Cajun

When I'm feeling stressed or down, I always splurge on good food. Just around the corner of Retiro St. in Quezon City stands a restaurant called Cajun. An American cuisine like no other! With their homey style restaurant, it really makes me feel relaxed and forget about the pressures in life even for just an hour.

For appetizer, you may order their sampler platter. The platter contains chicken fingers, onion rings, calamares and my favorite, cheese logs!

For their main entrees, my personal favorite is Chicken Alfred (breaded boneless fried chicken with Alfredo sauce) sides with their sauteed Hashbrowns and Cajun Saflon Rice. I also love their Mustard Chicken and Volcano Burgers! Well, practically, I love all their food! And the price, it's very reasonable. An entree with a big serving costs more or less P215-P275 depending on what type of meat and entree you prefer.

Then, it is going to be perfect to end your meal with their Overload dessert! Fresh hot chocolate cake topped with chocolate coated vanilla ice cream...hmmmmm....need I say more? No need to pay for an overpriced meal anymore on your next relaxing Food Trip; just drop by at Cajun and it now has two additional branches: Atrium at Megamall and Robinson's Galleria Movieworld.

Amici

Do you love canteen food? I'm sure that most of you would answer "NO!" But there's one canteen food that you would always crave for...it's Amici. It started its operations at Don Bosco in Makati. They serve Italian food....of course the usual pizza and pasta. But for me, they have the best fast food pizza in the metro! They cooked it in a brick oven....no oil is needed therefore, it's a healthy pizza. My personal favorite is the Frutti Di Mare (seafood pizza). Unfortunately, when I ate there with my "angels", it was out of stock. But anyway, we still had fun eating! We had Margarita Pizza, Mozzarella Frittos and Vongole (seafood pasta). The price is very reasonable especially for a pizza place. More or less, it's just about P200 per head.

They have branches in Don Bosco Makati, SM Megamall, Greenhills, Tomas Morato, SM North EDSA Annex and Alabang Town Center. So, if you're craving for a reasonable priced Italian cuisine on your next Food Trip, Amici is the place!

Jay-Jay's Inasal

When you go to a chicken inasal restaurant, you'd always order the usual chicken inasal. However, at Jay-Jay's Inasal, there's more to the grilled chicken. Jay-Jay's Inasal is located at Home Depot, Pasig City and it also has branches in Macapagal Highway and Tomas Morato...however, I think there are other branches around the metro. My friend and I went there to eat their 2-Way Adobo and it's really good! It has that salty Visayan style of pork adobo with flakes and it is best paired with plain rice because of the sauce. The price is very reasonable and it's good for 2-3 people. So the next time you go on a Food Trip at Jay-Jay's Inasal, better consider their 2-Way Adobo and your meal will never be the same!