Vietnam, here we come!! ^_^
I hope soon I can update this blog more often and blog more about my travels. I still haven't done my reviews on the hotels we stayed at in Italy. Even the top 10 must-do in Korea. (Top 10 in Italy is veeeery hard to do. A lot of stuff can be tied on a number of positions haha).
In any case, I hope we'll come upon good food in Vietnam for more entries on my goodfoodblog.
Anyways, the place and food is secondary. Foremost is the company you're with. ^_^
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Friday, 2 July 2010
Saturday, 20 February 2010
dessert!
I just had a session with my dentist for my monthly orthodontics check-up hence I was in the lookout for soft food -- my newly adjusted braces is just killing me and my teeth from the pain.
Hence, I opted for Pizza Hut for their Lasagna. It was good, although I still think Greenwich' lasagna tastes waaaaay better.
But what made me happy with my lunch at Pizza Hut was my Mango Panna Cotta.
Hence, I opted for Pizza Hut for their Lasagna. It was good, although I still think Greenwich' lasagna tastes waaaaay better.
But what made me happy with my lunch at Pizza Hut was my Mango Panna Cotta.
Panna Cotta is basically an Italian dessert which literally means "cooked cream". It is made by cooking slowly together milk, cream, sugar and gelatin just below boiling point.
Pizza Hut's Panna Cotta is set amidst rich mango puree with sweet real mango slices and a cherry on top. Although I would have preferred the "cooked cream" to be aesthetically more velvety smooth as you cut a slice into it, the taste was just velvety smooth though. The mango flavor blended right with the panna cotta flavor that it was just a riot of pleasant flavors in my palate.
Yum indeed!
(this post is also posted in my goodfoodhunt.wordpress.com foodblog site)
Thursday, 18 February 2010
relaxin'
In crowded Metro Manila where a nice, peaceful park is such a rare find, I found my haven this afternoon. Been looking for a place for the longest time now where I can enjoy the lovely late afternoon sun, blue sky and refreshing wind. And I finally found it this afternoon at the rooftop of Gloria Jeans Coffee Shop in Commercial Avenue, Alabang.
My chai tea latte and the lovely blue sky. The sunset this afternoon was a warm orange glow; warms the heart as well.
My chai tea latte and the lovely blue sky. The sunset this afternoon was a warm orange glow; warms the heart as well.
Sunday, 20 September 2009
food blogging
For the longest time, I have wanted to have a new blog dedicated solely for the food trips i've been having. And for the longest time, i've long wanted to have my own *.com. =D
The site I've put up is still a free blog but hopefully soon, I can have wordpress host my domain, eliminate "wordpress" on the URL and hence have my own *.com at last. hehe.
https://goodfoodhunt.wordpress.com
It's still a work in progress though, but, do enjoy! =)
The site I've put up is still a free blog but hopefully soon, I can have wordpress host my domain, eliminate "wordpress" on the URL and hence have my own *.com at last. hehe.
https://goodfoodhunt.wordpress.com
It's still a work in progress though, but, do enjoy! =)
Saturday, 25 April 2009
Plum Garden Ume Tsubaki
It should have been one of my farewell parties. However, as I got extended unexpectedly, it winded as our project's girls' dinner where we celebrated as well my extended stay here in Japan. And Kayo-pon's choice as location of our dinner was a celebration in itself for me.
Having had acquired the taste for Plum wines, the Plum Garden Ume Tsubaki, was heaven for me; what with their 100 different types of Ume Shu. They have this special list as well where the top 10 choices were listed, showing the alcohol base, it's alcohol percentage and it's sweetness. And, should you feel that you're not in the mood for Ume, you can choose a number of different drinks in their selection as well - shikuwasa, peach cocktail and even your good ol' oolong tea and orange juice.
And it's not just their wide selection of Ume Shu they can boast of. Their menu is mouth watering as well, with some selections that are native in Okinawa like Goya Champuru.
Having had acquired the taste for Plum wines, the Plum Garden Ume Tsubaki, was heaven for me; what with their 100 different types of Ume Shu. They have this special list as well where the top 10 choices were listed, showing the alcohol base, it's alcohol percentage and it's sweetness. And, should you feel that you're not in the mood for Ume, you can choose a number of different drinks in their selection as well - shikuwasa, peach cocktail and even your good ol' oolong tea and orange juice.
And it's not just their wide selection of Ume Shu they can boast of. Their menu is mouth watering as well, with some selections that are native in Okinawa like Goya Champuru.
This one, I like as well. Raw salmon meat, salmon roe and avocado placed delicately on top of Japanese rice with mayonnaise on it - uhhmm! yummy!
One other nice thing about this place is that you get to have a 30% off if you get in the resto before 7pm on a weekday. You just need to bring with you a print out of their discount ticket which you can readily get from the internet. Nice!
