A Foodaholic's Vignettes Of The Past Part I

I've been trying to recall how my love affair with food started because there are times when daughter asks me about it.

Hmmmm ... having a senior moment now- help!

But I'll try. One of my best memorable food and restaurant experience was at the restaurant of Good Earth Emporium. Ayan, buking na my age! hahaha. Anyways, Good Earth Emporium was a nice department store along Avenida (near Carriedo) in Manila. Aside from being a department store, it also had a sort of arcade with rides and a carousel (hope I'm not mistaken here or maybe I'm thinking about Quad?). Anyways, there's this restaurant inside Good Earth Emporium (not sure if its called the same, too) that serves Chicken-in-a-basket. This was my favorite and one of my most memorable food experience. The fried chicken pieces was served in a basket, hence the name. I love going to the Good Earth Emporium with my father especially on Saturdays because he usually brings me to his office along Avenida. And while he did his work, I was left to play with pens and papers and there's the promise of lunch or dinner at Good Earth or Quan Yin Chay in Soler Street.

Something Vegetarian


One day, I found myself going to Ongpin because I've been craving for some childhood goodies. Then I remembered Quan Yin Chay. It is a vegetarian restaurant located in Masangkay Street. When I was young, my father (a vegetarian) and I used to visit this resto which was near his office. It used to have a branch in Soler Street. So after office, my father and I would then head off to Quan Yin Chay and we'd have our fill of delicious vegetarian dishes.





Fish. You can fry this or saute with lots of vegetables. Daughter loves this fish, too. I'm glad that when it comes to food, my daughter can adjust well to a vegetarian diet.


Chicken. Fried. Its like chicken nuggets but tastes a bit bland. Need tons of ketchup!