Birthday Dinner Preview

I’m having a few friends over for dinner tonight. I only decided to push through with the dinner party yesterday so I spent the whole afternoon yesterday buying ingredients. It’s a good thing I already wrote down some food ideas a couple of weeks ago.

It usually takes me at least 2 days to prepare for my birthday dinner. I only cook this much once a year because it’s too stressful for me. Well twice a year, one night is for HS friends and another night is for college friends. It’s a good thing my friends are very forgiving about the food.

Here’s a preview of what I will be serving for dinner. You have to come back and check how everything turned out and what I actually cooked.


salad


pasta


main course


dessert

Sorry to all my friends who will read this. As much as I want to invite all of you, my kitchen table can only fit 10 people. Just look at the pictures and imagine you were there. Ouch was that mean? 😛

Where to eat?

Where to eat? That’s the question my friends always ask me. Here are the links to the restaurants I’ve eaten at compiled by location and type.

PHILIPPINES

Where to eat in San Juan/Greenhills?
Amici (various locations)
Angel’s Kitchen
Annapolis Seafood Palace
Arya Persian Restaurant
Bangus
Beijing Hand-Pulled Noodle House
Bizu Patisserie
C2 Classic Cuisine 2
Cafe Ysabel
Capricciosa
Cara Mia
Choi Garden – Hot Pot
Choi Garden Sharksfin and Seafood restaurant (a la carte)
Choi Garden Sharksfin and Seafood restaurant (lauriat and my favorite dishes)
Choi Garden – Sunday Lunch 
Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao
Dinner at Choi Garden
Classic Savory Chicken (various locations)
Freska Ilonggo Seafood and Inasal
Gloria Maris
Goodburgers (various locations)
Green Maris Hot Pot
J. Abad Santos st. restaurants
Jollibee
Mann Hann (various locations) 2
Mr. Sunmoon Seafood House
NY Pizza
Ristras Mexican Grill
ThaiDara
The Frazzled Cook

Where to eat in Pasig/Ortigas area?
Cafe Juanita
California Pizza Kitchen (various locations)
Charlie’s Grind and Grill
Eat and Go
Gumbo
H.K. Choi 2
Hotshots Burgers
Mey Lin Pot and Noodle (various locations)
Minato Korean and Japanese Restaurant
North Park Noodle House (various locations)
Red Mango frozen yogurt (various locations)
Sango Burger Master (various locations)
Yedang Korean BBQ 2

Where to eat in Makati?
Aubergine part 2, 3
Azuthai
Cav Wine Shop and Cafe
Chef Laudico Bistro Filipino
Chef’s Table by Chef Bruce Lim
Chelsea Market and Cafe
El Cirkulo
Elbert’s Cheesesteak Sandwiches
Fely J
Je Suis Gourmand part 2
Kashmir
Kaya Korean Restaurant
Korea Garden Restaurant
La Nuova Pasteleria
La Regalade
Lolo Dad’s Brasserie
Lorenzo’s Way
Lu Restaurant
M Cafe
Malacca
Mi Piace
Paul Calvin’s Deli
People’s Palace
Seryna & Little Tokyo
Spasso Italian Tapas & Wine Bar
Tapella
UCC Park Cafe
Via Mare (various locations)
Yakiniku Sakura restaurant
Yakiniku Senri

Where to eat in Quezon City?
145 Fahrenheit
Asian Twist Fusion Restaurant
Bagoong Club
Bellini’s Italian Restaurant
Peking Garden part 2
Romulo Cafe
Shantung Restaurant
Toast Box

Where to eat in Malate?
Lili, Hyatt Manila
Tao Yuan
The Century Seafood Restaurant 2, 3