Plum Garden Ume Tsubaki
http://r.gnavi.co.jp/a359118/
3-5min walk from Yokohama Station
Thursday, 16 April 2009
Shikuwasa
There are two of us lady engineers in our team. The original lady engineer in our team actually already resigned to be with her husband in US. Then she got replaced by another lady. I'm not really sure why it has to be another lady. Or maybe not. Maybe it just happened to be so that the available one is a lady engineer. But nevertheless, Kayo-chan is real nice and pretty and fun to be with.
During our team's milestone party, Kayo-chan suggested the location for our 1st party and she took us to an Okinawan restaurant. And yeah, she originally came from Okinawa. She suggested cocktails for me and as alcoholic as I am, I liked what she ordered for me - it's sweet yet gives you the kick you just need at parties. It was made of shikuwasa, a citrus fruit which tastes like (and I have a feeling looks like a small) dalandan.
Yesterday, we got to talk on the ladies' toilet and she told me that her mother sent her a liqueur made of shikuwasa. As her mother sent her four , she's sharing one bottle with me. Really nice and thoughtful. It made me thoughtful though that I really am already tagged in our team as a hard drinker. haha
During our team's milestone party, Kayo-chan suggested the location for our 1st party and she took us to an Okinawan restaurant. And yeah, she originally came from Okinawa. She suggested cocktails for me and as alcoholic as I am, I liked what she ordered for me - it's sweet yet gives you the kick you just need at parties. It was made of shikuwasa, a citrus fruit which tastes like (and I have a feeling looks like a small) dalandan.
Yesterday, we got to talk on the ladies' toilet and she told me that her mother sent her a liqueur made of shikuwasa. As her mother sent her four , she's sharing one bottle with me. Really nice and thoughtful. It made me thoughtful though that I really am already tagged in our team as a hard drinker. haha
Haha, love the girly packaging print. Loved the girl's shoes as well (I currently have two pairs of shoes with the same style and I still can't get enough of them).
I was planning to toast this with Kitty tomorrow. But felt like drinking a shot now, so there. And it's nice!. The 12% alcohol instantly had an effect on me though. So I better sleep now if I want to be at 9 in the office tomorrow.
Wednesday, 15 April 2009
Beck Breakfast
Woke up with the sun this morning. Yes, even before my alarm clock went off. It could be that something woke me up; that some part of my dream woke me up with a start; and that since I was in that phase of my sleep when I am nearly awake which is the optimum time to wake up (as the Sleeptracker ad says), I was indeed fully awake.
After a few stretches, I took a leisurely shower, took my time in dressing up and was already out my door by 7:05.
Usually, when I walk to the office, I have my IPOD on. But this time, I listened to the birds' chirping. The rain last night quenched the tired-looking streets and hence everything looked so fresh - from the wet pavement to newly grown leaves to the heartbreakingly blue sky.
I went out my door early with only one intent in mind - to have that Set B breakfast at Beck's Coffee shop again. =D. The nearest one is in Kannai. In front of JR station. Haha! This is so waaay out of my way but I still decided to go as it's not often that I am this alert in the morning. It's almost like I'm excited to get the day started. Even if I had already submitted my last major work to my boss yesterday and hence means I might spend the day pretending that I'm doing something.
I don't know how they still manage to earn from it but Beck;s Set B breakfast meal really is as balanced as it claims; and mighty cheap at that! With 500 yen, you already have a couple slices of bread toasted in delicious butter, scrambled egg, bacon, a glass of that Jap veggie drink (which consists mainly of carrots, orange, tomato, apple and some other 40 leafy/non-leafy vegetables and fruits) which I've taken a liking to during this stint, and another cup/glass of drink of your own choice. I had cafe latte of course (had to take some time off royal milk tea). And oh yeah, you also have a big helping of yogurt topped with dried fruits - which honestly is my favorite in the set; to think that I basically don't like yogurts...those dried fruits..ahhh yum!
So really how much do they actually earn with this set? Or probably the Japanese government is sponsoring these breakfast sets as a sort of incentive for waking up early. Yeah, I know. That is absurd. But still!
I initially planned to read/write while devouring my breakfast but thought otherwise. Nanamnamin ko muna breakfast ko.
Ahhh. Lovely.
8:10 na! Time to go to office!
After a few stretches, I took a leisurely shower, took my time in dressing up and was already out my door by 7:05.
Usually, when I walk to the office, I have my IPOD on. But this time, I listened to the birds' chirping. The rain last night quenched the tired-looking streets and hence everything looked so fresh - from the wet pavement to newly grown leaves to the heartbreakingly blue sky.
I went out my door early with only one intent in mind - to have that Set B breakfast at Beck's Coffee shop again. =D. The nearest one is in Kannai. In front of JR station. Haha! This is so waaay out of my way but I still decided to go as it's not often that I am this alert in the morning. It's almost like I'm excited to get the day started. Even if I had already submitted my last major work to my boss yesterday and hence means I might spend the day pretending that I'm doing something.
