my second time at mr. ube and i came back for the beef wanton noodle soup as well as to try other few new things.
the day began to get cold and windy so it was the perfect weather for the beef wanton soup.
💠 beef wanton soup (₱185) - when the first time i ate there about three years ago, this dish used to cost around ₱150.
upon my return to mr. ube, i was a bit dismayed at first to see the price rising a bit, but when the soup was served -- servings were really generous -- i figured it was still worth the price.
the chunks of beef were still large (and there were lots of them) and pieces of pork siomai were large too. ah, how i missed this. still sulit 👍 -- it wasgoodfor two or even three if your appetite is not as big as ours. 😂
💠 crispy noodles seafood (₱185) - honestly, we thought that it was a one-person meal. but when this dish finally arrived, our eyes almost gouged out in surprise. to us, it was a big pile of crispy noodles topped with the usual pancit toppings -- plus tengang daga mushrooms that i liked. it was sogoodespecially when eaten right away to get the crispiness of the noodles. soooooo goooood! sulit din! 👍
💠 xiao long bao (₱120, 5 pcs) - xiao long bao or xlb for short is kind of trending these days. while i'm a sucker for siomai, i have never otherwise tried xlb as i am kind of resisting food trends. but well, i finally gave in and i was richly rewarded with the delicious flavors of mr. ube's xlb.
and it's not even included on the "best xlb's you should definitely try" list and stuff.
to the most knowledgeable foodies, this may be an ordinary xlb. but i fell in love with it at first bite. 😍
it was delightfully sticky to the bite, the flavors were rich and savory, and the yummy broth topped it all for this xlb. it was stuffed withgoodamounts of pork too. kind of expensive to me but oh well i came to love it.
💠 thai green milk tea (₱65) oh yeah, aside from the beef wanton, i came back also for the thai green milk tea. i loved its floral hints and aftertaste -- something like sampaguita or ilang-ilang. but when i looked at the ingredients, they were pretty simple: purified water, milk, honey and matcha powder.
with its sweetness factor, this was far from my ideal matcha, but the flowery hints really made me to love this drink.
it was also a bit concentrated so it was best to pour this over ice -- and servers seemed to know that all too well as they also brought us with glasses of ice cubes. 😊
i was thinking, maybe the bees were fed with pollens of sampaguita blossoms? 🐝 💮 it was really fragrant but the fragrant factor was not too overpowering. 😊
💠 naicha milk tea (₱65) - this was real brewed tea goodness, not the fake ones i usually get from most milk tea shops i've been to.
when i asked my sister -- who was my dinner date btw -- what rating she would give to mr. ube, she said she'd get all the stars in the sky for this restaurant 😂
for the food alone, mr. ube was a five-star winner!
plus, servers were nice (and prone to apologizing a lot -- they'd say sorry kung nabangga ka nila, or when your dish was served a bit late).
because we were so full, we didn't bother to buy their hopia, which i kind of regret now (i would have bought the custard hopia, my favorite).