Penong's Chicken Barbeque
If you want chicken barbeque, you must try Penong’s Barbeque Seafoods & Grill. Their chicken barbeque is tender and very flavorful. It has the right combination of smoky, salty, and sweet flavors. Perfect!
Capuchillo Crepe Float
Chocoholic Gelato
Riality Bites
In my Sunstar Davao column today, I talk about the old restaurants here in Davao City which I still frequent. Here’s a rundown of information on the restaurants I mentioned on Food Trip Down Memory Lane.
HARANA RESTAURANT
Filipino Food, Grilled Dishes
Torres Street, Davao City
+6382-2273937
Must try: Special Kinilaw, Mongolian Spare Ribs, Halo-halo
LUZ KINILAW
Filipino Food, Grilled Dishes
Quezon Boulevard, Davao City
+6382-2264612, +6382-2218377
Must try: Grilled Seafoods such as Tuna Belly or Panga, Bagaybay, Squid, etc
Tsuru's Salmon Sashimi
TSURU JAPANESE RESTAURANT and SUSHI BAR
Japanese Cuisine
Camus Street, Davao City
+6382-221-0901
Must try: Salmon Sashimi, Beef Misono, Ika Teppanyaki, Ebi Tempura
For the Davao Food Appreciation Tour 2009 (DFAT 2009), our first stop was Tadakuma Japanese Restaurant. It was Davao’s first chance to impress our blogger guests from Manila. And they (me also) were definitely not disappointed.
Shrimps Kinilaw
Filipino home-cooking is common and easy to find, so it’s hard to find one that really impresses one’s palate. Mamu’s Restobar has the look and feel, the ambiance of a fine dining restaurant. Their menu, however, consists of Filipino dishes and recipes cooked and served with a twist.
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As part of the Davao Food Appreciation Tour, fourteen very lucky bloggers ate a five-course meal at the Polo Bistro Pool Lounge of the Marco Polo Hotel.
First off, we tried the very peppery (but not spicy) Pepper-Crusted Seared Tuna served with Cucumber and Kani Relish. It was very successful in making our tongues be prepared for more Continental Cuisine delights prepared by Sous Chef Alex Bomanlag.
Pepper-Crusted Seared Tuna served with Cucumber and Kani Relish by Polo Bistro of Marco Polo Davao
After the appetizer, we were served the very rich, very flavorful, and very, very cheesy French Onion Soup with Parmesan, Mozarella, and Ementhal Cheeses. Being a cheese-lover, I was enamored with the French Onion Soup. The cheeses complemented the delicate soup very well. I do not eat onions but I savored every onion strip in that soup.
French Onion Soup by Polo Bistro of Marco Polo Davao
Then came the salad and main dish combo. The Fresh Greens and Fruits Salad with Cesar Dressing was served with the main dish in order to cleanse our palates for the delectable main dish we were going to eat. The serving of the main dish was preceded by a live cooking presentation of our food. (SEE VIDEO!)
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