#twEATup ALERT!
To start 2012, the year of the Dragon, right…we’re having not just any tweetup…we’re having a really yummy #twEATup!
Cafe Mezzanine has been gracious enough to host this year’s first tweatup tweetup! So mark your calendars!
Please sign up here to RSVP.
Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 12 noon at Cafe Mezzanine.
Café Mezzanine (Volunteer Firemen’s Coffeeshop)
On the second floor of Chuan Kee Restaurant is the sleek Café Mezzanine. It’s a perfect spot to dine if you’d rather skip the crowded canteen ambience. The interiors are a shout out to the area’s volunteer fire search and rescue brigades, which benefit from all of the café’s proceeds. Dramatic black and white shots of firemen in action and shiny firemen’s hats adorn the bright yellow and purple walls. The menu features sizzling plates, burgers and sandwiches, soups, noodles and rice meals as well as fireman-themed drinks and desserts.
Don’t let the Western-style offerings keep you from trying the Chinese all-time favorites like machang, fish ball soup, go kong, and kiampong. Kiampong is salted fried rice served on a small bowl. Dig in and the rice–dark brown with soy sauce–reveals pieces of pork, chicken, dried shrimp, and mushroom. Unshelled peanuts and crisp fried shallots adorn the top and pack in more flavor. We ate that with go kong, a soup glorious with pork knuckles, meat and broth that’s not so salty. The café also serves large mounds of purple-colored siopao from Mr. Ube at P45 a piece. The special meatball siopao variant is made hefty with salted eggs, Chinese sausage and ground meat. The hot and spicy variant is aflame with grilled pork.
Insider tip: Open from 7am – 10 pm. Closed on Sundays after 2pm. Landmarks to look for: right next to Tasty Dumplings, Eng Bee Tin Chinese Deli, and the ubiquitous ube-colored fire truck parked at the side of Binondo Church.
Café Mezzanine is at 650 Ongpin St., Binondo, Manila. Phone 241-99-99 Loc 230.
from: spot.ph
Our host, Mr. Gerry Chua, a.k.a. Mr. Ube will also tell us all about TXTFIRE PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION, INC., a non-profit organization that helps disseminate fire alerts, alarms, and information thru an SMS Dispatcher Server.
See you there and tell your friends about it!
Special thanks to @blynchua for making this #twEATup happen :)
Don’t forget to sign up here to RSVP. :)
@juanxi