Where to eat in Binondo?
Crepe de Chine

Where to eat in Pampanga?
C’ Italian Dining

Where to eat in Pasay City?
Golden Bay Restaurant part 2

Where to eat in Tagaytay?
Antonio’s
Bag of Beans
Fling Frozen Yogurt

Where to eat buffet in Manila?
Cafe on the Ridge (International buffet at Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay)
Benjarong & Tosca (Thai and Italian buffet at Dusit Thai Hotel)
Basix (International buffet at Dusit Thai Hotel)
Umu (Japanese buffet at Dusit Thai Hotel)
Heat (International buffet at Edsa Shangri-La)
Inagiku (Japanese buffet at Shangri-La Manila)
Paseo Uno (International buffet at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel)

Where to eat dessert? buy cakes? bread?
Arny ♥ Dading’s Peachy Peachy
Angels Kitchen
Cake2Go
Bellini’s Orange Cake
Bibingka and Pastillas
Bizu Patisserie
Cara Mia
Cakes and Bakes
Classic Confections
Halo Halo
Hungrypac Cakes and Crinkles
Karen’s Kitchen
Lartizan Boulangerie Française
La Tasca Bibingkang Malagkit
Puto and Kutsinta
Putong Ube
Red Mango
Sans Rival
Sugarhouse pt. 2
Taho
The Ice Cream Bar by FIC
Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt
Vargas Kitchen Butter Cake
Yoh-gurt Froz

HONG KONG

Where to eat in Hong Kong? (cheap to mid range)
Arirang Korean Restaurant
Azabu Sabo
Bistro on the Mile 2(International buffet at Holiday Inn Golden Mile)
BLT Steak
Cafe de Coral (best milk tea)
Cafe Key West
Chuk Yuen (best dimsum and seafood) part 2, 3
Delicious Kitchen 2
East Ocean
Gyu Jin Shabu Shabu & Sukiyaki
Hakka Hut
Hokkaido Ramen Santouka
Chiu Fat Porridge Noodle Restaurant (cheapest, yummy noodle soup)
Hang Fa Lau (cheap and good desserts)
Hang Heung (best noodles, roast meats, congee) part 2, 3
Honeymoon Dessert
House of Jasmine
Jimmy’s Kitchen
Little Mermaid Bakery
Macau Chinese restaurant
Moon Chiew (in Whampoa Garden)
Pak Loh Chiu Chow restaurant dim sum
Pho24
Praise House Congee & Noodle Cuisine
Pokka Cafe (coffee and Japanese fusion)
Spring Deer (best Peking food, Peking duck)
Te Quick Pasta & Herb Tea
The China Club
Wu Kong (Shanghai food) part 2
Super Star Seafood restaurant
Sweet Dynasty
Yakiniku Gyukura
Yu Joy Hot Pot

Where to eat in Hong Kong? (5 star price and quality)
Caprice part 2, 3, 4
Grissini (best Italian Sunday buffet)
Harbourside (best overall buffet) part 2, 3
Hutong (best, expensive Chinese food)
L’ Atelier de Joel Robuchon (best, expensive set lunch) part 2, 3, 4
Lung King Heen
Nobu
Petrus part 2
Spoon (French fine dining w/ awesome Sunday buffet) part 2

MACAO

Where to eat in Macao?
456 Modern Shanghai Cuisine
Bambu
Portugese fastfood

SINGAPORE

Where to eat in Singapore?
Cafebiz+ (Breakfast buffet at Traders Hotel)
Din Tai Fung
Crystal Jade
Killiney Kopitiam (at Changi Airport)
Siam Kitchen
The Line (International buffet at Shangri-la hotel)
Thye Hong

TAIPEI

Where to eat in Taipei?
Chiate Bakery
Din Tai Fung
Shanghai Dumplings
Shin Yeh
Taipei 101 food court
Wasabi
World Soybean Magnate

AUSTRALIA

Where to eat in Perth?
Jade Restaurant
Valentino
James St. Kitchen
Restaurants in Fremantle
Sorrento

Where to eat in Margaret River?
Blue Ginger
Chow Cuisine To Go
Kappadokia Kebabs
Margaret River Fish & Chips
Sea Gardens
Settlers Tavern
Wild Thyme
Woody Nook Winery

