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Toyo's Too Little, Too Good

6/24/2016

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Dining in Toyo Eatery was no mistake. This restaurant masquerading as an eatery has a menu of Pinoy dishes with a modern twist. And don't we love that twist!
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I failed to take photos of everything we ordered. Like I missed snapping photos of the amuse-bouche, the yummy Tomato Merengue, as well as the Tocino bread which was served warm. And the ones I took were so haphazardly made because we were just too eager to eat them. Take these first 2 photos. The Bangsilog with grilled loin and bangus belly topped with an organic egg is NOT your standard 'silog. The rice is sticky and the bite crunchy with chicharon bits and tuna roe.
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As for the Kalabaza soup, it's good but I won't really rave about it. I do like its simple presentation though -- no pretensions, yet def not your usual squash or pumpkin soup. The Camote crisps add a modern touch to this roast squash soup blended with fermented kadyos and cashew butter. Got to admit it's photogenic!
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The Garden Vegetables with crunchy cigarillas is the same "Bahay Kubo" creation of Chef Jordy first introduced in Black Sheep, where he and his entire culinary crew came from. It's creative, inventive and good. A real modern and novel twist to your starter salad.
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Now comes my favorite dish. The bangus belly sitting atop some veggies oozing with bangus ju is the bomb. How I wish there were more pieces. Those 2 tiny slices just won't do. Since the ingredient itself is not pricey, they could have been more generous with their servings. Same goes with the 3 cut pork barbecue which I remember eating but sorry, no photos of the 3 cuts from casim, liempo and pigi. Comes pricey though for a "street food". (Below is a "borrowed photo" from Toyo Eatery's IG Account)
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Those grilled tentacles and that bowl of alukon and okra I could have easily wiped out in a few bites and spoonfuls. I felt deprived. It's not fair to have it sooo good and so little. 😔
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Truly, TOYO is reinventing the Filipino menu by using local ingredients to whip up something flavorful, familiar, but not quite. Even the Torched Cassava Cake confuses the palate -- is it a cake? a pie? a marshmallow? However it's done, it's good. A tad dry, but delish. Chef Jordy and his crew delivers but let's just say a little more of each would have rendered it perfect. Seriously.
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HEIROKU SUSHI (Shibuya, Tokyo)

6/9/2016

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It's Day 3 and we're still craving for sushi after 2 days in the (Disney) park and some shopping in Takeshita-Dori in Harajuku. So we headed for Heiroku Sushi in the Shibuya area just off the Meiji-Dori for our sushi fix.
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The conveyor belt paraded many of our sushi favorites. We're happy. Not content, we ordered a couple dishes a la carte. We tried to make room for iced matcha or green tea ice cream but no way, Jose. The desserts had to wait.
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We needed to walk off all that, and so we did. A bit more shopping in Tokyu Hands, as requested by the elves, but still feeling like our next meal had to wait for tomorrow. What makes this even great is that the bill came up to just slightly more than ¥7,000. That's about P3,000. Not bad at all.
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