MITSUYADO SEI-MEN PART DEUX

CALL ME SICK, CALL ME ADDICTED, CALL ME MAYBE, BUT I DON'T CARE! I WANT TO EAT AT MITSUYADO EVERY FRIGGIN DAY! I JUST HAD DINNER THERE YESTERDAY AND I BEGGED MY HUSBAND TO HAVE ANOTHER LATE MEAL THERE TONIGHT.

AAAUGH! IT'S THAT GOOD!

Ever since my first MITSUYADO visit (click HERE!!!) I have been there almost MILLIONS of times...

Okay maybe not millions but a number or two less :P

I ate here with my hubby before my birthday (February 20 ata) just so that I could try their TSUKEMEN (regular P240 / large P280)

I ate here again when I treated my family for my 25TH (ahem) birthday (March 2, 2013)

... that was a fun day! 

I ate here again with my husband to try the noodle cart...

I ate here again with my son Mati so that he could try the noodle cart... he he he! His favorite is their Pork Tonkatsu Ramen (P420+) which was only available for a limited time.

I think the reason why I dragged my hub here again was because I wanted to try their KARASHI RAMEN (regular P260 / large P300).

AND on another day (again) I pleaded with my hub that I am aching to try their TAN TAN RAMEN (regular P280 / large P320). 

If you have noticed, in the MILLIONS of times that I ate there, I only got the usuals but not their real specialty... the CHEESE SAUCE TSUKEMEN (regular P310 / large P350). Call me a scare-dy cat (which I AM with flying cockroaches) but I tend to always stick to my default orders. Because if I dined for example at Le Ching and got something else besides the SPARE RIB RICE. I will NOT be able to sleep at night if the dish I ordered was a disappointment. Believe me... I will fret over it for days until I get to eat at Le Ching again and correct everything by having the Spare Rib rice...

Even if everyone raved over the CHEESE TSUKEMEN I was still doubtful how something that would probably taste like Kenny Rogers' mac and cheese with soup will be good??

Thankfully I got brave and finally tried it out! I had it the previous night and I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT! I just have to have it again! 

And I did! He he he he!

When you eat at Mitsuyado, they only serve house teas (ice and cold) to aid in your digestion. If you want water, you could order their bottled servings which a portion of the price goes to charity.

I have a very tricky tummy so we usually bring our own jug of water. He he he he! Servers are very nice and would give us an extra glass with ice :)

I mentioned in my earlier MITSUYADO post that I eat more than my husband. This is proof of it... He only got for himself their JAPANESE FRIED RICE (P170)

I got 2 tablespoons of this and I understood why he did not order anything else to go with it. The rice was very tasty and had a generous helping of meats; this was already a meal of its own!

He ate with mucho gusto!

However, he forgot to request our server to put the pickled radish on another plate. Because of that, he did not eat the rice portion which the pickles "touched".... 

Guess who finished it? Tee hee!

Me and my hubskers... 

I wonder if the guys beside us are on a date as well? Yihiiiiiiiiiii! Kidding!

Now THIS is my new addiction!!!

You have the option to order cold or hot tsukemen noodles... I always get mine cold because I want it chewy and al dente!

If you THINK that this is just ordinary melted "kraft" sauce, think again. Their cheese is very creamy and sharp but not overpowering. I could imagine my Andrei, a cheese lover, would love this noodle dish. 

I was doubtful at first but now I believe... I BELIEVED (walang himala!!!) that cheese could go oh so well with soup! YES... IT... CAN!

... and this is their dipping soup! This would be saltier than their usual ramen broth so that you'll immediately get the flavors once you dip the cheesy noodles...

Remember... just mix, dunk, and slurp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you want a more "step by step" demonstration, fine I'll give you one..

... with the help of NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK'S STEP BY STEP!

Step one ("you could have lots of fun") -- Smile at the camera...

Step 2 ("there's so much we could do") - like put the cheese on the noodles...

Step 3 (falsetto - "It's just you and me!!") - Mix your noodles like a boss!!!

Please... don't be impatient and just top the cheese onto your noodles. You need to mix it very well. It's only a few seconds of your time for that delicious experience!!!

Step 4 ("I could give you mo-oore") - Dip your cheesy noodles into the soup...

