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).

Halo Halo at Tagaytay

Peanut Butter ala Elvis

Tatay tried the Elvis peanut butter sandwich with slices of banana and bacon. Just the right combination of sweetness of peanut butter combined with the saltiness of bacon.

I ordered peanut butter and marmalade. Our dessert last weekend after pizza and pasta at Joey Pepperoni which I will not blog about.

By the way, at the background near the SM sign is a booth where you can exchange your old incandecent bulbs for free new CFL bulbs. Be kind to our environment and use CFLs. Each household with one bill can exchange up to 6 free CFLs.

When you plan to visit the store you can plan to visit the CFL booth as well.

Peanut Butter and Co.

2nd floor Main Building

near the entrance/exit on the 2nd level gardens going to Annex

His Love is Constant

I was eating my last fortune cookie from Eng Bee Tin at Ongpin to celebrate the Chinese New Year. I was elated to receive one reaffirming message of faith and love.

I am reminded yet once again that indeed His love is constant.

*happiness*

Prosperity Fruits at Ongpin Chinese New Year

Prosperity fruits for the new year

After eating at nom nom nom today, we took a jeep to Quiapo and a padyak to Ongpin to celebrate the chinese new year. This is the year that valentines day fell on the same day. There were a lot of photographers in China town today.

My favorite photo for the day

At the breakfast table on vday

Got this free cheesecake factory blue berry cheese cake from teriyaki boy banawe branch after the spa. The other heart shape muffin from Isay and Tatay. Friday evening she handed me the dunkin donut box.

Nom nom nom on Valentines day

We had lunch today at nom nom nom a hole in the wall cafe

We ordered specialty of the house on offer the malinomnom pizza toppings of tinapa, kesong puti, itlog na maalat with tomatoes and spring onions. The crust is home made. It was good very similar to the pizza of Camalig in Angeles City. I love anchovies better than tinapa but I was happily surprised by texture and there is no tomato sauce by the way. It is served with chili oil.

For appetizers we ordered four play made up of classic salsa, humus, eggplant pate and whole grilled garlic clove which is very good with the chips.

For Isay we ordered tomato aligue pasta. Nice combination of flavors just the right blend not salty nor sweet.The hemp pasta. well I was not really blown away by this one. It is the usual pesto. Maybe I was expecting an extra ordinary twist.

nom nom nom

#1 Tomas Marato St cor E. Rodriguez

Lower Ground GYY Building

Cafe by the Ruins

scones and camote bread with santol jam and butter on the side

ceylon tea-- refillable with hot water hehehe

one of my favorite breakfast places

camote bread and basil bread with creamy fish roe pate

tea with honey and lemon wedge