My Plates and Palettes

As the years go by, I did notice that my palette has grown, and learned that I have a distinct taste bud. Many of the foods I eat is not everyone's cup of tea. But I'm not here today to discuss my whole love for food but to share with you my thoughts on a place that is called Behrouz Persian Cuisine.

To give you a brief background, my cousin who was always in Metrowalk introduced this restaurant to me a couple of years back. One time she brought me there and the rest was history, I would always have cravings and at times, i'd just go to merely get me some takeouts.

So last night, me and my friends went to our usual #TropangKape night at Starbucks where we chilled for a couple of hours and just talk. We were quite hungry after chilling, so we ended up going to Behrouz at Metrowalk.

Looking at the design of the place, it seemed like a casual dining place, me and my friends would always dine here after a good drinking session of just cravings for Persian Cuisine. The place may not look like it's going to show great food but it does. Anyways, I always order the usual Shawarma Plate (price: 150) and Ox brain (price:80) and some soda.

Okay, so the Shawarma plate would come with the seasoned beef and either cucumbers or onions then tomatoes. The seasoning of the beef is just right not too pungent and just right for me, not too salty not sweet. For the price, I would say, it's a good run for my money. The Basmathi Rice (Long Grain rice) which is back in the days I did ask one of the waitreess' and she told me it's like 200 pesos per kilo (whoah, expensive).

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The Ox brain, in this restaurant, I assumed that they steam/fry the brain so it's served a little soft and bit crunchy. The taste of this dish is like the yolk of the egg or for Pinoy's its like the yolk of a balut. I know, it's weird but it has that creamy yummy taste. Mind you I know for one that its packed with cholesterol, so yeah I don't do it all that time but for the past 2 weeks I have been here 2 times already. (It's so good, I can't help it).

To top it all off, I love their Yogurt Garlic Sauce, compared to the other Persian Cuisine places that I go to, I would say it would rank 2nd for the taste (#1 would be the Hassan's Yogurt Garlic Sauce). Their sauce is creamy, garlicky but not so much and a little tangy. The hot sauce is really spicy, it's made from pureed chilis I would say.

They also serve the Kebabs and Kobideh's and they are great too. I once tried their Hummus and matched with the garlic sauce it's great too. The Yogurt drink their is perfect as well but little more tangy (I like the Yogurt drink of Hassan better though).

I am now salivating thinking about it again, but my over all verdict for this restaurant for the food itself would be a 4 out of 5 stars.

My only complaint would be the place, they should improve it, mind you the customers going there are not just regular people, you would see celebrities going there too. Secondly, the staff, they always look like their super tired and while they try to be super accommodating, they would look snobbish most of the time.

I hope you guys did enjoy my review on Behrouz. Do let me know what things you'd like me to review soon. Thanks!

xoxo,
Julienne

Last October 26th, my grandmother told us that she read about Suzhou Dimsum and she wanted go there. And, just in time for our village's annual Halloween Trick or Treat the next day, she thought it's a nice idea to serve their delicacies for our mirienda.

Off to our food adventure, the group (my mom, grandma, niece, cousin, my uncle and aunt) went to Suzhou Dimsum located in Mandaluyong. Honestly, I'm not that fond of Chinese food, so I was a little bit skeptic on what to order and all that. I eat Chinese cuisine but if I have the option to choose, I'd not put it on top priority. But hey, this is not the topic of my blog, right. :)

Let's start at the location; many foodies would agree if I say that regardless of the location as long as there's good food, the place will be jam packed with long lines, or with a full house. Looking at the exterior of this place, I for one would not consider this as a go to area but I wouldn't also judge the book by it's cover. As I entered the restaurant, it's a small place with an open window kitchen, waitresses dressed in a typical Chinese outfit and they have stools and cushioned seats on the wall side.

We were welcomed by Lyoni, I'm not so sure if I spelled your name right and if you get to read this, I apologize. She was welcoming and we were seated, I got the menu. It was a laminated menu that shows different types of food they have. We wanted to try almost everything in the menu so we ordered one order of what we think we like. 20 minutes or so passed and our orders arrived.

For dimsum, we were advised that the best seller was the Special Xiao Long Bao (it's ground pork with soup inside a dough) kind of like a siomai soup/molo that were used to but it's just all in one inside. It was my first time to taste this dish, and I was surprised the soup was very tasty and the usual ground pork. I just find the dough a little bit thick but it's alright since it's supposed to hold something liquid.

We also ordered some, pork and shrimp siomai which I think is okay, one serving is 4 pcs. It also had a big serving. The fried meaty wonton was next, it has a nice texture smooth and I can clearly taste the kinchay and the meat is not overpowering.

Next in line was the Siopao's. Mama ordered the 4 in 1, that includes the asado, bola-bola etc, salted egg and mushrooms. We all agreed that the dough was too thick and there was a heaping of filling but it just tastes like the typical siopao. The other one that we got was the Taipao, and I just have the same thought to it. It just looks so nice having a big siopao in front of me.

Now we go to Noodles, (and yes, if you're thinking, we kind of went over the board with ordering, we were thinking we were doing food tasting). We ordered the stir fried noodles beef which is the best seller in this section and it was a thumbs up for me. It tasted savory and sweet at the same time. It reminds me of the usual pancit canton. What really amazed me was the noodles, it's fresh.

Mom wanted some soup, so she ordered the regular beef soup. The soup base (caldo) is very rich and we liked it. Like the fried noodles, it tasted real good.

My uncle Toddy and I thought of rice and we ordered the Suzhou Fried Rice, the best seller again and it tastes good, it has great mix of veggies and I believe it's pork/chicken. It reminded me of yang chow rice. Of course, what good is rice when you don't have a dish to go along with it, I ordered the spicy chicken feet next. It was one big serving when I arrived, I think the way it's cooked was Sezchuan style. I was hoping it's the same as the one I eat at most Chinese restaurants, the one that is colored red. It tastes good, new to my palette but not bad.

Lastly, I ordered something that caught my attention when I was reading the menu, Tofu with Century Egg and Pork Flakes. I have acquired the taste of the century egg and since I haven't eaten that one in a long time, I decided to order it. Usually, it comes with congee to balance the sulfur taste of the egg. Now in a different scenario with silken tofu, it surprised me that it compliments to it to and the pork flakes. My uncle skeptic about the egg but once he tasted it, he liked it too.

After consuming what we can, we ordered some frozen dimsum for the event the next day and have it delivered with stir fried beef noodles.

Overall, it was a successful food trip I must say, I was full and it gave me new experiences and it kind of unblocked my liking to Chinese cuisine.

Here are some of the pictures I have about the trip. I hope you enjoyed my blog, do comment, share, like and subscribe. :) Thanks!

---Julienne--