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Jollibee Chicken Barbecue

I saw this sign outside Jollibee Greenhills right across V-mall. That means Jollibee new product is out. After all the ads teasing us, today we learn it’s Jollibee Chicken Barbecue, a welcome addition for the health conscious eaters who think there are no healthy options in fastfood restaurants.

The menu board is full of chicken barbecue images.

Jollibee chicken joy is their best selling product and is truly worthy of that status. It’s really the best fried chicken ever imho. With the addition of the chicken barbecue I wonder how much will it eat into the sales of chicken joy. Or will they co-exist and happily satisfy the fried and barbecued chicken market?

Jollibee chicken barbecue poster

Whenever I go to a barbecue restaurant I always order pork barbecue because the chicken is usually hard and dry. Jollibee’s chicken barbecue was unbelievably moist and juicy. I loved the taste. It had the right amount of sweetness and smokiness. It was way better than Alex III or Reyes Barbecue.

I didn’t care for the java rice which was bland. The sauce wasn’t java sauce but tasted like real barbecue sauce. I like it but I wouldn’t pour it over my rice like I do with the java sauce of Alex III. The chicken really didn’t need any sauce because it was already very flavorful.

2 pieces of chicken barbecue with java rice and barbecue sauce costs P119 and P139 for the value meal (w/ regular drink). Atchara is also available for an extra P5.

2 pcs. Jollibee chicken barbecue

This is definitely going to be another blockbuster product for Jollibee. 1 piece of chicken barbecue with java rice and barbecue sauce costs P69 and P89 for the value meal (w/ regular drink).

Not all branches have this product as of this entry. Check your nearest branch if they have it or just go to Jollibee Greenhills right after your shopping at the tiangge or Vmall.

Jollibee Greenhills Carpark 2
Unit 3 Ground Floor,
Greenhills Shopping Center
Carpark 2 San Juan M.M.
telephone: 726-6119; 724-9546

Business Hours: 5:00 AM to 11:00 PM

Services:

Party
Express Delivery
Breakfast

Dinner at Choi Garden

We had a special dinner at Choi Garden last Saturday to welcome the 2 grandsons of our host who came home for a short vacation and a break from their studies in the US. Naturally we had to let them try our favorite Chinese restaurant, Choi Garden.

Some of the dishes here were also featured here.

crispy lechon and roast pork

It was our first time to try this soup. It was fabulous! It was neither too hot nor too sour. It was just plain good.

hot and sour soup

This beef ribs dish is becoming a staple in our menu.

pepper beef ribs

I always thought Peking Garden had the best Peking duck in Manila. After eating Choi’s Peking duck I’ve changed my mind. This duck is more flavorful and more moist. My only complaint was the duck wrapper which hardened very quickly after a few minutes. It was good but you have to eat it very fast or just order more wrappers since what comes with the duck wasn’t enough.

Peking Duck

These are the duck’s bones from the Peking duck which were seasoned re-fried. If I wasn’t already so full I would have munched on a lot of these uber yummy and juicy bones. (buto pa lang ulam na!) Can someone translate that nicely for our foreign readers?

fried duck bones

steamed fish w/ garlic

e-fu noodles

pechay w/ smoked ham

These fried siopao dough or man tao was served with the crab. I guess you dunk it in the sauce of the crab. Although it was great eaten plain too.

man tao

fresh crab in tomato sauce

This is Michelle my 10 yr. old assistant who took the bathroom pictures below as well as several pictures here.

Michelle

These are the bathroom cubicle doors. They look like lacquered Chinese paintings.

Choi Garden Seafood and Shark’s Fin Restaurant
12 Annapolis St.
cor. Purdue St.
San Juan, Metro Manila
telephone: 727-6042

Tech Support Cheat Sheet

This is for my parents and all those who think they are technically challenged and find the need to call me.

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via Gizomodo

Fantastic Russian Art Cakes

Below are cakes which can be eaten in their entirety. No plastics or any artificial materials are used – everything is edible. All of the cakes were made by Zhanna of St. Petersburg , Russia

Lunch Buffet at Paul Calvin’s Deli

Rochelle and I had a chance to try the lunch buffet at Paul Calvin’s deli located at the Fort.

