Category Archives: REVIEWS

SM Advantage Card: Working On Your Advantage!

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It’s nice to be writing a blog again after a few months of laziness.. Well, i just got so excited by the experiences i had from my SM Advantage Card. If you’re an SM customer, and you don’t have their Advantage Card, sorry to say that you’re not enjoying the privileges that it brings to its members.

For quite a long time, i thought that it’s just one of the “swipe cards” that you would bring once you purchase something from the store where you’re a member of. Getting some purchase “points” that will require a thousand for you to enjoy a certain “treat” from them. But then, after a long time of using my SM Advantage card, it’s now really working on my advantage. I remember last Christmas of 2010 when i was able to shop for my kids worth 2,500 pesos credited to my SM Advantage Card alone, without shelling out money from my pocket! The kids were so happy that they enjoyed having a lot of new toys and clothes on Christmas day! Aside from earning points, there are freebies and discounts from time to time during promos.

2 days ago, i received an email from SM Advantage informing me that my SM Advantage Card was upgraded to PRESTIGE. SM Prestigeis the elite membership program of SM Advantage. It is composed of SM Advantage members who have reached the required spending level at SM, or have been nominated by SM retail establishments. SM Prestige membership is free and valid for two years. It has more benefits and privileges that are over and above those enjoyed by regular SM Advantage members.

           • Free 2-year membership
• Concierge services, valet shopping and priority fitting rooms at SM Department Store
• Priority check-out lanes at SM Supermarket and SM Hypermarket
• Free access to the SM Prestige Lounge
• Free delivery (with minimum purchase) at SM Appliance Center, ACE Hardware & Makro
• Valet Shopping at Toy Kingdom & Kultura
• Free gift wrapping at SM Department Store
• Seasonal promos, exclusive to Prestige members, from SM Advantage retail partners
• Discounts and freebies from partner hotels, restaurants, resorts, spas, fitness centers,    recreation and automotive establishments

Upon claiming my Prestige card, i also signed up for an SM Advantage CHARTIS, a Personal Accident Insurance that covers up to 100,000 pesos. Your SM Advantage card will be deducted with only 20 points per year to cover the insurance. Also, your SM Advantage card must maintain 70 points to be qualified for the insurance. It is really not just a benefit but also a great help to its members specially to those who drive their own automobiles. It’s an Accident Insurance, per se!

So for those who have’nt got their SM Advantage card, avail your own now so you can also enjoy all the perks, benefits and privileges that it brings! You may check out the SM Advantage website for more details.. http://smadvantage.com.ph

 


COWBOYS AND ALIENS, a review

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This is a late review since Cowboys and Aliens had its opening last August 10. We have watched it last weekend, but I wasn’t able to make a blog of it immediately. I’m not just in the mood to face my laptop and write a post on my website. Days are passing, so I’m blogging from my BlackBerry phone now to post something finally! So much of the explanation, here’s a quick review.
Well, Daniel Craig as we all know is a great actor, but his acting abilities were not showcased entirely on this movie. Yeah, aliens! But those were the old looks of an extra terrestrials that we used to see when we get to watch an alien movie.. Maybe I’m just looking for something “new” to aliens nowadays.
The story wasn’t twisted and just made it run along until the end. There’s nothing special nor extraordinary about the action and fight scenes, just the powerful bracelet. But it’s not as dumb as you would think for a movie. It just didn’t made me feel such an awe.
I give 2.5 STARS for this movie. :) :(

YELLOW CAB Pizza: Festival Mall

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Been to Yellow Cab many times, but this is my first time that we dine in their Festival Mall Alabang branch. We just had a movie break, and we came across the delicious smell of their pizza so we decided to have our snack there, somewhere near.

New York Finest Pizza

We ordered a 10 inch New York Finest Pizza, which is the house best seller, baked potato wedges and cream of squash soup to warm up our tummy! The pizza itself satisfied our cravings, loaded with our favorite pizza toppings: meatballs, ham, olives, cheese and a lot more! The crust is flavorful and loaded with topping to the edge!

Baked Potato Wedges

Cream of Squash Soup

They also have a promo, the “One Great Decade, One Great VESPARADE!”, wherein the lucky winner one of the ten exclusive limited edition vintage scooters from, none other than, VESPA!

