Lunch at Brenda’s French Soul Food

This was lunch on my second day in San Francisco. See I still tried to be good with my diet. Ariel brought me to Brenda’s since I’ve read a lot of good things about this restaurant owned by Filipino chef Brenda Buenviaje. Ariel warned me that there might be a line since Brenda’s is aContinue reading “Lunch at Brenda’s French Soul Food”

Christmas Eve at Xiao Nan Guo Premier

We had Christmas eve dinner with good family friends and some guests from the USA at Xiao Nan Guo Premier. We had lunch there a couple of days before and knew that our host would enjoy the food and specially the ambiance and view. So our reservation at Intercon’s Harbourside was canceled and we hadContinue reading “Christmas Eve at Xiao Nan Guo Premier”

Christmas Party catered by Chef Tum

It’s only fitting that my last post for the year 2010 be about good food, fabulous friends and a happy, happy night. A couple of weeks into December we decided to have an early Christmas party among friends and celebrate Pat’s birthday at the same time. It turned out great because Pat paid for dinnerContinue reading “Christmas Party catered by Chef Tum”

Christmas party catered by Choi Garden

Last night I attended a Christmas party at a friend’s house. The food was catered by Choi Garden, my favorite Chinese restaurant in Manila.  I didn’t even know they did catering. That’s 10 Peking ducks in the picture. They did the cooking and prep work in the basketball court above the house’s kitchen. The foodContinue reading “Christmas party catered by Choi Garden”