Don't be an impatient little goat (AGAIN) and put the cheese noodles in the bowl. If you do that, then the cheese would just go into the soup... Now where's the fun in that? Plus it would lose loads of the cheese yummy flavoring.

Step 5 (don't you know that the time is riiiiighhht?") - Now put all of that cheesy, soup, chewy noodles into your hungry mouth!

HOH!!!! 

Now didn't that song just go oh so well with the step by step process? :)

HOH!!!

I love all things spicy so for extra enjoyment, I add some chili oil on my dipping soup! :)

Oh it's so beautiful!!!!!!

I'm amazed how the cheese sticks to the noodles... You won't find clumps clinging at one corner. With just little effort, you'll have cheese on every carbo string!

I hate it when my husband eats his pansit or mami with a loud slurp! Tut! Tut! So bad manners! For Japanese ramen, even if it is acceptable to eat noisily, I am still uncomfortable with it.

However with the Cheese Tsukemen, I found myself really doing that ULTRA HIGOP sound effect because if you try to eat it the way you would a normal spaghetti dish, the cheese sauce will be smeared all over your face.

So if you want to just be neat with it, do it like the boys do and SLUUUUUUUUUUUUUURP!

I tried eating the noodles daintily without any sound, and the sauce just dripped all over my lips. It was just not clear here since I don't have an (ahem) DLSR! He he he! If you look closely, there's even a cheese drop from one of the strands of hair of my bangs!

Oh no almost done!!! 

Another option for you to do is put the noodles on the spoon and give it a short dip in the soup. From there you could put the whole thing in your mouth... less slurp, less mess, more soup!

Finished! Oh I HATE pics of me eating. I just don't look good doing so!

Mati also became a Cheese Tsukemen mega fan when I took home some of the noodles yesterday. We invited him to go with us but he said he would rather go with his lolo and if we could just give him pasalubong. 

Why you little....       Alright!

Even if I was tampo that he chose his lolo over us, all was forgiven when he screamed "NOOOODLESSSSS!" with matching tight hug.

My son... the foodie like mommy :)

He also knows the protocol how to fully enjoy cheese tsukemen... First mix in the cheese...

Dip it in the soup...

Then slurp away...

My son got me hungry again... Now I can't WAIT to eat there again tonight! Tee hee!

LET'S EAT!

Mitsuyado Sei-Men
Makati
22 Jupiter St
Bel-Air, Makati
(02) 511-1390

GROUND ZERO (Lucena City)

I love going to my husband's province in Lucena, Quezon because not only do we get to see his lovely family and hilarious friends, but it is a definite food trip galore for me EVERYTIME. 

Yes, EVERYTIME even after we have been going there close to 10 years already. 

I still get giddy at the thought of eating the freshest seafoods, delectable grilled grubs in gata, and oh me gulay, the sweet but inexpensive cakes/pastries (more on that next post). 

Now as much as Quezon Province's specialty is Filipino food, you would be surprised at how a variety of other restaurants with different cuisines would sprout up and tickle your tastebuds. And one of those delicious surprises will be GROUND ZERO.

I was told that GROUND ZERO was a popular stopover already in Lucban Quezon. The branch was always filled up to the next street that it franchised another store in Lucena. Thankfully they did because it would have been a long drive EVERYTIME I would crave for some of that delicious tomato sauce they ladle over everything!

GROUND ZERO... The Pizza with TASTE. Now I know it's a play on words but somehow, something seems wrong with it. Ha ha ha! Oh well... so let us see if the pizza here DOES have taste.

It was December 30, 2012 and my husband's sister strongly encouraged us to try out this new restaurant in Lucena. She said it was very popular in Lucban because of the pizza. 

Hopefully the taste is not as cheap as the price!!! 

My husband's brother Syoti and his cutie daughter Isha joined us for a light dinner :)

Preeesenting... THE YAPS! Everytime were at Lucena, these little cousins are inseparable.

Mati got curious with the baked spaghetti (P104) and asked if he could order it. When his piping hot dish came, he was thrilled with his food!

The aroma was just mystifying! He wanted to dig in immediately if it weren't for some pesty Mommy taking pictures. 

Everything was just as gooey and cheesy as he hoped it would be. Plus the smell of that special tomato sauce was perfectly "herby" and enticing! I cannot wait to take a bite out of this!

