The Flavors by Tanny

           Good food and good ambiance, the first two things we consider in choosing the place to go when we eat out together with our families and or with friends. There are numerous Filipino restaurants here in Cebu but only a few can be considered authentic. Most of these restaurants are not only bringing culture and heritage to our plates but also brings back the genuine time wherein our ancestors were playful enough to come up with the common Filipino dishes we have right now. I’m grateful that there are Filipinos who are likely creative to fuse Filipino dishes with other cuisines, like how Mr. Constantine Tan-Chan brings Flavors by Tanny which offers  upscale, healthy yet affordable and good Filipino-Fused dishes to us here in Cebu. Flavors by Tanny opened last December and they will have their grand launching on the 15^th of March 2014 wherein they will be raffling Ipad minis on that day (and I guess you don’t wanna miss it!)! You can get one raffle ticket for every 500 pesos accumulated in dining at The Flavors. You still have the time! 

Mr Constantine, proudly tells you that Flavors serves not only good but also satisfying organic dishes with the Filipino touch. He promises the freshness and quality of the ingredients being used in every dish to make more dining here in Flavors warming and enjoyable. 

Stepping in Flavors I was welcomed by the bright, airy and inviting atmosphere of the place, I loved the simplicity of the interior cause it makes the place wholesome and so natural. I’m a simple person so I’m easily pleased with simple things. Vivid colors, brown and green were comfort to the eyes and the set up was perfectly fit for the people who wants to have quality time with their families and friends. 

Wide array of dishes were served for us to devour, to start we had The Tanny’s Organic Salad which is a fresh mix of garden greens topped with Alfalfa sprouts with spicy roe dressing. The greens were really fresh and the dressing bit amazed my palate, combination of sweet and spicy all together brushing with the creaminess gave a wonderful start to my eating adventure for that day

Tanny’s Organic Salad 

The “Pho” Chero was the combination of our “Pochero” and Vietnamese rice noodles, this was a pot of gold which had the key to a full belly, beef was so tender (very slow cooked) and the noodles were so firm. You just have to get them together to fully enjoy it. This serves 3-4 hungry bellies! 

“Pho” Chero

Those crispy Spring Rolls with Sweet chilli sauce also appealed my palate, carrots, celery and corn were wrapped and deep fried (I love their “lumpia”/ spring roll wrapper because they were not that salty) Hey, man! Don’t cut the guilt! Even if it’s deep fried, there are vegetables in it! So what? To wrap it up, outside is crispy but it’s not dry on the inside (Still, don’t judge a book by its cover!) and It was also kind of sweet on the inside. (I guess it’s because of the vegetable juices and the kind of oil used

Spring Rolls with Sweet chilli sauce

Another exciting dish was the “Chichaprawns” these are Prawns breaded with “Chicharon” or salted pork cracklings; Oh my, the toothsome combination, this dish was just simply incredible! The two great things I love, Prawns and Chicharon joined their forces to make an extraordinary dish. I can still remember how crunchy, and crispy and lustily good this dish was (I actually had two pieces with this, cause I usually limit myself with one because its breaded and deep fried). This dish by Flavors is a good reward after the workloads I had to do for school; I deserved the “Chichaprawns”! (Oh boy! I’m craving for more) Zhequia agrees with me in this! The chicharon had the delightful relationship with the mayonnaise so I have to cut it from here from here.

“Chichaprawns”

           The Flavors Ginger Chicken Stew, was similar to our “Chicken Adobo”, it just had ginger in it. (heeee common sense for me hahaha). The chicken was tender and carried the gingery flavour, (for rice eaters like me) this dish will cost you another round of rice (don’t cut the guilt!). The mix was not new to me because my mum, loves to put Ginger in her home cooked “Chicken Adobo”, she loved it that way tho. 

Flavors Ginger Chicken Stew

Next dish was the Flavors Kaldereta Special (Goat stew). The sauce was a bit tangy and sweet for me, but its good in a way and I have to say that it’s better than the ones  from Rex’s Kandingan sa SRP (you can check my post about it right here) because meat was fork tender and it didn’t have the not-so-good-goat-smell that we usually notice in goat dishes.

Flavors Kaldereta Special

To make room for the Carbs (CHO), Truffle Carbonara was laid next; I didn’t find anything special from the dish, like an ordinary Carbonara, it was creamy and sweet. The noodles were also firm but a small portion of it was enough for me..

Truffle Carbonara

Someone’s craving for Steak was fixed in here; USDA tenderloin steak with Flavors’ touch was served in a platter of happiness accompanied with veggies and mashed potato. Hmmm! I’ve been meaning for a medium rare steak for the longest and here, I met you my darling! This is 8 out of 10. This platter serves 3-4 heads, so good for sharing!

Steak Baby!

