Monthly Archives: September 2012

Youthful Charm Sparks Marks & Spencer’s Angel Collection

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Marks & Spencer make it hip and preppy with their latest collection from their Angel range.marks-spencer-angel-collection-01.jpeg

 

Specifically designed for young girls, Angel’s dreamy mix of easy-to-wear layers, pretty dresses and collegiate-style basics will keep any wardrobe from looking plain and boring. From colorful plaid button downs, to khaki pants, teens and young ladies will surely love various pieces that feature basic and trendy designs perfect for everyday wear.

Keep it young, fashionable and fresh with Angel only from Marks & Spencer.

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Marks & Spencer is exclusively distributed by Rustan Marketing Specialists, Inc. and is available at Greenbelt 5, Glorietta 4, and Shangri-La mall.

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Butao Ramen Hong Kong

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My Ramen loving boys went on their own and went to have their RAMEN!!!

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They went early before it opened so they will be first since the line gets long.  And true enough when they got there, there were two people already lining up

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Checklist for ramen 🙂

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My happy ramen boys!

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Jaime sweating from the SPICE!!!!

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    G/F, Wo On Building, 8-13 On Lane Street, Lan Kwai Fong, Central
    2530 0600
    Butao Ramen
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    G/F, 40 Tang Lung Street, Causeway Bay
    2893 3190

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Breakfast All Day

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From 7:30am to 10:00 pm

Chicken Longaniza – P220.00

> Home style pan-fried chicken longaniza served with garlic rice or plain rice, fried egg and cubed onion and tomatoes.

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Fresh Danggit   –  P220.00

> Savor the taste of Fresh Danggit  pan-fried to perfection. Serve with garlic rice or plain rice, fried egg, onion and tomatoes.

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Tapang Usa  –  P220.00

> Delectable and tasty pan-fried Tapang Usa serve with garlic rice or plain rice, fried egg and sliced tomatoes & onion.

 

***serve with freshly brewed coffee   

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27th Negros Trade Fair

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Negros Trade Fair goes Beyond Limits

         The 27th Negros Trade Fair, the longest-running provincial trade fair organized annually in Metro Manila, will be held from Sept. 26-30, 2012, at the Rockwell Tent in Makati City. Inspired by the theme BEYOND LIMITS, it will feature innovative products from the five sectors of the Association of Negros Producers (ANP): Fashion, Furniture, Gifts & Housewares, Food, and Organic and Natural Products.

When the fair opens, over 70 booths will be selling new and exciting designs in bags, jewelry, fashion accessories, children’s apparel, furniture, home décor pieces, housewares, gift items, organic and natural food and personal care products, packaged Ilonggo delicacies, and hot food for dining. The dining area at the Rockwell Tent has been doubled in size from last year to accommodate more diners.

The 27th Negros Trade Fair will also be highlighted by several events that will entertain visitors and shoppers, as well as offer a feel of the famous Negrense hospitality and penchant for things beautiful. Negros-born Sabrina Artadi, who hosts Sabrina’s Kitchen on the Lifestyle Channel, will have a live cooking demo at the trade fair. The event will be televised and aired in a future edition of Sabrina’s Kitchen.

Arte Negrense is a fashion show to be staged at the Power Plant Mall, featuring clothes, children’s apparel, jewelry, bags, and accessories. Co-presented by BAYO, a leading fashion store whose owners are from Bacolod City, the event will also include as models, residents of Manila who trace roots to Negros, and members of their families. This, to highlight comfort and styling preferred by regular people for everyday wear.

The trade fair will also take on the atmosphere of the Masskara Festival with pulsating dance music, Masskara dancers, a display of masks, and body painting. This will entice shoppers to plan a trip to Bacolod in mid-October to participate in the world-famous Masskara Festival.

For sure, the hot food area will once more attract record diners, with their juicy chicken inasal, pancit molo, and other favorites. But this year’s trade fair will go beyond limits with the provincial government of Negros Occidental promoting lamb cuisine and organic food as part of its aggressive pursuit of food security.

The 27th Negros Trade Fair is a not-for-profit undertaking of the ANP designed to give small and medium entrepreneurs of Negros a window to Manila and beyond. The trade fair will be open to the public from 11a.m. to 9p.m. on Sept. 26 to 28 (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday), and from 10a.m. to 9p.m. on Sept. 29 and 30 (Saturday and Sunday). Entrance fee is P40. For more information on the 27th Negros Trade Fair, call (034)434-1000 or 0922-871-6131. Email at membership@anp-philippines.com, or follow us on Facebook.

             ANC, the ABS-CBN News Channel, is the news channel partner of the 27th Negros Trade Fair.

 

 

Contact Person:

Alan S. Gensoli

Mobile: 0917.309.3339

Email: alan.gensoli@yahoo.com

 

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 NegMex: Negrense-Mexican Fusion

         Negros is flanked by Cebu and Panay, two of the oldest Spanish civilizations in the Philippines. Because of this, to this day, Spanish influence endures in the Negrense culture, from food to language, from fiesta to siesta. Much of the Spanish inspiration in Negros came from the galleon trade between Mexico and the Philippines. This is celebrated at the 27th Negros Trade Fair in TAQUERIA NEGMEX an afternoon reception for embassy spouses to be hosted at Achiote, a Mexican restaurant at the Power Plant Mall, on Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 3 p.m. This is fundraising event for the benefit of the Negros Museum.

