Monthly Archives: June 2014

Sugi 30 Years After

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 30 years ago, Sugi opened and it was instantly a favourite for many!  Our family were regulars on James side and on my side.  Gina ( Chief Gina ) was one of the pioneers and 30 years after she is still there.  It’s so nice to see loyal employees who stay.  And obviously she is one of the seniors there as she wears a kimono 🙂   

Sugi has an extensive menu but for some reason, we just order the same things!  

Spicy tuna

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 Sushi and sashimi including the california maki


Kare kare bone

Tori Teba Nanbanzuke – THE BEST! We can eat tons of this

Tempura

Tofu Teppanyaki

Beef Teppanyaki

Chicken teriyaki

Green Tea ice cream

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Meeting Sugar & Spice and Everything Nice

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A few weeks ago, I met a very very sweet lady named Jane 🙂  She’s a blogger ( http://www.sugargospice.com  too like me and she told me that she is a regular follower of Heart2Heart and it made me so happy.  I can tell right away when people really read my website and are up to date 🙂   

Here is Jane with her portable electric fan which is such a great gadget to have in your bag! 🙂 ( Purchased at Rustan’s )  She’s also wearing Criselda for Rustan’s 🙂  Definitely I love her already 🙂

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We had picture taking session 🙂  I don’t normally like my photo taken but I could not say no to her.  She made me feel like a star 🙂  
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Post on her blog 🙂  ( Click below to go to the blog post )
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She made me feel important and loved 🙂 and now I love her too because she is so nice 🙂  She even wrote me a beautiful note

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and shared with me her favourite cheesecake! 🙂 She gave me 3 cheesecakes from Indulgence by Irene who was also with us that night

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which I saw before at Pinoy Eats World 🙂  Previous entry:  Romantic East by Pinoy Eats World February 23, 2014
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It is yummy!! 🙂  If you look at the photo, it is a very small cheesecake but it’s very condensed 🙂  Just one bite is very creamy and very rich 🙂  She gave me Choc Nut,  Queso de bola and Ube ( using Homemade Treasures Ube )
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Thank you Jane and to all the viewers of Heart2Heart!  It’s always nice to meet people who appreciate what you do  – it’s people like these that keep me going.  Thank you for your unending support Jane and to all of you that do too.  I LOVE you from the bottom of my HEART 🙂  

I am posting photos here of people who I have met in the past and recently who view Heart2Heart.  I should keep track and I will be starting now 🙂

 This is Tina Filamor who I bumped into in Enderun last year.  I took her photo with her cute dog.  Last we spoke, she was scouting for young talents for commercials or advertising materials 🙂 
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Another Filamor and I am not sure if they are related 🙂  Susan Filamor who I bump into at the Manila Polo Club but this time I saw her with her daughter Carla.   She is also a friend of my brother, Quito.  Small world 🙂
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My friend Darcy in London with her other friends, Cynthia and Meg, who also view Heart2Heart!  THANK YOU!!

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Heidi Blanco from Cebu!  I was taking photos of this Shawarma place and she was there and she told me that she also follows Heart2Heart!  Thank you Heidi

How nice! We have followers all around the world 🙂

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Vask

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We were so happy to be back at Vask!  It’s been awhile.  The last time we were here was when it just opened last year  

Previous entry: Vask  Modern Tapas and Gastronomic Cuisine April 3, 2013  

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One of the owners was there, Jean Salonga Fernando

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and Chef Luis Gonzales who I appreciate so much more after having tried Arzak last year during our trip to Northern Spain

Previous entry:  Arzak  November 19 2013 

Come to the Gallery of Vask and experience an Arzak experience by Chef Luis Gonzales.  We will definitely be back to have a degustations here

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At the Gallery you can have the degustation menu of Vask.  I am looking forward to trying this.  This is where you will experience the Arzak meal 🙂







I love molecular gastronomy!  They did two sample desserts while we were there and definitely Vask is up to date with the trends in the Culinary scene 

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This was our first time to see Curve which completes the whole Vask profile.  I love the feel of this place


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 I love the umbrellas, pink teddybears and the chairs designed by different designers








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