Joaquin Medina

LATEST ARTICLES ( 167 )

• Hokkaido Ramen Santouka: Surprisingly Delectable Pork Cheeks

  

  Once upon a time, we were at Glorietta and thought to check out one of the cool new ramen places for dinner. It was one of the cool new ramen places at the time... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2014 DINING OUT, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Awesome Food and Culture: Secrets of Lucky Chinatown

  

  I think it's awesome that despite being a bit too busy to be active with the blog right now, we seem to be getting continuous invites for some cool events!... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2014 DINING OUT, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hungry Hound Pub + Kitchen & Niner Ichi Nana

  

  We were invited to have dinner at this great-looking place called Hungry Hound. Alvie and I were happy the invite was for four so we got to bring along Jeric an... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2014 DINING OUT, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pink Panda South East Asian Diner

  

  Poor little guy.This great new place is a new project of the Hatch 22 group, which is why we didn't think twice before accepting an invitation to come over and... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 DINING OUT, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Crazy Katsu: Who Doesn't Love Katsudon?

  

  Man, I miss good Katsudon. This post I'm writing is about a visit from a few months back, so it's been a while. In the faraway land of Marikina, there's a great... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 DINING OUT, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hot-Star Large Fried Chicken: A Taste of Taiwan

  

  With BonChon and friends making more than enough of a mark in the area, everybody and their uncle is now familiar with what fried chicken is like in Korea. Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 DINING OUT, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tonchaya Japanese Kitchen & Bar: Okonomiyummy

  

  It's been a while! Let's see if I still remember how to do this. :)Okonomiyaki, in case you aren't familiar, is kind of like a Japanese pancake. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 DINING OUT, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hatch 22: Birth of a New Café

  

  Facade outside Powerplant.Is it a bar? a bakery? a café? Yes, yes and yes. Alvie and I were fortunate to have been able to attend a media event of this fine... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2014 DINING OUT, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mrs. M: Pork and Bean Casserole

  

  GUEST POST: My mom has always enjoyed writing (must be where I got it from) and she has happily expressed interest to write a guest post for Savvy about Nothing... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2013 DINING OUT, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dippin' Dots: The Ice Cream of Future Past

  

  I've really liked Dippin' Dots since I was a little kid and we occasionally had it in Glorietta 3. Self-proclaimed as the ice cream of the future, I thought thi... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2013 DINING OUT, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe: Mango Christmas Tree

  

  A welcoming facade.A Hong Kong Cafe! We were early in MOA for a concert (as you should be if you don't want to wait an hour to park) and looked around for a... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2013 DINING OUT, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Brasas: Latino Heat

  

  Latin American Street Food.In the semi-new SM Aura, there is a food court called Food on Four, and in that food court, one of the first restaurants that opened... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2013 DINING OUT, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Game Review: Bayonetta

  

  Image from here.Bayonetta. This is basically Devil May Cry without Dante and well, it's Devil May Cry with better action but horrible plot and characters.Lookin... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2013 DINING OUT, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sentro 1771: Sensational Sinigang Na Corned Beef

  

  OpenRice is taking me places. First, it was the Hong Kong trip, which I've only started writing about, and now it's something a bit closer to home, or since it'... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2013 DINING OUT, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• El Sur: Mercato of the South

  

  Alvie and I got invited to the opening of El Sur, the new Mercato of the south, conveniently located at Alabang Town Center. This also marked my first time... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 DINING OUT, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• McDonald's: Holiday Sweet Pleasures

  

  Happy Holidays! McDonald's is making its presence felt even more by releasing some new desserts for the season. The more interesting one is the Salted Caramel... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 DINING OUT, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Vikings SM Marikina: A Feast from The.. River?

  

  We've actually eaten at this branch of Vikings a couple of times already, and it's mostly because it's semi-convenient to get to, it's cheaper than the one in... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2013 DINING OUT, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sarsa Kitchen + Bar: Fancy Kansi

  

  It's almost six months since Alvie's new job and we figured it was time to celebrate by trying out a new Filipino restaurant making ripples in BGC named Sarsa. Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2013 DINING OUT, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hong Kong Disneyland Resort 2013

  

  The happiest place on earth! Of course we would visit Disneyland during our Hong Kong trip! Why the hell not?? Despite the tight itinerary, we were able to... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 TRAVEL

• Hong Kong 2013: McDonald's

  

  Halfway out the airport, we met up with Alvie's mom and aunt and decided to have a quick bite before the long and arduous 3.5 hour journey from the airport to... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2013 DINING OUT, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION