Lemon Grass

Before watching Thor two weekends ago at the Shang,we decided to try this cozy looking resto at the ground floor beside Dome Cafe . Lemon Grass is an Asian bistro,  a melting pot of a variety of cuisine with  Korean, Vietnamese, Malaysian , Chinese dishes on the menu and I even saw some Japanese items I think..

It was a rainy sunday so we decided to have a bowl of laksa and korean beef stew in claypot.

The laksa had servings mostly of tofu, fish cake and shrimps. The fish cake was a bit springy and a bit salty for me. Hmm..I've tasted better laksa, there's something missing with the broth..

The korean beef stew with a serving of rice on the side is ok except that it didn't look and really tasted like korean beef stew because underneath is a bed of sliced onions. Hello, it's more of beef steak Tagalog ! Good thing the beef was tender but they should rename this dish or improve it, it lacks the flavor of a classic Korean beef stew..

Maybe I have to try their rendition of the other Asian classics in the menu but I wasn't really sold yet with this first visit given their serving size, pricing and the taste of the confused beef stew.

Ba Noi, for your Vietnamese fix

I've heard so much about this hole in the wall Vietnamese resto along Perea in Legaspi so Marco and I decided to try it a few weeks ago. We weren't disappointed. We ordered the usual , fresh spring rolls but aside from the peanut sauce I requested for the sauce they are using for the shrimp pomelo salad. I got the seafood pho and Marco got the beef pho. We love the spring rolls, the taste is right, clean and fresh. I like the broth of the pho , really good,  both the seafood and beef, it has that homemade feel to it , the beef is really tender and thinly sliced. The seafood pho has shrimp and mostly squid , it was ok but I will not order it again and will stick to the beef pho. Overall, it was a pleasant dinner and for sure we'll be back in Ba Noi.

fresh spring rolls

seafood pho

beef pho