It’s located at the ground floor of Forbeswoods Heights.

The deli products were sparse the day we were there.

The ground floor was small with only a few tables.

The bigger second floor was where the buffet was located.

The weekday lunch buffet costs P275 only! Where can you find a deal like that in The Fort? Last week I had 1 hamburger for P280.

That’s chef Paul Calvin at the pasta bar.

The food was simple but well cooked. It was the essence of a home cooked meal. There were few choices but you won’t be disappointed with the taste. You’ll definitely get your money’s worth and leave full when you eat here.

They also have Sunday brunch for P250 only.

mixed greens

fried rice

yasai itame or stir fried veggies

We were late that’s why the chafing dishes were half full or almost empty. We still managed to eat our fill though.

baked sweet potatoes w/ pineapple

I don’t eat dark meat from chicken but this chicken teriyaki didn’t have the usual dark meat taste. It was fall off the bone tender and it was obviously well marinated.

chicken teriyaki

fish and tofu

The spareribs were our hands down favorite. We finished all of what was left in the pan. It was very tender, juicy and the flavor was yummy.

lemon grass pork spareribs

Korean braised beef

We wondered why this dessert was called betamax brulee. Jay, the marketing officer, told us that this was his mom’s recipe. It’s actually leche flan with carrots below. It was ‘beta carotene to the max’ hence the name betamax. It was delicious but a bit sweet. The leche flan was thick and creamy and the carrots tasted like sweet potato strips. It added texture and complemented the leche flan. What an ingenious way to add veggies to dessert.

betamax brulee

Thank goodness they came out with a new one.

fruit tarts

fresh fruits

The malunggay loaf is their bestseller. Another veggie meets dessert creation. This would be a great snack for kids who don’t eat veggies. It tasted like banana or carrot cake. You don’t taste the malunggay at all. They sell this in the restaurant too.

malunggay loaf

Jay Em and Paul Calvin

They sell different kinds of bread and cakes on the ground floor.

garlic bread and pandesal

custard cake, blueberry muffin,
pandan cupcake

calabaza, carrot & banana cakes

ensaymada

Paul Calvin’s Deli Menu
breakfast, sandwiches, pizza & pasta
house specialty, dessert & drinks

Paul Calvin’s Deli
Unit 1111 Forbes Town Center,
Fort Bonifacio, Fort Bonifacio,
Taguig 1201 Philippines
telephone: 856-5900

Balance Sheet of Life

BALANCE SHEET OF LIFE

Our Birth is our Opening Balance!
Our Death is our Closing Balance!
Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities
Our Creative Ideas are our Assets

Heart is our Current Asset
Soul is our Fixed Asset
Brain is our Fixed Deposit
Thinking is our Current Account

Achievements are our Capital
Character & Morals, our Stock-in-Trade
Friends are our General Reserves
Values & Behavior are our Goodwill

Patience is our Interest Earned
Love is our Dividend
Children are our Bonus Issues
Education is Brands / Patents

Knowledge is our Investment
Experience is our Premium Account
The Aim is to Tally the Balance Sheet Accurately.
The Goal is to get the Best Presented Accounts Award.

Some very Good and Very bad things …
The most destructive habit…Worry
The greatest Joy…Giving
The greatest loss…Loss of self-respect

The most satisfying work…Helping others
The ugliest personality trait…Selfishness

The most endangered species…Dedicated leaders
Our greatest natural resource…Our youth

The greatest ‘shot in the arm’…Encouragement
The greatest problem to overcome…Fear
The most effective sleeping pill…Peace of mind
The most crippling failure disease…Excuses

The most powerful force in life…Love
The most dangerous act…A gossip
The world’s most incredible computer…The brain
The worst thing to be without…Hope

The deadliest weapon…The tongue
The two most power-filled words…’I Can’
The greatest asset…Faith
The most worthless emotion…Self- pity

The most beautiful attire…SMILE!
The most prized possession…Integrity
The most powerful channel of communication…Prayer
The most contagious spirit…Enthusiasm

Life ends; when you stop Dreaming,
Hope ends; when you stop Believing,
Love ends; when you stop Caring,
And Friendship ends; when you stop Sharing!!!

Thanks Judie for this email!

Ukranian kids got talent!