The food really pleased our hungry tummy, and proceed to our next movie treat with a smile.. J

MER-NEL’S CAKE HOUSE

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Cake is one of the “sweets” that people loves to eat. There have been a lot of successful businesses that are engaged in this industry. Red Ribbon, Goldilocks are some of the local brands that has many branches nationwide. But here in Laguna, there is a very famous cake maker that has been creating a big following for the past few years now. Even non Laguenos craves for their chocolate cake, because of the distinctive taste of the icings on their cakes.. It’s Mer-Nel’s Cake House!

I’ve been hearing a lot of great feedbacks about Mer-Nel’s cake. They say that they’ve never tasted a chocolate cake as delicious as that. So I got curious of it. A former colleague back then, brought us some at work. Yup! At first I didn’t notice any extraordinary taste to it, but as I eat continuously, the next thing I know there’s nothing left on my plate! Their main secret is in the “icing”. Some branded cakes, especially the chocolate flavored ones, has this “oily” feel that you would not appreciate to eat it all up. But Mer-Nel’s icing is different. Their icing doesn’t taste the “fatty” feel so you would end up eating everything up to the last bite. It doesn’t taste so sweet that you’d stop eating after a slice.

And not only that, their cakes are very cheap that a 10×12 chocolate cake would only costs around 500-600 bucks! I’m glad that they finally have a branch in SM Calamba, for which I know, their one and only remote branch. Their main branch is located in Los Banos , Laguna from where they all started. So from now on, I can have their delicious cake anytime I want without going so far! ;)

BANANA CUPCAKES!!!

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Last weekend, a former colleague and I had a meet-up to claim my ordered banana cupcakes from her. She bakes for a hobby, and when I learned about it, I asked her to bake one of her recipes for me! I have always liked banana cakes. It’s a simple yet nutritious type of bread/cake which has an aroma that you would crave for. So I gave it a try to order and have it delivered to me. I also want to inspire and support her to start her own cakes and pastries business.

I initially ordered for a banana loaf/cake, but she offered me to try the banana cup cake with chocolate chips. It sounds yummier to me, so I told her to push through with it. I ordered 3 boxes, a dozen per box so I could give the other one to my sister.

Everyone liked the taste of the slightly toasted banana cupcakes! The texture was soft and the chocolate chips added delicious taste to it. I just told her to make the sizes be in uniform shapes so it could be ready for commercial. When it comes to the tastes, it’s perfect! It even tasted better than the branded ones.

I look forward to taste more of her recipes! For inquiries and orders, you may contact her through her twitter account. http://twitter.com/kkkaattt

GOOGLE Plus: The New Era of Social Media

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Google+ has been creating a big buzz in the social networking site industry. It’s giving more curiosity to all especially to the “tech people” who has been reviewing every social networking sites’s features and uses.

Google+ is a social networking service, operated by Google Inc. that was launched last June 11, 2011 and still on its “invite-only” testing phase. The following day, existing members were allowed to invite friends through mail, which must be above 18 years of age, who can also create their own accounts. However, this was quickly suspended in a day after there was “insane demand” for accounts.

Google+ will be built as a layer that not only integrates different Google social services, such as Google Profiles and Google Buzz, but also introduces many new features including Circles, Hangouts, Sparks and Huddles. There are a lot of exciting networking features and services here that will enjoy and be benefited from by its users.

Google+ will also be available as a desktop application and as an application on Android and iOS operating systems. This is also the biggest attempt of Google to rival social networking site, Facebook which had over three quarters of a billion users in 2011.

I was fortunate to receive an invite from my sister, which i was able to sign-up immediately and flawlessly. I was so excited to have an account on Google+ and to be one of the few people to have the privelege to enjoy its cool features and applications. This is also the reason why Facebook launched their video chat, to counter part the “hangout” feature of Google+, their own video chatting service.

GOOGLE+ FEATURES

CIRCLES- enables users to organize contacts into groups for sharing, across various Google products and services. Although other users can view a list of people in a user’s collection of circles, they cannot view the names of those circles. The privacy settings also allows users to hide the users in their circles as well as who has them in their circle. Organization is done through a drag-and-drop interface. This system replaces the typical friends list function used by sites such as Facebook

HUDDLE- is a feature available to Android, iPhone, and SMS devices for communicating through instant messaging within circles.

