We also had a night to celebrate with our good friend, Jigger, the groom to be. At the same time, celebrating the arrival of another good friend, Jerome. So the gang got together at Tosca. I personally like the restaurant. It is beautifully done, nice ambience, peaceful and the food is great! Thanks to my friend, Ton and to Elbert for telling us about this place also in Dusit Hotel.
Welcoming our friend Jerome as he had just arrived from the States. He wanted Asian food so we went to Benjarong in Dusit Hotel. It was really good!! And what is nice about the hotel is that it is quiet and peaceful. It had also been renovated recently.
We had a great dinner! 
We were invited to have dessert by a friend, Dan, known as “Mr. Max”, who actually fits in very well in the place 
Thanks Dan!! We get along so well with Dan because he is fun to be with and just like us enjoys EATING! and has a blog too called Thainese Take Out ( as he lives in Thailand ) which is all about food
Dan’s Website: http://thainese.blogspot.com
We went to Max Brenner after we had eaten in Gilak by Hossein. So you can imagine how full we were already so we ended up ordering just drinks. I liked the drink containers they were using.. the HUG MUG and the DRINK ME mug! Very fun!
We were first introduced to Max Brenner inside Harrod’s in March of 2002 by our good friends, Suharto and Rina, during our visit to London. We had the Fondue which is one of their specialities and Heart2Heart’s favorite.
Congratulations to ICanServe on a very successful event! Every year, it gets better and better! There were so many people who helped organize the event, so many volunteers who came to lend a helping hand and so many people who attended the event. The place was jam packed! I hope that Rockwell puts up a bigger tent so we can have a bigger venue for Pink Kitchen 2009 :-)
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This is our second time to eat in Myron’s and we enjoyed both experiences. I finally had the Burger with Foie Gras and had the oyster sampler. Yum Yum! And even after eating there twice, I still have to go back to try the other dishes
previous entry: Myron’s Place - June 3, 2008
We got to meet the owner, Mon Eugenio and his wife Monique
I am so lucky to have dined with three handsome men……
Thanks guys!! hope we can do this often
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It is always so much fun to be with Tito Ralph. He is so spontaneous, so adventurous and just always full of energy and joy! Happy Birthday to our dear friend!!
We celebrated Tito Ralph’s birthday in his soon to open Hotel and restaurant, Hotel Vino. It is a 4 floor building - Restaurant on the ground floor, Training center on the 2nd floor and hotel room on the upper floors
Wine dispensers
Wine Training Center or it can be a private room / area for functions
8 rooms on the upper floors
Tito Ralph always has his family complete in all his celebrations…..and we love them dearly
and of course his many loyal friends…
We had a delicious dinner 
We tried out the new restaurant at Power Plant Mall at Rockwell, Astralis.
The dishes I liked of course had cheese or truffle. I liked their presentation and the serving platters that they used.
Melted Fresh Mozzarella
Baked Oysters, Three Ways
Mom and I liked this one!
Baked Camembert in Phyllo Pastry
Our GMs Favorite Salad - I was so curious to try this …and liked it!
Traditional Ceasar Salad
( this is half portion since we had it split into two )
Broccoli Soup
Mini US Wagyu Beef Burgers done in three Ways
I am always curious to try burgers - it is one of my latest craze. It was okay, the best for me was the truffle burger…. though of course I wish I could choose the ways - like I would have probably wanted one that had cheese
Prawn and Asparagus Risotto
Pan Grilled Sea Bass
Grilled US Wagyu Rib Eye - ladies cut ( half portion again since we had it split into two )
It came with 3 sauces, the best for me was the truffle sauce
Creme Brulee Madness
Astralis by Diamond Hotel: Lopez Drive, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell
Tel #: 703-26-88
The gang got together to celebrate the forthcoming arrival of baby girl Rianna!
It was again another excuse for us to eat our favorite meal together, fondue! If there is one thing in common with the group, it is our love for fondue! Every single one of us love fondue and nothing can be more fun than to have everyone enjoying each other’s company at the same time enjoying the meal…I must admit that as the meal started, I could not listen to Raul as he was telling us stories about his F1 experience in Singapore, I was too engrossed on eating the fondue! and I think the others were too
I specifically bought these black fondue plates for our fondue dinners only to find out that it is a bit too small to fit the rice… you will be shocked at how much sate rice we can eat when we are eating fondue. But nevertheless, no one wanted to change their plates and instead used them still
My cook prepares all the fondue sauces:
Top: Bernaise and Peanut butter - Bernaise being the most popular so I have to make 5 times the amount of this sauce compared to the other sauces
Bottom: curry, tartare and spicy catsup
They let me prepare the sate rice and fondue sauces and then everyone else brings something so it is pot luck:
Bulgin and Lils - Beef and dessert -Frozen brazo de Mercedez
Pael and Yvonne - Wine and Ostrich - it was our first time to have ostrich and it was a good and healthy addition
Raul and Jeanne - Pork
Anto - Chicken - though we missed Anto who could not go last minute
Eds- her famous chocolate chip cookies
We do not use fondue pots in my house because it might get too smoky indoors and since we are a big group. So we have my cook prepare everything already. It works well for us because we get to eat it right away and not wait for it to be cooked. The plates have to be refilled 2 or 3 times!
After dinner, Yvonne had some baby shower games prepared!
Game # 1: Measuring the wasteline of Mommy Lau :-)
Game # 2: Daddies have to put on the diaper of their babies/stuffed toys! :-) Of course Raul was the best at it!
The weird looking ( monkey wrapped in a diaper ) one was made by James who obviously does not know how to put on a diaper
Game # 3: Question and Answer by Daddy and Mommy
Traditional opening of presents
We are all excited for Rianna and our next fondue dinner!!
