If there is one Thai Restaurant that makes me reminisce my good old days in Bangkok, it must be…read moreMuang Thai. Decorations in Thailand are unique and the restaurant here in Malakas street in Quezon City just makes you feel you are in Bangkok. I like their pad thai. It is similar to that pad thai in Tesco Lotus. It's rich in flavours and it is really oily! the bean sprouts still have the crunch in it and the nuts are sprinkled on top without making tipid on it! Their tom yum is just the tom yum a Thai friend cooked for me: it tastes like the tom yum mix they usually use. hihi. Chicken pandan has the pandan aroma and taste in it. What sets this Thai restaurant apart from any Thai restaurant in Manila is that they sell goodies from Thailand. So, if you miss you favourite tamarind candy or you want that ointment or get some trinkets from Thailand, its almost sure they have it there. Dine and shop and experience Thai flavour!

The best Thai restaurant I've been to, so far (based on the many I've been to San Francisco, Los…read moreAngeles, New York City and Manila (sadly, I haven't been to Thailand)! Everything here is delicious! Our server is awesome! I wish there's one in California! The one I could google here in the US is located in Philadelphia (which I'll put on my list, the next time I'm there.

3.5 - decent place but I wouldn't classify it as Thai. Tasted a lot like Filipino food…read more Overall, the flavors were good! Pork belly was tender enough and the dipping sauce added even more flavor. Same thing to be said about the bagoong rice- just good. Due to the saltiness of the entrees, that veggie plate was definitely necessary. Got a complimentary sangria from spending a certain amount. Service was just sub par.

I had just returned from a trip to Thailand, and felt like seeing what Manila had to offer. I got a…read moreMetroDeal for this restaurant, so we went. It's in the Block section of SM City North Edsa, but it does have waiter service and tables. Jatujak's menu seems to be more of Filipino Thai fusion than authentic Thai. The MetroDeal had to be used all at once, so we ended up getting a lot of items on the menu. We got the steamed lapu lapu, crispy pata in red curry, crispy noodles, fried snapper, pad thai, pork spring rolls, glass noodle salad, papaya salad, tofu salad, and catfish salad. I can't say that most of these are straight Thai. They were all pretty good, but most of them were much sweeter than I would have liked, especially the pad thai. I would say that the pad thai was bad. The pork spring rolls were definitely just extra large lumpia shanghai. But i did enjoy the Crispy Pata in Red Curry. The crispy pata was cooked well and the red curry had a touch of heat. Jatujak stood no match for anything in Thailand, but I wouldn't be opposed to eating here.

I really find it weird that there are so few Thai restaurants in Manila. Given how much other…read morecuisines are represented, you'd think that Thai food would be more commonplace. It's sad, really, as I love the interplay of flavors associated with it. One of the bastions of hope in serving up decent Thai food in the Metro is Jatujak. They've been in business for a couple of years already and thankfully haven't shut down their doors. Throughout the years, even at different branches, Jatujak has been consistent in delivering the goods. I usually order the red curry beef. It could be a tad spicier but I guess it is tuned more for the local palate. The chicken pandan is also good, although I find them to be a wee bit small. The pad thai noodles are always cooked al dente and they don't scrimp on the toppings, which is always a good sign.

I'm only giving it 3 stars because I haven't tried everything on the menu yet!…read more That being said, Me Love You Long Time is one of the more interesting food spots at the Z. I love the homage to Stanley Kubrick painted on the wall (Full Metal Jacket is one of my favorite films!), and I find myself mentally replaying the scene where The Joker and Rafterman are having afternoon beers while the Vietnamese prostitute saunters over and delivers her now immortalized spiel, to the tune of Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'." The only food I've tried on the menu is their Pad Thai (which isn't Vietnamese, BTW), which for less than 150 pesos is an excellent plate of vegetarian pad thai. I prefer my pad thai to balance the umami of patis with lots of citrus and maybe a dab of sweetness. Me Love You Long Time's pad thai has a great recipe for it, and trust that I always make a bee line for MLYLT whenever I'm at the Z Compound (if I'm not lining up for Meshwe instead!).

Won't you satay with me, 'cause you're all I need?…read more I admit I got horribly punny while eating at the al fresco dining area of Me Love You Long Time. It was our anniversary night and we decided to go adventuring along Maginhawa and because of budget constraints, we ended up sourcing food from the different establishments in Malingap's Z Compound. One of these was Me Love You Long Time, and despite my lobster nodding conspiratorially at the name and insisting that it's from Full Metal Jacket, nothing clicked. I stopped caring when the food arrived, though. I had pho ("pho you!" I chuckled, as the waitress glared at me disapprovingly) while my Bicolano lobster had the spicier Thai chicken curry and chicken satay. The food was hot in more ways than one, so I balanced it out with their delicious Thai milk tea (if it's a Thai place, should I just call it milk tea?) We capped off the meal with their highly-recommended (by another Yelp scout, no less) langka ice cream. The owners make it themselves, and it was langka-mazing.

Fun fact: Me Love You Long Time is apparently a reference to the war film Full Metal Jacket, where…read morea Vietnamese hooker uses this line to pick up American GIs. Well, the more you know... Whether you're having recurring cravings after your Southeast Asian food trip or in search of one without having to hop on a plane, this pop-up stall tucked in the back corner of StrEat has got to be one of your stops. Ever since I had chicken satay on the streets of Kuala Lumpur, I've fallen head over heels for them and I'm proud to report that the ones here did not disappoint. The chicken was so tender and flavorful from the curry marinade, making me wish they were a little bigger and topped with more peanut sauce. I also had their Thai iced tea, which I'm glad wasn't drowned in milk and still tasted like tea. I'll be back soon for another adventure with their pad thai and spring rolls, because me love MLYLT long time for sure.

I went back to MLYLT2 for the first time in a long time. I was utterly disappointed because of the…read morequality of the food. The chicken satay was flat, dry and bland, and simply just not as flavorful as before. What ruined the meal, though, was the nasi goreng, which I have tried for the first time. My idea of nasi goreng is fried rice soaking with kecap manis. The oilier, the better. Theirs is a soggy attempt at nasi kuning, which is yellow Javanese rice. The turmeric was just so overpowering, it made the dish very bitter and inedible. And to think that the dish is P160. I just wasn't happy with the meal. I broke the P300 mark but it wasnt even good. In fact, it was pretty bad. Makes one wonder what happened to my old favorite...

I first tasted Bodhi's way back when I was on a student budget, looking for something good to eat…read moreat the food court. I've eaten Bodhi's dishes for years before I even found out that they only served vegetarian dishes. I did not even realize that there was such a thing as vegetarian meat. Bodhi's is proof that meat substitutes do not always have to taste like cardboard. I suppose that the secret to their dishes is that the sauces are rich and flavorful, which makes up for the lack of meat. The beef and broccoli dish is a personal favorite; a close second would be their 'pork' barbecue skewers. Given the amount of sugar and other flavorings that they use though, I don't suppose that their food is diet-friendly. I always end up at Bodhi's during the Holy Week, when most people are in search of meatless dishes. They have a decent selection of meals, so that you can and dinner there for three consecutive days without getting tired of the same flavors.