Zhequia and I both agreed that their mashed potatoes is one of the best Mashed Potatoes in town, this was smooth and not that creamy and this was peppery too (I’ kinda don’t like those creamy mashed ones cause they’re just so commercialized),

For our drinks, Z had the Mango Basil Shake while I had the Pineapple Kale Shake, the combination of Pineapple and Kale was beatific and so healthy indeed, you can't really taste the Kale cause the Pineapple was there to fill the whole drink. Z loves Basil so she had the Mango Basil, for me the Basil was overpowering but surprisingly, the combination was wonderful. 

Mango Basil Shake

Pineapple Kale Shake

Hi 5 healthy drinks!

So, if you’re on a lookout for a perfect dinner venue, Flavors by Tanny is one great place for you, good healthy food and good ambiance joined together to offer a great dining experience to us Cebuanos. 

For a happy belly: 

"Tanny's Organic Salad with spicy Roe dressing"- P 180.00
" 'Pho' Chero"- P 495.00
"Flavors Spring Rolls"- P 110.00
"ChichaPrawns"- P 190.00
"Flavors Ginger Chicken Stew"- P 240.00
"Flavors Kaldereta Stew"- P320.00
"Truffle Carbonara"-P 220.00
"USDA Steak"- P 550.00 (Solo), P 990.00 (for 3-4 pax)
"Mango Basil Shake"- P 110.00
"Pineapple Kale Shake"- P 95.00

The Flavors by Tanny
Parkmall 168 Ouano Ave. Mandaue City

Open every single day,
11:00 am - 11:00 pm


For reservations:

Tel. no. (032) 422-8686


Cash √

Credit card √

Take outs √

Good for groups √

Parking √

Very friendly staffs √
Good food √


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Till next time! xx

Duz Grill ••• A homey deluxe

When you feel things go wrong and certainly not in the way you wanted them to be, change route and go head to Duz Grill. It's a place where crews and the owner/chef Alduz "Duz" Aizon makes sure that you'll feel the warmth of home.  I always wanted to visit Duz grill, in the rear of the spreading blog posts about it and I also heard a lot of great comments from friends that already  tried the place.

A home turned restaurant , Duz Grill (obviously the name was got from the owner/chef 's name)  was instituted last January 2013 but Chef Duz, already accepted "meals for delivery" even before Duz grill was born. Burgers and Ribs are Duz Grill 's house specialties keeping my imaginations off I headed to Duz to have for what I've been looking for , after the longest.


The place

No signage but this is the gate of Duz Grill.

After that blue gate, the Alfresco area at Duz 's garden will greet you the warmest hello. It was one of the sweetest I've seen and they look more mellow at dinner time, to cut this, it's just so romantic.

So this is Duz 's house, the family stays upstairs while the restaurant is situated downstairs.

As you enter Duz grill, you'll feel like a friend or a relative being invited for a little you-and-family-and-friends-time over some home style grilled ribs. The whole place was intimate and very homey and being in the home-restaurant business the whole family is in, Duz 's mother bakes the cupcakes here and she also decided the interior of the place.

LEFT: Conference area, RIGHT: "hearts room"

To the kitchen! :)

We stayed at the hearts room for better lighting, but still got loser pictures my cam doesn't wanna work with me this time  :(

Capiz shells curtain, let everyone 's head inside to turn to them every time they are touched

A tree that grows hearts, what a loving tree :) 

The food

Meat Original burger

I love burgers especially the one from Dong Juan they got my heart, my acheey breakyyy heart :P. I'm in love with burgers and I'm telling you not being bias, after tasting Duz Grill 's burger it left me unconscious. The whole package was well-thought-out and the burger carried explosive flavors dashing inside my mouth. I loved how charred crisp it is on the outside, but so meaty and juicy in the inside.

Then we also had their ribs

Original ribs

Grrrr!, Sorry for the picture camera doesn't wanna work with me I don't know what's wrong with it, I badly need a new one especially the one from my wishlist Hahaha. The Ribs, were succulent and tender, literally "fall of the bone" you won't even need a knife for this dish, the dish was so flavorful which makes me top it as the most unique ribs in town. The flavor was not the usual "flaming barbecue", it was a combination of    4S ' s -- Sweet, Sour, Smokey and a lil Spicy. Everything about the dish pretty amazed the girl, their stir fried vegetable sidings was tasty as of the ribs it seems a pleasing combination to a hefty slab of precious meat. Sorry again for the picture. :/


Their House blended iced tea deserves a mention too! And what adorable and elegant rice containers I see right there baby! :)

Duz Grill is the best place to bring your date boys, heard it right from me but be sure to reserve yourselves a space. Call ahead and ensure yourselves a table from the hearts room or a table from the alfresco area it will surely melt the heart of your love :) Tweet me after okay? :)

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For a happy belly 
"Duz Meat- O burger"- 80.00 P
"Ribs- Original"- 175.00P
"Rice in Cute containers"- 25.00 P
"Iced Tea"- 35.00 P


Duz Grill 
Restaurant and Cafe 
33A Fourth Street, San Antonio Village
Apas Lahug Cebu City.