I don't know how they still manage to earn from it but Beck;s Set B breakfast meal really is as balanced as it claims; and mighty cheap at that! With 500 yen, you already have a couple slices of bread toasted in delicious butter, scrambled egg, bacon, a glass of that Jap veggie drink (which consists mainly of carrots, orange, tomato, apple and some other 40 leafy/non-leafy vegetables and fruits) which I've taken a liking to during this stint, and another cup/glass of drink of your own choice. I had cafe latte of course (had to take some time off royal milk tea). And oh yeah, you also have a big helping of yogurt topped with dried fruits - which honestly is my favorite in the set; to think that I basically don't like yogurts...those dried fruits..ahhh yum!
So really how much do they actually earn with this set? Or probably the Japanese government is sponsoring these breakfast sets as a sort of incentive for waking up early. Yeah, I know. That is absurd. But still!
I initially planned to read/write while devouring my breakfast but thought otherwise. Nanamnamin ko muna breakfast ko.
Ahhh. Lovely.
8:10 na! Time to go to office!
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
brains, innards or....fish balls???
Limapuluh was easy to find surprisingly; it was situated inside a commercial square called La Place which somehow reminded us of Greenbelt. It was raining last Sunday hence it was just as good that we've reserved for a table at the dining room and not at the terrace. I like the ambiance at the bar area though (^^) but we were there for lunch so we've no choice but be in the dining area. As we weren't able to book for a table at a Michelin-starred resto, Kitty and I decided not to dress up. Hence we looked like maids (and our guy friends, like driver/boy helper hahaha) next to Zoey and Maj who were dressed fit to dine at L'auberge.
Having been frustrated with the Michelin-starred resto, we ordered the most expensive lunch set they had - which was still waaay cheaper (1/3?) than L'auberge or Quintessence or even Merveille. Among us, only Kitty and Zoey can read Japanese and hence we all didn't bother to look at the appetizers and entrees since it's a lunch set and the choices we have can only be either fish or meat for the main dish. Besides, the menu we found on the website were pretty safe (I don't eat liver/heart and the like) so order the set, we did.
As it turned out, you can't have a choice of your fish or meat. I mean, there's only a limited number of beef dishes and if they ran out of it already (as what happened to our guy friends' orders), you have no choice but to take the deer entree. Us girls chose fish but it was somewhat frustrating to learn that we could not have the certain dish we want; they can only give us 3 of this certain fish entree and the other one will have to make do with the other fish entree. Having no choice, we just said okay.
Water was readily served in a bottle on our table - it's free so there's no great-tasting water this time, like what we had in Vinoteca and Cicada. The Champagne we had was also just left to sit on our table - not cradled on a bowl like in Vinoteca and Cicada. We also miss the olive oil & wine dip in Vinoteca and the different olive oil choices in Cicada (you can choose among Californian, Spanish, Italian, Greek and French olive oils!).
My spirit was getting gloomier by the minute as it was really becoming evident that the restaurant we chose was not really that special. I mean the place was good actually and the bar was impressive but then the choice we had wasn't as special as location for our December fine dining.
My spirits somewhat rose though when they served our appetizers in front of us. The presentation was nicely done that I thought that it was living up to it's "French restaurant" claim.
Ate the vegetables first. Nice. Took a forkful of the thingy on the middle our plates whilst asking each other "what's this?". The crunchy part was nice. And then I saw an intestine-like shape on my food and said "is this brain?". But we rationalized that it's unlikely to be brain since it's too big a serving and hence should be more expensive. I was still poking my food and just ate the crunchy parts and all the while saying "masarap naman dba??" until Maj commented that it seems I was not really convincing them of the taste but that I was saying it as like a mantra..to help me get through eating it; which I still didn't finish by the way. When finally the main dish was served, we asked the waiter what was the appetizer. Said it was "Shirako" and gestured to say that it was part of a fish's entrails; making me relieved I didn't eat the entire thing. I had two glasses of champagne, had my main dish, had a strong coffee with uber chocolatey chocolate cake and yet the taste still lingered. Even when we were already having karaoke 3 hours later, the taste still lingered.
Later that evening, Kitty sent us this link for us to learn what Shirako is.
http://nymag.com/restaurants/features/25585/
Blech!
Who would have thought that a "rare treat" such as sperm er, cod milt would be served us that lunch??! We asked for something memorable for our dine out and we sure did get it hahahaha..
Having been frustrated with the Michelin-starred resto, we ordered the most expensive lunch set they had - which was still waaay cheaper (1/3?) than L'auberge or Quintessence or even Merveille. Among us, only Kitty and Zoey can read Japanese and hence we all didn't bother to look at the appetizers and entrees since it's a lunch set and the choices we have can only be either fish or meat for the main dish. Besides, the menu we found on the website were pretty safe (I don't eat liver/heart and the like) so order the set, we did.
