Monthly Archives: July 2014

July 3, 2014
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Wee Nam Kee Launches All New Culinary Treasures of Singapore

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4 years and 8 stores later, Wee Nam Kee now has 25 new dishes in a new and refreshed menu!!  

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Green tea vanilla freeze! Yum 🙂

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I was able to try some new dishes

Cashew Coffee Spareribs YUM!

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Prawns with Lychee and Peaches- Yum! Everything yum 🙂

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Pineapple Fried Rice with Pork Floss

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Stewed Pork Belly with Steamed Buns

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Salted Egg Chinese Style Fried Chicken

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Hainanese Chicken Curry Noodles

Honey Garlic Spareribs

Prawn paste chicken wings

Salted Egg Chinese Style Fried Chicken!  YUM!!

Spicy Sambal Rice Noodles

And here are the pages of the menu!! 

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July 2, 2014
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Tim Ho Wan in the Philippines

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I was so excited that Tim Ho Wan was opening in our country!!  

Previous entry:  Tim Ho Wan December 31, 2013

The first branch is in the new wing of SM Megamall!  The people lining up here are non stop!!  It’s a good thing I was lucky to get to have the pork bbq buns!!  So near yet so far! Waiting for a Makati branch 🙂

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I was so happy to meet the people behind Tim Ho Wan!  Executive Chef Mak Kwai Pui who used to work in the Four Seasons hotel and gave the three star Michelin there and now holds a one Star Michelin for Tim Ho Wan since the first year it opened three years ago,  Robert Chua Master Franchiser of Tim Ho Wan and Chef Leung Fai Keung co owner

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Congratulations Rikki Dee, the lucky one who got the franchise for the Philippines.  Aside from luck, Tim Ho Wan believed in him out of so many Filipinos that applied for the franchise.  They got the most inquiries for franchise from the Philippines according to Robert Chua.  

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6 Hong Kong Chefs have been here training and helping in the opening of the first branch.  They opened May 20 at the ground level of Mega Fashion Hall

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Love the dim sum lighting fixtures 🙂

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Taking a peek at the baking of the pork bbq buns 🙂  I overheard Ricky Dee telling someone that they make 3,000 pieces of buns a day.  That is the capacity for now and it is not even enough to meet the demand of the customers.  They do not even allow take out for now!

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LOVE! 🙂  I can eat the top over and over again 🙂 It’s my favorite part of the bun

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The menu is only one page and you will see it as your placemat 🙂  

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July 1, 2014
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The Henry

By | Accomodations, Travel | 2 Comments

What an interesting hotel!  We went here instead for lunch since I wanted to try this restaurant too which is named after me 🙂  Rica’s 🙂  

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Love the creative decor and interiors in the place!

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All the staff wear these spectacles with no lens 🙂 which is part of the feel of the hotel:-)

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HC is the initials of the owner which they kept confidential.  But it’s owned by Innovotera Properties Inc and managed by Hospitality Intl Inc – same ones who manage Picasso Salcedo Village  in Manila.  The hotel is two years old and used to be owned by a German and was called the House of Cebu.  They will be opening a hotel in Manila in the Pasay area 

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Rica’s which is named maybe after the wife or daughter of the owner.  It’s the restaurant of the hotel so we figured it would be open for all meals

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Love the Manny Pacquiao painting 🙂

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The pool

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In the entrance of the hotel there is a salon and art gallery and an ATM machine:-)

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Click below to go to their website

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July 1, 2014
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Taste Travel and Trends

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Congratulations to Tito Stephen on the launch of his new magazine!! How nice that it is connected with a foundation for education and philanthropic pursuits 🙂  

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I love that Wishing well in their Baguio home

Previous entry:  Dinner at The Kneedler House, Baguio January 3, 2011

Cottage at the Kneedler House January 4, 2011 

Lunch at the Kneedler House July 9, 2011 

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Tito Stephen and Tita Reggie enjoy eating and travelling and so this magazine is a venue to share their adventures.  We need all the taste and travel tips we can get as many people are traveling and looking for restaurants to go to.  So the timing of this magazine is perfect!

They are the sweetest ” Sweeties”  that we know and we love them!  Good luck and more power!!

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 As seen on Cassandra by Tita Gracie Go

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I received the maiden issue and nice to see many articles with familiar faces including my Mom and sister 🙂  

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