Fish & seafood
- Fish fillet with corn sauce
- Chili garlic shrimps with coriander paste and Kecap Manis
- Baked tahong (mussels)
- Fish fillets in white wine and cream-and-cheese sauce
- Mackerel frittata
- Fish fillet and vegetables in sour cream
- Steamed pompano with ginger sauce
- Talakitok (trevally) steaks with homemade pesto
- Sardines frittata in tortilla
- Salmon salad with mango-lemon dressing
Mighty meaty
- Beef chuck and mayo
- Ground beef, mushrooms and quail eggs in oyster sauce
- Floyd’s Greek stew
- Fried beef brisket and potatoes with sour cream
- 45-minute farmer’s pie
- Orange porkloin steaks and buttered veggies
- Potato, Beef and Peanut Pot
- Buttered pork and vegetables
- Barbequed beef short ribs
- Pot-roasted pork sandwich
Healthy veggies
- Potato salad with toasted cashew nuts
- Tortang sardinas at togue (canned sardines and mongo sprout frittata)
- A side dish: buttered corn and carrots
- Capsicum halves stuffed with chicken, cheese and vegetables
- Broccoli and potatoes frittata
- Fried chicken and vegetable salad
- Salted eggs and vegetables salad
- Mashed potatoes and kalabasa (squash)
- Baked fish and spinach
- Surreal Gourmet’s smashed potatoes
Jipan Japanese bakery and coffee shop
My family used to be loyal Jipan customers until we moved to the suburb and trips to the mall became less and less frequent. We loved Jipan’s bread products which, although quite expensive, were worth every centavo.
Earlier today, we chaperoned our girls and their friends to the mall to see “Simpsons, the movie.” To be more precise, we dropped them off at Shangri-La Mall and made arrangements to pick them up later. Then, we drove to SM Megamall next door for some serious gadget shopping. But who wants to go shopping on an empty stomach? It was around 1.00 p.m. and we hadn’t had lunch yet. My first suggestion was to go to Sbarro for an Italian meal but a few meters from the mall entrance was Jipan. All of a sudden I thought about how long it had been since we last tasted Jipan’s baked products.
I was a bit disappointed to find the bread trays half empty. But I was pleasantly surprised at the coffee shop items. We never had anything from Jipan except bread. We never dined there but bought lots of bread to take home. It was our first time to sit at the Jipan coffee shop and the menu looked good. Well, except for a few things…
I wasn’t impressed by the inclusion of items like spaghetti. For a few moments, I thought that the menu had been intentionally commercialized to attract the fast food crowd. And that almost always meant bringing down the quality of food to fast food standards. Still, the majority of the items looked good and, bread or no bread, I missed Jipan. I ordered a bowl of kakiage udon (above) and my husband chose miso ramen. They were great!
The kakiage udon was described in the menu as not too heavy but, my goodness, it was more than enough for me! Traditional udon with vegetables tempura, chicken meat and half of a hardboiled egg in a light brown broth that had the slightest hint of sweetness. Wonderful!
While waiting for our hot noodle soups, we munched on green tea and mongo bread (above). Even the complimentary green tea was good.
If you want to go all out though, the miso ramen was even better than my kakiage udon (of course we tried each other’s order). A little too heavy for me on such a warm day but the slices of pork were so tender they were almost melting in my mouth.
The price? PhP160.00 for the kakiage udon and PhP180.00 for the miso ramen. The green tea and mongo bread was PhP12.00 per piece. Amazing, huh? We promised the girls we’d take them to Jipan for a meal next time.
There was a bit of disappointment though. While we were eating, there was a delivery of bread and I watched the attendants fill the shelves with the newly-arrived packs of bread. I decided we’d pass by Jipan before we picked up the girls so we could buy some to bring home. Three hours later, the shelves were half-empty again and there wasn’t much to choose from. I guess that’s how fast Jipan sells its bread. Too bad for us because we weren’t able to bring home any.
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I looooove the bread at Jipan but I’ve never tried eating there. Must try when I go to Mega this week. I recently stopped by another Japanese franchise, Bubble Tea near the skating rink. The green tea drink is sinful! They have other light and healthy “daw” non-trad Japanese meals, much like Kozui on Tomas Morato.
Too bad nga the bread went pffft! yesterday. I wanted to bring home all the ready to eat varieties. You should try the noodles LOL pamatay!
Hi connie,
Their breads are really good. My former boss’s wife is the owner of Jipan, a real Japanese woman. Most of the breads there are her own recipe and all their ingredients authentically came from Japan
Been a while since I ate in Jipan; thanks for reminding me about it. I love their bread too, but medyo mahal nga.
Aside from Mega, only other branch I know is Glorietta. May ibang branches pa ba sila (hopefully nearer QC)?
Jo, I especially love how Jipan never went the route of franchising. I think that’s one of the reasons the quality of the food has been maintained.
Nikita, the main outlet is in Mandaluyong. Pero, mas malayo yata yun sa inyo.
The main outlet is along Pilar St, near Shaw Blvd, across Puregold.
uy thanks, peterb, now we have the street name. i’m so bad with street names ehehehe
Hi Connie,
YUp, they never went into franchising. According to my boss, they will never be, in fact there are a lot of offers from them for franchising. By the way, even their bakers are all trained in Japan. Most of their employees are with them even when Jipan started, they are all regular employees, that’s why they know everything by heart and when you talked to them, you know that they love their work. The Japanese woman is a very good and kind-hearted person but she’s very simple and in fact when you visit their Mand main outlet, you can even see her serving the other customers
Jo, that’s so great. One of these days, I’ll visit the Mandaluyong outlet and meet the owner. That would be a blast.
the green tea and mongo bread looks delicious.. havent tried Jipan yet so definitely one of my “to eat” when I go to Manila.
hmmm… the miso ramen looks tempting. And the price of Php180.00,not bad. My hubby will surely want to try it,he’s a “carnivore”, as in. Probably, i’ll bring him there when we crave to just “eat out” coz we love doing that before we got married and had a baby. Thanks Ms. Connie!! Jipan,Jipan,here we come! Hehehe..
I loved Jipan bread and same as you, I was disappointed seeing pasta in their menu. Thinking that their dish will have a westernized touch to it made me not want to try their food. But thanks to your post here, now I have the encouragement to try their Japanese food. I’ve been wanting to try their Omurice. I know it’s simple but I still want to try it! Haha!
I love their Strawberry Shortcakes and their Hokkaido bread is better than Bread Talk.
geneinthebattle, the fact that we had been jipan customers before there was bread talk is probably the reason that bread talk never excited us so much. i’ll take jipan over bread talk anytime.
hello connie, i was looking for some info abt Jipan when I stumbled to your website. I love Jipan’s breads just like you especially mellon pan and maple croissants ^_^
Hi beveicious. Jipan beats the hell out of BreadTalk, di ba?
i loooooooooveeeeeee jipan. okay to much love. i tried their udoon too, so good. i miss jipan. but i found their counterpart here in CA, in rowland heights. yum-o!
Hi, I am also a lover of Jipan bread. I look forward to the owner opening a branch in Quezon City. There is an ideal place available. Quezon Avenue corner west 6th st. Initially it was occupied by Alps, they had delicous cakes in Japanese boxes, latr it went to become West Fourth Coffee shop, a mixed coffee shop. For reasons I am not aware, the place is closed now. I hope Jipan bread will take a look at the location and open a branch there.