HANGOUT- are places used to facilitate group video chat (with a maximum of 10 people participating in a single Hangout at any point of time). However, anyone on the web could potentially join the ‘Hangout’ if they happen to possess the unique URL of the Hangout

INSTANT UPLOAD- is specific to Android mobile devices; it stores photos or video in a private album for sharing later.

SPARKS- is a front-end to Google Search, enabling user to identify topics they might be interested in sharing with others; “featured interests” sparks are also available, based on topics others globally are finding interesting.

STREAMS- users see updates from those in their circles, updates similar to Facebook’s news feed. The input box allows users to enter a status update or use icons to upload and share photo and videos.

I think Google+ is a combination of Twitter and Facebook rolled into one, and even more! I even want to have an Android phone for this because the application is only available on Android powered phones for now, but soon to have an iOS app.

As an early Google+ user, i notice that the “streams” are all very informative, unlike in Facebook and Twitter that even the most nonsense things are being posted. Well, it can happen to Google+ later on, but what i like about it is that you can choose the “circles” that you would want to see your “streams” on theirs, and also the “streams” of the “cirles” that you would only want to see on yours! Very organized and discreet. Other members may follow you, but it’s your choice if you want to follow them too!

I am really really impressed with Google+! Things are getting so cool there. If Google+ comes into “full throttle”, it’s gonna be crazy! This is really a big threat to Facebook.

Google+ is a very promising social media service that gives its members the best of both worlds! I can’t wait to see everyone using it! :) :) :)

If you already have a G+ account, here’s my mine! http://gplus.to/wengblanquera check it out, and add me to your circles! :)

AUDI Q7 3.0 TDI Quattro VS BMW X5 xDrive 3.0

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Oh maaan! If i just have the millions, i would definitely buy these two SUV’s! If i win the JACKPOT price in a lottery, this two will be on the top of my lists!

I have always dreamed of having my own car. But i prefer to have an SUV than to have a sedan. I really appreciate the real beauty of bigger cars than the smaller ones. They are more robusts, agile, sturdy and spacious.

These two SUV’s are matched! In terms of price and specifications.

******AUDI Q7 3.0 TDI Quattro

AUDI Q7 3.0 TDI Quattro

  • Price                                          P6,250,000
  • Seating                                             7
  • Layout                                           AWD
  • Transmission                                  6 AT
  • Fuel                                              Diesel
  • Engine                                             3
  • Cylinders                                         6
  • Horsepower (hp)                             233
  • Torque (Nm)                                   500
  • Length (mm)                                 5086
  • Width (mm)                                  1983
  • Height (mm)                                  1737
  • Wheelbase (mm)                           3002
  • Curb Weight (kg)                           2245
  • Brakes                              Front Ventilated Discs/Rear Ventilated Discs
  • Airbags                                           8
  • ABS                                              Yes

******BMW X5 xDrive 3.0

BMW X5 xDrive 3.0

  • Price                                        P6,325,000
  • Seating                                           5
  • Layout                                         AWD
  • Transmission                                6 AT
  • Fuel                                            Diesel
  • Engine                                             3
  • Cylinders                                          6
  • Horsepower (hp)                              231
  • Torque (Nm)                                    520
  • Length (mm)                                  4854
  • Width (mm)                                   1933
  • Height (mm)                                  1766
  • Wheelbase (mm)                           2933
  • Curb Weight (kg)                           2170
  • Brakes                            Front Ventilated Discs/Rear Ventilated Discs
  • Airbags                                            8
  • ABS                                               Yes

For comparison, both are ranging from P6.2M to P6.3M. Auto specs, both are 3.0 engine (though a Q7 has a 4.2 version), diesel fueled, All Wheel Drive transmission, 6-way automatic transmission, 6-cylinder, front and rear ventilated discs, with 8 airbags, and with anti-lock breaking system. The Audi Q7 is more spacious because of its 7-seating capacity while the BMW X5 has only 5 that makes the Q7 more bulky to look at than the sleek and lighter X5.

Now here’s a road test video, just showing off how these two babies look on the road.. I’m dying to have just any of the two. But if i were to choose, i would want a BMW X5. :) But having all the money to buy, i would care for both! Who does’nt anyway! ;)

I love seeing these two together! I like the scene where they were exchanging lanes, just like playing on the road. Really cool, check this out!

