ELIZABETH: Hap Chan

Hello guys! How are you? I just wanna share to you one of our favorite restaurants this few weeks ago! A Chinese Restaurant called "Hap Chan"! Hap is the Chinese word for "to put together or bundle in one group". Chan is Chinese word for "place". Hap Chan defeated our previous number one Chinese food hot spot - ManHann... For the reasons you'll understand just soon enough. lol (Of course, Chowking is number one on a different list, if you know what I mean... hehe)

Here are my eating buddies also known as my family...

FOOD TRIP: Good Taste

Aside from Jacks Restaurant this is one of the great local cafe and restaurant in Baguio City. This Good Taste branch in Legarda compared to the first Good Taste - located near Dangwa Jeepney Terminal behind Baguio Center Mall - is much better - in location - easier access to taxicabs, with free 2-hour car parks, the comfort rooms are cleaner and since its like 4storey high (not sure) it has spacious dine area (I think the 2nd floor could be use for events like wedding receptions, meetings and company lunch out)!

Self service for utensils and purified water. You could always ask for a refill or for a pitcher if you're a group and some condiments are readily available on each table.

Did I mention it was spacious? Walk area is wide enough to avoid queues and food server traffic! :)

Simple chairs and tables, high ceilings give it a feel clean and the earth-toned textured columns gives a discreet vintage-y look, the lighting is so-so, and I'll give the greens a thumbs up!

This photo is taken outside before the hallway of the main entrance.

Meals here are usually local and cheap, good for sharing and is unbelievably scrumptious! The vegetables are crisps. Fresh ingredients I guess is the not-so-secret secret behind their dishes that could leave your stomach happy and tastebuds satisfied! :)

Now on to what's to bring on the table! :)

It is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO hard to choose which viands to order,or which cake to eat, which drink to drink, gahhhh! The menu is so wide, I suggest to look on the menu beforehand if you're on a budget and/or on a diet for that matter too! Beware, the names of menu could betray you! Tahaha

Beef Brocolli

Sweet and Sour Fish Fillet

Pinakbet na Gulay

Garlic Buttered Chicken

Pancit Canton

Chopsuey

This was taken before all of our orders were served. :)

Our table was long enough to accommodate 12 pax and we still have space for baby's things, carriers and stuff like that. We had a great time chatting away, the service crews were friendly and accommodating. I just wish they have table napkins and tissues available on the table together with the condiments, everything else is okay. :)

 If you can't decided which order to try, or if its your first time, you could ask for their best sellers like what we had, and they recommended to Garlic Buttered Chicken. Try the Pata Tim if you're not avoiding pork.

Enjoy Baguio! :D

Food Trip: MANNHANN on Mom and Dad's 26th Anniversary

I love Chinese food as much as I love Italian! Maybe because i grew up with it, eating pancit during occasions, be it canton, bihon, malabon, lucban, habhab, etc,. plus my mom is fond of making homemade carrot siomai out of homemade carrot juice! :P (One of the perks of living in Baguio! Another perk of living in Baguio was the uber-cheap but so delicious steamed or fried asado or bola-bola siopao from the local Danes Bakeshop! If you are to go to there, you gotta check them out!) And, believe me there are days when I'm so hungry of dimsum and oodles! :3 Back here in Makati, whenever we feel this way, all we have to do is walk a block and order our always in Chowking! :)

Yet again, my sister recently introduced us to a more next-to-the-level chinese restaurant that's near enough (whenever our cravings gets the best of us) as it is located at Market! Market! This particular instance was when we privately celebrated mom and dad's anniversary before celebrating it with close friends and relatives. :)

What we had was a heavy dinner with