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Hey there little sister of Yee Hwa Restaurant ! I have been seeing constantly this restaurant across social media from Instagram to Facebook and it tickled my curiosity.  Why is this restaurant utterly famous among Filipinos? Maybe because the cuisine is Korean? In fact, Filipinos have been into the Korean craze (South Korea in exact) for quite some time now and this restaurant might be the quick fix to those cravings for Korean foods!.  Thanks to K-Pop and K-dramas as these have propelled us to get hooked on their interestingly sumptuous dishes! This restaurant located along the food strip in Al Jazeera Street, Fereej Bin Mahmoud, Doha, Qatar is called LITTLE YEE HWA .  They added the word "little" since this restaurant is the sibling of the forerunning restaurant  Yee Hwa Restaurant which is located in Al Nasr, Doha, Qatar. This is a fusion restaurant.  An intermingling of Korean and Japanese cuisines, in general.  Though I have se...

KISHMISH was the very first restaurant for casual dining that I have tried during my first week in Doha, Qatar.  I was so relieved that it was a Filipino lunch buffet that time, which was also my first dining experience at Kishmish.  The second time we were here, it was lunch time still, but I think the buffet that time was not Filipino, so we opted for their combo meals. KISHMISH is actually a fusion of Indian and Filipino dishes.  The restaurant is relatively new as obviously seen with the brand new appeal of the furnitures and anything from floor to ceiling.  I really love dining at newly opened food establishments! My forever food and travel buddy has been loving Arabic and Indian foods due to the number of years he has been exposed to this kind of cuisines.  So, he went for an Indian lunch and ordered for the BEEF BIRYANI , which included different Indian sauces and a plate of Chappathi. During this meal, I have been itching to eat for "...

Shabu-Way Hot Pot Cuisine is a fusion restaurant - a mix of  Korean, Japanese, Asian dishes in one dining place. I'll be giving a bit info here on the two concepts that this restaurant offers, via wikipedia: What is SHABU-SHABU ? Where it originated? Shabu-shabu   (also spelled  syabu-syabu )  is a Japanese  nabemono   hotpot  dish of thinly sliced meat and vegetables boiled in water. [1]  The term is  onomatopoeia , derived from the sound emitted when the ingredients are stirred in the cooking pot and served with dipping sauces. [ citation needed ]  The food is cooked piece by piece by the diner at the table. Shabu-shabu is considered to be more  savory  and less  sweet  than  sukiyaki . Shabu-Shabu   was introduced in Japan in the 20th century   with the opening of the restaurant "Suehiro" [2]   in   Osaka , where the name was invented. Its origins are traced back to the ...

My family frequents BANANA LEAF in Ayala Center Cebu either for lunch or dinner.  We have dined in this restaurant several times but this is my second feature about this fusion restaurant.  See HERE for my 2010 blog post. BANANA LEAF is a multi-awarded in international restaurant that pioneered introduction of  Southeast Asian cuisine to Filipino diners since 2001 through the authentic delights of modern Malaysian, Singaporean, Thai, Indian, Vietnamese and Indonesian foods. These photos were taken few years ago but I have almost forgotten about them.  I was deleting some folders from my photos and discovered that I have not posted this set.   For sure if you have just recently eaten at Banana Leaf, you can determine that these are old shots since the last time we have dined there, the restaurant no longer provided an advertising table napkin and my photo above still have their signature table napkin. We were only four during this visit, howeve...