Christmas Party! Lechon and Dessert Galore!

It's Christmas Season!!

People here in Manila celebrate xmas season like there's no tomorrow! It's everywhere and it's really amazing! Christmas lights, Christmas carol, new clothes, loud Christmas music, xmas decorations! and most of all, FOOOOOOOOOD!!

Our department had a little get together (xmas party) since the whole bank division agreed to donate the xms party budget to the typhoon haiyan victims (including the amount agreed for exchange gift)

Yummy home cooked meals!

Creamy spaghetti, and beef with mushrooms

Embotido (Pork sausage like dish), Salad, Cheese and Sausages

Creamy, Sweet, and Indulgently yummy dulce de leche like cake from The Peninsula Hotel. It was soooo yummy and I specially love the nutty taste.

Cheesecake. Words can't describe how perfect this cheesecake is. Creamy at its finest. The cake just melts in your mouth. Every slice is pure heaven. I even thought of buying this cake every month.

JCo Donuts

Birthday Lunch at Yabu, House of Katsu

It's my Birthday!! I woke up around 9 am and feeling great about myself! I realized how blessed I am and how I am loved by many people. I went to the dentist (my cousin is a dentist) to have my teeth cleaned and do some sot of fixing. 

After the dentist, I went straight to SM Megamall to eat lunch at YABU. It's my second time at yabu and their food never fails to satisfy one's craving!

Seafood Set (P545): Salmon, Black Tiger Prawn, Oyster, and Crab. Everything is such a bliss! everything is so yummy! Cabbage was a delight! Rice was white as snow! I ended up asking for 4 service of rice and 3 service of cabbage. =)

Yummy!!

Choco Lava. (P155) So chocolate-y and so yummy! sweet ending! :)

Aftermath. 

Yabu Webstie

2/F Atrium, SM Megamall

Mandaluyong City

631-1192

After Yabu, I went to church to attend Mass and I felt the love of all the people around me, my friends, family, colleague, and especially God. I realized how lucky and blessed I am. 

As I grew older I become wiser, responsible, and priorities are changing. It's such a nice day to celebrate alone (not to emote) to realize things, and to know yourself better. Of course, a small dinner gathering after with my family!

Happy 23rd Birthday to me!! :)

Lunch at Dulcinea

I didn't go to work since I could not get up out the bed this morning. I was so exhausted and tired yesterday from work and I didn't have the energy to wake up early. I was feeling under the weather but I'm feeling better now since I was able to eat Dulcinea's delicious Paella Valenciana and their very awesome unforgettable Fruit Shake.

I woke up around 11 am hungry since I didn't able to have dinner last night, I was standing in line to order Jollibee's Amazing Aloha burger (2 burger pattie w/ pineapple and bacon) but my good friend text me to have lunch at 12 pm. 

Anyways, plan was to eat at Wham! burgers but I asked kit if he have eaten spanish paella before or at least tried eating at dulcinea before which to my surprise, he wasn't able to eat at dulcinea before. 

All photos are taken by good friend Mr. Kit Stephen Agad. 

Paella Valenciana (P495) Rice dish that is good for 2 persons. You have to wait fir 30 minutes for this amazing mouth watering dish before you could actually eat it. The clams are fresh, the shrimps are fresh, the eggs are nice, the flavor is soo good! I know it's not authentic like they have at Alba's but it's close. Their Paella is a must try. 

Dessert Sampler (P99) I didn't like the leche flan but the chocolate brownie is good, but the most delicious is the sansrival! it was sweet and crunchy.

Tropical Fruit Shake (P175) The best fruit shake I tasted since that Mango Smoothie from Manila Peninsula Hotel. It was soooo amazingly good and sweet (sweet because of the ripe fruits) Kit and I thinking to match this shake with Siao Long Pao and Asado Siopao of H.K. Choi.

Dulcinea have branches in Morato, QC / Greenbelt 1 Makati and somewhere else.

Dulcinea SM Megamall

4th F, SM Megamall

Wack Wack, Mandaluyong

634-0612

Iloilo Quickie Part 2

Day 2 lunch. Hours before my Uncle's 60th Bday. 

Cabugao Seafood Haus was also nice but not as good as the restaurant we have eaten last day 1. 

Sinigang na Isda (Fish Soup). Filipino soup dish is always sour (I think this can be traced back as early during the colonial era of the country). Sour soup makes your taste bud stimulated.

Talaba / Oysters again. ^_^

Iloilo Quickie (Part 1)

During my previous blog, I vow not to fly with cebu pacific but alas! our paths have crossed again. Surprisingly it was not that bad. The kind cebu pacific ground personnel placed me on seat 1A, I was so glad that I will seat on the front with nice leg room w/o paying for it. How I wish that the flight was more than 50min. This was one of the most relaxing and super comfy flight I experienced so far (besides with Cathay Pacific and PAL).

Seat 1A

Soon to be gone (to be re-painted with PAL colors)

NAIA T3. Only Cebu Pacific and Airphil Express / Pal Express are the local LCCs that fly out of NAIA T3. How I wish PAL will transfer to T3. But T3 is waaaay better than old domestic airport and NAIA T2 (PAL's terminal) 

Flight Attendant's seat. I don't know about you guys but I find Cebu Pac's FAs pretty and very neat. Too bad i haven't taken a picture of them. 

Taxing 

Airphil Express. Re-painted as PAL livery.

Yes I know, using your gadget while waiting for take off is a no no! but NAIA is sooo congested and it's been 30 mins since our plane hasn't take off so better kill some time.

Inflight Magazine

Luftahansa Technik and some PAL planes

Cruisin'

Seaside Boracay,

My Family spent the New Year's eve at the very famous boracay, so okay I know Iv'e been there so many times but still, it's so nice and i don't get sour of the beautiful beach. 

One thing I also like in boracay is the food! We went to D'Talipapa (market) to buy some fresh seafood then go to the nearest restaurant for them to cook the items bought. We call it "Paluto" which means to cook. 

We bought a lot of fish, squid, shellfish etc. =)

Fishy Fishy

I don't know what kind of fish this is.

Shrimp