Healthy Eats: Wabi Sabi

I would like to introduce to you one of my favorite vegetarian restaurants in Manila. Wabi Sabi is conveniently across the studio where I teach Yin Yoga 9am Thursday mornings and a short drive from my son's school, too!

When I am craving for Japanese flavor, I frequent this place for take out or have mini-dates with my son. They're known for their ramen. Vegetarian ramen? Yes!

Their menu is really affordable, too!

Seating capacity is only at about 12 so I suggest heading here right before it hits 12noon for lunch or non-peak hours. They are closed Mondays (I had to learn this that the hard way)!

They are known for their ramon but here's what I always order: The Okonomigyoza (75php) and their Chahan Fried Rice (75php) 

Wabi Sabi
POS Building, Scout Mandriñan Street Corner Tomas Morato, South Triangle, Quezon City
0918-9622935

Healthy Eats: Vegiezzen

I feel like I have been living under a rock. Why haven't I eaten here before? 

One nanny-less day, I drove myself here to try out their food for take home. Background story: on weekends, we let our helpers at home rest and we usually order or eat out. Due to very limited healthy restaurants and me turning (almost) vegetarian, I have gone searching high and low for more choices suitable to my lighter diet around the city.

On that fateful day, I struck gold! Affordable healthy eats so close to home. Wee!

I've decided to become a loyal customer ever since.

The restaurant is located across Ocean Sky Monastery in Little Baguio, San Juan.

You can find many vegan food products on this shelf and fridge. For unskilled cooks like myself, these products can help make food tastier at home!

Here is their menu...

Scary looking gigantic jars contain their hard-to-get enzyme drink and other vegetables which they use in their dishes. I have asked if the ezyme drink was available twice already but, sadly, I haven't had the chance to try it yet.

Since food orders are quite affordable, I'm happy to sample 3 variants at a time, yay! :) I love their veggiezen fried rice and beancurd roll. My kids are happy to eat these, too!

VEGGIEZEN

713 Jose Abad Santos St. Little Baguio, 

San Juan, Metro Manila

(02) 5313696

The Vegetarian Kitchen

Not too far from Beyond Yoga Il Terrazo studio is a little nook called The Vegetarian Kitchen, a cruel-free restaurant that is operated by the Soliongco family.

My first time dining here was with FLOW co-founders, Denise and Noelle. We got to try the Rich Tomato Malunggay Lasagna, Cream Cheese Spinach Dumplings, Couscous Paella, Vegan Apple Pie and Calamansi Mint Tea. Everything was superb! If I could cook and bake like they do, I'm sure my husband wouldn't mind turning vegetarian :P

The Vegetarian Kitchen
62-B Mother Ignacia Ave. QC
Tel. 5447733 Cel. 0917-8300511

Raw, Vegan & Crafty this October!

Beyond Yoga together with Breville is hosting a free Raw Food Demo with our lovely Asthangi, Margo Lao. Come drop by our gorgeous new studio at Bonifacio High Street!

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Marie of Kitchen Revolution is an amazing vegetarian chef who can whip up really good & healthy meals. I was fortunate enough to get to hang with this really cool girl back when I was still living in Palawan where we had a picnic on the beach! Her Benefit Brunch menu looks really yummy PLUS you get to help animals, too!

To the animal lovers and the herbivores, the veg-curious and those who just happen to enjoy good food — take note! Here is a chance to fill your bellies with deliciousness while supporting a cause dear to my heart. Also if you haven’t been to any of my cooking classes and are curious, this is your chance to taste my food and see if healthy (vegan!) food can indeed taste pleasurable.

RSVP is much appreciated. Fake RSVP’s aren’t. Seating limited to 25. When you RSVP I will share with you the secret location.

This is in celebration of a couple of things:

1. Vegetarian awareness month
2. World Vegetarian Day (today)
3. My b-day
4. My vegetarian anniversary
5. A meal where everyone eats meat free is always something to celebrate 

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I recently did an interview on Alessa Lanot. She is the brains behind Pipino & the cutest blog on the internet-  Life After Breakfast. She is is having her anniversary party on the same day! If you're into crafting & hop on to their Pino Makati branch ;)