Mezza Norte experience

June 29, 2013

I'm one of those people who are fond of reading food blogs, especially when they're filled with pictures. I'm also curious of food markets so when I found out that Mezza Norte is just across Trinoma, I was excited to try it.

My goal - taste food from as many stalls as possible
My strategy - share the food with my companion

Chicken choppers(Php 90 ala carte; Php 100 with rice)

Deep fried chicken breasts chopped to bite-size pieces. You can choose from different powders for added flavor: Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Lemon and I forgot the others. We opted for the safest: Pepper and Cayenne Pepper. This is served with deep fried basil leaves on top. From the first bite, I'm immediately taken back to my childhood where we would buy something similar to this. But the great thing here is that the chicken is boneless.

Grilled hotdog(Php 40/stick - jumbo hotdog)

I just love grilled hotdogs :)

Hickory Beef BBQ with rice from Sultry Chef(Php 120)

The beef was soft but not so much on the hickory flavor It tasted more like beef brisket served in Chinese restaurants minus the Chinese herb they put in it.

Macheesemo Burger(Php 160 - classic burger - beef patty, cheese, lettuce, tomato)

The beef patty had cheese inside so once you bite into the burger, cheese will also ooze out with the juice. I loved the cheese.

Takoyaki(Php 70)

If the server asks you "Sweet or Spicy", choose the Sweet sauce. Their Spicy sauce is really spicy that you could barely taste the takoyaki balls. Still, I'd choose the Takoyaki that you could buy in Little Tokyo's Hana.

3 for Php 100/ 2 for Php 150 cakes

I bought 2 cakes(Mango and Yema Cakes) and 1 leche flan for Php 150. Buy only the leche flan. The cakes were dry. I've also tried their red velvet from another food market. It's just a cake made from butter icing dusted with red powder.

Merry Moo Ice cream (Php 75)

I chose the strawberry shortcake flavor. It was ok. You'll probably appreciate it more than I did. I'm not really an ice cream person.

I also had the chance to taste a sandwich with hungarian sausage pattie. It was a bit hot but I'm not liking the taste of the meat. Next time, I'd like to try the "Silog" stall that serves Hungarian Sausages with fried rice and egg. I'd also like to try the Roast Beef by Chef Anton. I was disappointed that I didn't see the cheese steak food truck. I also expected Ebi Tempura from Nakamura's food stall. Too bad they only served rice dishes. Overall, I enjoyed my foodtrip. It was just bad because it started to rain.