What’s with POCOYO???

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My youngest daughter has been hooked from this Spanish animated television series which she accidentally found in YouTube on her iPad.

And now, that’s where she hangs out most of her time. Watching Pocoyo episodes on YouTube!

Check this out, my favorite Pocoyo video in Papa Americano.. :)

WHAT’S IN OUR STASH?

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Well, some would’nt care about these things that i regularly eat. But this is my website, so might as well share what i always crave for.. Yummy eating! some are unhealthy by the way.. :(

FOR BREAKFAST: any of these..

What i like about Quaker Oatmeal Fruits and Nuts are the real raisins, apples and pecans inside that makes it more delicious and healthy to eat. Just have to soak it in a boiling water enough to cover everything. Then putting some honey and fresh milk makes it creamier! This is my new favorite for breakfast.

And of course, who does’nt eat corn flakes?

Koko Crunch and Fresh milk

Some of these i eat for snack..

a wheat bread goes so well with a Finetti duo spread..

Tropicana twister is my daughter’s favorite whenever she eats her favorite biscuits and cookies!

cheese for my sandwiches and butter for cooking stir-fried dishes..

My favorite salad dressing, Dizon’s Honey Mustard..

And lastly, our all-time favorite SPAM..  :)

EXOTIK RESTAURANT

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Another weekend family foodtrip that we actually had last last week. I just posted this today ‘coz i had a technical problem with my Lenovo. This foodtrip adventure came all the way from Kalayaan, Laguna only a few kilometers away to Paete.

We did’nt realize that the trip will be longer than we expected. So we came there past 1pm, for a late lunch and our tummy’s were already growling. The difference of Exotik Restaurant from other stand-alone restaurant is being “exotic” from their name itself. They have real exotic animals around that you’ll be able to see as you explore the whole compound.

the monkeys

This is the first time that i’ve seen a huge snake, its body is as big as a cicumference of a body of an average person! There are also monkeys and other exotic birds being caged for safety and viewing purposes.

SAMANTA, 19 yrs old, 18 feet long, 200+ lbs

We ordered a native chicken tinola that served as our soup, pinakbet and of course one of their exotic dish, the “ginataang kuhol” that gave us an exotic food trip experience.

sago't gulaman in pineapple juice


pinakbet

native chicken tinola

ginataang kuhol

With regards to the ambiance, it was very farm-like environment because of the huts that served as their dining area. There are still spots undergoing renovation, but in totality, the place was great.

These are some of my shots within the restaurant.

pasalubong store

their sensual restroom ;)

cave bar

CLAWDADDY

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Typhoon Shelter Deep Fried Crab

For seafood lovers, what’s one the best tasting seafood creature to eat? CRABS! That’s what Clawdaddy is bringing to all the big eaters specially family lunches. Clawdaddy is one of the newest restaurant to crave for in Solenad, Nuvali. Clawdaddy is all and everything about what we feel like clawing when we eat out with friends and family: CRABS, LOBSTERS, OYSTERS and RIBS!

Eating crabs and other seafoods outside is a messy experience for all of us. But in Clawdaddy, you would be able to enjoy eating those without thinking about getting “messed-up” because they provide all the things that you will be needing to eat the crabs and others all by your hands. They have a large bib that you can tie up on your neck to cover and protect your front from getting messy. And of course, they have their crab cracker utensil to aide you in cracking the claws of the crab. They also have a big built-in bucket on the table to throw in cobs of corn and shells.

Corn on The Cob

my plate: a single crab claw and fried noodles with garlic

To start, we were first served of their complimentary food, three slices of corn on the cob. Well then of course, we ordered one of their crab dish: Typhoon Shelter Deep Fried Crab from their “Crabs galore” menu. It was a male 1.5 kg king crab deeply fried and garnished with a sea of crunchy garlic and fried noodles. The claw itself covered one fourth of my big plate. I like the taste of the fried garlic that compliments the high-cholesterol content of crabs.

Pitcher of Red Iced tea

For every 1 kg of crab and above, Clawdaddy offers a pitcher of Red Iced Tea for free. So we were able to drown ourselves with lots of it.

Oysters Rockefeller

The we also ordered from their “Shuck and Deliver” menu, A big plate of Oysters Rockefeller. Big oysters baked and topped with super creamy sauce and quickmelt cheese that i totally loved!