Open Every single day, Lunch and Dinner
12:00 pm - 12:00 am

Cash √
Take-outs √
Deliveries √
Parking √

For Reservations, take-outs and Deliveries,

0939 9369103 or 234 4891 or 401 9012

Like them on Facebook for updates!

Duz Grill

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Just piggin out. :*

xx,

Thanks for making me a pig :* 

44/52 Bubble Tea Station!

One afternoon from school last semester, I came to drop by Banilad town center to have milk tea from Bubble Tea Station, Twas exam week so hell yeah! I need to study for it. The cup of wintermelon milk tea from BTS made me happy and unleashed the bad vibes (you know the feeling of exams -.-)

Bubble tea station kiosk

The bubble tea kiosk is found right by the main entrance of BTC (Banilad Town Center) you can just order and bring your milk tea around while looking for stuffs to buy around the mall. They also settled chairs by the side for you to sit down while waiting for the time to pass by while enjoying your milk tea. 

As I said above  I had their wintermelon milk tea which was good, one of the best I should say. The price was reasonable and the taste was excellent. I had it with egg pudding that it made it more sweeter (I forgot to adjust then sugar level) 

Luckily! Some people from Zee Lifestyle Cebu and the owner of Bubble tea Station Meyan Lim Young was there. Had a lil conversation with the owner and after introducing myself, she gave me a treat from her Asian food stall The "Small Eats" found outside BTC (right wing, beside potato corner)  which is a stall that could offer shabu-shabu to go and some Asian street foods! :) She handed me this Seafood Tofu drizzled with sweet and sour sauce that made me salivate and I was really ready to attack it :)) It was a healthy snack, #tofu

The Seafood tofu was so good, I enjoyed it with my milk tea. You can also order in Bubble tea if you want some of these treats, theyll serve it with your milk tea ;) 

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THE MENU:

Bubble tea Station

Banilad town center Cebu

Open everyday 10AM-8PM

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Bubble tea station

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@bubbleteacebu

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Have a great Milk tea day at Bubble tea station Ü

42/52 Lah-Lah-Lah Claypot in One Claypot House

Two months ago, I had a conversation with my Literature teacher Ms. Jobelle about her favorite places to eat here in Cebu. Then, she introduced One Claypot House to me that opened last March 2012 to pay a visit :)) having an idea of One Claypot house after some lil research on the Internet and Munchpunch.com. I was thrilled and excited to go there but, I was a bit broke that time so I need to save first before I could savor the goodness of the place :)

The beautiful day came not in a snap but happily it was more made special because I was with beautiful people.  Caroline graces of http://carolinegarces.tumblr.com/ and her partner in heart Dhel and my buddy Sunny Santos.

We arrived at the place with surprised and delighted faces; the house-type restaurant found in the center of Cebu could sit about 20 people and the interior added with the glare of lights and superficial decors completed the Asian scene.  We were welcomed with sleek picnic style tables & benches and a wonderfully designed restaurant.

 The decors were eye catching especially this dragon door knocker,

The food in their menu sounds special, unique and grand. We had their signature and most preeminent dish the Lah-Lah-Lah Claypot (250Php), this Chinese dish comprised with rice cooked in the Claypot itself where it is served,  was topped with chicken, meat, sausage, the bok-choy, hard boiled egg and the sauce. They were all cooked together in the pot without the mixing thing! When it was laid in front of us, there was a burnt smell around that gave me the bad impression >.< BUUUUT! The burnt smell actually added flavor to the dish, the sausage also gave that lil sweet kick that made it as a whole and made it very very very good 

We also had Chicken Curry and Homemade noodles (170Php)  an Indonesian dish that made my belly smile cause I like curry's so much. It had the packed curry flavor and the aroma of ginger plus the spices, this dish was peerless :) 

I wanted to try the milky bandung but they ran out of stock :/ (I'm sad :/ you should know how I feel) :(

Overall, the ambiance of the place was cool and our dinner was great. Asian inspired fused to suit the Filipino taste buds.  Cozy, with good service and this place is a pretty cool place to have a date (I wish my future boy will bring me back here :3) or have small celebrations with your family and friends ;) 

Caroline, Writer, Sunny

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Note to taste: They also have pasta's and some Pinoy favorite dishes.

A dish is good for 2-3 people :) 

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One Claypot House

#68 Don Gil Garcia St. Capitol Site 6000 Cebu city

(Near 7/11, ~Landmark "Shamrock" )

Open daily 10:00 AM till 10:00PM

Contact for reservations:

236-5003

09082791498

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One Claypot House Cebu

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Thank you Caroline for the cool pictures :))))

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