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Monthly Archives: October 2008
Thanks to my friend Tricia Hosaka for sending this
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From Nina Yuson
There are still open slots for the “Knowing Amorsolo” an interactive art appreciation workshop at Museo Pambata..the next 5 Saturday afternoons 2-4p.m. For Kids ages 5-12 years old and their parents.
Please register with Lisa at Museo Pambata 5231797 and 98.
Its a lot of fun, I can assure you.
Sorry the photos are a bit blurred!
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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!!
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As promised, we visited the newest restaurant of Mr. Hossein, Gilak. This is his 5th restaurant already. Mr. Hossein is the only one who knows all the recipes of his food. He prepares everything in his commissary and then sends it to his restaurants. You can imagine how hard he works and how hands on he is in his business. Hossein will always be our all time favorite restaurant!
This room can be made into a private function room. It has a nice view of Greenbelt 5
Nelyn, long time waitress in Persian Kebab and now a supervisor already. She is the one who always takes care of us and she knows already what we want when we arrive. We have known her as long as we have known Hr. Hossein
The restaurant was full and I congratulated Mr. Hossein on his continous success and he told me “It is because I love God!”:-)
We later on found out that it was Mr. Hossein’s birthday that evening. What a coincidence for us to have been there….or maybe not.. because for some reason, I kept insisting that we go to Gilak despite the heavy traffic. We were so happy to have been there on his special day
He gave us many words of wisdom and advice on life. God gave him a second chance to live and this has made him realize many things which he shared with us.
When we were leaving, Mr. Hossein told us that he would like us to come back to Gilak and this time he will choose the dishes we will eat. I guess for all the years that we have been going to Persian Kebab, we order the same thing all the time. Every single time! So, finally he probably could not resist but offer and let us try some of his other delicious dishes. So two weeks after, we went back as his guests
It was the BEST meal we had in his restaurant…. mostly because it was an honor to be served and hosted by Mr. Hossein himself. It was a delicious meal and one experience we will never forget! Thank you very much Mr. Hossein!
Roti Channai – WOW!! YUMMY!!!
Naan bread with Borani spinach, Chicken Dopiaza and Greek Salad
Then Mr. Hossein started mixing everything and making it into a sandwich! YUMMY!!
Shrimp kebab ( Persian style ) !!!! Wow! That sauce that goes with it is my my type!!! I put it in my rice!!!
Lamb Shank
Chicken Kebab
We normally order fried rice, but this time Mr. Hossein served us saffron and Biryani rice which went very well with everything
Then he mixed the two kinds of rice together, put the sauce from the kebab then mixed in some strips of chicken kebab – LOVE IT!!!
Shrimp Tandori kebab – WOW!!!!!!! Also YUMMY!!
Mr. Hossein knows what I like….he got the rice and put it on the sauce of the tandori!! YUMMMMMY!!
WOW!!! WHAT A MEAL!!! Everything was YUMMY and perfect!!!
I think that was the most “YUMMY” words in one feature! We are so spoiled now that we better make sure Mr. Hossein is there whenever we go!
There are 380 dishes in the menu of Hossein/Persian kebab and Gilak.
Mr. Hossein told me that he reads his recipe books atleast 2 hours a day to learn more recipes, more techniques in cooking, etc etc. Now you know why he is successful at what he is doing. He never stops learning and discovering new things. He told us about a Shawarma salad and a new kebab which will be in his menu….WE CAN’T WAIT!!! And a sandwich bar which he will also open! WOW!! Till the next eating adventure with Hossein!
Previous Entry: Hossein – May 19, 2008
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Our extended family – Uncle Ray, Aunty Remy and their only son Rainier married to Barbara. We enjoy every Sunday lunch with them most especially when the whole family of Rainier comes home to visit during summer
Uncle Rey’s Wall in their home
Aunty Remy’s wall with all her paintings done by herself
Aunty Remy joins the de Jesus Mommys and takes turns with us in hosting Sunday lunch…… Thank you for inviting us to your beautiful home
Aunty Remy is so cute, she showed me this side of her house which she covered and leads to the garage…she even put paintings 🙂 It is green because of the green roof that covers the area
My favorite part of the house…..the pantry! 🙂 I always peep inside to see what goodies they brought home from the States 🙂
Aunty Remy prepares everything from scratch from her own kitchen…except for the Yellow Cab pizza she orders for the kids 🙂
And we are all amazed at the musical talent of the kids who take after their grandmother. Aunty Remy teaches all of them how to play the piano….and they all perform for us after lunch…..
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Thanks Anton for touring me around your newly renovated flagship store at Powerplant Mall, Rockwell. It is beautiful! And it is so nice to have a one stop shopping destination for sportswear.
And congratulations to our friend, Architect Gil Coscolluela, for a job well done on the interiors of the store. You bestfriends make a GREAT TEAM!!!! More power to the two of you!
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YUMMY!!!!! I LOVE FROZEN YOGURT!!!!!!! And finally they have a permanent one which I can go to any day I want in Powerplant Mall at Rockwell!! I tried it yesterday and LOVE IT!!! I met Joji Yujuico who is one of the owners of Lulu Belle. She told me that Lulu Belle is a concept developed by her and her partner and everything is locally developed – the name, the brand, the logo, the formulation of the yogurt. Joji also told me that the ingredients they use for their yogurt are all fresh ingredients and nothing imported and powdered. So be assured that you are getting a good product.
I noticed that eating frozen yogurt does not make me full, it is not a heavy feeling but a refreshing and light feeling so I guess it means it is healthy…or I am just trying to justify my eating one cup after the other because I LOVE IT!! 🙂
So hurry and try it!!!
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