USA

Where to eat in San Francisco?
Anchor and Hope 
Bi-Rite Creamery and Bakeshop
Bocadillos
Dottie’s True Blue Cafe
Gott’s Roadside
Jody Maroni’s Sausage SandwichesLevel III at JW Marriott Hotel
Marlowe
Limon Peruvian RotisseriePizzeria Delfina 
Salt House
Tartine Bakery and Cafe

Where to eat in Virginia?
Coastal Flats
Central Michel Richard
Chipotle Mexican Grill
Chutzpah Deli
Pitango Gelato
The Counter
The Original Pancake House
Whole Foods Market
Willie’s Smoked Carolina BBQ

Where to eat in Virginia Beach?
Pelons Baja Grill
Pocahontas Pancakes & Waffle Shop

Where to eat in Williamsburg?
Peking Restaurant

Lunch at Golden Bay Restaurant

Last Sunday we tried out the newest Chinese restaurant in town. We heard the huge restaurant was built by investors from China to a tune of P350M.

This is the view from the back. From edsa turn left on Pres. Diosdado Macapagal highway and go towards S&R. Just before reaching S&R make a U-turn and you will immediately see the big green and white building below.

We went on the 1st day they opened. Talk about eager beavers.

The restaurant can seat a maximum of 2,500 people. The restaurant is split into 3 floors. The ground floor is made up of some function rooms and the main dining area. The second floor is the banquet hall and has 45 tables and can accomodate up to 200 tables. It’s perfect for big weddings. The third floor has more function rooms. Each room has it’s own lcd tv for videoke.

This was our room. The room where we stayed for 4 hours last Sunday. Yes it took us 4 hours to finish lunch. The kitchen was in chaos and it took a very long time for the food to come out. Sometimes up to half an hour in between courses. Thank goodness the food more than made up for the bad service.

The overall decor was made me feel like I was eating in China. There were a lot of prints and colors that shout ‘rich and expensive’ but not ‘chic and elegant’.

our set menu

We ordered some har kaw or shrimp dumplings for the kids. They immediately proclaimed the ones at Choi’s was better.

har kaw or shrimp dumplings

The food didn’t come out in the order written on the menu. It came out and we ate. Whatever came out we didn’t care. We were hungry. The soup was very, very flavorful. It was a great start so far.

shell meat & black chicken soup

The king prawns were tiny but very sweet and perfectly cooked. It was a simple and perfect dish. Just prawns, lots of garlic and some soy sauce.

steamed king prawns with garlic

The fish was perfectly cooked too! Nothing fancy here. Just the regular way of serving steamed lapu lapu with soy sauce, sesame oil and lots of green onions.

steamed lapu lapu

A whole dry scalloped embedded in the middle of a ring of raddish and topped with sauteed lettuce. Everyone loved this except me. The scallops got stuck in my teeth.

whole dried scallop ring

The appetizer finally makes an appearance. Some roast duck, roast pork, soy chicken, jelly fish and century eggs.

b.b.q. combination


steamed crab with egg white

Definitely not the best Peking duck. Go to Peking Garden for that.

peking duck

I don’t eat misua because I don’t like soft, mushy noodles. But these were firm and good. Or maybe I was just hungry from waiting for the food. But it really was good.

traditional Fookien misua

The remaining duck was transformed into a second dish. Chopped duck with minced bamboo shoot and other ingredients and served with lettuce cups and hoisin sauce.

minced duck meat w/ lettuce

Asides from the usual butchi for dessert, a sticky sweet potato mochi like dessert filled with yellow monggo was also served. I loved it so much.

2 varieties of Chinese pastry


sweet potato pastry

Overall the food was very promising. They gave us a 30% discount for opening day promo. We had to pay cash since their credit card terminals weren’t installed yet. It’s a good thing we had enough cash with us. I think this will be a popular wedding destination in the future. They have a big parking lot which was filled to capacity. When there’s a wedding the parking lot will surely be lacking.

