this dish was fantastic! You can smell this from a mile away. The pork was a bit too salty but it didn't deter me from eating most of it (gahh.. into my thighs they go!).
The pork dish next to the Pork Sisig is called Lechon Kawali ($8.00) which is deep fried pork belly. It came with this awesome Filipino sauce that apparently goes well with any type of meat. This dish was very heavy and layered with fat, but boy was it good. It is so artery clogging that you will probably stop after eating a few pieces.
The dish next to the Lechon Kawali is Vegetable Karekare ($8.50). It is a dish composed of assorted veggies in a peanut stew. It was quite good but it is also another pretty heavy dish. I find that many Filipino dishes are very heavy in flavour and sauces, which is quite different from Chinese dishes where many things are steamed and cooked in it's natural juices.
Next was the BBQ Chicken skewer ($3.75). It is one of their most popular item on the menu and one skewer is definitely enough for two people. It was charred on the edges and has a very fragrant barbecue taste.
Mmm... Chicken Pandan ($8.00).. *drool*. This dish consisted of four chunks of dark chicken meat which were marinated in coconut milk, wrapped in pandan leaves and then deep fried. This was delicious because the chicken was very tender and succulent.
This is called Laing ($8.00) which are taro leaves cooked in spicy coconut milk. This vegetable dish is again so heavy yet sooo good. I have never had taro leaves before and I was pleasantly surprised by how tasty it was when combined with the coconut milk. It has similar texture to spinach when cooked.
I also tried the Java Rice (sml- $2.50) and the Garlic Rice (sml- $2.00) but forgot to take pictures of them. Both of them were very tasty and I'd get it over white rice any day.
For dessert, we ordered the Ube Macapuno Cake. The cake was moist but the coconut cream layer in between and on the side was completely dry and crumbly. It tasted as if the cake was made a week ago. I didn't like it at all. :(
photo courtesy of Pooh
We ordered two Halo Halos for our group of 4. The presentation was nicely executed. Too bad we had to demolish it into...
This. It looks way less appetizing than the first picture right? Regardless, the Halo Halo was very good with great flavour coming from the Ube ice cream and the different beans. This is a good refreshing dessert on a hot summer day.
Overall, the food is pretty good here and I would definitely come back again. However, their service is pretty bad because servers will ignore you while you try to wave at them.