As it turned out, you can't have a choice of your fish or meat. I mean, there's only a limited number of beef dishes and if they ran out of it already (as what happened to our guy friends' orders), you have no choice but to take the deer entree. Us girls chose fish but it was somewhat frustrating to learn that we could not have the certain dish we want; they can only give us 3 of this certain fish entree and the other one will have to make do with the other fish entree. Having no choice, we just said okay.
Water was readily served in a bottle on our table - it's free so there's no great-tasting water this time, like what we had in Vinoteca and Cicada. The Champagne we had was also just left to sit on our table - not cradled on a bowl like in Vinoteca and Cicada. We also miss the olive oil & wine dip in Vinoteca and the different olive oil choices in Cicada (you can choose among Californian, Spanish, Italian, Greek and French olive oils!).
My spirit was getting gloomier by the minute as it was really becoming evident that the restaurant we chose was not really that special. I mean the place was good actually and the bar was impressive but then the choice we had wasn't as special as location for our December fine dining.
My spirits somewhat rose though when they served our appetizers in front of us. The presentation was nicely done that I thought that it was living up to it's "French restaurant" claim.
Ate the vegetables first. Nice. Took a forkful of the thingy on the middle our plates whilst asking each other "what's this?". The crunchy part was nice. And then I saw an intestine-like shape on my food and said "is this brain?". But we rationalized that it's unlikely to be brain since it's too big a serving and hence should be more expensive. I was still poking my food and just ate the crunchy parts and all the while saying "masarap naman dba??" until Maj commented that it seems I was not really convincing them of the taste but that I was saying it as like a mantra..to help me get through eating it; which I still didn't finish by the way. When finally the main dish was served, we asked the waiter what was the appetizer. Said it was "Shirako" and gestured to say that it was part of a fish's entrails; making me relieved I didn't eat the entire thing. I had two glasses of champagne, had my main dish, had a strong coffee with uber chocolatey chocolate cake and yet the taste still lingered. Even when we were already having karaoke 3 hours later, the taste still lingered.
Later that evening, Kitty sent us this link for us to learn what Shirako is.
http://nymag.com/restaurants/features/25585/
Blech!
Who would have thought that a "rare treat" such as sperm er, cod milt would be served us that lunch??! We asked for something memorable for our dine out and we sure did get it hahahaha..
Thursday, 11 December 2008
December fine dining reservation hullabaloo
It's my turn to arrange our fine-dining experience for this month and it being December, we all agreed we can have it on a more special restaurant albeit, a bit more expensive one. Having had Italian, Mediterranean and Mexican in the last three months, we thought of going French this time. And, as we've been having strings of parties since the beginning of December, we had no other option but to have this month's "dinner" to lunch. Hence, I took the temerity to look up Michelin starred French restos around Tokyo as lunch set menus are usually a lot cheaper than dinner.
In no way was I prepared though with the reservations hullabaloo...
I asked Kitty, Maj and Zoey to choose between L' Auberge, Mervielle, and Nouvelle Ere.
L' Auberge (http://www.hiramatsu.co.jp/eng/restaurants/aubergedelill-tokyo/) has been our first choice as its main branch in Alsace, France has been rated 3-stars for 41 consecutive years! It opened its first "branch" in Japan last May and has been rated since as Michelin 1 star resto in Japan. We found ourselves racking our wardrobes, thinking about suitable outfits (even thinking of shopping for clothes!) fit to enter the resto's double doors at the top of a large staircase. haha. I even looked up in the internet how to correctly pronounce the lunch set that we were planning to have; though I was having some trepidations that what if, wine/champagne is not yet included on the set?? I just assured myself though that we can always order a Moet et Chandon Champagne. Safe huh? hehe.
Merveille (http://www.eatpia.com/merveille/index.html) was our second close choice as it's more homey than L'Auberge and cheaper by maybe 1k yen..=P And as Zoey put it, we can eat at our element here.
Nouvelle Ere (http://www.augoutdujour-group.com/no/index.html) was awarded by Tokyo Michelin Guide 2008 one star as well but somehow it took the back stage in our selection process.
When finally I've confirmed the number of attendees in this month's dinner (we decided to invite our guy friends on this usually-girls-night-out event since it's a special month anyways), I called up L'Auberge, with the intent of asking as well the proper dress code in their resto. Hence, I was not prepared when I was told that they were fully booked already, both Sunday and Saturday for the whole month of December, both lunch and dinner.
Called up Merveille. Fully booked as well although they have a vacant table this Sunday - which is not our option since we couldn't have a late night out on a Sunday. Nouvelle Ere, same reply. Called up Au Gout du Jour (http://www.augoutdujour-group.com/au/index.html) as well, but again, the same "sorry, fully booked reply".
Undaunted, I looked up more French restos and fell in love with Quintessence (http://www.quintessence.jp/english/concept.html), a 3-star Tokyo Michelin guide awardee.