Golden Bay Restaurant Menu
abalone & shark’s fin, soup,
chef’s recommendation
poultry, rice & noodles,
HK bbq & Chow Zhou “Lu Shui”
dim sum

Golden Bay Fresh Seafood Restaurant
Lots 3 & 4 Super Block A
Pres. Diosdado Macapagal Blvd.
Pasay City
telephone: 556-7525; 994-2959
goldenbay.marketing@gmail.com

What’s for Merienda?

Last Saturday 27 of my classmates had a dance rehearsal for our upcoming homecoming. I was there just to shoot the video and take pictures. No dancing for me!

As usual some kind souls brought merienda or afternoon snack for the tired dancers. There was no plan on who will bring what. So I was very impressed with the food they brought. The white plastic bag on the left is a giant bag of chicharon (pork rind) that Florence brought.

Someone brought these yummy brown puto. I wasn’t able to try it but I heard raves about it.

All the food were store bought or ordered except for this walnut and raisin bread pudding super mom, Janet baked. She must cook and bake with her eyes closed. I don’t know where she finds time since her days aare packed with activities. As usual it was excellent.

walnut and raisin bread pudding

Cherry brought 2 boxes of beef patties from De Original Jamaican Pattie Shop. They’re my favorite.

beef patties

Mimi brought her aunt’s special homemade shark’s fin dumplings and Yvonne brought the siomai. It was very good and two baskets were all wiped out.

shark’s fin dumplings

Deb ordered 2 big bilaos of Red Ribbon’s pancit palabok.

pancit palabok P510

The discovery of the day was the cassava cake Cef brought. They were still warm when we opened and ate all three boxes she brought. It was very sticky and different from any cassava cake I’ve ever eaten. It also had some strips of coconut mixed in it and some grated cheese on top. It also wasn’t very sweet which is always a plus. Everyone loved the cassava cake. Thanks Cef for introducing this to us.


Ten-Four’s cassava cake P170

I was a good girl since I only had 1 dumpling, a bite of the bread pudding, and some cassava cake. It’s not that I didn’t like the food it was because I was still full from having lunch at Asian Twist. Db and I went straight to the rehearsals from lunch. Even though we were full we still had our fill of the yummy cassava cake. Our batch motto is work hard, eat harder.

De Original Jamaican Pattie Shop
Ground Level Greenbelt
Paseo de Roxas cor. Legaspi St.
Ayala Center Makati, Metro Manila
Phone Number: 894-4956
Red Ribbon Delivery
telephone: 8-7777
Ten-Four Cassava Cake
branches:
97 C. Kamuning Road, QC
telephone: 411-9401
278 E. Rodriguez Sr. Ave., QC
telephone: 741-5030
174 N.S. Amoranto Sr. Ave (Retiro)
cor. Isarog St, QC
telephone: 413-0321
221-C N. Domingo St.
cor. Pinaglabanan St.
San Juan, Metro Manila
telephone: 721-7344
Shaw Blvd. cor 29 de Augusto St.
telephone: 407-3345
Kamias Brgy. Pinahan
telephone: 433-3796
Araneta Ave. along Puregold
telephone: 712-1244
Sharksfin Dumplings and other dimsum call:
Mary Jean Tan at 840-0258

How to speak politically correct?


