Monthly Archives: April 2013

Crystal Jade Dining IN

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Dad and Mom took us to Crystal Jade after having eaten there with their friends.  They enjoyed it and wanted us to try it

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This was my favorite dish 🙂  Salt and Pepper Beancurd – we normally have salt and pepper everything – but this was my first time to try it with beancurd- I insisted we order this and it was popular  

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The Peking Duck was good 

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Second way as a soup 

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Fresh lobster.  We realized later on that the lobster they gave us was very big.  It would have been more tender had it been a smaller lobster and having two small ones instead of one big one 

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Celadon

By | Foodie, What's New at Power Plant Mall | One Comment

 Heart2Heart is so happy to be back at Celadon and have a full meal 🙂

Previous entry:  Modern Thai Cuisine at Celadon March 8, 2013 

 

Love the interiors by Ivy and Cynthia Almario

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Though Celadon is a sister restaurant of Simply Thai, Chef Cheryl told me that Celadon has almost 30 dishes that are unique to the restaurant

Chili Squido’s ( calamares ) with green chili sauce

Pork Pattaya Noodle Salad

Love love the Thai buffalo wings!!! Sriracha Buffalo wings  

Curry rice dish which was so good!

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Banana Fritters with Coconut ice cream – all their ice creams are made by them

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Other popular dishes in the menu

 

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TWG Tea Opens Glamorous Island Tea Salon & Boutique in Powerplant Mall

By | Foodie, What's New at Power Plant Mall, What's New at Rustan's | 3 Comments

TWG Tea, the finest tea brand in the world, is delighted to announce the launch of an island Tea Salon & Boutique at Rockwell Power Plant Mall in Makati City, the brand’s third luxurious destination in Manila in addition to locations in Greenbelt 5 and Resorts World Manilatwg-at-powerplant-mall-1.JPG

Nestled within remarkable, specially-crafted, artisanal curved-glass walls, this new and unique TWG Tea Salon & Boutique is a veritable jewel box, a glamorous gem of a destination to idle away precious hours over an exquisite cup of tea and a tea-infused meal. Or tempt your taste buds with over 800 different varieties of tea from 38 countries at the tea counter, with fine harvests and blends from Malawi to Hawaii, from the most celebrated regions of China to the most remote gardens of Laos. And should you be looking for a special gift, tea gift sets, exclusive tea sets, tea-scented candles and gourmet goodies will certainly leave you inspiredtwg-at-powerplant-mall-5.JPGtwg-at-powerplant-mall-62.JPGtwg-at-powerplant-mall-26.jpgtwg-at-powerplant-mall-13.JPGtwg-at-powerplant-mall-60.JPGtwg-at-powerplant-mall-61.JPG

Anthony T. Huang, Executive Vice President of Stores Specialists, Inc. states: “We are very excited to bring this luxury tea brand to the Rockwell community. This unique and astonishing tea salon will definitely bring a one of kind tea drinking experience to all.” Taha Bouqdib, President & Co-Founder of TWG Tea adds: “We are delighted to bring the world of TWG Tea to Rockwell Mall with the creation of another astonishing TWG Tea universe of luxury and refinement with a contemporary and fashionable edge.”

In celebration of the Rockwell opening, TWG Tea welcomes the first tea harvests of Spring with marvellous new seasonal Haute Couture Tea blends packaged in the fresh and cooling hues of celadon and white – White Spring Tea, Sakura! Sakura! Tea and Tea Party Tea – the perfect blends to discover at the loose tea counter with one of our tea specialiststwg-at-powerplant-mall-14.jpgtwg-at-powerplant-mall-6.jpgtwg-at-powerplant-mall-23.JPGtwg-at-powerplant-mall-19.jpgtwg-at-powerplant-mall-7.JPGtwg-at-powerplant-mall-8.JPGtwg-at-powerplant-mall-9.JPG

And for the very first time, TWG Tea is delighted to introduce two new tea-infused macaron flavours to their delectable selection – Matcha and Vanilla Bourbon Tea & Kaya – an exquisite manner to taste the intricate flavours of our teas while enjoying the crisp bite and smooth filling of these little handmade TWG Tea sweets that are celebrated around the worldtwg-at-powerplant-mall-3.JPGtwg-at-powerplant-mall-2.JPGtwg-at-powerplant-mall-4.JPGtwg-at-powerplant-mall-10.jpgtwg-at-powerplant-mall-11.JPG

I was so happy to finally try TWG.  I have heard so much about it.  I have not tried it in Singapore or elsewhere so this will be my first ever TWG experience

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After being overwhelmed with all the things inside the store – from teas to candles to accessories – I went to the dining area

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Our table

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Everything is imported including the tablecloth which had TWG logos on it 

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Because there were so many teas to choose from, we did not know what to order 🙂  We took some time to decide on our tea