            Taqueria Negmex is part of the 27th Negros Trade Fair, to be held Sept. 26-30 at the Rockwell Tent in Makati City. The afternoon reception will feature food products from members of the Association of Negros Producers. Meanwhile, gifts and housewares, also created by ANP members, will lend a Spanish fiesta feel to the occasion. The presence of embassy spouses will give ANP producers a great opportunity for export trade.

The 27th Negros Trade Fair is a not-for-profit undertaking of the ANP designed to give small and medium entrepreneurs of Negros a window to Manila and beyond. Inspired by the theme BEYOND LIMITS, this year’s trade fair will feature innovative products from the five sectors of the ANP: Fashion, Furniture, Gifts & Housewares, Food, and Organic and Natural Products. When the fair starts on Sept. 26, over 70 booths will be selling new and exciting creations.

The 27th Negros Trade Fair at Rockwell Tent will be open to the public from 11a.m. to 9p.m. on Sept. 26 to 28 (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday), and from 10a.m. to 9p.m. on Sept. 29 and 30 (Saturday and Sunday). Entrance fee is P40. For more information on the 27th Negros Trade Fair, call (034)434-1000 or 0922-871-6131. Email at membership@anp-philippines.com, or follow us on Facebook.

ANC, the ABS-CBN News Channel, is the news channel partner of the 27th Negros Trade Fair.

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Sabrina’s Kitchen at the Negros Trade Fair

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The trademark Negrense hospitality always comes packaged with good food. Classic recipes with heavy Spanish influence have been handed down through generations, some have even been preserved and bottled. Because of this obsession for great taste, modern Negrense chefs have also developed fusion food, introducing twists yet preserving what is truly Negrense. Little wonder then why Filipinos from all over the country keep on coming back to Negros, for business or pleasure. It is also one of the most important reasons why visitors and shoppers keep coming back to the Negros Trade Fair, year after year, after year. Because food is central to the Negrense culture, it is one of the product sectors of the Association of Negros Producers (ANP), organizer of the annual event.

This year, popular TV host Sabrina Artadi will spice up the 27th Negros Trade Fair by taping an episode of Sabrina’s Kitchen right at the fair, on Saturday, Sept. 29, at 2p.m. Sabrina, who is from Negros Occidental, hosts her weekly program on the Lifestyle Channel. Exclusively for this event, Sabrina will develop new recipes using Negros food products and McCormick spices, a co-presentor of the event. The new recipes will be revealed as we near the opening at the trade fair. Follow us on Facebook to see what these recipes will be.

The 27th Negros Trade Fair will be held Sept. 26-30 at the Rockwell Tent in Makati City. It is a not-for-profit undertaking of the ANP designed to give small and medium entrepreneurs of Negros a window to Manila and beyond. Inspired by the theme BEYOND LIMITS, this year’s trade fair will feature innovative products from the five sectors of the ANP: Fashion, Furniture, Gifts & Housewares, Food, and Organic and Natural Products. When the fair starts on Sept. 26, over 70 booths will be selling new and exciting creations.

The 27th Negros Trade Fair at Rockwell Tent will be open to the public from 11a.m. to 9p.m. on Sept. 26 to 28 (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday), and from 10a.m. to 9p.m. on Sept. 29 and 30 (Saturday and Sunday). Entrance fee is P40. For more information on the 27th Negros Trade Fair, call (034)434-1000 or 0922-871-6131. Email at membership@anp-philippines.com, or follow us on Facebook.

ANC, the ABS-CBN News Channel, is the news channel partner of the 27th Negros Trade Fair.

 

 

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Bacolod City’s Masskara Festival is one of the country’s leading festival tourism attractions. Started in the mid-1980s as a distraction from the doldrums of the sugar crisis and the sinking of the M/V Don Juan passenger ship, the Masskara Festival, symbolized by the iconic smiling mask, now attracts tens of thousands of tourists from the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Even at the Philippine Independence Day parade in New York City this year, the Masskara Festival dancers bagged the Championship Crown of the Marchers’ Category. The dancers wore masks designed by Vito Masks, a member of the Association of Negros Producers (ANP), organizer of the 27th Negros Trade Fair.

Makati City will get a taste of the Masskara Festival just days before the world-famous, carnival-inspired event goes into high gear in Bacolod City. TGIF: IT’S MASSKARA NIGHT will delight visitors and shoppers at the 27th Negros Trade Fair at the Rockwell Tent on Friday, Sept. 28, from 4 to 8 p.m. Pulsating, drum-beating rhythm, colorful festival dancers, a display of world-famous masks, and body painting will lend the trade fair exciting festival mood.

