Food trip: Yellow Halo

It's been awhile since I've done some writing that is not at all related to school and since I'm on a semestral break, I've decided to write a blog about my recent food escapade which involve vegetables and <500 calorie.

It was an impromptu adventure with my friend who happened to have won Saab Magalona's twitter contest giving her gift certificates to Yellow Halo (the restaurant owned by Saab's siblings - Maxene and Elmo). So there, my friend (whom I think saw my plurk post about me going to Ortigas) asked me where I was and told me that she had GCs to a restaurant, and being the patay gutom that I am, I immediately replied and though she told me that the resto's a far from where I was, I still said YES to coming with her because (1) it's free and (2) it's food (who wouldn't want a free meal ayt?). We decided to meet at SM Megamall and walked to Strata100 where the resto was - we kind of had an adventure 'cause she was not sure where it was located but good thing there were good people around to ask for directions :) And then there was that building with the big signage "STRATA 100" hoooray we made it! Oh and by the way, while we were walking, we had this conversation about the Magalonas, that maybe we would get to see them ;) 

The place was small yet cozy, a typical "cafe" wherein you could just hangout and have a good meal with friends. And I like that the place was kind of 'modern' and the color yellow just makes it look like a happy place. My friend went to the counter to ask about the GCs, fortunately there's no limit to the amount of GCs that can be redeemed, then we sat at a 2-seater table near the counter and looked at their menu. It was interesting, besides the name and the price of the meal, the calories were also written - and the catch was that their food has less than 500 calories - it's a guilt-free food experience. 

So we ordered, one for every category except for the healthy plates (we decided not to order rice meals) - we had tuna whole wheat pasta, for the sandwiches, we had chicken fajita and tomato with basil and cottage cheese, and one of the vegetable salads which has fruits in it. Then I ordered Mango shake (I was afraid of the other beverages, like the apple wheatgrass-- didn't sound so good to me haha) and my friend had Watermelon basil. 

Chicken Fajita 

The Chicken fajita was okay, though I didn't like that it had a lot of bell pepper in it (or maybe just the part that I had). It was good as whole since the bell pepper, onion, chicken and the 'sauce' complemented each other, though the chicken kind of lack some seasoning 'cause it didn't have that distinct taste when I ate it separately.  I like the tomato with basil and cottage cheese sandwich better - the cheese made it creamy!

Tomato with basil and cottage cheese 

The pasta was my favorite! I think the tuna was grilled which gave a different yet very delicious taste. And they are very generous with the proportions - the tuna, vegetables and the pasta. It was more than enough for us (or maybe because we weren't that hungry haha). I also like that it was spicy - enough to have a slight tingle in the tongue ;)

Tuna whole wheat  (P150)

Lastly, the salad. I'm not really a fan of vegetable salads and I only eat the lettuce most of the time haha! Soooo.. the salad was..okay for me, though I like the dressing - it's a mix of everything (we think haha), though my friend said that the pomelo was kind of stale.

salad with the fruits ;) forgot the name (P130)

drinks + Frenchly (P65/drink)

Overall, it was fun! I really am glad that my friend invited me to this place - after everything, I felt that for a moment there I was healthy and happy.

It's funny how we mentioned before about seeing the two Magalonas at their own restaurant - and we did HAHAHA! Though we didn't get the chance to have a picture because they were busy shooting for a segment on some talk show (i think) and later that day, I saw a tweet from Pia Magalona about Elmo doing the Star Myx present at the Yellow Halo.