Dimsum Feast at Summer Palace, Edsa Shangrila Manila, Philippines

 Brunch with Hubby's side of the family means waking up for a bit of dimsum... but their version of "a bit" is quite different. You'll get what I mean in a minute.

We mostly get our dimsum fix from Summer Palace, Edsa Shangrila. For this particular Sunday, our brunch party included Auntie Shirley, Sonny, Ryan & Sherm. 

We arrived at around 10am just in time for their dimsum cart to make its rounds. 

Radish Cake (Php 180)

To start us off, we got 2 orders of the Radish Cake; mother-in-law's favorite dimsum treat. This was actually a substitute to their cubed radish cake with XO sauce (which seems to be off the menu), a poor one at that. I like my radish cake to be crunchy on the outside & soft on the inside. Food-Stars Verdict? I hope they bring back the one with the XO sauce.

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The Pork Siomai (Php 210) makes its appearance! This was served fresh from the cart hence the steam. Food-Stars Verdict? Yummy pa din, although the size of the shrimps were disappointing. 

Hakaw (Php 220)

Our next dimsum choice for the day was Hakaw or as Summer Palace makes it, HUGE ass fresh shrimps wrapped in thin wanton wrapper & steamed 'til orange. Food-Stars Verdict? Still the star of their dimsum cart :p

Sunday Munch Out at Marriott Cafe, Newport City Complex

** Late post **

I think we're on a hotel eating spree. :) For this particular Sunday, we headed out to Marriott Cafe at the Newport City Complex. 

Marriot Cafe, Newport City Complex

As always, we were expecting stellar service. What we got instead was a huge disappointment. Even with reservations done days before, the people manning this reception counter were clueless. After almost 15 agonizing minutes, they soon found it penciled in their books. 

As we were about to walk in, they stopped us again with a lame excuse that they were not yet open for lunch even if there were already people seated inside enjoying their meal. Seriously? They made us wait another 15 minutes before ushering us in. 

You can just imagine how frustrating it's become even before the meal started. Ugh. A definite bad start.