I gave my friends other alternatives as well so I also suggested Joel Robuchon (http://www.robuchon.jp/ebisu/robuchon.html) and Bistrot D'artemis (http://www.bento.com/rev/2655.html).
Of course, Quintessence won with Bistrot D'artemis in second.
For reservations, you can only call Quintessence at 9:30~11am and 3:30~5pm. I couldn't even get through!!!! Their hotline was really hot..always busy...=( I tried calling minutes before and after the designated time but I got a recorded answer that they only receive calls for reservation at so and so hours..
Already saddened, I called up Bistro D'artemis but got the same sad reply. Even expensive Joel Robuchon was fully booked as well!
Huff! Either people in this part of the world are French crazy or it's cause we are in recession that people only go fine dining for lunch or there just are hundreds of "ladies-who-dine" or it's just that time of the year when people would like to get together and spend more than usual..huhu..
This evening, I called up the revolving restaurant in Hotel New Otani (http://www.newotani.co.jp/en/tokyo/restaurant/sky/) and for the umpteenth time, got the "sorry we're fully booked" reply. I looked up My Humble House (http://www.mhht.jp/) which were among our choices last October (Cicada won that time) but they're only open for Dinner, no lunch. I read in Metropolis that this is fast becoming as a favorite together with Cicada in Hiroo (our favorite so far!!!^_^) and Legato in Shibuya. Hence I looked up and called Legato (http://www.legato-tokyo.jp/en/shibuya/home/welcome). But they dont serve lunch on saturday and sunday.
Phew!!! I've looked up a number of restos and came to like a couple or two of them, only to be disappointed..sniff..
We finally settled on Limapuluh (http://www.englishok.jp/shops/limapuluh/) where finally there's some available space for us. Zoey said this is Indonesian for 50. An article in Metropolis (http://metropolis.co.jp/tokyo/592/bars.asp) told us there's lots of "eye candys" here. Haha. Hope we'll get that bargain and enjoy real good food and service as well.
One good thing to note though. We need not shop for new wardrobe. haha.
And oh yeah!! I just remembered. Originally, we actually planned to have this month's night out as a Cirque du Soleil (http://www.zed.co.jp/home_en.php?skip=1) experience. However, when I inquired for ticket availability a couple of weeks ago, I was informed that weekend performances for December and January are already fully booked.
Tough, huh! =P
In no way was I prepared though with the reservations hullabaloo...
I asked Kitty, Maj and Zoey to choose between L' Auberge, Mervielle, and Nouvelle Ere.
L' Auberge (http://www.hiramatsu.co.jp/eng/restaurants/aubergedelill-tokyo/) has been our first choice as its main branch in Alsace, France has been rated 3-stars for 41 consecutive years! It opened its first "branch" in Japan last May and has been rated since as Michelin 1 star resto in Japan. We found ourselves racking our wardrobes, thinking about suitable outfits (even thinking of shopping for clothes!) fit to enter the resto's double doors at the top of a large staircase. haha. I even looked up in the internet how to correctly pronounce the lunch set that we were planning to have; though I was having some trepidations that what if, wine/champagne is not yet included on the set?? I just assured myself though that we can always order a Moet et Chandon Champagne. Safe huh? hehe.
Merveille (http://www.eatpia.com/merveille/index.html) was our second close choice as it's more homey than L'Auberge and cheaper by maybe 1k yen..=P And as Zoey put it, we can eat at our element here.
Nouvelle Ere (http://www.augoutdujour-group.com/no/index.html) was awarded by Tokyo Michelin Guide 2008 one star as well but somehow it took the back stage in our selection process.
When finally I've confirmed the number of attendees in this month's dinner (we decided to invite our guy friends on this usually-girls-night-out event since it's a special month anyways), I called up L'Auberge, with the intent of asking as well the proper dress code in their resto. Hence, I was not prepared when I was told that they were fully booked already, both Sunday and Saturday for the whole month of December, both lunch and dinner.
Called up Merveille. Fully booked as well although they have a vacant table this Sunday - which is not our option since we couldn't have a late night out on a Sunday. Nouvelle Ere, same reply. Called up Au Gout du Jour (http://www.augoutdujour-group.com/au/index.html) as well, but again, the same "sorry, fully booked reply".
Undaunted, I looked up more French restos and fell in love with Quintessence (http://www.quintessence.jp/english/concept.html), a 3-star Tokyo Michelin guide awardee.
I gave my friends other alternatives as well so I also suggested Joel Robuchon (http://www.robuchon.jp/ebisu/robuchon.html) and Bistrot D'artemis (http://www.bento.com/rev/2655.html).
Of course, Quintessence won with Bistrot D'artemis in second.
For reservations, you can only call Quintessence at 9:30~11am and 3:30~5pm. I couldn't even get through!!!! Their hotline was really hot..always busy...=( I tried calling minutes before and after the designated time but I got a recorded answer that they only receive calls for reservation at so and so hours..