Definitely, we’ll go back there to try the other yummy crab dishes!  :)

PANCAKE HOUSE

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It was late night last Easter Sunday when i had a short time to cook for dinner. We ended up eating at Pancake House, a newly-opened branch along Filinvest Avenue inside the Filinvest Corporate City. It was a subtle evening within the area and very few people were strolling around.

Blueberry Pancake

Apple Shake

We just wanted to have a light dinner, but since my youngest daughter wants chicken and rice, i just ordered it for her. We tried their mouth-watering Blueberry Pancake with Apple Shake. And also the Pan Chicken Special Set for me with a cup of rice as requested by my little one.

Almondigas Soup

To soften our tummy, we ordered the Today’s Soup and the Almondigas Soup. I just slurped the Almondigas soup, and did’nt eat the meat balls. ( i just dont like the taste!) But the soup was great!

Pan Chicken Special Set

The friend chicken on the Pan Chicken Special Set was oily, and doesnt taste special at all. But the tuna macaroni salad side dish tastes good.

Venice trying to shade on the coloring maze

What im grateful about their customer service is that they understand the little kids trip. So as we wait for our food to be served, they offered a coloring sheet of paper and a small jar of assorted crayons for my little one to enjoy while waiting. So, good job for that! I would love to try their other dishes some time. :)

NATURE TRAILS CAFE

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Nature Trails Front Poster

Without a doubt, Solenad Nuvali is the most favourite family hangout place in the south, mostly in Laguna area. Because of it’s strategic and family-friendly amenities and activities, this place has become more and more popular to visit.

As time passes, more and more restaurants opens here to give variety to all its visitors and guests depending on their tastes. We went there for a Sunday lunch. It was Easter Sunday, so we expected that the place would be full of families bonding together, and of course having their lunch.

Dining Area

We were suppose to eat in a seafood cuisine resto, where they’re main dish are big crabs! But we were not as lucky because the dining area is so full and even more customers are waiting to have a table.

Inner Entrance

So we just looked for another restaurant where there were not so many people dining in. We checked out the newly-opened Nature Trails Cafe. Their menu does’nt have a wide variety of dishes, because of course it’s just a cafe. So we ordered some of their heavy meals.

Almond Salmon Fillet

What i like about Nature Trails Cafe is their very homey dining area. Well, since we were only two families eating there during that time, it made me feel lighter that i can breathe more than the other jampacked resto that we have checked earlier then.

Hawaiian Pork Chop

We tried to order the Almond Salmon Fillet with sliced potatoes on the side with dill sauce. And since it’s Easter Sunday, we gave ourselves a break, and ordered Hawaiian Porkchop. And to serve as an appettizer, we got a plate of Shrimp Mango Salad in Honey Mustard dressing. And also, i tried their banana shake as well.

Shrimp Mango Salad

The Shrimp Mango Salad was great as well as the Almond Salmon Fillet for as long as you would put a dill sauce on it or else, it would be tasteless. I dont know if i just became a “no pork” person because i didnt like the taste of the pork. I havent been eating pork for a very long time, that my taste buds doesnt like any of the pork dish at all.. :( well, good for me! :)

Banana Shake

In entirety, Nature Trails Cafe would be a good place to check out..

THOUSAND CRANES SHABU-SHABU

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Front Menu

One of the few restaurants found in The Commerce Center in Filinvest Alabang is the Thousand Cranes Shabu-Shabu. It is located in the secondth floor across Monalisa Italian Restaurant. We ran out of time for lunch, so we just decided to have it somewhere near.

Seafood Plates

It is my first time to dine in a shabu-shabu restaurant. We tried before but, the resto was full and doesnt have an available table. So, fortunately, during this Holyweek that has passed, we were able to eat in that place. Shabu-shabu is a Japanese hot pot wherein raw food/ingredients are both cooked and eaten at the same table.

Raw Seafood Plate

In observance of the Lenten season, though we did not do fasting, we tried to eat non-meat food, so it became a “seafood fiesta” for us. We ordered Seafood and Chicken, and Seafood and Beef combo platter. The meal is just so big for an average person, so it will really fill up your tummy to the max.

