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Chef’s Banquet

By | Foodie, What's New at Power Plant Mall | No Comments

I visited Chef’s Banquet last Wednesday and how I wish I did not have a dinner that evening because I wanted to order everything that they had on display!  Their menu this week will be different from last week, so do check it out  

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Give in to the mouthwatering samplers as 10 of Power Plant Mall’s restaurants come together in this one-of-a-kind appetizer buffet at the Level P1 Concourse Center Aisles. Chaffing dishes are open from 5PM to 8PM on the first three Wednesdays and Thursdays of December (3-4, 10-11 and 17-18).Choose your favorites from Cafe Mediterranean, Figaro, Kaya, Kulinarya, Myron’s, Piazza Pazzo, Pho24, Sugarhouse, Wild Ginger and Zaifu as they concoct special appetizers only available at the Chef’s Banquet. chefs-banquet-poster.jpg chefs-banquet1.jpgchefs-banquet2.jpgchefs-banquet3.jpgchefs-banquet4.jpg

Chef’s Banquet at the Concourse

 Dates: December 3-4, 10-11, 17-18 (first 3 Wednesdays and Thursdays of December), 5PM-8PM

Venue: P1 Concourse Center Aisle

We will be featuring restaurants from the P1 Concourse Level

The set-up will include a 8 buffet tables which will hold 3 appetizers from each participant and a lounge set-up.

The goal is to recreate a hotel lounge. Furniture is provided by Home Mavericks (exporter based in Cebu)

It is something people can go to after work, sit back, have appetizers and drinks. If they want to have dinner, they can visit the restaurants in the area.

One of the goals is to showcase the wide range of restaurants in the P1 Level.

There are 10 participants. These include:

Café Mediterranean

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Kaya

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Kulinarya

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Myron’s

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Piazza Pazzo

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Pho24

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Sugarhouse

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Wild Ginger

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Zaifu

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Here are the mechanics:

  1. Customers of the Chef’s Banquet will be given menus as they go through the buffet tables.
  2. Waiters from the participating restaurants are tasked to mark the food items claimed by the customers on the menu. 
  3. 2 cashiers will be stationed at the end of the buffet tables to tally and receive the payment for the customer’s purchases.
  4.   Customers are discouraged from ordering entrees that are not part of the Chef’s Banquet menu. If they seek food from the participating restaurant’s menu, they should be politely advised to dine at that restaurant
  1. All participants (excluding Figaro and Sugarhouse) will contribute 3 appetizers and 1 drink. These may change on a weekly basis.  The appetizers must be easily consumed and should not require full plating.

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Happy Birthday Grace!

By | Celebrations | 2 Comments

Not only did we get to see the beautiful home of Lauro and Grace, but we enjoyed a lovely dinner with them and their friends. 

I am getting to know Grace more and more and am happy to know that she and I have a lot in common and I am very fond of her –  we like frozen yogurt, we enjoy having a massage/spa, we like taking photos and documenting our experiences, we both like shopping in Rustan’s and we like travelling with our family.  I hope to get to know her more!  Happy Birthday Grace!!

Thank you for your friendship and for celebrating your birthday with us.   Surely we know that you have many many things to be thankful for as you have been blessed with 30 years of love and happiness!  and may you have many many more!

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Lauro prepared everything for the dinner for his beloved, Grace!  What a lucky girl! The first time I met Lauro, I remember he was still courting her and how he was so in love with Grace.  More than 10 years later, now married with two boys, he is even more in love!  🙂

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 There were 2 tables for dinner, one in the garden and one in the main dining room 

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Serenaded with Jazz music by Vince Lahorra

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Food catered by Gaita Fores and Grace added a few of her favorite dishes

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The dessert table

After dinner, we all gathered in the kitchen for dessert  

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And being a son of a diplomat, Lauro of course takes after his father and has a speech

The investment banker said that despite the financial crisis and the situation of the stock market, his GREATEST INVESTMENT has always been his wife, GRACE!   

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Yummy home made Ferrero Rocher and New York Cheesecake ice cream 

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By Ramon Antonio December 7, 2008

Emilio’s 1st Birthday  October 19, 2008

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By Ramon Antonio

By | Homes and Interiors | 2 Comments

A beautiful house by Ramon Antonio, one of our favorite architects and interior designers, also a good friend to our family.  Thanks to Lauro and Grace for sharing with us your beautiful home.   

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Dining Room 

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Kitchen 

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Guest Bathroom 

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Casilda’s

By | Christmas | One Comment

This is from our friend, Jose Moreno.  Makes perfect gifts for big groups of people or for christmas parties 

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 Casilda’s Bakeshop is offering delicious and affordable bread boxes for Christmas.  

1. Box of 10- 12pcs for P99

2. Box of 20pcs for P160

3. Box of 30pcs. P225

4. Box of 50pcs. P375

Breads include an assortment or any combination of Spanish Bread, Pan de Coco, Ensaymada, Cinnamon Rolls and Cinnamon Bread

 

For more details:  Call 813-3207 or 813-3208 or text 0918.520.2432 Look for Marissa

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Lolo Dad’s Brasserie

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Heart2Heart is so happy that Lolo Dad’s is now in Makati.  We liked all the recommendations of our cousin, Crickette especially the Mushroom Canneloni baked with raclette cheese. The siding portions are very generous. I was looking forward to the foie gras dishes, but there weren’t any.  Apparently the menu is different from the main branch.  

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Dungeness crabs Scallops and Fresh Corn Chowder

Paprika pastry garnish 

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Warm Spinach and sauteed Mushroom salad

Feta Roasted garlic-Smoked bacon vinaigrette 

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Dairyless Tomato and Roasted Garlic Soup

Fresh Goat’s Cheese and Basil Crouton 

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Mushroom Cannelloni baked with Raclette Cheese

With Potato and Mango Club 

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Prawn Rigatoni pasta in Garlic and Olive Oil

With Prosciutto and Arugula Bruschetta 

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Roasted Whole Rainbow Trout

Sauteed potatoes 

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Goose Fat Fried Chicken

Bun 

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US Rib Eye – this is half a portion since the order was split for two persons 

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Warm Apple Tartatin

Cappuccino ice cream and Vanilla Sabayon Sauce 

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Mothers Club November Korean Cooking by Min-Kyung Hwang

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This is our last Mothers Club for the year.  Thanks to Min-Kyung for sharing with us your korean recipes.  Min-Kyung is not a chef in a restaurant but a mother like us who joins us in Mothers Club and this time she was the one demonstrating for us. Min-Kyung was so kind and patient to teach us her recipes from her country.  

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Thank you to Angela and Mimie who assisted Min Kyung

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Here are the 3 pregnant mothers who joined November Mothers Club – Mel, Vaya and Ellie 

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And to my two friends, Alexie and Tessa,  who came over to join as well

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And Heart2Heart is so so lucky and relieved that she now has an assistant for Mothers Club!  Thanks To Alexie Claparols for sharing her documentation of the recipes from Mothers Club.   She told me that she re-types all the recipes from all her cooking classes and she adds her notes and photos.  Wow!  Now that is a different kind of patience all together.  And no wonder we are always bumping ito each other taking photos of the food 🙂  Well from now on,  Alexie, you can have the stage all to yourself and I will just wait for your recipes 🙂  Thank you for sharing your work with us.koreanminkyung1.jpgkoreanminkyunghwang2.jpgkoreanminkyuhwang3.jpgkoreanminkyuhwang4.jpgkoreanminkyuhwang5.jpgkoreanminkyuhwang6.jpgkoreanminkyuhwang7.jpgkoreanminkyuhwang8.jpg

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