Already saddened, I called up Bistro D'artemis but got the same sad reply. Even expensive Joel Robuchon was fully booked as well!
Huff! Either people in this part of the world are French crazy or it's cause we are in recession that people only go fine dining for lunch or there just are hundreds of "ladies-who-dine" or it's just that time of the year when people would like to get together and spend more than usual..huhu..
This evening, I called up the revolving restaurant in Hotel New Otani (http://www.newotani.co.jp/en/tokyo/restaurant/sky/) and for the umpteenth time, got the "sorry we're fully booked" reply. I looked up My Humble House (http://www.mhht.jp/) which were among our choices last October (Cicada won that time) but they're only open for Dinner, no lunch. I read in Metropolis that this is fast becoming as a favorite together with Cicada in Hiroo (our favorite so far!!!^_^) and Legato in Shibuya. Hence I looked up and called Legato (http://www.legato-tokyo.jp/en/shibuya/home/welcome). But they dont serve lunch on saturday and sunday.
Phew!!! I've looked up a number of restos and came to like a couple or two of them, only to be disappointed..sniff..
We finally settled on Limapuluh (http://www.englishok.jp/shops/limapuluh/) where finally there's some available space for us. Zoey said this is Indonesian for 50. An article in Metropolis (http://metropolis.co.jp/tokyo/592/bars.asp) told us there's lots of "eye candys" here. Haha. Hope we'll get that bargain and enjoy real good food and service as well.
One good thing to note though. We need not shop for new wardrobe. haha.
And oh yeah!! I just remembered. Originally, we actually planned to have this month's night out as a Cirque du Soleil (http://www.zed.co.jp/home_en.php?skip=1) experience. However, when I inquired for ticket availability a couple of weeks ago, I was informed that weekend performances for December and January are already fully booked.
Tough, huh! =P
Sunday, 9 November 2008
Fonda de la Madrugada
http://www.fonda-m.com/space.html
This month's Dinner was organized by Maj (referred to her before as Flounder) and with an almost unanimous votation, the mexican theme won.
If you're in Japan and you're looking for an entirely different atmosphere from your usual everyday japanese atmosphere, I must say this resto's one of those places to go. Though situated in the midst of Harajuku, it felt like we were transported to an entirely different country as we made our way deeper into Harajuku's underground. Yep, the place was sprawled underground Omotesando's busy street; with two floors of authentic Mexican atmosphere (at least as compared to what I've seen on TV haha). Food was good (though Cicada's was better) but it took us 3 looong hours to finish the course we had..haha. Servings were so big we are seriously considering not eating tomorrow. It's not only the servings though..it's the number of dishes as well. Like, usually, in your dinner course, you only have 1 or 2 appetizers right? But with the dinner course they had, we have 3 big servings of appetizers. Plus a soup with some rice on it. Plus three kinds of main dishes. Plus 2 kinds of desserts. Good thing the mint tea we had somehow helped us digest some of what we ate in the last 3 hours. haha. It wasn't enough though and that we have to go to another cafe just so we can have another tea, to help us digest some of the food we ate. haha. I must admit, if not only for the shoes I was wearing, I would like to walk my way home. =P
The place is interesting...posh yet squatter-like, haha (we were thinking if the couple on the table next to us were TV personalities or the girl at least, a model). But it does give you a Mexican feel. Complete with a group of guys serenading you with Mexican songs. Their Volare was good!! While we were racking our brains though on what song to request, we were reminded of J Lo's and Marc Anthony's "No Me Ames"..beautiful beautiful song....Just learned this evening though that No Me Ames either means "Dont Love Me" or "You Don't Love Me".
Anyways, it's my turn next month!! Hmm...I'd like it to be extra special as it's gonna be our Christmas dinner of some sort. Have no idea yet though on what theme it'll gonna be..
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(No Me Ames translation..)
Tell me why you're crying...
Of happiness.
And why are you drowning?f
or loneliness
Tell me why you take my hands so strongly,
and let yourthoughts carry you away
I love you so much
And why is that?
Crazy stubborn person,
stop doubting it any longer
Even though in the future there will be a huge wall
I'm not afraid, I want to fall in love
Dont love me, because you think that
I may appear different
You dont think its right
For us to see time go by together?
Dont love me, I understand
the lie that it would be
If your love, I don't deserve,
dont love me, just stay another day
Dont love me, because I am lost,
Because I changed the world,
Because its destiny
Because it can't be,
We both are like a mirror,
And you would be my own reflection
Don't love me, you would be dying
Within a war full of regrets,
dont love me to be on this
Earth, I would like to throw your enormous love
for the blue of the sky
I dont know what to say to you, that's the truth
When people want to, they know how to hurt
You and I will depart, they would not move,
But in this sky dont leave me alone
Dont leave me, dont leave me, dont listen to me
If I say to you "dont love me"
Dont let me.