While waiting for our italian grub, Yub ordered some potato wedges (P58) as suggested by our server. The wedges were just okay since I found it too thick for my taste. Nevertheless, the powdered coating was extra good and lipsmacking!

My son and Isha could be mistaken for siblings. They look exactly alike if you ask me!

Since we were just looking for  a light meal, my husband ordered their small DOUBLE PEPPERONI PIZZA (P177). The thick crust had a nice and chewy crunch. Don't let the size deceive you. This is so filling!

My husband's lookalike sister, Maan, strongly recommended I try the KALISSA ALMAMA (P93). I kept on calling this a Calzone but the waitresses did not understand me. They said it was more of a folded pizza. I hope I would know the difference soon. he he he!

This recommendation did not disappoint! Now even if I was still full from lunch, I wiped out this delicious sucker! I'm not really a fan of tomato sauce on my calzone but their special sauce truly complimented the cheese and veggies inside it. I even asked for an extra helping of the sauce so I could mop up my leftover calzone bread with it. 

... and this is exhibit A of the crime scene...

Mati followed suit finished baked spaghetti as well without even offering a bite to anyone. Just me! He he he he!

I know I said that I was already full but their milkshakes just seemed so creamy and inviting. So I ordered one of their Chocolate bestsellers.

I loved the sweetness of the cream and chocolate fudge but they did not blend the concoction to my liking since I got some bits of ice. But the taste was still yum!

This gets the YAP's stamp of approval! Yum!

We loved our dinner there at the end of the year that when my mother in law asked where we wanted to heat last March 23, 2013, we suggested to go to GROUND ZERO.

Mati ordered his usual baked spaghetti while I got my Kalissa Almama with 2 extra sidings of sauce!!!

My husband decided to order their PANCIT LUCBAN (P124) because his sister said it was very good too. He got so excited with how the Pansit Lucban looked like that he can't find the camera :)

By the way, you read that right just P124 for that heaping dish of saucy noodles which was good for 2-3 people! HUWATASTEALLLLL!

That's not a ghost, my little Andrei decided to pull a prank again and put his hand in front of the camera when I took the picture. 

We enjoyed the food so much that when Yub's childhood friends who flew in from Dubai for a vacation asked where to go for some food and chika, we immediately suggested GROUND ZERO on THAT VERY SAME NIGHT!

Yes! This was just 2 hours after my dinner with Mama, and we even sat at the same seats!!

Usually if you had a take 2 of a resto, in the same night even, you would get tired of it. But not in our case...

We were enjoying the food, laughing and making chika that you would think it was only our first time to go there!

It's very obvious from our friend's faces (l-r, Chydrik, Yub, me, spouses Tonette, and Tammy).

There was a lot of grub to choose from that pareng Tammy cannot make up his mind. He was so kulit that we were already laughing hysterically while he ordered.

Naks... the venue with TASTE. Check out the capiz chandeliers! Not too shabby huh?

Pareng Tammy treated me to a mugful of their cafe mocha. This just hit the spot for dessert and some java!

Check out their other grubs!

But we decided to have some more of their pizza...

Yep! The SUPER SUPREME medium (P364) did not disappoint! It was very delicious and cheesy to the last slice!

I found it hard to eat because Yub's friend Tammy always made jokes and wisecracks about every minute. Sentence of the night, "Napaungol sa init ng panahon sa Pilipinas" Ha ha ha ha!

Now even though I was laughing so hard and full from the previous dinner, I still helped myself to 2 small servings of their PANCIT LUCBAN. It was extra good if you put some vinegar in it :)

                                      My 3rd meal for the night. Oh my poor but happy tummy!

Chydrik was dead serious in making chismis of the latest with Kris Aquino. KIDDING! 

Such a great time with delicious food and great friends!

We did not want to leave GROUND ZERO but they closed shop on us and because we had such a hilarious time there, we had to tone down at Tammy's.

Yes this is us toning down. 

My husband and I rarely stay out late with friends but tonight was an exception. Oh but my boys gave us such a lecture when we got home. 

He he he oh well! It was all worth it since we had a super night!! Thanks mareng Tonette for the nightcap!

And with GROUND ZERO, it was a TASTE of a helluva good time! :)

LET'S EAT!

Ground Zero House of Pizza

Lucena City

Quezon Ave cor Gen Luna St

Lucena City, Quezon

(042)  797-1398
(042)  797-2646