A weekend trip to somewhere wouldn’t be complete without Food Porn! YAY! High five everyone let’s all get fat!
What I love about the restaurants in Boracay is that most of them are small with less than ten tables. The dining atmosphere is very casual, the servers know what they’re serving (which is very helpful) and the food is fantastic. To add to the awesomeness of this food porn, we were able to eat at two of the three restaurants in Boracay that were included in the Philippine Tatler Philippines’ Best Restaurants 2011.
First stop: Island Chicken Inasal at D’Mall.
We were with a bunch of very hungry boys who wanted to have something to eat, fast. At first I didn’t like the idea of having chicken inasal in Boracay because hello-there-are-chicken-inasal-joints-all-over-Metro-Manila-why-come-all-the-way-to-Boracay-to-have-one but hey hey hey Island Chicken Inasal is unlike all the other chicken inasals I’ve tasted in Manila.
The chicken is tender and is somewhat juicy unlike the very dry chicken inasals of Manila. The rice is also acceptable, not commendable but acceptable. (Side kwento: I don’t get why chicken inasal joints have rice-all-you-can promos and then serve bad rice, I mean if you want us to eat all the rice we want please serve acceptable rice.)
This leche flan may look flaky but it’s not flaky at all when you eat it, I don’t know how that works and I confuse myself sometimes but it’s really not flaky.
Second stop: Real Coffee and Tea Cafe at Station 1.
We bought a box of calamansi muffins to take back to the hotel but everyone was busy with the sand and the sea so I ended up eating all of them. Burp.
Third stop: Random buffet along the beach. For 250 bucks you get all the seafood (but they don’t have shrimp), grilled meats, any-any viands, rice, and iced tea that you want.
Fourth stop: Zuzuni at Station 1.
The tirokafteri a.k.a. spicy feta cheese dip is one bad ass appetizer. Perfect pita breads too!
The tirokafteri after we were done with the two pita breads that came with it. Bad ass serving size so you can have all the spicy feta cheese that you want!
More pita bread please. (Side kwento-ngue twister: Feta on the pita, feta on the pita, feta on the pita.)
Fifth stop: Boracay Regency.
Sixth stop: Lemoni Cafe Restaurant at D’Mall.
I think W still dreams about these perfect bacon strips.
I don’t usually eat desserts after breakfast but I made an exception with this Belgian Chocolate Flourless Cake.
Seventh stop: Cafe Adriatico at Gateway. Including these photos because I love the serving plates / pans / whatever-you-call-these-pretty-black-things.
Hungrrry hungrrry hungrrry weekend everyone!
Lemoni’s big breakfast is amazing. Their bacon is perfect. It even trumped the crabs we ate. Hahaha!
The crab from Boracay Regency is oh so pretty.
ang juicylicious naman ng mga food! esp the pasta, since i am a pasta monster.
and the feta on the pita…I’ll just eat that, never mind the tongue twister kasi I bet i’d say something not equally appetizing. ahahaha!
how were the calamansi muffins? di ba weird? like sour-sweet weird? i tried bizu’s calamansi cheesecake ata yun in a conference and i’d say acquired taste siya.
pero panalo yung sign na may brownies too, parang afterthought lang. ahahaha!
really acceptable rice for me is one that’s not too dry, yung madikit na rice. hahaha. but I agree, the inasals in metro manila are all tuyot. hooray to island chicken inasal for serving juicy chicken inasal, acceptable rice, and not-really-flaky leche flan. ahahaha! I love leche flan but the melt-in-your-mouth kind. very few make that kind of leche flan nowadays. usually, sa mga probinsiya na lang pag fiesta. ahahaha!
ok, i’ll stop. my comment is already a post in itself =)
HAHAHA. I always look forward to your comments. Ditto on the pasta monster, kaso medyo mas specific ako as seafood pasta monster.
The calamansi muffins are sweet-sour, very little problem lang ay mas tasteful and moist siya on the top part kesa sa bottom, so may mga times na gusto ko na itapon yung bottom and just start munching on another top.
Nasanay siguro ako sa bahay na very madikit yung rice namin (na ayaw ng iba, gusto nila yung buong-buo yung grains) so that’s what’s acceptable for me.
And ditto on the leche flan, my mom makes amazing leche flan, ang sagot ata ay nasa egg whites. My mom’s really OC-OC about separating the egg parts, tapos she strains it using a lampin cloth para smooth na smooth talaga.
yeah! that’s what I meant about the leche flan. pengeng leche flan ala-ayla’s mom! nowadays kasi people don’t separate the egg whites anymore. nagtitipid is the operative word. haha!
ditto on the madikit na rice. that’s what I want in my rice, too. heehee
parang I won’t bother with the calamansi muffins anymore. but to taste lang siguro, that would be fine with me. hey, no jonah’s fruit shakes nga pala? I heard they moved to a new place? dun ako naeexcite sa pagbabalik bora. I am soooooo hoping it would be soon. like early next year (would be impractical kung next month or december since I think we’ve had our quota of travels for the year. kelangan muna magipon ulit. hihi!)
Walang Jonah’s sadly, we settled for an any-any stand along the beach that sells fruit shakes (kasi mamamatay na kami sa uhaw) and got a rip-off of the famous Banana Choco Peanut shake.
grabe.. ansasarap!!
Masarap tignan, mas masarap kainin!
This food porn made my heart race! Everything looks so yum. I’m particularly curious with the calamansi muffin.
Sulit Boracay food porn trip! You should try it pag napadpad ka dun.
GAMBAS!!! Kanin nalang ang kulang hehe!
EXTRA RICE! Hahaha. Sayang lang na plain rice lang meron sa Cafe Adriatico, unlike their sister restaurants na may mga fancy rice.
OM your photos look so incredible. correct ka sa hungry weekend
pareho tayo ng theme ng post. i love the idea of small restaurants. it feels very homey and authentic. tawa ako sa inasal in boracay rant mo 
cheers to travel and food!
High five! The best chicken inasal talaga, siguro kasi pag nasa Boracay ka mas malapit ka na sa Bacolod kesa pag nasa Manila ka? Char. Dami kong alam.
i have never eaten inasal. bongga para akong nakatira sa ilalim ng bato. ewan ko ba, gusto ko kasi yung authentic eh tapos i have never been to bacolod, kesa naman imurder ko lang sa blog ko yung resto diba?
i forgot to comment on the leche flan here. kahit mukang curdled masarap talaga? hindi rough?
Yup, that’s the word I was looking for ‘curdled.’ HAHAHA. Hindi talaga surprisingly kumeri naman the leche flan. And ang sushal / purist naman ng hindi-ako-kakain-ng-hindi-authentic-na-chicken-inasal way of thinking mo! High five!