Do not disable my heart with that
"Dont love me"
Dont love me,
I'm begging you,
leave me with my bitterness
You know well, that I can't,
that its useless,
That I will always love you
Dont love me,
because I would make you suffer
with this heart of mine
that was filled with a thousand winters.
Dont love me,
so that way you can forget of your gray days.
I want you to love me,
just to love me
Dont love me, you and I will fly,
With with the other,
and we will always be together
This love is like the sun
that comes out after the storm
Like 2 comets on the same path
-----
ang kulit din nila ano??? mahal naman pala isa't isa bat sinasabi pang wag mo ko mahalin???haha
This month's Dinner was organized by Maj (referred to her before as Flounder) and with an almost unanimous votation, the mexican theme won.
If you're in Japan and you're looking for an entirely different atmosphere from your usual everyday japanese atmosphere, I must say this resto's one of those places to go. Though situated in the midst of Harajuku, it felt like we were transported to an entirely different country as we made our way deeper into Harajuku's underground. Yep, the place was sprawled underground Omotesando's busy street; with two floors of authentic Mexican atmosphere (at least as compared to what I've seen on TV haha). Food was good (though Cicada's was better) but it took us 3 looong hours to finish the course we had..haha. Servings were so big we are seriously considering not eating tomorrow. It's not only the servings though..it's the number of dishes as well. Like, usually, in your dinner course, you only have 1 or 2 appetizers right? But with the dinner course they had, we have 3 big servings of appetizers. Plus a soup with some rice on it. Plus three kinds of main dishes. Plus 2 kinds of desserts. Good thing the mint tea we had somehow helped us digest some of what we ate in the last 3 hours. haha. It wasn't enough though and that we have to go to another cafe just so we can have another tea, to help us digest some of the food we ate. haha. I must admit, if not only for the shoes I was wearing, I would like to walk my way home. =P
The place is interesting...posh yet squatter-like, haha (we were thinking if the couple on the table next to us were TV personalities or the girl at least, a model). But it does give you a Mexican feel. Complete with a group of guys serenading you with Mexican songs. Their Volare was good!! While we were racking our brains though on what song to request, we were reminded of J Lo's and Marc Anthony's "No Me Ames"..beautiful beautiful song....Just learned this evening though that No Me Ames either means "Dont Love Me" or "You Don't Love Me".
Anyways, it's my turn next month!! Hmm...I'd like it to be extra special as it's gonna be our Christmas dinner of some sort. Have no idea yet though on what theme it'll gonna be..
----------------
(No Me Ames translation..)
Tell me why you're crying...
Of happiness.
And why are you drowning?f
or loneliness
Tell me why you take my hands so strongly,
and let yourthoughts carry you away
I love you so much
And why is that?
Crazy stubborn person,
stop doubting it any longer
Even though in the future there will be a huge wall
I'm not afraid, I want to fall in love
Dont love me, because you think that
I may appear different
You dont think its right
For us to see time go by together?
Dont love me, I understand
the lie that it would be
If your love, I don't deserve,
dont love me, just stay another day
Dont love me, because I am lost,
Because I changed the world,
Because its destiny
Because it can't be,
We both are like a mirror,
And you would be my own reflection
Don't love me, you would be dying
Within a war full of regrets,
dont love me to be on this
Earth, I would like to throw your enormous love
for the blue of the sky
I dont know what to say to you, that's the truth
When people want to, they know how to hurt
You and I will depart, they would not move,
But in this sky dont leave me alone
Dont leave me, dont leave me, dont listen to me
If I say to you "dont love me"
Dont let me.
Do not disable my heart with that
"Dont love me"
Dont love me,
I'm begging you,
leave me with my bitterness
You know well, that I can't,
that its useless,
That I will always love you
Dont love me,
because I would make you suffer
with this heart of mine
that was filled with a thousand winters.
Dont love me,
so that way you can forget of your gray days.
I want you to love me,
just to love me
Dont love me, you and I will fly,
With with the other,
and we will always be together
This love is like the sun
that comes out after the storm
Like 2 comets on the same path
-----
ang kulit din nila ano??? mahal naman pala isa't isa bat sinasabi pang wag mo ko mahalin???haha
Sunday, 5 October 2008
Cicada
Just got back from our monthly posh dinners. Aileen, Maha, Kat and I started this posh tradition just last month and albeit expensive though this tradition may be, i'm finding myself looking forward to this monthly treat we have.
Last September, we went Italian at Vinotica in posh Roponggi Area. That being our first time, we didn't realize we need to make a reservation to have the best places in the resto. Hence, we found ourselves being seated in front of the kitchen. But mind you, as the place was posh, it wasn't really as bad as it might seem. Food and wine there was great though there's just one thing you have to keep in mind before eating there: serving is so measly you shouldn't be ravenously hungry and should have had a bite before going there. haha. Else, you'll find yourself scrimping the last morsel of the pricey food they have. That was also our first experience of buying a bottle of very pricey water at 500 yen per 500ml. hahaha.