Raw Ingredients for Dunk

As we all know in a shabu-shabu, assosorted raw seafood, meat and vegetables are served that you must cook in a boiling soup in a built-in caserole installed on the table itself. So the food is super hot that you should eat directly from the “hot pot”. The Kiwi shake relieves me from the spiciness and hotness of the food everytime i sip it.

Kiwi Shake

I love the soup base that they serve to use for the raw food cooking. It is your choice which one to be cooked first, but it is advisable to boil first the ingredients that is much harder to tenderized.

boiling hot pot

Everything is raw except for the japanese rice, which i was’nt able to eat anymore because i got so full. Noodles, tofu, Japanese sweetcorn, other vegetables and rootcrops are heavy in the stomach as well as the assorted seafoods in it.

Overcooked

I even overcooked some of it, because the hot food slowed me down in eating. The next thing i know, everything that i have dunked inside my hot pot got overcooked.

It was a great experience, and i’ll cook better the next time i visit again in any of the shabu-shabu resto.. :)

BULAWAN FLOATING RESTAURANT

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Front Gate

It was Good Friday when our family decided to have a long road trip.. We wanted to have our lunch somewhere far in our place that will give us a different restaurant dining experience. We searched in the internet for a floating restaurant that caters Filipino dishes which we truly love. We drove along Rizal province, and found the resto that were looking for.. Bulawan Floating Restaurant. It is located in the long road of Manila East Road National Highway in Pililia, Rizal. It was a long drive but became worthwhile as we came there.

Cottages in a Pond

Bulawan is called as a “floating restaurant” because of its isolated cottages within a pond that has fishes where anyone can go fishing just for the fun of it. They serve Filipino dishes, especially seafood. This restaurant is perfect for big family dining, because most of its dining area are in big cottages.

Walkway

The only thing that dissappoints me when we we’re there was the customer service. I dont know if they are understaff at that time, or maybe because of the huge dining crowd that just wants to have lunch that made us have our lunch a bit late. The food that we ordered took over an hour to be serve, which was frustrating for hungry people like us.. huhu.. :(

view from our table

Fresh Young Buko Juice

But then, glad that they thave a nature themed dining area, that makes us feel more relaxed because of the fresh breeze of the wind. They first served the young fresh buko for our drinks.

Mixed Seafood Sinigang

Grilled Fresh Tilapia

Then of course, we craved for their mixed seafood siningang that truly relieved our hunger. It’s best served with the big grilled tilapia with soy sauce and kalamansi. It was just a simple home-style lunch that really made our day.

Halo-Halo

We also had a halo-halo for dessert, that tastes like ordinary halo-halo sold on streets. but then, it was a refreshing Good Friday lunch for us! We will try to go back there to try some other Filipino dishes that they have.

Venice enjoying the pond view

UNCLE CHEFFY BRICK-OVEN PANIZZA

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Uncle Cheffy is one of the newest restaurant to check out in the beautiful place in Solenad NUVALI, in Sta. Rosa Laguna. It was an unplanned lunch that our family had there, because we were suppose to have a restaurant hunt in Tagaytay. It was Maundy Thursday then, that the road from Sta. Rosa going to Tagaytay is in a tremendous traffic, due to tourists that wants to have their vacation.

Solenad, Nuvali is just along that road going to Tagaytay so we decided to just have our lunch there. There were new restaurants that have opened, and Uncle Cheffy catched our attention. There were a very few people in Solenad that time, because of the Lenten season.

Seafood Tom Yam

We were the only customer of Uncle Cheffy during our visit, so we owned the place for the moment. Their crew are very courteous and assisting. Since it’s Lent, we ordered non-meat dishes. To start with, we ordered the Seafood Tom Yam that boosted our appetite beacuse of its spicy flavor, and all of our favourite seafoods are there.

Larry's Craving Panizza

Then we tried the Larry’s Craving Panizza, which is a very healthy pizza that has mushrooms, salmon, escargot and also snails on top. It was a perfect seafood pizza! It came with some arugrula leaves and some alfalfa sprouts on the side that makes it more appealing to look at. The taste is superb and will definitely be loved by seafood lovers!

Fish Barbeque Platter

Then we ordered the Fish Barbeque Platter these are grilled fillets Cream Dory, Garoupa, Salmon, and Tuna Belly served with Tomato Salsa, Teriyaki, Creamy Garlic and Balsamic Sauce. The fish will taste tastes even better when dipped of drizzled with the sauces of your choice.