Jurij is 7 and Karina 6 years old. This is so amazing!

12 annoying types of Facebook users

Here are 12 of the most annoying types of Facebook users: (from CNN)

The Let-Me-Tell-You-Every-Detail-of-My-Day Bore. “I’m waking up.” “I had Wheaties for breakfast.” “I’m bored at work.” “I’m stuck in traffic.” You’re kidding! How fascinating! No moment is too mundane for some people to broadcast unsolicited to the world. Just because you have 432 Facebook friends doesn’t mean we all want to know when you’re waiting for the bus.

The Self-Promoter. OK, so we’ve probably all posted at least once about some achievement. And sure, maybe your friends really do want to read the fascinating article you wrote about beet farming. But when almost EVERY update is a link to your blog, your poetry reading, your 10k results or your art show, you sound like a bragger or a self-centered careerist.

The Friend-Padder. The average Facebook user has 120 friends on the site. Schmoozers and social butterflies — you know, the ones who make lifelong pals on the subway — might reasonably have 300 or 400. But 1,000 “friends?” Unless you’re George Clooney or just won the lottery, no one has that many. That’s just showing off.

The Town Crier. “Michael Jackson is dead!!!” You heard it from me first! Me, and the 213,000 other people who all saw it on TMZ. These Matt Drudge wannabes are the reason many of us learn of breaking news not from TV or news sites but from online social networks. In their rush to trumpet the news, these people also spread rumors, half-truths and innuendo. No, Jeff Goldblum did not plunge to his death from a New Zealand cliff.

The TMIer. “Brad is heading to Walgreens to buy something for these pesky hemorrhoids.” Boundaries of privacy and decorum don’t seem to exist for these too-much-information updaters, who unabashedly offer up details about their sex lives, marital troubles and bodily functions. Thanks for sharing.

The Bad Grammarian. “So sad about Fara Fauset but Im so gladd its friday yippe”. Yes, I know the punctuation rules are different in the digital world. And, no, no one likes a spelling-Nazi schoolmarm. But you sound like a moron.

The Sympathy-Baiter. “Barbara is feeling sad today.” “Man, am I glad that’s over.” “Jim could really use some good news about now.” Like anglers hunting for fish, these sad sacks cast out their hooks — baited with vague tales of woe — in the hopes of landing concerned responses. Genuine bad news is one thing, but these manipulative posts are just pleas for attention.

The Lurker. The Peeping Toms of Facebook, these voyeurs are too cautious, or maybe too lazy, to update their status or write on your wall. But once in a while, you’ll be talking to them and they’ll mention something you posted, so you know they’re on your page, hiding in the shadows. It’s just a little creepy.

The Crank. These curmudgeons, like the trolls who spew hate in blog comments, never met something they couldn’t complain about. “Carl isn’t really that impressed with idiots who don’t realize how idiotic they are.” [Actual status update.] Keep spreading the love.

The Paparazzo. Ever visit your Facebook page and discover that someone’s posted a photo of you from last weekend’s party — a photo you didn’t authorize and haven’t even seen? You’d really rather not have to explain to your mom why you were leering like a drunken hyena and French-kissing a bottle of Jagermeister.

The Maddening Obscurist. “If not now then when?” “You’ll see…” “Grist for the mill.” “John is, small world.” “Dave thought he was immune, but no. No, he is not.” [Actual status updates, all.] Sorry, but you’re not being mysterious — just nonsensical.

The Chronic Inviter. “Support my cause. Sign my petition. Play Mafia Wars with me. Which ‘Star Trek’ character are you? Here are the ‘Top 5 cars I have personally owned.’ Here are ’25 Things About Me.’ Here’s a drink. What drink are you? We’re related! I took the ‘What President Are You?’ quiz and found out I’m Millard Fillmore! What president are you?”

You probably mean well, but stop. Just stop. I don’t care what president I am — can’t we simply be friends? Now excuse me while I go post the link to this story on my Facebook page.

Which one are you???

Earle’s Delicatessen

Earle’s Delicatessen is located in the same building as my gym. I’ve always wanted to take pics but I always forget to put my camera in my gym bag. Today I finally remembered. Earle’s is at the back entrance of Wynsum Building.