Tonight's dinner was organized by Kat. And having had our lessons learned from before, we made our reservations and hence got one of the best seats in the place. And goodness the food there is great!! Cicada is Mediterranean style by the way hence, they have Spanish, Greek, Italian and some other Mediterranean selections. Serving is of right quantity as well so we went home quite satisfied even with the amount we paid for it. Water was much pricier this time at 800 yen per bottle haha but believe me, it's the best tasting water i've ever tasted. I've never would have imagined that I could decipher differences in water but yes one could and with the water we ordered, it was so smooth you can actually feel its texture run through your mouth, to your throat, to your stomach. Haha, okay i'm exaggerating a bit. But. It. Was. Good. So good we were kidding that we shouldn't be surprised if it costs the same with either of the two bottles of wine we ordered (had Spanish White wine and Sparkling Wine this time).
And as usual, like last month, after dinner, we headed to Starbucks to chat a bit more, and well, to split up the payment for our dinner which was paid, like last time, by Aileen.
Sooo looking forward for our next posh monthly dinner! I wish though it'll be the dinner package with Cirque de Soliel..hehe..
ps
I had my second session on armpit laser. And believe me, there really is a marked difference. Haha.
Last September, we went Italian at Vinotica in posh Roponggi Area. That being our first time, we didn't realize we need to make a reservation to have the best places in the resto. Hence, we found ourselves being seated in front of the kitchen. But mind you, as the place was posh, it wasn't really as bad as it might seem. Food and wine there was great though there's just one thing you have to keep in mind before eating there: serving is so measly you shouldn't be ravenously hungry and should have had a bite before going there. haha. Else, you'll find yourself scrimping the last morsel of the pricey food they have. That was also our first experience of buying a bottle of very pricey water at 500 yen per 500ml. hahaha.
Tonight's dinner was organized by Kat. And having had our lessons learned from before, we made our reservations and hence got one of the best seats in the place. And goodness the food there is great!! Cicada is Mediterranean style by the way hence, they have Spanish, Greek, Italian and some other Mediterranean selections. Serving is of right quantity as well so we went home quite satisfied even with the amount we paid for it. Water was much pricier this time at 800 yen per bottle haha but believe me, it's the best tasting water i've ever tasted. I've never would have imagined that I could decipher differences in water but yes one could and with the water we ordered, it was so smooth you can actually feel its texture run through your mouth, to your throat, to your stomach. Haha, okay i'm exaggerating a bit. But. It. Was. Good. So good we were kidding that we shouldn't be surprised if it costs the same with either of the two bottles of wine we ordered (had Spanish White wine and Sparkling Wine this time).
And as usual, like last month, after dinner, we headed to Starbucks to chat a bit more, and well, to split up the payment for our dinner which was paid, like last time, by Aileen.
Sooo looking forward for our next posh monthly dinner! I wish though it'll be the dinner package with Cirque de Soliel..hehe..
ps
I had my second session on armpit laser. And believe me, there really is a marked difference. Haha.
Sunday, 18 March 2007
Success!
success on first try!
Arancine!! ~ Italian riceball..."Oishii Poropozu" inspired
freshly squeezed =D
Arancine!! ~ Italian riceball..."Oishii Poropozu" inspired
freshly squeezed =D
freshly fried! =)
Sunday, 10 December 2006
Sunday, 29 October 2006
Chicken a la King
Good for parties, this one. Very filling. A quickmelt cheese would make it much yummier though.
Sunday, 15 October 2006
Embutido
my first try on this one was just so-so... =(
the pickles weren't quite so good and well, the presentation's not that great either..
next try then!
=)
the pickles weren't quite so good and well, the presentation's not that great either..
next try then!
=)
Saturday, 14 October 2006
Binagoongang Baboy
my first try at it...and a great tasting one at that! (hehe, lookie here, im a-praising me-self) the meat's quite rubbery though..hmm...gotta research on how to cook tender meat.
Thursday, 12 October 2006
Super Duper Mega Hot Gambas
whoa! it does feel like your tongue's in some kind of hell..hahaha! gotta find that website again so i could make some comment on their recipe...
Friday, 6 October 2006
Friday, 22 September 2006
Chopsuey con Afritada..hehe
...our experiment for the night..=D
it tastes like chopsuey really. just that the shrimp juice made it somewhat orangy; making it look like afritada..hehehe...
in fairness, the veggies were cooked just about right. =)
it tastes like chopsuey really. just that the shrimp juice made it somewhat orangy; making it look like afritada..hehehe...
in fairness, the veggies were cooked just about right. =)
Wednesday, 13 September 2006
Pinakbet....minus the bagoong..
tsadan! Our masterpiece for the night..=D
we sure could use some bagoong for a tastier pinakbet though...hehe..Anyways, i posted the pictures using Picasa. It's soooo much easier than what ive previously been doing! thanks Flounder for sharing this..=)
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