How to speak about women and be politically correct:

1. She is not a BABE or a CHICK – She is a BREASTED-AMERICAN.
2. She is not a BLEACHED BLONDE – She is PEROXIDE DEPENDENT.
3. She is not a BAD COOK – She is MICROWAVE COMPATIBLE.
4. She is not HALF NAKED – She is WARDROBE IMPAIRED.
5. She does not wear TOO MUCH JEWELRY – She is METALLICALLY OVERBURDENED.
6. She is not CONCEITED – She is INTIMATELY AWARE OF HER BEST QUALITIES.
7. She does not want to be MARRIED – She wants to lock you in DOMESTIC INCARCERATION.
8. She does not GAIN WEIGHT – She is a METABOLIC UNDERACHIEVER.
9. She is not a SCREAMER or MOANER – She is VOCALLY APPRECIATIVE.
10. She is not EASY – She is HORIZONTALLY ACCESSIBLE.
11. She does not TEASE or FLIRT – She engages in ARTIFICIAL STIMULATION.
12. She is not DUMB – She is a DETOUR OFF THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY.
13. She is not TOO SKINNY – She is SKELETALLY PROMINENT.
14. She does not HAVE A MUSTACHE – She is IN TOUCH WITH HER MASCULINE SIDE.
15. She does not HATE TELEVISED SPORTS – She is ATHLETICALLY IGNORANT.
16. She has not BEEN AROUND – She is a PREVIOUSLY ENJOYED COMPANION.
17. She does not WEAR TOO MUCH PERFUME – She commits FRAGRANCE ABUSE.
18. She does not GET YOU EXCITED – She causes TEMPORARY BLOOD DISPLACEMENT.
19. She is not KINKY – She is a NON-INHIBITED SEXUAL COMPANION.
20. She does not have a KILLER BODY – She is TERMINALLY ATTRACTIVE.
21. She does not GO SHOPPING – She is MALL FLUENT.
22. She is not an AIRHEAD – She is REALITY IMPAIRED.
23. She does not get DRUNK or TIPSY – She gets CHEMICALLY INCONVENIENCED.
24. She does not get FAT or CHUBBY – She achieves MAXIMUM DENSITY.
25. She is not COLD or FRIGID – She is THERMALLY INACCESSIBLE.
26. She is not HORNY – She is SEXUALLY FOCUSED.
27. She does not WEAR TOO MUCH MAKEUP – She has reached COSMETIC SATURATION.
28. She does not have BREAST IMPLANTS – She is GRAVITY RESISTANT.
29. She does not NAG YOU – She becomes VERBALLY REPETITIVE
30. She is not a SLUT – She is SEXUALLY EXTROVERTED.
31. She is not LOOSE – She is MORALLY IMPAIRED.
32. She does not have MAJOR LEAGUE HOOTERS – She is PECTORALLY SUPERIOR.
33. She does not have THIN LIPS – She is COLLAGEN DEPENDENT.
34. ‘ LOW COST PROVIDER.’

How to speak about men and be politically correct:

1. He does not have a ‘BEER GUT’ – He has developed a ‘LIQUID GRAIN STORAGE FACILITY.’
2. He is not a ‘BAD DANCER’ – He is’ OVERLY CAUCASIAN.’
3. He does not ‘GET LOST ALL THE TIME’ – He ‘ INVESTIGATES ALTERNATIVE DESTINATIONS.’
4. He is not ‘BALDING’ – He is in ‘FOLLICLE REGRESSION.’
5. He does not act like a ‘TOTAL ASS’ – He develops a case of RECTAL-CRANIAL INVERSION.’
6. It’s not his ‘CRACK’ you see hanging out of his pants – It’s ‘REAR CLEAVAGE.
7. He is not quiet; he is a CONVERSATIONAL MINIMALIST.
8. He is not stupid; he suffers from MINIMAL CRANIAL DEVELOPMENT.
9. He does not get lost; he DISCOVERS ALTERNATIVE DESTINATIONS.
10. He is not balding; he is in FOLLICLE REGRESSION.
11. He is not a cradle robber; he prefers GENERATIONALLY DIFFERENTIAL RELATIONSHIPS.
12. He does not get falling-down drunk; he becomes ACCIDENTALLY HORIZONTAL.
13. He does not act like a total ass; he develops a case of RECTAL-CRANIAL INVERSION.
14. He is not short; he is ANATOMICALLY COMPACT.
15. He does not constantly talk about cars; HE HAS A VEHICULAR ADDICTION.
16. He is not unsophisticated; he is SOCIALLY MALFORMED.
17. He does not eat like a pig; he suffers from REVERSE BULIMIA.
18. He does not hog the blankets; he is THERMALLY UNAPPRECIATIVE.
19. He is not a male chauvinist pig; he has SWINE EMPATHY.

