Travelog: Dining at Batik Asian Cuisine, Maryland!

I'm back. I'm well na. Thanks for those who prayed for me. I had an awesome weekend with my kids in Subic. I'll do a separate post for that.

Continuing my US travelog, I'm so proud of cousin-in-laws Henry & Emily Sy who owns/operate this restaurant called "Batik Asian Cuisine and Dumpling Bar". We stayed at their house with a huge backyard while we were in Maryland for 5 days. This is towards the end of our trip so we are just chilling and relaxed, took subways to go to DC.. etc.

This couple is super hardworking. Emily is in charge of all the recipes!! This girl is a superwoman.She formulated South East Asian Cuisine for this restaurant. She created the menu, location/interiors of the place/marketing/pricing and during business hours she transforms into a waitress! I love the Laksa and Beef Kway Teow!

that's Henry! hahaha

according to Emily, most of her decors came from Boracay, and provinces in Philippines

al fresco dining at the 2nd floor

We also met the chef.. forgot her name. Look at her strong hands!

and the FOOD!

If you're in the area of Gaithersburg, Maryland. You must go go go!

Food Attack at Mr. Jones & Padre

After DH & I had that "very special time" for 5 days, we are excited to eat. I suggested to have dinner at Mr. Jones at Greenbelt 5. It is actually a "Diner", serving comfort American Food. We invited dear friends, couple CC & LC.

We all had big appetites and we had these...

Salad, the dressing is Raspberry. Refreshing taste.

 

 Shrimp, Calamari, Fish & Clam in a bucket. With 4 kinds of Dip. This one is so, so..

Tapa & Garlic Overload, with eggs have it your way. Quite good, beef is tender with the yummy fat.

 

Dory and Crab Thermidor? Sorry forgot the name of this dish. I liked it, DH said it was a bit bland

 

 DH likes this one. Crab Carbonara. Extremely creamy the way he likes it, you can see it was topped with fresh egg yolk and caviar eggs, you must mixed with the steamy hot noodles!

Friends CC & LC and us have not had dinner for months so we so much stories to catch up. We went to Padre Y Damaso and had coffee and dessert.

 

 

Half eaten queso de bola cheesecake, with preserved Santol.. 

Grabe! we are so busog. DH and I over-ate but extremely satisfied!

Happy weekend! 12.40am in my clock now. I feel like half asleep already from too much food..