I DRESS-UP AND EAT

TSIBOOM is frequently the choice for dinner by our family when we go to Parkmall.   Love the food.  My parents are especially  fanatic of their Utan Bisaya  and btw, the rice is unlimited. Here's what we ordered earlier this evening:   UTAN BISAYA - was not able to take a picture, but my rating is a 10 , since the soup is as sumptuous as my mom's version of the veggie soup.   PANCIT CANTON - my dad's favorite   CALAMARES - not bad but not that good either RELLENONG TALONG with CRAB - first time to have a taste of this   and my favorite!  SIZZLING TANGUIGE, this is what keeps me coming back... so super like the sauce...

We tried dining at Classic Savory in SM.  The foods were not as palatable as I expected, but it still did fill in my hunger. Over-all restaurant rating: 6

Another Saturday with my weekend companions. We dined at this Viet resto in Park Mall. t he RICE (a staple for Filipino) we opted now for a variety: the Pineapple Rice Wherever we dine, we always have to have a 'PANCIT" - my dad's favorite their Pancit Canton I am now a fan of seafoods, always craving for it, especially shrimps Shabu2x , the SaiGon way on me: thrifted black satin long blouse red Lycra camisole thrifted belt my favorite black twill shorts d-i-y Hello Kitty necklace Fila sling bag MNG lace-up red wedge black Nike watch --- Do try out SaiGon Quan, it's worth it ---

I have always gigantic interest in good food.  When I say - good - the food should quench my gustatory cravings... and since, I cannot always have it that way, that is when I learned to raid our food storage and conqu er the kitchen! I collectively call my recipes as THE  HUNGRY  STOMACH  Recipe#1:   Salted and Hot the 'exposed' ingredients: olive oil (or any vegetable oil); onion (white or purple); tomatoes (ripe! most prefered), C H I LI PEPPER:    bell, Bird's eye (labuyo), green Chili de arbol (espada), red tien tsin (kulikot), jalapeño; and dried bay leaves PLUS dehydrated salted fish (buwad pinikas), medium sized and pretty-clean-looking, of course EQUALS sumptuous dish that satisfies the cravings for sodium chloride and capsaicin this serves 4 -6 persons

For the first time with my family, we dined at Casa Verde at The Walk. Ordered my favorite recipes...awesome dinner.   Brian's Baby-back Ribs!!! SHRiMP-IN-A-BARBIE Appreciate their rendition of shrimp-on-sticks, but not that palatable according to my taste the ceiling Buffalo Wings My overall rating of the restaurant is 10 .  The food is great, the place is great despite of the minutes we have to waste just to wait for our turn to experience a sumptuous meal at Casa Verde. I believe this is a Cebuano's pride. It's the one place you have to go once you come here in Cebu City. Casa Verde is located in The Terraces at Ayala, The Walk at Asia Town IT Park and at Ranudo Extension, Ramos St. near Velez Hospital. Visit here for more of CASA VERDE. Have you eaten at Casa Verde?

September 11, 2010  We went to Parkmall! 1.) played on their playground  2.) experienced shopping at a Park Bazaar - though stalls were limited - 3.) tasted shave ice for the first time on me: Color Coordination - Black and White thrifted cowlneck graffiti black&white quarter-sleeve dress black leggings zebra print flats Kipling shoulder bag silver accessory watch Park Bazaar find:  neon green-pink wedge, imported from the U.S.A. (from a balikbayan package)  I have always wanted to try flavored shave ice and finally... introducing... Monster Mash  a mix of artificially colored and flavored strawberry-blueberry-pineapple syrups for Php 55 regular size and see, they baptize your cups... souvenir perhaps? Have you tried flavored shave ice at Cherry's Hawaiian Shave Ice?

We frequent Banana Leaf basically because their food really has pronounced taste and its Thai. but most important consideration: my mom likes to dine here (1st priority!).   I honestly forgot the exact names of these foods, but surely are gastronomically satisfying. the architectural ambiance the appetizer: toasted prawn superb-tasting mussels the rice the pork the noodles Have you dined at Banana Leaf?

Another delayed post... anyway we went malling to SM last August 28,2010.  We spent, somehow wasted, two (2) hours waiting for the 3 lead casts of the concluded Agua Bendita (my dad is a super-fan of this teleserye); the tarp says mall show starts at 4pm but the stars arrived 6pm.  Since I was at my mood of seeing Andi Eigenmann in person, so we did patientlywait, standing at SM's covered parking lot.  Then we had dinner at Flavours of China at the Northwing We ordered their Bundle, a good for four meal set worth Php 888 Restaurant rating : 6   1.)Not impressed with their menu, staff and ambiance 2.) Did not have a Flavourful Chinese Dining Experience Have you eaten at Flavours of China ? 

Was introduced to Joven's Grill  by a colleague while I was in search for another EAYC(eat-all-you-can) here in the city.  So my family, a newbie and I went there and tried to 'assess' their foods.  I am rating their restaurant (inclusive in my rating are the foods, presentation, variety and the place): 7  I was not that gastronomically satisfied since the place was crowded and we were forced to eat outside with a candlelight only.  Anyway, I was somehow happy since, at long last, I have finally discovered the HELLO KITTY goodie that I have been looking for.  Thought it was a cake but it was pure chocs, still ok anyway. cakes and pastries are from Cream N' Bake and sold at Joven's Grill and I did take home the whole body Hello Kitty chocolate

I t was August 1, 2010 and I spent this day with my usual weekend companions, my family: dad & mom, plus a newbie. Went malling, as usual and we had dinner at one of the EAYC's (Eat-All-You-Can) here in the city: PINO Filipino Cuisine.  Since it was dinner, Php/head was at 350 inclusive of an unlimited iced tea.  Our meal was sumptuous but we have to traverse their staircase since we were just walk-ins and the ground floor was already filled with reservations.   Overall rating for the EAYC house: 9 ambiance at the 2nd floor female wash room But I was not able to take pictures of the great goodies we ate. 30 minutes earlier before arriving at PINO, we were in Ayala and got a glimpse of Charlie Green  and we listened to his music for a while.   Then got to talk to her mommy too, who is a Cebuana.