Porterhouse Steak - Well done! at Rap's Steak Haus

Last July 26, Monday, a day after my birthday, I received an email from Tody. He said "Steak tayo". I didn't think twice, I said, "Yes, why not".

We met in LRT, Taft. I was an hour late due to my work sked which I didn't tell Tody in advance that I am to leave the office a little late than usual. We are supposed to met there at 6:30pm but I arrived at 7:30pm. Of course, I need to go back to my apartment to change my outfit. I always wanted to wear something special when I'm with him whatever the occasion especially it's my post birthday celebration.

After a few minutes spent in the train, we arrived in Vito Cruz. A little crowded with a few students from La Salle, we found our way to Rap's Steak house. The resto's ambience is simple, the tables and chairs seemed old already and kinda overused. Most of the customers were students or office employees around the area.

We took our seat, I preferred to be seated near an aircon or a fan. I just don't want to get sweaty while eating. Just want to be comfortable so I would enjoy my meal. The waiter came over our table and asked for our order. I let Tody order for us, he knows which steak is better. So, he ordered Porterhouse Steak, Well done!

After almost 15 minutes, finally our orders were served! I was surprised. I thought the steak's size would only be a little slice like Salisbury steak in Red Ribbon. This was my first time to eat at a steak house that serves really good steak that will satisfy your palate at a very affordable price!

Recipe: buffalo wings

The first time I tasted the buffalo wings of Shakeys, I just can't help but try to cook the same at home. Tody and I bought 4pcs of chicken wings from Monterey near his apartment. I told him, I'm going to cook it like the one we ate in Shakey's.

So, I began preparing the ingredients, salt, pepper, flour, hot sauce. Then, after almost an hour, we ate my own version of buffalo wings. The first things was, it didn't tastes like Shakey's! Ha!ha! It's bland! Not as tasty as I want it to be. It lacks salt and chili powder...I'm kinda disappointed with my first time to cook this recipe. We still ate the 4 pieces of buffalo wings though and told myself I'll do better next time.

After a week, I cooked buffalo wings again and this time I could say it's perfect, although not exactly like Shakey's version, still it tastes great, not too little or too much salt. I added cayenne powder in my ingredients and changed the Jufran hot sauce to Mama Sita's and Tody said, it tastes good!

Now, I've learned, I shall not give up especially in cooking tasty food and I shall not be contented eating bland recipes.