All things YUMMY.

Two Satrurdays ago we braved the traffic and went to Mall of Asia to attend a birthday party at Jollibee in Macapagal Avenue and for the husband to take a peek at the numerous industrial supplies exhibit at the annual Agrilink Convention. He has been wanting to join the said convention and have a booth of his own showcasing his purely bred boars but this year proved to be not the right time.  Next year, maybe.

Anyway, we left the house early because we were anticipating the heavy traffic at the ongoing skyway project but surprisingly, traffic was very moderate so we got to Macapagal Avenue an hour early for the Jollibee party.  We were hungry though so we decided to have lunch already. We went around Blue Wave looking for a place to eat and we ended up eating at Kimono Ken. I wasn’t familiar with the resto and so was Jon but we wanted to try as they had a good number of diners compared to the other Japanese restos in the place which we personally tried a couple of times.  And boy was it worth it! The food was extra yummy!!! And the price was very  affordable (to my surprise) considering the quality of their food. Its a must try! I don’t know if they have other branches other than the one in Blue Wave though. Their Shake Sashimi was sooo fresh. It reminds me of the Salmon Sashimi Jon and I would eat every single day everytime we are in HK.

Here’s what we had.

Angus Beef Rib Eye Teppanyaki

Japanese Fried Rice

Crispy Chicken Terriyaki

Gyoza

California Maki

Shake Sashimi

Breakfast
Do you Twitter or Facebook?
Both.

Lunch
What are you looking most forward to this summer?
Summer is over but we might have one last hurrah - a Shang Mactan getaway or HK trip. I have yet to decide which one.
Dinner
What is the easiest thing you fixed for dinner this week?
I rarely cooked this week but I remember whipping out a pest pasta dish with shrimp in a flash.

Midnight Snack
What are you envious about right now?
Friends’ trips abroad. I am such a scaredy cat to bring my kids anywhere because of AH1N1 virus! I hope I can find the courage to push through with our planned trips. Also very envious of my mom’s new tv stands! She got them so cheap and I can’t have one because they only have two pieces left, ugh!

Recipe of the Week

(instead of your recipe for life what is it just for the week?)
Happiness comes from within.

Good food never fails to make me happy. Although I am on diet lately, I make it a point to indulge in my favorite food every once in a while. So last Monday, while Sophia’s yaya was on a day off, I took the little girl out on a date, just the two of us at Fish and Co. in ATC. Here’s what I had …

My Salad

My Main Meal

Yummy!!!!

I’m so happy that I got to eat and satisfy my taste buds but at the same time ate healthy food!  No worries with my ongoing diet, haha. After all, I’ve already invested so much into my goal to lose weight. Aside from trying out all kinds of diet pills and nonstop reading of reviews specifically the phenphedrine review, I might as well really take it seriously. Losing weight that is. Goodluck to me!

When I think of it, I spend so much on my diet pill of choice but I don’t really lose weight. And why? Because I never really cut on my food intake! Bad bad bad. But what can I do? I can’t seem to control eating especially if its something like this …

Who can resist yummy steak and pasta marinara? Well, not me! I indulged!!!

Feeling uber full after, I wanted to puke! Ang taba ko na kasi!!!!!

Hay, what to do?? I want to stop eating, pronto!

I have never been into cooking when I was still single. I could even say that I hated it (cooking) actually but right after I got married, I suddenly wanted to learn how to cook. A complete turn around I know. So on my own, I tried cooking. I relied on recipes I either got from the net, from magazines and from the cooking books I bought. I am no good cook but as per my husband, I am.

Whenever we dine out, I always get fascinated with how the chefs whip out delicious meals and come up with a very nice presentation of the food too (see photo below). Now I’d want to be a chef myself, haha. Do you think I’d excel if ever? My husband believes I would as much as he believes that I would also excel if I have a sales career instead of just being a stay at home mom. I almost always gets to convince him on anything daw kasi, hahahaha.

I am really not a dessert person but when you are offered something like this (photo below), wouldn’t you be a convert?

Ahhh. Yumminess. Oh so creamy. So good that I forgot what its called, LOL.

Gobbled it up in seconds. Didn’t bother to share to anyone present during the dinner.  Baka mabitin ako, haha.

And I would wonder why the weight loss products I’m taking are not working. Tsk tsk tsk.

Try it at Zucchini’s, call 4155533 for reservations.

Here’s my little boy’s favorite meal so far. Mashed squash with milk. He prefers this over cerelac, potato and sayote.

I’m going all natural with my second baby. You see, with Sophia, I made her eat those bottled food most of the time. Not that there’s anything wrong with that but now I plan to go natural all the way. I hope making such would make Mateo not a picky eater like her ate.

I’m giving him mashed carrots next. Hopefully he’ll like it too. Right now, I am browsing the net for baby food recipes (and Ferrari parts on the side for the husband’s delight) that are easy to make. There are just too many ideas! I hope I can try all of them soon.

I have never liked drinking dalandan juice, ever.  This changed though when I finally had a sip of Antonio’s freshly squeezed dalandan juice during one of our visits.  Oh, it tastes sooo good.  I tried ordering the juice at other restos but sadly, nothing compares to what they have in Antonio’s, not even close.  Some are either too sour and some just plain bland.  The one at Antonio’s - perfect!

I am actually craving right now while surfing the net for insurance quotes. Hopefully we can visit the place again soon.

this baby will be mine.

Panasonic Lumix DMC LX3

Hopefully no more blurry photos to ever hit this blog again , haha.

I’m very excited.  I have been waiting for it for days now. Ordered it already and by tomorrow I’ll finally be getting it.  Right now, I’m busy looking at external hardrives and some flash memory.I’m also starting to organize the pictures in my laptop.  I obviously can’t wait.I hope its worth the wait.

Yummy! I like mine with goose liver You just have to pay extra 400php (I think) for the liver. Gosh, its heavenly! So worthit.  Our friends are not much fan of goose liver though so they want theirs plain.  Still delicious of course as everything is freshly picked from Antonio’s garden, I believe.

To those who haven’t tried Antonio’s, you definitely should.  Its one dining experience you shouldn’t miss.

A tip - call for reservation.  They are always full on weekends. The last time we were there, there was a Baptism lunch reception which now reminds me … I loved the very classy balloon set up they had. I am keeping the idea now which adds up to my 1st birthday party ideas for Mateo’s birthday this November.