tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58279107498736425332024-01-13T03:11:33.275-08:00mentalfeetmentalfeethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813283589523925900noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827910749873642533.post-68243833808966150472013-04-15T07:11:00.002-07:002013-04-15T07:11:19.475-07:00Tara sa Kasbah<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The ambience is just so amazing. It feels sooo Morocco! How I know when I haven't ever been to Morocco is a big question. :D But the place has a perfect "chill" vibe.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We started with drinks! My date had a glass of watermelon shake, while I had the MUST-TRY Moroccan gunpowder mint tea. I just had to try it and it was amazingly... strong!!! I wanted less alcohol but then it just wouldn't be the original mix. Drinking the gunpowder was odd though. I had to demurely spit them out from time to time. :p </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would always remember that I lost weight when I went to India because we mostly ate dips+pitaor any bread while we were there. And so I got it in my head that these things are very healthy. I think they really are. :D So we just had to try the moutabal which is basicanlly eggplant and tahini caviar squashed and roasted into yummy-ness! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We ordered the berber lamb tagine because it said in the menu that it's, "deeply spiced melt-in-your-mouth tender lamb with oranges and prunes in a rich tangy thick sauce" and we had just that. The lamb was certainly very tender and the flavor the perfect marriage of spices. </span></div>
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mentalfeethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813283589523925900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827910749873642533.post-86632385321314703152013-04-10T06:05:00.000-07:002013-04-10T06:05:02.561-07:00Taken Away by Isabelo Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Isabelo Garden in Marikina is a by-reservation only restaurant. Not only that, the diners must pre-order the food when they make the reservation. This may not sit well with everyone but I found it totally cool to just go in and sit, then the food will just come one by one, no need to stress on what to pick! *One has to pay a deposit of php1000 just so they're sure you're coming.* Besides, it's really hard to control oneself not to order too much when one is soo famished!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After our exploration, we finally sat down and our food came at once. Gotta say, the service was really great. But of course... what makes and breaks a restaurant is the quality of the food and Isabelo Garden surely aces it!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We just adore portobello mushrooms and this one surely ranks as one of the best! It was creamy and sweet in the right way! The flavor just... oozes in the right way. Being the Chinese that I am, I have one complaint: BITIN!!! I wanted more!!! but oh well, it's such a pain that portobellos are expensive.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I ordered something else actually, but one ingredient was not available since I booked just the day before. *note to self: must order earlier next time.*</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had to cut the pizza ourselves but that's totally cool. We got to cut it the way we wanted. In short, I got two small slices and the date just finished all the rest. :D The grilled vegetable toppings were so healthy-ly delicious. The pizza has this flavor I'm not sure how to describe but it's good. :) To top it off, it's thin crust and barely oily!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This "secret" restaurant truly is one of a kind. I'm excited to bring my friends here to enjoy more of the great food and great ambience. Maybe come December when it's more cooler though. :D </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, I shall be back for the morning version, the Rustic Mornings by Isabelo. I sooo look forward to that meal. :) See you soon, Isabelo Garden!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then the surely sinful will-take-years-off-my-life appetizer. I swear, it's soo worth it. One mouthful and I declared this as the best dish of our meal! Yes, even when I haven't tried all the dishes yet. It's just hard to match its yummy level.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The slowly cooked bone marrow was presented in a mouth-watering way and it did taste mouth-watering-ly good! I didn't really need the anchovy cream cheese that it came with. Just the crostinis were good enough.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But as Mary Ann of Bale Dutung taught me, I gave the first taste to the chef and put everything in a mouthful. Darn, it was reallyyyyy good!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then our main dishes arrived and although nothing was as spectacular as the appetizer dish everything was really good. No wonder this restaurant was listed under 100 best restaurants in Manila.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, when my date was done chatting with his friend, all he had to finish was the crispy pork knuckles with sauerkraut. Hihihi. It was good as well, but the fattiest of all the dishes. :D</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although it is said it's quite hard to have kids eat vegetables and fruits, my mother never really that problem with my siblings and me. It's not because we loved our veggies so much, it is instead due to our fear of her. :D Now that we're older, we are grateful because there are times when we only eat salads especially the times we want to drop some pounds like... now that the summer season's coming in! (though I still sneak some junk foods especially when the rain suddenly falls so heavily and I feel that the summer is being boycotted!!!)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's quite hard to eat out and find somewhere healthy to eat... but... Try Pipino (vegetarian food by Pino) where vegetables are amazingly delicious the kiddies won't even know they shouldn't have liked the food!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, there's certainly no fooling the kids that these are vegetables. Just the way that it's sooo green. No, no. Don't even attempt it. