Chinese Food Adventure at your local malls!

Me and my friends are so fond of eating! That's about all we ever do when we go out! I think we've gone past the stage where going out means we go to party. We don't anymore and going out means eating the day away!

I don't mind the change, at 25 I've avoided drinking alcohol altogether. I used to go out and have drinks with friends after work but I hate the taste of beer, I only tolerate it i it's ice cold or when I gulp it with food. What I've been doing lately is hunting good places with good chow. Good food and a good conversation works fine with me and most of my friends.

We usually either eat Italian, or eat Chinese. So I'm going to talk about Chinese food this time.

Everytime I eat at my favorite Chinese restaurants, I feel like I've eaten too much. And then a few hours later, I feel hungry again! I downed some noodles, rice and a lot of greasy food I'm sure of it but why does my tummy want more?

I used to think Chinese food had some appetite stimulating ingredients with it. That was why we always made sure we took out what's left of what we ordered. We end up ordering too much and eating too much and a few hours after the hunger games begin. Some say the explanation for this is that Chinese Foods has a high Glycemic Index. It means that they are loaded with carbohydrates! Not a surprise right there, we're talking about fried rice, noodles, dumplings and the tasty deserts.The Body tries to cope up with the increase in carbohydrate consumption we had by eating Chinese food and produces more insulin to process the sugar. However after an hour or so of digestion, the carbohydrate load is depleted while the insulin in the blood does not immediately, thus the feeling of hunger. In other words you're not really hungry, you just usd too much insulin and it's still there on your system. That solves the mystery of why we feel hungry hours after a big Chinese food meal.

There are a lot of Chinese restaurants here in the Philippines, go to China Town and there's a fiesta of Chinese food there! But for mall goers you can also fill that Chinese food craving without having to go out of your way to go to China Town. My friends and I usually eat at North Park in Trinoma Mall Quezon City or at Mr. Choi's at Robinsons Manila. Both restaurants offer great Chinese Food. You can never go wrong with these two! At North Park, we usually order crispy noodle dish good for 4 servings, hot pot and lemon chicken. The last time I ate there we decided to try the jelly fish salad with the Crispy Noodle!

Crispy Noodles (not so crispy here because we asked it to be
drowned in sauce)

The Jelly Fish Salad!

I was so scared to try out this jelly fish salad, It looked weird, raw and I had this thing about jelly fish, brainless, alien like animals. haha! But it was delicious. I was glad to overcome my fear of them. At least this one's edible and not poisonous!

For Mr. Choi's kitchen, I always saw to it that I ordered that sinful Baked Seafood rice in Cheese sauce! Good for 2-3 people which I can down alone... i think. Provided I starve myself for the whole day! haha It's basically Fried Rice topped with sea food (fish fillet, clams, shrimp, abalons) and then they make the fishies swim in Heavy cheese/cream sauce and then the whole thing is baked or torched.

Baked Sea Food Rice in Cheese Sauce!

Hot Prawn Salad! (Heavy)

my partners in crime!

     

Taho! :D

Overall, our Chinese food cravings are usually met by these two restaurants. They usually serve food for sharing so you better wear pants with a little bit of allowance just in case!