Pearl River Cafe's Cantonese casual dining dimsum resto in TriNoma mall

The Pearl River Café specializes in fresh and authentic Cantonese cuisine serving only the best dimsum, noodles, congee, appetizers, vegetables, fried rice, rice toppings, as well as stir-fried, deep-fried, stewed, and roasted dishes. For the finishing, they have plenty choices for desserts, beverages, and organic hot teas.

Margette is delighted by this bamboo steamer with Crab Roe and Shrimp Shaomai in it

It is a Cantonese casual dining dimsum resto in TriNoma mall’s Sky Garden.  We have been there last week during the Trinoma food crawl co-presented by the Yummy Magazine of Yummy Philippines. Mr. Carlo Lorenzana, the owner of the Trinoma branch, served us their Steamed Crab Roe and Shrimp Shaomai and the Steamed Bun with Custard Paste and Salted Egg, both of good taste and fulfilling our desire for dimsum delicacies.

Crab Roe and Shrimp Shaomai

Their four pieces of steamed Crab Roe and Shrimp Shaomai (PHP99.00) served in bamboo steamer are quite big in sizes.  The tasty fillings are so tender and soft to bite that we end up craving for more.

Steamed Bun with Custard Paste and Salted Egg

The Steamed Bun with Custard Paste and Salted Egg (PHP65.00) are molded and shaped like a spiky dragon-like eggs or much like a thorny dwarf aloe cactus. The yellowy bun is scrumptious and soft with delightful filling.

This tray of Steamed Bun with Custard Paste and Salted Egg looks like a nest of golden spiky dragon-like eggs.

 

The first Pearl River Cafe branch in the Philippines is in the 4th level of TriNoma Mall in Quezon City. It opened formally last February 2014.

The ambiance is casual and homey.

Edgie having a selfie in the mirror

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Pearl River Cafe
4th Floor, Cinema Garden
Trinoma Mall, North Triangle
Quezon City
Cellphone No. 0927 688 0206
Tweeter: @pearlrivercafe
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pearlrivercafe

Mango Tree Bistro's Two Thai Signature Dishes This year

The Mango Tree Bistro branch in Trinoma Mall is a casual Thai dining at its best that is sexy, spicy, and fun. You'll be assured that the Thai foods it serves are of authentic Thai cuisine delivered directly from Thailand to the Philippines.

Mango Tree is the world's biggest Thai restaurant brand. It opens and operates high-end Mango Tree restaurants in many of the world's major capital cities, such as in London, Tokyo, Dubai,  Hong Kong, Pattaya, and in Metro Manila.

 

Gai Tha Krai  Yang and Grapow Moo served in one plate. The latter is laid on the leaf of iceberg lettuce.

In our recent "foodcrawl" in Trinoma, co-sponsored by the Yummy PhilippineS, we had the opportunity to savor Thai contemporary  cuisine. Ms. Bettina Esguerra, the Marketing Officer, offered us their two signature dishes this year: the Gai Tha Krai  Yang and the Grapow Moo.

The Gai Tha Krai Yang is the "lemongrass chicken" which is a grilled herb chicken skewered in fresh lemongrass stem and served with northeastern Thai dipping sauce.  While the Grapow Moo is a stir-fried pork with garlic, fresh basil, and sliced red chillies.  

The actual serving of Gai Tha Krai Yang (lemongrass chicken) lined with fresh green banana leaf. 

The Mango Tree Bistro - Trinoma branch

The Trinoma branch has that lively, modern interior, wonderful food presentations, and good service.  

The organizers of Trinoma foodcrawl

The interior of Mango Tree Bistro in Trinoma mall

Mr. Trevor McKenzie, the Mango Tree managing director, shares to the Yummy girls and food bloggers his attachment to Thai foods and how he embraced the Thai culture on food.    

Trays of condiments in see-through canisters and imported wines

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• Pearl River Cafe's Cantonese casual dining dimsum resto in TriNoma mall

Mango Tree The Fort
7^th Avenue, Bonifacio High Street Central, Global City, Taguig
Mobile (0917)534-9145
Duo (02)217-2367
Landline (02)621-3233

Mango Tree Bistro TriNoma

3/F Trinoma Mall, EDSA cor. North Ave. Quezon City
Mobile (0917)890-2166
Duo (02)585-5460
Landline (02)916-0297

Mango Tree Bistro Greenbelt
Ground Floor, Greenbelt 5, Makati City
Mobile (0917)524-2273
Duo (02)975-9574

Hanamaruken's Bowl of Happiness & Drunk Man Rice Bowl

We had a delightful experience at the Hanamaruken branch in Trinoma Mall, the first branch in the Philipines. It started to operate just last year. It was a treat from a great Japanese restaurant that originated in Osaka, Japan.

