Maginhawa Food Trip Chronicles: The Z Compound

First things first, The Z (Zone) Compound is not really located at Maginhawa but at Malingap Street which is just next to Maginhawa. It's a collection of small restaurants with different specialties found in a small compound. It's pretty much like the Ketchup Food Community in Baguio with more variety and cheaper even. Most restaurants close at midnight.

So just like at Ketchup Food Community, you can sit anywhere you want and order from any restaurant. Tonight we ordered from 3 restaurants. BBQ Zone, Stones and The Backyard.

Menu at BBQ Zone

 So as the name suggests, their specialty is BBQ. XD

 3pcs. BBQ Sticks with Rice PHP99

 

Liempo with Rice PHP99

T-Bone Steak PHP188

Menu at Stones

I think they specialize in pika pika based on their menu. XD

2pcs. Buttermilk Drummettes PHP135

Root beer Float PHP80

 4pcs. Fried Oreos PHP60

 Menu at The Backyard

 

 

 Pesto Tuyo PHP135

 Marinara PHP145

 Bacon Lettuce and Tomato PHP145

 

 Resident cat doing her rounds. Making sure the guests are enjoying their meals.

We ended up here because we can't decide which restaurant to go to, we wanted somewhere near, something cheap and with lots of variety. The Z Compound nailed those criteria. The food was good and the servings are actually generous for the price. I hope to try the others restaurants here as well.. :)

Other Restaurants at Maginhawa:
The Iscreamist
Crazy Katsu 
Friuli Trattoria

Ketchup Food Community

Another reason why we went to Baguio was for a food trip. So while the others are busy creating a field art, we were busy searching where to eat.

We originally planned on having breakfast at Ketchup Food Community but it was still closed when we arrived. Ketchup Food Community is located near Wright Park.

Ketchup Food Community is a group of restaurants with different specialties.

Today we tried Rancho Norte which specializes on Filipino food. Primarily because we were curious about the Tapang Kabayo and it's pretty much the only restaurant with free seats left.

You can choose a seat at any restaurant and order on other restaurants too as long as majority of your order belongs to the restaurant where you chose to sit.

Rancho Norte's Menu

Tapang Kabayo

This tastes weird but it was okay. I don't know probably because we saw some horses and a lot of horse poop along the way. But some of my friends actually liked it.

Sinigang na Hipon

This has a strong taste of heko (like bagoong (shrimp paste) in liquid form) but has a lot of shrimp in it so it was sulit.

Lechon Kawali

The normal lechon kawali though it's quite sticky.

For Filipino food, I'd actually prefer going to Good Taste instead of Rancho Norte but it's worth a try. :) I look forward to trying the other restaurants as well when I get back.

Yagam Cafe

So we went to Baguio after office hours and barely had any sleep. The cold weather didn't really help and I was ready to fall asleep at Burnham Park if I didn't have my coffee fix soon. So we went to the nearest cafe we could find which was Yagam Cafe according to Google. It was near Elizabeth Hotel and Wright Park and just a short walking distance to Ketchup Food Community which was our next destination.

 MENU

I was tempted to order the hot cocoa but I really really need my coffee.

 

 The ambiance was nice and cozy and reminded me so much of The Sagada Lemon Pie House.

 Hot Cocoa with milk PHP68

French pressed, medium roast, medium strength coffee with milk and sugar.

The coffee can fill 2 cups and that's just for PHP75.

It was a nice and comfy place to just enjoy the weather and drink coffee.