ex-boyfriend na childhood friend: . . .ginagawa mo lang bang past time si laine?
current boyfriend: We both know she's way too special for that. Jepoy . . . you're the only one who's holding her back. Do the right thing.
ex-boyfriend na childhood friend: Sige, just so we're clear - you break her heart and i'll break her neck.
ano raw???
I had dinner with officemates last night at Je Suis Gourmand at the Fort (near McDonalds) and the food was excellent!
We loved the pate platter - it had different types of pate, all of them creamy and tasty. We also enjoyed the prawn and smoked salmon salad. The prawns weren't so big but they were perfectly grilled and the smoked salmon was creamy and tasty. It also had some greens (except arugula! yey! for arugula lovers, they have arugula with smoked salmon). I also got to taste the roasted vegetables and feta cheese salad - the vegetables were just lightly roasted and the feta cheese was a good foil to the vinaigrette dressing.
An officemate likes their pea soup and their pasta. I didn't get to taste these dishes, though.
For the main course, we had the duck confit which was tender and served with mushrooms. We also got to taste the lapu-lapu, which, by itself was light but flavorful, but tasted rich and creamy when eaten with the sauce (the sauce was so yummy that it can be eaten with bread!). An officemate loved their braised lamb shank in peppered mushroom sauce.
For dessert, we liked the creme brulee, the strawberry sherbet and the grand marnier sherbet.
The owner is a French chef who is married to a Filipina.
It is best to reserve a table before going to the resto as it only has a few tables and it gets filled up quickly. Their number is: 8158801.
On our way to Robinson's Galleria to buy dog food, we noticed that there was a new row of food places at the Payanig sa Pasig area. Like 2 kids, we decided to explore the area.
There were only a few eating places open, but since Rey read somwhere that the spicy chicken in Good Earth is very good, we decided to eat there.
We ordered our favorite lobster balls, the spicy nutty chicken, mixed vegetables with young corn and 2 cups of rice.
The lobster balls were as good as the ones served at their Greenbelt branch. The lobster balls are deep fried in lumpia wrappers and served with a tomato-based sauce and wasabe. The lobster balls are tasty even without the dressing but the dressing gives the dish a lot of character.
The mixed vegetables was also good. The greens and the young corn were crispy and we love how the vegetables were mixed with balck mushrooms. It didn't taste like it was seasoned with monosodium glutamate, too.
I was too full to appreciate the spicy nutty chicken but Rey thinks that the dish is great! If I remember right, the dish was made of chicken sauteed with cashew nuts, black mushrooms and other spices.
Service was very good. My water glass was always filled with water and the check came in 2 minutes after we requested it.
I was just disappointed when their green tea came from a tea bag.
We went to Market! Market! yesterday with a view to dining at the "Dampa"-style establishments. However, since it was still about 5 pm, and the sun was still up, the heat at the market area was a bit uncomfortable for Rey and I. So, we decided to have dinner in Trellis.
Trellis is a few meters away from the market area but it has its own airconditioned space. The temperature was just perfect - it was enough to keep us cool but it wasn't chilly. Since we were hungry, we ordered dishes that were enough for 4 people - we had fried chicken wings, potato salad, sisig, green mango salad, brocolli leaves with shrimp paste, inasinan na hipon and 2 cups of rice.
The food arrived in just a few minutes. The inasinan na hipon was soooooo tasty. It was deep fried shrimp seasoned in nothing but salt. I usually eat my shrimp with vinegar and siling labuyo but i made an exception for this one. The dish was perfect without any sauce (sawsawan, to be exact.) It was great with the green mango salad.
The green mango salad was served so that the customers would be the ones to mix their salad. I think I mixed too much shrimp paste so the salad tasted too salty. (That or the salt from the inasinan na hipon got stuck on my tongue.)
The chicken wings were very good. They almost tasted like my favorite Max's Spring Chicken that I wanted UFC catsup with it!
The potato salad was also very good but the serving size was too small.
