Japanese Food, My Comfort Food

I have lunch with a group of ladies who are total foodies, at least once a month and I really enjoy their company. We talk about all sorts of things from our children, marriges (theirs, not mine) 😉  God, movies, we crack jokes, talk about serious and humorous topics and just enjoy each others company. We have dubbed it ” The Lunch Groupies”

We were all looking for a place to try out in Makati, because our usual go to yakiniku place was closed for renovation. I asked a friend of mine, Gina Reyes to recommend a place for us. Unfortunately, when we arrived at the destination, the resto didn’t open til 5pm. 😦 I guess it was a blessing in disguise because there was a small little Japanese place beside it, and we decided to give it a try. It was called “Mangetsu”.

It was a small Japanese Restaurant located at the Creekside Mall in Makati. As we walked in, there was a tiny hallway that led us up to the 2nd floor. It was a cute little Japanese resto reminiscent of those small yakitori places in Japan. I found it a bit dark (lighting wise) for my taste, but we were all excited to try it out.

Assorted sushi platter

Uni sushi

Fried chicken with 3 kinds of salt and Tofu Gratin (I enjoyed this)

Cold soba noodles and Seaweed fried rice

2 types of yakitori. I like eating my yakitori plain with no sauce and eaten with a splash of soy sauce, togarashi, lime (in this case it was calamansi) and grated radish! Yuuuum!