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But grown-up just love the organic greens with cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, cucumbers and mangoes drizzled with tasty mango vinaigrette. I would be happy to eat just this every dinner! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*One note to mothers, don't worry if your daughters don't eat veggies. Just fatten them up and they'll eat their greens once they hit adolescence. Teeheehee. :D </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The obedient boyfriend went and saw the headquarters of Lindt in Australia. :D The offices are there, but no cafe. Bummer. He went back to his hotel only to notice a Lindt cafe right beside his hotel. *sheepish smile*</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I swear! They little pieces of heaven! The meringue was perfectly soft with a little crunch and the filling has just the right sweetness. Every flavor has its distinct taste. I loved the strawberry the best. The salted caramel and vanilla would be next in line. The christmas flavor (red and green) has a ginger tang going for it making it an interesting piece. The rest are also very good. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, my company who happened to be a guy ate Chicken Katsudon which much to my embarrassment looked a lot less than my own plate. -_- I had a taste and it was definitely better than my order just because there was a variety of egg and some veggies. The chicken is just like my dory tempura though.. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been so many times in Tagaytay that there's nowhere else to do there but eat. As of late, whenever we go there what we do is eat really good brunch, go to Taal Vista to read and hangout (while drinking bottomless lemonade the whole afternoon, really worth it!) and then eat yummy dinner. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thankfully, this year there seems to be lots of reasons to go back there- again and again aside from good food. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of those reasons is the Puzzle Mansion. I wouldn't know about this if it weren't for my sister. Of course, if I just went to Tagaytay we would've known about this anyway because of the many, many advertisements along the way. :D</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Indeed, it's one big hooray for Filipinos! Another Filipino gets to be listed down in the Guinness World Records. It's none other than the record of having the biggest puzzle collection in the world! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm particularly interest in the wooden puzzles. This is how puzzles looked like the first time they got made. There are lots and lots of different interesting shapes connected to the theme of the picture. Just splendid! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's actually my dream to form this type of puzzles below but I've nowhere to put them yet... Maybe next time. :D</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looky! This coca cola mosaic puzzle must've driven her nuts! True enough, Ms. Gina said that this one is one of the hardest puzzle she ever made (out of the 1,028 of the collection. Although... her granddaughter did say that only 80% of puzzle was done by Ms. Gina herself, there others were made by other family members.).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This here in the box is the largest puzzle in the world! Can't wait to see it all together! It's already in the works!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After this trip, Ms. Gina inspired me well enough to continue an Anne Gedes puzzle I started years and years ago, unfortunately it seems that I lost 3 pieces and even though I'm down to 38 pieces, I couldn't finish it!!! Although... I did buy a 1500-pc. puzzle of the world map and did finish it! :D I'm so proud of myself. Ha.Ha. It's just sooo hard to finish a puzzle that I truly salute Ms. Gina for having all that patience!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The menu isn't that long but everything just sounds funny and yummy that it took a while to decide. I resorted to minnie-minnie-my-nee-moe and ended up with these:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's amazing really. One word: batak meant "boneless chicken thigh grilled topped with melted mozarella" in their language. Imagine that! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's good but nothing to inspire an I-MUST-TRAVEL-TO-RUSSIA feeling. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This traditional Serbian dessert is simply a hot crepe filled with chocolate-y nutella. I don't really like chocolates... and maybe I was kind of full already... and so... it took me two minutes to finish this plate. :D Lip-smacking good!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Going in the restaurant, we found ourselves feeling how Jonah from the Bible must've felt. The restaurant is quirky-ly designed like the inside of a whale's mouth. Inspired, really!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To start the meal, we enjoyed some sangria or wine. This is to loosen our tongues for a major secret-spilling session! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's quite hard to talk when the tummies are grumbling, it was therefore a major plus that the service was fast. Our food started arriving soon enough.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The tortilla de verduras wasn't what I expected it to be. Instead of the mexican tortilla, we got something like a pastry. It largely reminds me of my sister's yummy chicken ala king for some reason. Checking the menu, it said: tomato, cilantro, potato, capsicum, caramelized onion, brave sauce. Hm. It never is good to be assuming. -_- Anyways, this dish was good, though nothing spectacular.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our next dish was A LOT BETTER. They did say it's their bestseller. It doesn't hurt that it arrived looking like the yummiest tower. We had no idea how to attack when the waiter offered to mix it for us. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really didn't want to eat much of this since it's fried egg and shoestring potatoes, things I'm not much fond of. But I couldn't help but eating one spoonful after another. I swear, it's just really fatty good! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since we weren't big eaters, we opted to order pica-pica dishes. Again, we ordered the best-sellers. I always put much faith on the best-sellers on the menu since I feel you can judge a restaurant by these dishes they claim to be their best. So we had pintxo de queso frito. It looked so adorable I wasn't sure I wanted to break it and so I just popped the whole thing in, never mind losing poise. :D It's a mouthful of g</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ruyère </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">cheezy goodness!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and very meaty on the inside! YUMMY!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is surely a great place to party late nights but it's also a good place to just unwind with a friend while enjoying yummy food and tasty wines early evenings. :)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love to read and most often than not, I live for hours or days at a time in the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">world of the book I'm reading. This can get bad especially when I'm rereading the whole Harry Potter series and I find myself willing an object to lift itself and into my hand. Hahaha. Seriously. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'m currently reading Dance with Dragons, the fifth book of the Game of Thrones. I am therefore craving for some horse meat. (If anyone can help me with this, it would be greatly appreciated. :D Well, I had to make do with what's available and so I ate what they usually ate during those times aside from horse meat. (as if that time ever existed!) </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found what I'm looking for here in Casa Marcos.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just like all the restaurants along Forbeswood Heights, the place <b>isn't packed</b> even on a <b>Saturday night</b>. This might be a bad sign for some people, but I consider this a positive thing. It means: </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. we won't have to deal with bad service. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. we get to eat quickly. Our tummies grumble during these times.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But hey, some crowd would have made me feel like I'm in the middle of a feast inside a castle. As it was, I felt like I was eating during the war of the lions and the wolves in an inn after they have sacked the place. It felt bummer. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can just imagine eating this in the banquet Cersei threw when King Robert fell sick due to the wounds he incurred when he closed in on the wild hog (which he was still able to kill) which the people ate during the feast. I can now more than imagine the taste of that specific hog, and Cersei was right, it tasted good. Although, I strongly doubt they'd cook it the tapa way. :D</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is what the normal people raised and ate. I'm a normal person after all. (nobody contradict!) This is what I would've eaten normally if I were living during that time.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(I can't say I'll be back since I kind of feel guilty eating meat not from the farm but it's <b>definitely worth a try</b>.)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thank Casa Marcos though for giving me an insight of the tastes of what they must be eating in Game of Thrones. I really love the world of books they're just... exciting and enchanting. Well, I'm going back to my reading now. :)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, whatever the reason, I love, love, love <b>TEA</b>! I would hazard to say that I love tea more than my <span id="goog_2073948390"></span>dishy bloke<span id="goog_2073948391"></span>. (Kidding... maybe... :p) </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I drink tea through out the day, everyday. I get chuffed when I get to buy new tea stuff, like when I got some <b>white silver tip tea</b> from India which is totally <b>RARE</b>! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Okay, stopping the British slang right here. It's making my nose bleed.)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*Getting a parking space is kind of hard. W</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">e had to park quite far and walk all the way. No worries, the place is totally worth it!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No matter, the seats are totally comfy and the walls with all the small written <b>testimonies</b> make everything feel laid back. It kinda made me miss all those the-longer-the-better write-ups friends used to post on friendster. Remember Friendster?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was my delight then that I got to pick <b>silver white needle tea</b>! Although it was quite hard choosing with all the tea blends available, from green tea, to fruit, to herbal, to <b>black tea</b>, to mate, to oolong, to rooibos, to chai, to pu-erh. And then each kind has a different ranges as well. It's completely overwhelming. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My white tea was just so simple and fragrant. I read that white teas have the <b>most anti-oxidants</b> amongst all teas and I felt getting younger already. (Ha.Ha.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BTW, the <b>teapot</b> they use is totally <b>rad</b>! You just let the tea leaves steep a while then you put it on top of your cup and the tea drips down. <b>No pouring! </b>The only place I've seen something like this was in <a href="http://mentalfeet.blogspot.com/2012/07/this-geisha-is-diva.html">Geisha</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They have real meals and even <b>secret menu items </b>which you can learn from <a href="http://www.ourawesomeplanet.com/awesome/2012/08/daude-tea-lounge.html">this blog</a>. However, our agenda was to experience the British Tea Time, and so we ordered snacks.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There's nothing else for me but the <b>Buttermilk Scone</b>. I've read about British ladies having scones since I was 8 and always wondered what it was. I always envisioned it to be something like a waffle. Now, I got to try one with my tea. Finally!