Water Melon Shake

Of course, dining in a resto for me woul’dnt be complete without ordering a fruit shake! I just love the natural and refreshing taste of their Water Melon Shake topped with a slice of it and a cherry!

Choco Roulade

And to finalize our delicious lunch, we tried their Choco Roulade which was offered to us by their dining crew. She told us that it’s their best seller dessert. And we believe she’s right! The creamy mango ice cream inside a roll of chocolate cake really wrapped up our lunch with a smile..

Happy Venice :)

TOOTSIE’S in TAGAYTAY

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Last weekend, our family decided to go out of town to have lunch, and we chose Tagaytay because I’m craving for a bulalo dish. We came to see and try a Filipino Cuisine restaurant that has a bulalo in their menu. It was in Tootsies restaurant in Tagaytay. It is located along the Aguinaldo Highway, near the Our Lady of Lourdes Church.

It was past 1pm, when we arrived there, and there are only a few eating. They have a very hospitable reception staff who greeted us as we walk through its French inspired doorway. When we got inside, we saw a not so old lady reading a newspaper together with her son, and surprisingly they greeted us with a smile. I’ve found out that the woman is Tootsie herself, the owner of Tootsie’s Restaurant.

The theme of the interior of the resto is very homey, with  couches and medium tables that are designed for families who dine together. We ordered of course, the bulalo which i was craving for, pinakbet, turon, pineapple shake and their authentic comfort food, pancit buko.

Their bulalo is served on a small palayok, where you will feel the native taste of the beef. Their bulalo is different from other bulalo dish because it has langka and tomato sauce in it. But entirely, the taste is awesome. I am a “soupy” eater so, i really enjoyed it. The pinakbet is also satisfying, as well as their turon with langka syrup poured on top.

We were so full then, that we cannot eat the pansit buko. So we just took it out and ate it for merienda as we got home. We were amazed by the comforting taste of the buko, that has a pansit canton in it. I love the Filipino dishes in Tootsies and we will definitely pay a visit again there. ;)

Missing CARAMOAN

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I was fortunate that i was able to visit this one of the BEST paradise in the Philippines, in CamSur.. The CARAMOAN Peninsula. It’s a combination of  powdery white sands of Boracay and beautiful rock formations of Palawan. I would definitely go back to this place. Beautiful BICOL!

There are several islands that anybody can visit using a speed boat. Every island has different kind of white sand texture. some are pure white and others have this light orange in color.

My favorite is the Cotivas island that is all white sand. During low tide, the shore becomes so shallow that you will enjoy more seeing the sand on a super clear water.

Starfishes are everywhere!

The beauty of this place is irresistable. We were only using a 5 MP camera phone that time. I know that an SLR camera would make the best shots in this paradise.

 

I Love HONEY!

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I’ve always been a honey lover. I use it for my beauty regimen, and mostly I eat it! I’ve tried some brands of honey, both local and imported. But this one that I’ve bought in a supermarket is really good.
CEMS Honey from Palawan. It has a simple packaging, a small transparent plastic jar where you’d be able to see the clear golden color of it.
When it comes to taste? Superb! It can be compared to some foreign brands. It’s not super sweet, and doesn’t have a sour after taste.
I’ve found a perfect partner for my pancakes and salad! Try this out! Available in all leading supermarkets. :)

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ANGRY BIRDS

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After the phenomenon of Plants VS. Zombies by PopCap, there comes another addicting game for me and for most people who uses iPhone and iPad.. It’s ANGRY BIRDS! Created by Rovio as a mobile game app.

Haha! count me in! I’m part of those who can’t get enough of this simple yet quite hard computer game. Oh well, for those who have no idea what’s the game all about, here’s a quick overview.

Angry Birds is a sketch of stylized wingless birds that is being used to launch the slingshot that targets the pigs, monkeys and other animals stationed in different structures. Its aim is to destroy the structure and the animals on it. As the game progresses, the stunts becomes harder and would really make the player so frustrated in destroying the animals and structure formation.

There are also promotional versions of the game, like the RIO movie version. Angry Birds is available in App Store and other touchscreen based smartphones, also in Android OS. You would definitely like this game app!