Mt Pinatubo -Part 4 Start Trek

Mt Pinatubo - Part 3 Jump Off and Skyway

Mt Pinatubo - Part 2 Mga Katutubo

Mt Pinatubo - Part 1 The Approach via 4 x4

Chinese New Year 2011

Kung Hei Fat Choi! Its the year of the rabbit =)

Dinner at President's Tea House along Salazar St in Manila's China Town

Smores

open fire grilled marshmallow on a branch and chocolate in between graham crackers =smores

Panther Creek Summer of 2010

Ihaw ihaw sa Panther Creek

grilled tofu and turkey lurkey sausage for the flexitarians

our designated camp site at Panther Creek

Inihaw na liempo

birthday cheese cake

Blueberry cheese cake the birthday cake of Lex

Macarons at your door

I ordered a dozen premium macarons from George Rochas for my special day a couple of months ago. These fine goodies were delivered at my door step. Pure indulgence.

my curiosity for macarons was spurred by stories of Market Manila's trip to France and their journey to find and sample the best.

Shalimar of wanderlust is inspiring me to take better food portraits :)

simple joys indeed!

Para sa Pamilya Danao

Isang despedida para sa pamilya Danao. Isang gabi bago mag semana santa kumain kami sa Ninyo. Kakaibang fish and chips ang nahain sa amin. The fish were coated with nori and the chips were actually thinly shred and flavored with cheese and wasabi.

Laking gulat namin ng makita namin si Louis noong gabi na yon! Thank you to Esmyra for driving the two families to Ninyo.


baked oysters with fish roe


The two kids bonded and sampled the pasta which is just OK. We cook mean pasta at the house :) and then some.

We will miss you Nins, Lui and Toni. We hope to visit you while you are there :)

My project now in the front row

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Little Quiapo Sago at Gulaman

It was a hot summer day today. Been thinking of various ways to cool down. Halo halo on my mind that is why I posted our Tagaytay halo halo. Photos above of Sago and black Gulaman from Little Quiapo along Malakas St. two tumblings away from the house. They also have good mango shake.

Photo of sisig below was the order of companions. I cooked up some tuna sisig at home this weekend but did not take any good photos but just to let you know it is as sizzling as this one below. Much better because our version is homemade and I put olive oil. We ate it with chopped tomatoes and cilantro (wansoy in the local grocery).