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It turned out to be something like a cookie but more than that. It's seems like a cookie cake to me. It's soft and crumbly. The two sauces/jams were unique and tasty. YUM! Though it could also do with them.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I could definitely get used to tea time! I shall be back for the high tea set! :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before going, we asked for the bill and it came in this cute kiddie tea time book. I honestly had to read the whole story aloud. :D</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's just a nice touch to the whole tea time experience. :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">(02) 854-4187 </span></span>mentalfeethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813283589523925900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827910749873642533.post-50130325547127913112012-09-26T21:26:00.002-07:002012-09-28T04:30:14.740-07:00BBQ Republic opens to public<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Typical Chinese, specially the elders, are generally very OC. It's very hard to impress them or even for them not to find anything to criticize.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, I suggest you bring them in this newly opened place and see what they have to say. (Of course, non-Chinese should drop by too!)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The new place is very clean, and simple but well decorated.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The service is impeccable. They are courteous, efficient and VERY attentive.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Best of all, the food they serve is simple but very good. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Barbeque is one of the healthiest way (not to mention yummy-est! For me, at least.) way to cook food with only one downside: the carcinogens!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, when done correctly, barbeque ends up like these goodness in sticks.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then there's the interesting <b>seafood platter.</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have confessed my addiction to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mentalfeet.blogspot.com/2012/09/macarons-madness-3-park-avenue-desserts.html">PAD's French macarons</a>, now I must share my love for their meals.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Park Avenue Desserts</b> includes no full-blown restaurant. Instead, aside from their yummylicious cakes and pastries, they offer <b>pastas, salads, and sandwiches</b>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The menu is quite simple, written on gold-gilded blackboards. Just reading makes my mouth water.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I swear, it's just the x factor of this dish. Add the fresh mushrooms and very light cheese plus al dente pasta... I can't imagine a pasta dish as simple and good as this could be surpassed.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I said earlier, truffle is simply the magic word. So instead of ordering a dish for myself.. I got two dishes. (Of course, I shared this with a good friend I was with! I'm quite generous in sharing the calories and fat. :D)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Truffled </b>egg salad sandwich is just your typical egg sandwich. Only, it's <b>infinitely better</b>. The only sad thing here is how filling the eggs are, rendering me unable to eat more. :(</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*The camote chips it comes with sealed the deal! It's perfectly salty and pepper-y. It's crispy. It's also healthy. What other chips would you want???</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just like the first two dishes and possibly everything they offer, they make this <b>tuna salad sandwich</b> just like your own homemade snack. Only, yeah, you got it: <b>they make it a lot better! (</b>Of course, I'm assuming everyone's like me, an un-whiz in the kitchen. :p) </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We were two tiny girls eating a very big late lunch. These are what we ate. No wonder the lone guy from the next table remarked, "You girls sure are hungry!" *sheepish smile*</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mikasan's <b style="font-size: x-large;">MILK FLAKES!</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are actually two kinds that I never reconciled to be the same until now. I mean, before I thought this one is peanut brittle. The other one is peanut brittle. Just now did I realize there are two versions of peanut brittle. :p</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... Then there's the more unique peanut brittle ... </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I personally prefer the Romana's peanut brittle but I think the first one is more popular since most peanut brittles are made that way. No matter how it's made, peanut brittles are just sweet and yummy!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was able to munch on leafy salads during the weekdays but then come weekend... <b>Uh-oh</b>. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If only I could just always eat in <b>good vegetarian restaurants like the Corner Tree Cafe</b>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My best friend Ewe made it there early, good thing. It turned out to be a <b>cozy and extremely busy restaurant</b> full with reservations. The turn over of people are quite fast too.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <b>Corner Tree starter plate</b> claims to have an <b>Egyptian</b> origin. We were able to choose between dipping our bread & sticks into <b>white bean hummus or extra virgin olive oil and/or a yummy blend of nuts, seeds, and spices</b>. This blend was what set this dish apart. It was just <b>YUMMM</b>!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*note to self: must line-up Egypt in the near future travel plans.*</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been eating Calamay but never really knew what it's made of so I checked the internet. Apparently it's a yummy mixture of sticky rice, sugar, coconut milk and vanilla and (for this specific one) peanut! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Inside, the calamay has a very sticky texture but it's still best to be eaten with bare hands. It's just more fun that way. :D</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So the calamay I showed you came from Bohol while this next one was given by my cousin <b>from Baguio</b>. This is the calamay I grew up eating! It simply reminds me of happy Baguio vacations with family.