The 27th Negros Trade Fair will be held Sept. 26-30 at the Rockwell Tent in Makati City. It is a not-for-profit undertaking of the ANP designed to give small and medium entrepreneurs of Negros a window to Manila and beyond. Inspired by the theme BEYOND LIMITS, this year’s trade fair will feature innovative products from the five sectors of the ANP: Fashion, Furniture, Gifts & Housewares, Food, and Organic and Natural Products. When the fair starts on Sept. 26, over 70 booths will be selling new and exciting creations.

The 27th Negros Trade Fair at Rockwell Tent will be open to the public from 11a.m. to 9p.m. on Sept. 26 to 28 (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday), and from 10a.m. to 9p.m. on Sept. 29 and 30 (Saturday and Sunday). Entrance fee is P40. For more information on the 27th Negros Trade Fair, call (034)434-1000 or 0922-871-6131. Email at membership@anp-philippines.com, or follow us on Facebook.

ANC, the ABS-CBN News Channel, is the news channel partner of the 27th Negros Trade Fair.

 

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Lei Garden Hong Kong

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We enjoyed our dinner at Lei Garden which Mom pulled out of the Michelin Guide.  Heart2Heart likes trying new and unique dishes 

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For the kids 🙂

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WOW! 🙂

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This was an interesting soup!  From this, they poured some sort of crispy rice on top

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and here it is!  YUMMY!

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For more information, go to their website, click below

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Nadaman Island Shangrila Hotel Hong Kong

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It is official!! This is our family’s favorite restaurant in Hong Kong 🙂  It is the first one we go to everytime we go there and if we can go twice or three times, we will!  We go for lunch since it is cheaper than dinner- I think by half.  Not sure.  But a big difference, so I suggest Lunch over dinner.  

Previous entry:  Nadaman April 6, 2008 

Nadaman Part 2 Island Shangrila Hotel Hong Kong  June 23, 2010 

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Dickson!  Still there!!!  A loyal employee!

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Toro!

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 Toro on rice with seaweed wrapper

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James ordered this tofu and I love it – it has kani shreds ( crab )

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We always choose the Teppanyaki table

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Many of us order this!  No one cooks it like Mok, we miss him.  But this chef cooked it well too – still tasted good!!

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YUMMY Usuyaki!

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Beef Teppanyaki!

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Foie Gras Teppanyaki!!!

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Salvatore Ferragamo The Art of Shoemaking

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 To celebrate more than 80 years of quality craftsmanship, the Florentine label Salvatore Ferragamo brings to Manila a replica of its iconic wedge – one of the most famous fashion inventions of the 1930’s. The memorabilia will be displayed at the Greenbelt 4 Lobby for the whole month of September.

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What started out as the cork wedge, this most recognizable Ferragamo symbol has generated a number of new models over the years. The wedge today continuously evolves originating in an autarkic period to answer a specific functional need—that of replacing the steel plate Ferragamo had patented in the 1920s to support the arch of the foot.

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“I started working with bits of Sardinian cork”, wrote Salvatore, “pressing it, gluing it, fixing and finishing it till the space between sole and heel was filled up.”

 

This was the birth of the wedge. The Duchessa Visconti di Modrone had the honor of launching the first pair. Within a few weeks it became Salvatore Ferragamo’s most popular model. The wedge enabled the creativity of an artist like Ferragamo to express itself on surfaces more ample than those of uppers and heel alone. He experimented with many variants on the wedge, both platform and heel, with layers pressed and rounded, sculpted and painted, decorated with bits of mirror glass like an antique mosaic or with floral patterned brass latticework spattered with stones. Such creations had more in common with contemporary design or with architectures such as the Chrysler Building in New York than with the fashion accessories of the moment.

 

The art of shoemaking remains to be a core identity of the brand. The principles guiding the company right from its start are handed down from generation to generation by the production department, which is trained in-house. From size and fit, shape, material, design to workmanship, the company has managed to maintain all technical principles inherited from its founder.

 

Quality workmanship and materials, attention to form and fit are still the fundamentals of the brand. The creation of shapes is a result of many days of calculations in regard to the model for each new line. Salvatore Ferragamo uses only the finest leathers, which guarantee flexibility and resistance to ensure comfort for the entire life of the shoe.

 

In footwear construction the arch plays a very important part. Salvatore Ferragamo has always made shoes with a stable arch, internally supported by a high-quality steel reinforcement. Each pair of shoes requires ten days to make, five of them spent in lasts. The production cycle consists of 134 stages, controlled and directed by specialized personnel. Many parts of the production process are still done by hand, such as modeling, leather cutting, and shoe mounting and joining.

 

Since the 1920’s Salvatore Ferragamo has been an international leader in women’s footwear design and production due to its fine craftsmanship.  Shoppers will get the chance to appreciate more and understand how each pair of shoe is carefully created through an exclusive demonstration by an Italian craftsman in the Salvatore Ferragamo Store in Greenbelt 4.

 

Today Salvatore Ferragamo continues to lead in the world of shoe-making and producing iconic designs for women all over the world.

 

In the Philippines, Salvatore Ferragamo is exclusively distributed by Stores Specialists Inc. (SSI) and is located at Power Plant Mall, Greenbelt 4, Rustan’s Tower, Rustan’s Makati, Alabang Town Center and Rustan’s Ayala Cebu.

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