Lunch at Asian Twist Fusion Restaurant

Db wanted to treat Rochelle and me for her birthday and she suggested Asian Twist Fusion Restaurant. It was far from us but near her but we were game to try something new.

The huge twist sign really catches your attention. I just went to Chinese General Hospital in the 1st week of September and I passed NS Amoranto (Retiro St.) and I didn’t notice this restaurant. I guess if you’re paying attention you still won’t see it.

The restaurant looks like a house that was converted to a restaurant. I liked the clean and simple decor. It was very youthful.

There’s was a cake display and several kinds of bread and bars at the entrance.

I bought a couple of pork floss to take home. I wasn’t too happy with it. The bread was very firm and I didn’t like the taste of the pork floss or mahu. I prefer Bread Talk’s version a lot more.

pork floss bread P45


ebi pork floss bread P48


twist ensaymada P38


rochelle and db

The place was full when we were there last Saturday for lunch.

They also have a second floor.

It’s shocking but I don’t eat raw fish. But I ate the seared tuna from the red rice salad at the potluck dinner the night before and I liked it. So when Rochelle ordered this sesame rice tuna tataki I took the plunge and ate it. I loved it! The tuna was coated with a spicy dressing and it was the perfect partner for the rice. The addition of toasted sesame added a nice crunch and flavor to the otherwise plain rice.

sesame rice tuna tataki P135

I was on a Korean food streak so I wanted to try their version of the pajon. The difference was this pajon had a coating of panko. It was crisp but very oily. It was good but not as good as Yedang’s.

Jane’s pajion P145

The restaurant’s specialty was bibimbop or rice cooked in a stone pot. Instead of just plain beef and veggie toppings that you can find in Korean restaurants they ‘twisted’ it by offering different toppings. They have bagnet, teriyaki and even a creamy bibimbop. We ordered the teppanyaki fish fillet bibimbop.

teppanyaki fillet bibimbop P175

The server mixed everything in the bowl including the raw egg. It was really, really good. It was even better than the ones I’ve tasted in Minato and Yedang. There was a liberal amount of teriyaki sauce that made the rice so yummy. What I loved best was toasted rice at the bottom of the pot. We had to scrape it well to get every last bit. I want to go back just to eat this dish.


the crunchy bottom

Rochelle ordered the grilled squid. I’d skip this dish. It tasted a bit uncooked and the sauce wasn’t that good. I guess we were expecting a plain grilled squid with the sauce on the side.

The khalbi udon was another disappointing dish. The noodles used weren’t even udon. It was some kind of Chinese flat noodles. It tasted like Korean beef stew with noodles in it. It wasn’t really bad but it just wasn’t what I expected.

khalbi udon P235


bff forever (wow cheezy)

The waiter told us that the Asian Twist cake was their bestseller so we decided to order a slice to share. Layers of dacquoise with mango mousse in the middle, chocolate mousse on top and covered with whipped cream. Sounds inventive and good right? Alas there were several things that went wrong. The dacquoise was crunchy but slightly over baked. We could taste a slight burnt taste. The mango and chocolate layers lacked a little sweetness to make it stand out. The chocolate lacked chocolate flavor. It only tasted good when you take a bit of dacquoise and whipped cream and eat it together.

What I liked about Asian Twist was the very reasonable prices and the satisfying serving size. I would definitely go back again to eat the bibimbop and tuna tataki and try some other dishes. I hope they open a branch in Greenhills soon. Our bill came to just over P1,000. I haven’t seen a bill that low in a long time.