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lookie! See how little calamay (without peanuts!) each shell contains? Then you have to use your finger to scoop it out. This is why calamay is also fondly called <b>kulangot or booger</b>. Is that cool or icky? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the Baguio version better if only because it reminds me of my childhood. :D Or maybe it's that things in smaller portions seems to be more enjoyable, add in the challenge of spooning it out.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is no hunger in heaven. This is a widely accepted truth. Otherwise would mean that there would still be suffering up there in cloud 9. Then, it's no paradise at all. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">People take this to mean that there's no food beyond the skies. Hm. THAT CANNOT BE!!! Please NOOO!!! So, I have another take on this. There's no hunger in heaven because there's GOOD food in abundance. This leads me to think, and hope, that there in far, far away nirvana, souls can eat as much as they want without having to worry about weight nor health! That's a good non-life, don't you agree?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Opening it... HALF A LOG LEFT! Good thing I came home early. :D</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OMG! I am no food connoisseur but I'm sure this slab would please each and everyone who tries it. The meat simply tears away from the bones without much effort, (which kind of made me sad since I badly needed the arm work out. Ha.Ha. :D) and the texture's very tender! It's good just the way it is but if it's not flavorful enough, they do give diners extra sauce. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I promise, this is a place to try out specially for ribs lovers! If anyone doesn't love it, I shall resign from being a food critique. (When there comes a time I'll be one. Ha.Ha.)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is where I found <b>THE hidden treasure</b>. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After Bizu (sorry Bizu!), I got turned off from French macarons which I found bland, dry, boring and not to mention overpriced. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But as I went through Park Avenue, the bright happy colors seduced me once more to try them out and I never regretted it. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The dining area is not big by any means. What I love about this is I could easily crane my neck and "usioso" the other table's food. HEHEHE. :D</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The counter is filled with so many goodies on display that one could get dizzy looking, not knowing which to pant after first. Everything looks simply mouth-watering, I felt I was running out of saliva. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There's my treasure!!! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No wonder it's super good! The filling just oozes out of the sides. Small coins of goodness fallen out of heaven these macarons are, I swear!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Done right, it's the next frozen yogurt or milk tea! Sadly, there's too many available in that obviously way too commercialized recipes. The result? Dry and un-yummy macarons. Boo!!!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One testament that these macarons are pure goodness? It would take five bites to finish these pieces. That's because every bit of it is full of flavor, popping it as a whole would just be flavor overload.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hm... Must order more to give to Boyfriend just in case it works its magic on him and make him follow everything I say. :D</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's our eternal cravings for specific foods which could go on for weeks and which could be frustrating at times. We sisters are currently craving for macarons after a friend had given my atsi a box of LINDT MACARONS (!!!) from Australia. Boo that I didn't get any! (The risk of sleeping too early. :()</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't know about you but until now it's quite hard to find good macarons in this country. Bummer.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No wonder <a href="http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/59091/macarons-banana-nutella-toast-muscovado-pudding-george-yangs-daughter-makes-her-mark">Chef Karen Yang</a> (THE daughter of THE Geroge Yang!) felt she needed to go to France just to study the art of baking French macarons. (Please, I love exaggerations. Humor me! :D)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank goodness she's come back with beautifully presented presents of French macarons just in time for our madness!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Teeheehee. We can be like cyclones when it comes to our craved food. Four minutes and we finished our Php350 (7 pcs.) worth of heaven!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's my favorite flavor of all when it comes to macarons: SALTED CARAMEL! I don't know why but it's just the perfect salty and sweet combo! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are the reasons why I have come to love French macarons. I love the food, but Bizu's don't just give justice like these from "Karen's Place" can.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I guess it's true! The early bird catches the best worms! (or something like that.) Gotta go to Serendra early one morning and score other yummy mouthfuls!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the age of 25, I needed to mark it with a milestone.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As my motto explains, "courage is not the absence of fear!" I have lots of courage! Because honestly, I love a lot of fear inside me!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Right before this, a girl came to me and asked me something. I didn't understand her, I thought she was speaking in Japanese. But after 10 seconds I realized she spoke to me in Mandarin, asking if I was going to jump. This is one proof that I wasn't thinking right with fear! (I later on spoke to her and apologized after some fear has subsided.)