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Love the names of the teas.  I imagine the Starbucks baristas memorizing all the blends of coffee, and now trying to imagine how the staff in TWG can know all the 800 teas 🙂

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Kurt was well versed about the teas

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This is where they get the teas

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They can bring it to you so you can smell it.  The smell is really so pronounced that you can really feel and taste it by just smelling it

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We were choosing between Happy or Sexy Tea.  I told them we are already happy and that we may need the sexy tea! So we finally decided on the SEXY TEA! 🙂twg-at-powerplant-mall-42.JPG

My pretty lunch mates who joined me – Mother daughter Ria and Dina – who actually look like sisters.  We shared everything since we wanted to try as many things as we could

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Our lunch

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Eggs Benedict

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I felt the Eggs Benedict needed a little more salt and pepper- even the salt and pepper are TWG 🙂 

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Curried lamb stew

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TWG Tea Lasagna – Bolognaise which comes with bread in a dainty doily to line it

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Ordered a side order of Rice Pilaf infused with Taiping Tea to go with the Curried Lamb stew

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And for dessert, we wanted to try another tea – this time iced!  We saw them preparing this for another table so we wanted to try it.  Very nice and refreshing to go with our dessert 

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You can buy the tea sugar in beautiful bottles

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Happy TWG customers

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We ordered a couple of desserts to try as well

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The waiter recommended the Singapore surprise since it was one of their bestsellers

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And we still had the Tea Pastries which I thought was a very good deal especially if you just want to have tea/high tea – this is P 150.00 for all of this – you can choose either Madeleines, Financiers, Muffins, scones or caneles and it comes with TWG Jelly and whipped cream

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You can buy the jelly as well in bottles

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And that was not yet it, we had sorbets

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Sakura Sakura Tea Sorbet

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Napoleon Ice Cream which we liked very much

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 Cute this tea – LOVE ME TEA 🙂

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The TWG Tea Salon & Boutique in Rockwell is conveniently accessible to Makati’s residential areas, extending the TWG Tea experience to everyone from families to office workers to ladies who lunch. TWG Tea Rockwell is certain to please!

TWG Tea Salon & Boutique

R2, 2nd Floor, Archaeology Gallery, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell Center Makati City

Mondays to Thursdays 11:00am to 9:00pm,

Fridays and Saturdays 10:00am to 10:00 pm,

Sundays 10:00 am to 9:00 pm

+63 2 478 6136 or +63 2 478 2782

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Travelling during Breaks

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I am not sure if this ever happened in the history of our country but last Holy Thursday both the NLEX and SLEX had really bad traffic.  This is the photo I posted in my previous entry where my family was stuck for more than hour just waiting to pass the SCTEX toll booth to enter Subic

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And here was a news article with the same problem on the SLEX- even worse than the one in SCTEX.  That is why it is always best to leave and come back ahead of the crowd or just do not leave at all during long breaks if you can avoid it

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Easter Celebration 2013

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Though many were out of town for the Easter holiday, we stayed in town and as usually Mom always finds a way to brighten up a celebration for the family

My sister, Maricar, was in charge of the games

Mom had this race track built by the William her gardener and all around handyman!

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Yummy Pancake house merienda!

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Two Boys!!!!!

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Two little boys, ages 8 and 10, are excessively mischievous.

 They are always getting into trouble and their parents know if any mischief occurs in their town, the two boys are probably involved.

The boys’ mother heard that a preacher in town had been successful in disciplining children, so she asked if he would speak with her boys. 

The preacher agreed, but he asked to see them individually.

The mother sent the 8 year old in the morning, with the older boy to see the preacher in the afternoon.

The preacher, a huge man with a deep booming voice, sat the younger boy down and asked him sternly, 

“Do you know where God is, son?”

The boy’s mouth dropped open, but he made no response, sitting there wide-eyed with his mouth hanging open.

So the preacher repeated the question in an even sterner tone,

“Where is God?!

Again, the boy made no attempt to answer.

The preacher raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy’s face and bellowed, “WHERE IS GOD?!”

The boy screamed & bolted from the room, ran directly home & dove into his closet, slamming the door behind him.

When his older brother found him in the closet, he asked,

“What happened?”

The younger brother, gasping for breath, replied,

“We are in BIG trouble this time!”

“GOD is missing, and they think WE did it!”

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At Any Price by Captive Cinema

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Paul Poste, brother of my very good friend, Michelle Poste Mapua,  who’s main business is supplying movies to the airline industry, has recently opened a company here in Manila called Captive Cinema Distribution, Inc., engaged in distributing movies to theaters in the Philippines

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His first movie release on May 1, 2013, will be “At Any Price” starring Zack Efron about a son who wants to become a race car driver while his dad expects him to run their family farm business. 

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Other movie lineups will be “The Call” starring Halley Berry, and “RUSH” by Ron Howard about Formula 1 racing legends.

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Click below to go to their website for more information and updates

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