Asian Twist Menu
appetizer & pork, beef & chicken,
seafood, rice toppings & noodles,
salads, sandwiches & sides,
desserts & drinks, set menu
new items 1 & 2

Asian Twist Fusion Resturant
101 N.S. Amoranto cor. (formerly Retiro St.)
Speaker Perez St., Q.C.
telephone: 711-2248; 749-3878

What do you bring to a potluck?

We had another HS homecoming meeting and 17 confirmed to attend. The food for the meeting was potluck and these are what my friends brought.


Deb bought this amazing, fantabulous deli platter from Santi’s. It contained prosciutto, chorizo, gouda, emmenthal and 2 kinds of salami. This platter lasted until after dinner. We picked our way through most of it with some melon, wine and lots of laughter.


Santi’s deli platter

Debbie ordered this lumpiang ubod from her office canteen.


lumpiang ubod

Janet made this chap chae from scratch. It was restaurant quality indeed! She used US sirloin sukiyaki with the Korean noodles. It was soooo good. We are expecting more from Janet in the upcoming meetings.


chap chae

Jennie brought this Red Rice Salad from Dulcelin. On the web site the description for this is “A Korean style paella with seared tuna slices, shrimp and shredded lettuce” It costs P1,600 and is good for 10 to 12 persons. The rice tastes like it had mayonnaise in it. The seared tuna was perfect with the rice and lettuce. The dish was mildly spicy and very creamy. It was a unique dish that I don’t mind eating again and again. Paging Jennie!


red rice salad

Arlene, Kathleen and Denyse brought siomai and KFC. Too bad they came late! I heard the kids loved the siomai. The siomai was from our classmate, Jocelyn’s store in Ash Creek Mall in Ortigas Avenue.

siomai


KFC fried chicken
The best discovery for the night was this barbeque Deb ordered from Heaven’s Barbeque. They delivered the barbeque right to Deb’s gate. This was one of the best pork barbeque I’ve ever eaten. It was very soft, juicy and tasty. There was also breastlet (what an unfortunate name) which was boneless chicken barbeque made with chicken breast. It was equally delicious. It wasn’t dry at all as chicken breast is prone to become dry when grilled.

pork on the left, chicken on the right

It’s not cheap though. A stick of pork barbeque costs P37 each while the breastlet costs P29. These prices are when you order 20 pieces minimum. Otherwise add P1 each for the retail price.

My contribution was the coffee almond jelly salad in the stainless bowl. Everyone said it was good. 🙂 Elisa brought my favorite peachy peachy from Arny and Dadeng.

coffee almond jelly salad
peachy peachy

Birthday girl, Frances brought this classic mango torte as her treat for us. The bottom crust was made with walnuts and egg whites for a crunchy dacquoise. The crust was then topped with mango balls and whipped cream. Yummy!

mango torte
Aida brought this sapin sapin from Dolors, another favorite of mine.

Are these any of the food you would bring to a potluck? My friends really have good taste. Til the next meeting. Start thinking of what you will bring next.

Santi’s Delicatessen
San Antonio Plaza Arcade, Forbes Park
Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines
telephone: 894-1293

The Promenade Bldg., 198 Wilson Street Corner
P. Guevarra, San Juan City
telephone: 381-2926; 381-2934

Dulcelin Gourmet
36 Times St.
West Triangle, Q.C.
Philippines 1104
telephone: 374-2165 ; 374-2167

Heaven’s Barbeque
For Deliveries:

Aguirre St. cor. Elizalde St., BF Homes Paranaque City
telephone: 659-2314; 659-2315

7224 Malugay St. cor Buendia, Bel-Air
telephone: 894-3899; 893-4715

Vito Cruz cor Pasong Tamo
telephone: 897-2575

Petron C-5 cor. Diego Silang
Taguig City
telephone: 986-0143

Madison Square
Madison St., cor. Ortigas Ave.,
Greenhils san Juan
telephone: 726-0250; 727-3206

Madison Square
E.Rodriguez Jr.
Libis, Quezon City
telephone: 396-1198