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'd share the video when I can, blogspot wouldn't accept it at the moment.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got to say, it helped a lot that the attendants were Filipinos so I was able to ask whatever I had to reassure me that I'd be safe and alive. They were very sympathetic as well, and encouraging. Thank you Kuyas! :D</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, this is the highest Bungy in the world at 233 meters. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've always dreamed of going to Spain one day (Hopefully sooner rather than later or later rather than never...!) but when I finally make that trip I hope to skip to its past rival (as in Magellan's time), Portugal.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, I've yet to save up for that trip after I save up for all the higher in the list destinations. For now, I settle for Portuguese food.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome to O'sonho the only Portuguese restaurant I know of! I love saying the name of this humble restaurant along Jupiter Street (Yes, yet again.-_-) : O'sonho. It means "dream", that explains the tagline! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a lot of debate over yummy-sounding dishes and mouth-watering pictures in the menu, we finally settled on our delectable dishes!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's the first to arrive. I'm a lover of vegetable soup and this is just the way I like it, as the menu promised! It's thick and hearty, for real!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm basing all my knowledge on the Portuguese cuisine on this restaurant. The menu said that the Portuguese are passionate about this and so I just had to try it! (at the risk of over-ordering or what we dub as takaw-order!) This stewed dried salt cod was just bursting with flavor subtly complemented by carrots and green olives to be wrapped in pita bread. Yum, yum!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This must be THE PORTUGUESE DISH. It was certainly the best of all the superb dishes we had. The skin was crisp while the meat was tender just the way we like it. The spicy peri peri sauce only helped it up the yummy meter. This certainly tastes like my Portuguese dream!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to the Weekend Sweet Treats, I got to enjoy dessert just because we spent Php700! This Portuguese egg tarts aren't like the Macanese egg tarts made popular by Lord Stows. The egg is a lot less soft and the tart a lot less flaky but it's still yummy in its own way that I'm not sure if I should be comparing them.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh, I love Portuguese food! It's just really, really delicious! Okay, okay, O'sonho is so far my only basis... but it's definitely great! I'll definitely be looking out for other Portuguese restaurants in the city.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you're looking for somewhere to celebrate a special occasion or maybe planning something you'd probably celebrate for, I got just the place for you! Take a special trip all the way to the south and you would find Vivere Skyline Restaurant.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, if you're looking for someplace cool to enjoy a bottle or two of beer with special friends, I also have the perfect suggestion! Drive through the traffic to Alabang and look for Vivere Hotel's Skylounge.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's actually one and the same. I don't know why there are different names... :D </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Look at this gorgeous view!!! This explains why it's perfect.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's right beside the magnificent infinity pool that offers the same city scenery.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There's also a truly enchanting place to eat and chat while smoking.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The relaxing music from the organ only helped the ambience to be perfect. Oh, must not forget the slightly chilly night breeze going here and there.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our meal started with very delicious steaming hot soups. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mine was Tomato Basil soup which we got for Php80 because we ordered a salad. It was a great deal especially since the soup was fresh and tasty in all honesty.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fred tried to resist but eventually gave in and ordered the French Onion Soup. He didn't regret it. It was truly a great cupful!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next: our fresh salad was accompanied by small cubes of feta cheese (more pieces would've been welcome. :D), by equally fresh mangoes and yummy scallops grilled with spinach and bacon. Another perfect score.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I loved the grilled red, yellow and green bell peppers that came with our first main dish. Fred enjoyed the lamb which we found to be perfectly cooked. The chef wasn't shy in seasoning the lamb with herbs. Yup, the rack of lamb rocks! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thankfully, this was one of the rare times we still had space to eat some dessert! The profiteroles was a first for me. I've never heard of it and I was eager to try it. It was GREAT! I don't really like chocolate but it just goes well with the almonds, soft cream puffs and vanilla ice cream. This was luckily the perfect way to end our perfect dinner. (Lucky because I would've regretted ordering this instead of the other yummy looking desserts.)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>a.k.a. Skyline Restaurant</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">31st Floor Vivere Hotel</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">5102 Bridgeway Ave. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">cor. Asean Drive,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Alabang, Muntinlupa</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">632-771-7777</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://viveresuites.com/dining.asp">Visit their website. :)</a></span>mentalfeethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813283589523925900noreply@blogger.com1