We were disappointed with the sisig. It was soggy and it had too much vinegar. The sisig that comes in a can tastes so much better.
The best thing about it was that everything was just a little under P500! Talk about value for money.
The hitch? We felt like we needed a flare gun to get the attention of the waiters. After serving our food, they seemed to have forgotten about us. It also took them 10 minutes to give us our check! I had to tell the waiter that if they didn't give us our bill in 3 minutes, we'd walk out and not pay for our meal.
had to sing the national anthem for the testimonial dinner of ibp makati for the new appointees to the court of appeals, regional trial court and other executive offices.
the testimonial was scheduled at 6 but the program started at 7. so we had a full hour to eat!
it was supposed to be cocktails but the food was really filling. they served tuna, salmon and crabstick sashimi, assorted sushi, angel hair pasta with mushroom sauce, banana wrapped in bacon, calamares, and assorted cakes and pastries.
their sushi and sashimi are good. the salmon looked fresh and the crab stick was perfectly firm. the angel hair pasta was okay but not spectacular but the banana wrapped in bacon was so delicious! at first i found the combination weird but once i popped one in my mouth, i realized that the combination was perfect.
i also loved the chocolate pudding - it was deliciously creamy and it wasn't too sweet.
the best thing of all - everything was free!
I love shrimps. I'm allergic to them when they're not fresh but I always take the risk. I can always take anti-histamines if I get itchy.
For this reason, I've been wanting to try out Bubba Gump in Greenbelt 3 ever since I heard that they have shrimp dishes for their specialty. And so, when Rey asked me where I wanted to eat, I jumped at the opportunity and dragged him to Bubba Gump.
When we got there, we were so hungry so we ordered their appetizer sampler and their drunken shrimp.
The drunken shrimp was served first. The serving size was okay, it was more than enough for 1 persons but it was barely enough for 2. Since the menu described the shrimp to be soaked in bourbon, i was expecting the sauce to be white. I was mistaken. The sauce was reddish and there were about 10 pieces each of shrimp and sausage slices surrounding a humongous mound of mashed potatoes with fried shoestring potatoes on top. I loved the shrimp but after a few pieces, i got tired of the taste. The mashed potatoes were pretty good - the consistency was even and it was very creamy and buttery. The shoestring potatoes were also crispy and the saltiness was just right. Except that there were so much of the mashed and shoestring potatoes that I got full just by looking at them.
The appetizer sampler was very good! I loved the battered fried shrimp and the nachos with the dip. Rey and I loved the chilly shrimps. We loved it so much that we ordered for more chilly shrimps.
The chilly shrimps were really cool. Literally, that is. These are steamed shrimps that are served with ice cubes. The shrimps were tasty and it's fun dipping them in the tomato sauce that was served with the dish.
Rey ordered beer with his meal - nothing fancy, just the plain and predictable San Mig light. It was served cold. I ordered the strawberry shake. It wasn't too sweet but it wasn't sweet enought either. It can stand a couple of teaspoons more of sugar. But the good thing about it was that there was a huge but still tastely whole strawberry in it.
When we got the bill, we were a bit surprised. It was a bit high, which led to our discussion on which item in the menu pumped up the price - was it the ice or the giant potato?
I had a meeting at the Trafalgar Plaza til 6:30 and I was attending a concert with friends at the nearby Equitable Bank Building at 7:30. So, I decided to grab a bite at Segafredo's while waiting for my friends.
Since I wasn't sure what time my friends would arrive and I've been nibbling on some nuts and chips during the meeting, I wanted a light meal that can be prepared in less than 5 minutes.
The waitress recommended choosing from their the antipasti and their pasta since it takes them at least 10 minutes to prepare a sandwich. I chose the salmon carpaccio. I also ordered mint tea.
The mint tea, which came in a teabag, was served in less than 5 minutes. The salmon, which was swimming in an ocean of soy sauce, was served in 12.
I wish I just ordered sandwich.
It's no wonder why Rey hates the place.
