Let the Feasting Begin:
8 New Restaurants to Try this September
By Shen Mascariñas

The holiday feasting need not wait for December. With the metro’s ever-changing, ever-exciting culinary scene, you can make your belly merry anytime of the year. Start the wave of food comas as early as this September. Treat yo’self with a hungry visit at these new restaurants!

8. Megawatt

41-A N. Domingo corner, Gilmore Brgy., Valencia St., 1112 Quezon City
(02) 501 2987, 0905 299 1852 | Facebook
Open Monday to Saturday from 11am to 9:30pm, Sunday from 9am to 9:30pm
Budget for two – P800

Megawatt is Manila’s first solar-powered restaurant and appropriately, its interiors peg a power plant. The feats of this Tex-Mex joint don’t stop at sustainable energy, though. When the spotlight is put on the food, Megawatt won’t disappoint. Look forward to hearty comfort food that’s pretty sinful, but absolutely worth it.

Just some must-tries are the Crunchy Mushroom Melt, Roast Beef Burrito and Fried Lasagna. And don’t forget to leave room for dessert. The Electrified Snickers—turon amplified with a Snickers bar—will keep you coming back.

7. Brick Burger

2F Hampton Gardens, Arcade, C. Raymundo Avenue, Maybunga, Pasig City
0917 713 2467 | Facebook
Open Monday to Friday from 2pm to 9pm | Saturday and Sunday from 1pm to 10pm
Budget for two – P500

Here’s another restaurant making a culinary first. Brick Burger is the country’s first Lego-themed restaurant. Relive your childhood as you devour their 100% Australian beef burger patties, sandwiched with colored brick buns. They also offer great game food like nachos, wings, onion rings and fries.

6. Yo! Panda

Not all of us are ballin’ enough to fly to Hong Kong on a whim. But, thanks to awesome joints like Yo! Panda, we can at least pretend to be there through food. This local, family restaurant serves modern Hong-Kong style grub in an Instagenic space.

Those with a sweet tooth will love their Egg Waffle Sundaes that come in various, exciting flavors. Their savory selection is just as impressive. Crowd-pleasers are the Giant Xiao Long Bao, Cheesy Noodles and Asian Poutine.

5. Happy Beans Café

2F Metrowalk Commercial Complex, Meralco Ave., Ugong, Pasig City
0917 508 7702 | Facebook
Open Monday to Sunday from 10am to 2:30am
Budget for two – P450

Rainbow cakes and pancakes are so 2015. The new foodie must-try is the rainbow latte, and Happy Beans Café is the first in the country to serve it. Happy Beans Café has definitely got aesthetics down—with their almost too-pretty-to-touch food and homey, hip interiors.

Here, you can enjoy board games, brews and booze all under one roof. And when you get hungry, there are pasta, pizza, rice meals and pica-pica to take care of your belly.

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