Hanamaruken was founded in 1982 by a Japanese butcher and meat seller in Osaka named, Takaku Arakawa. The resto is a subsidiary of his Arakawa Pork Company, a reputable supplier of premium meat in Osaka, Japan. His dishes became so popular in Osaka that people are falling in lines patiently waiting for their turn to be served. Hanamaruken put up 40 branches in the city of Osaka alone to accommodate everybody.

A bowl of Signature Happiness Ramen (PHP480) garnished with two halves of tamago (boiled chicken egg with slightly runny yolk), chopped negi spring onion, and that pastry distinctively designed decorative pastry.

The host, Oya Olalia (PR Director), served us the famed bowl of Signature Happiness Ramen. It is the kind of ramen with same authentic ingredients used by Hanamaruken in Osaka, Japan. It was like you got what the  Osaka locals are queuing for everyday there from afternoon till midnight. 

The bowl is of ramen topped with slow-braised pork rib, which I supposed was grilled first before it was braised, is so tenderly done. The meat has a hint of smoky taste and that adds more flavor to this soupy dish. The secrets of this dish lies along the many phases of tedious processes that would take about 20 hours to complete. Hanamaruken strictly follows the philosophy that their dishes should be made with excellent, high-quality meats and prepared by passionate chefs.

A serving of happiness and another for a drunken man

The dish, a Bowl of Happiness, is the gustatory union of dark-browned, slow-braised, soft bone pork rib and Shoyu Tonkotsu ramen noodles. The unification becomes a perfect combination of tastes and satisfaction. As you will notice, there is that piece of black nori sheet at the edge of the bowl  with Japanese characters inscribed on it that can be translated to mean “marriage."

The Hanamaruken served us another bowl of dish with an intriguing name, the Drunk Man Rice Bowl.  Practically, a bowl of cooked rice topped with cubes of tenderly braised kankuni or potbelly pork and two sunny-side-up fried eggs, garnished with home-made braising sauce, chopped negi spring onion, and red chilies.  So called, because it is offered as a perfect dish, or at least ideally for, after having a drinking  spree or simply put it as an ideal dish for those who got drunk in the inuman. Of course, it is also perfect fill for anybody who's is hungry.

A bowl of Drunk Man Rice Bowl

A set of Hanamaruken famous dishes. Now you don't need to go Osaka, Japan anymore to get a taste of these.  You can now easily have it from Hanamaruken branch in Trinoma Mall in North Edsa, Quezon City

We were served with two choices of drinks to pair with the sumptuous authentic Japanese dishes: a mug of ice green tea  and  a cup of Japanese tea. Either of the two makes a refreshing wash down. 

My dear Margette with her mug of refreshing ice green tea. 

A mug of ice green tea and a cup of Japanese tea

Now, you don't have to go Osaka to have what the Osaka folks are patiently queuing long for every night. Hanamaruken has a branch now in Trinoma Mall in North Edsa, Quezon City which you can easily reached by MRT train, buses, taxis, and even jeepneys, or by driving your car along EDSA or any of its connecting major thoroughfares.

The Hanamaruken branch in Metro Manila is in the 2nd Floor (Garden Restaurants) of Trinoma mall.

Lamps with costumed-made circular frames are hanging  strategically on the ceiling, giving a slight old-world feel to the restaurant.

The Trinoma branch is good enough for a number or few groups of diners. Its interior decorations are filled with artistry. Some ancient Japanese music are played here to add more old-world ambiance.

Margette with the group of select food bloggers takes her time taking photos with the famed Osaka dishes

For those in the south of Mertro Manila, there's a second branch of Hanamaruken in Alabang Town Center, Alabang, Muntinlupa City. It opened just recently.

The Hanamaruken place in Trinoma has the feel of Japanese homey  ambiance. Lamps and trinkets are hanging pieces of art balanced with Japanese paintings hanged on the wall.      

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• The first Trinoma Food Crawl - we almost crawled the floor after
• Wee Nam Kee's Two Great Dishes in their 2014 Brand New Menu
• Mango Tree Bistro's Two Thai Signature Dishes This year
• Dining authentic Japanese food heritage at Ginza Bairin
• Pearl River Cafe's Cantonese casual dining dimsum resto in TriNoma mall

HANAMARUKEN PHILIPPINES

Location   : 2F Garden Restaurants, Trinoma, North EDSA, Quezon City (location map here).  Another branch is in Alabang Town Center, Alabang, Muntinlupa City

Website    : http://hanamaruken.ph/

Facebook : Hanamaruken Ramen Philippines

Twitter      : Hanamaruken_PH

Instagram : @Hanamaruken_ph

Phone       : (02) 720 9283