Monthly Archives: July 2013
Because we did not plan Father’s Day, we could not get any reservation in any of the restaurants we wanted to eat in. So we just ate at home! Good thing we have a chef 
We just set up outside in the garden
Chef Javs prepared the brunch meal
Eggs benedict with Salmon for Lolo Jun
Eggs benedict with ham for the rest of us. Chef Javs was complaining that the organic brown eggs he bought were a bit different from the regular white eggs which explains why the yolk looks like that. Nevertheless it was still very good!
French Onion Soup – we did not have any french bread so he just used the sliced bread in the kitchen
Wow, this was a heavy brunch meal Turkey!
Happy Father’s Day!
A great father to us and to my two kids!
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I am so glad I cannot buy cookie butter anymore – that way I can concentrate on looking at other things in Trader Joes! And there are many many other good things to buy at Trader Joes! I go crazy!
The Best Mochi ice cream! But you can buy them here at Rustan’s and Waltermart
We bought this and Chef Javs cooked it at home! Yum!
Irresistible! I like the way their meringues look and how firm they are! And yes FAT FREE but they are never SUGAR FREE!
We bought this too
I love this discovery of Chef Javs!! You buy the box frozen and then you just bake it in the oven! It was so good!!!!
Being the cheese lover that I am, I like this. Saw other variants online I also like this because it makes cooking easier especially in a house without a cook! Chef Javs normally does not like buying ready to made meals, but this one is an exception!
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Even on vacation abroad, the kids get bored! Especially boys who don’t like to do much shopping! So we enrolled Javier in Tennis Camp in Stanford University. It’s a good thing the Chef likes sports too!
It was a 4 day camp for 4 hours each day. There was a camp that included boarding but it did not fit our schedule.
You would think Americans are big, but Javier was the biggest among all the kids in Camp
There’s still nothing better than one on one instruction but we wanted Javier to learn to be with other kids
Free Gatorade on campus!
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When Dad and Mom arrived, this is the first restaurant they wanted to go to! They are natives in the city – after all they lived in SF for several years when dad was still in College and when my two brothers were born!
I am sure most Filipinos know this place and love it too. It was very hard to make a reservation so we just took whatever available time they had. This was the original restaurant that started it all. I remember going here several times and it seems like it’s the same
Previous entry: Crustacean Beverly Hills March 25, 2011
Dungeness Crab Puffs for me
Salt and Pepper Calamari
Putting on plastic aprons in preparation for the crab!
According to my Dad, this is the BEST CRAB in the WORLD! We are the crab loving family and we eat crabs all over the world
Crab Resto in Osaka Feb 6, 2009
Golden Century Chinatown Sydney June 16, 2009
Red Crab Alimango House Resorts World Sept 12, 2010
Noryangin Fish Market Korea Jan 16, 2012
Oriental Garden Chinatown New York April 16, 2012
and Dad claims that this is the BEST!
Roast Crab
Garlic noodles to go with the crab
Dipping the garlic noodles on the crab sauce!
Hot towel!
Old Fashioned Banana Cake! Yum!
Fried banana ala mode
So nice to bump into Triccie there!!! They had the same idea to have the Best crabs int the world! Everything is orange because the restaurant is orange and the lighting reflects that color
with Ernie of course! who we had not seen the last time we had dinner at Sweet Basil
Previous entry: Sweet Basil July 9, 2013
and Pat Qua and his family!
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One of the germiest things in the planet are grocery carts
Previous entry: The 7 Germiest Public Places July 29, 2011
So whenever I do the grocery, I make sure I have my sanitizer spray and I use it to clean the cart. I noticed now in the States, many stores give complimentary wipes by the entrance!!! What a relief!
At Target
At supermarkets! Thank you!!
I am always searching for unique items in the stores – You will really go crazy finding so many things in the supermarket. In the States, there are many packed meals and ready to eat items
Even Macarons are being sold by the box at Costco
James bought this and liked it
I love the baking mixes that they have!! So many kinds!
Variants of Mac and Cheese
CHOCOLATES! I don’t really buy but I like window shopping
Cute Petit Fours at Draeger’s pastry showcase
So many kinds of crackers!!
Seasonings
Unique flavors!
Fiorucci 
Snacks snacks snacks!
The day we arrived, the new law was passed! We did not know. We went to the grocery on that day and they charged us US$ 0.10 per paper bag. From then on, we brought our own bags
This was at Home Depot – they started earlier it seems?
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As I was trying to be a good mom to my kids for a week during our vacation, staying in a house without any household staff, I realised that it is a very very tough job! And just when I needed help, my Mom arrives!!!! What a relief!! I was not the only one happy, but the kids were crying with joy! haha!! As soon as Mom arrived, we all went to the supermarket and one of the recipes Mom/Lola always cooks for us when we are travelling is adobo!
She knows that we will all get hungry at some point and if there is adobo – it’s easy to heat and eat! You can keep it and it tastes better as it gets older and we all love her adobo which she learned from her mom!
YUMMY!!!
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This trip I am happy that an old friend, Gretchen contacted me! I have not seen her in ages! Apparently she has been living in the Bay area for several years already. She is still the same and still pretty
She took us to a Burmese restaurant in Burlingame. It’s a good thing we had an early dinner because once we sat down- there was already a line outside the door
Paratha
House Special Noodle
Pumpkin Yellow Chicken
Our fortune
I love her bag!
There are many good Asian restaurants in the Bay Area! We were so happy to try Burmese this time which is very similar to Indian. Thank you Gretchen!
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We were so happy Gretchen passed by to say goodbye while we were packing at home with her son, Franco, who is so adorable!!!! Till our next visit
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