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Itching to Splurge on food

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Breakfast Start the most important meal of the day with a fresh and cold Brisbane first-harvest mango, $4,200 each

Itching to SPLURGE of food (6)Next, try some of the Zillion dollar lobster frittata. This misleading dish  really costs “only” $1,000 and is full of lobster meat and caviar.

Itching to SPLURGE of food (14)Lunch  Start with some classic appetizers like cheese and bread. The cheese is Pule, a donkey cheese  from Serbia that costs $700 per pound (450 grams). The bread is a Shepherd’s Loaf, made with a 55 year old sourdough recipe in Cotswolds, UK for the price of $35 per piece.

Itching to SPLURGE of food (13)          Itching to SPLURGE of food (4)To clean your mouth before the next dish, try some Almas. This $25,000 rare caviar from Iran is sold in the Caviar House & Prunier in London and served in a 24 karat gold can.

Itching to SPLURGE of food (12)Now you are ready to sink your teeth into a Wagyu Ribeye steak from  Hyogo, Japan. The cows are given premium food to eat, beer and sake to drink, and get daily massages to keep their meat tender. The price of a steak from this 5 star cow resort? $2,800

Itching to SPLURGE of food (3)If you are not in the mood for a steak and you want something more “simple”, try the Bacon Bling Burger. Made in the Tiato restaurant in Santa Monica, this burger is full of “rare breed bacon,” black truffles, saffron and truffle oil. the price is $235, not including fries.

Itching to SPLURGE of food (11)Another great way to enjoy Wagyu beef is with some Anqi pho soup also found in the Tiato restaurant. This rich soup is full of white alba truffles, a foie gras broth and hand-raised bean sprouts, all for the price of $5,000.

Itching to SPLURGE of food (10)For desert you can take a bite out of the cake from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor’s 1937 wedding. It was kept in a box after the wedding and sold at a public auction for $29,900 in 1998. I have no idea how it tastes today, but I’m willing to give it a try!

Itching to SPLURGE of food (1)Dinner Your first dish will be a Florette Sea and Earth salad made by celebrity chef Raymond Blanc in the Hempel Hotel in London. The salad is made with of beluga caviar, grated truffle, gold leaf, Cornish crab and lobster. The dressing offered is a 30 year old balsamic sauce which tips the price of this artistic plate just a bit over $1,000.

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 After all the meat you have for lunch it’s time for a bit of fish so why not try the Angelito Araneta’s golden sushi combination for “just” $2,700? Served with three Mikimoto pearls and a 24-karat gold leaf wrap on each piece, this dish proves how much they love sushi in the Philippines.

Itching to SPLURGE of food (2)The Albarragena jamon Iberico de Bellota is a ham dish from pigs raised in Spain and served in London for $2,682. Each ham comes with its own DNA certificate proving its origin and quality.

Itching to SPLURGE of food (7)Your desert will be the $25,000 Frrrozen Haute chocolate ice cream from New York. It consists of a blend of cocoas, including 14 of the world’s most expensive varieties. Topped with edible 24-karat gold, and served in a golden goblet you can take home with you, this is the most expensive desert is the world.

Itching to SPLURGE of food (9)As you sit back and relax after your day of culinary delights, sip some Henri Jayer Richebourg Grand Cru, the most expensive wine in the world. The average price of a bottle is $16,500 and it’s made from the finest Pinot Noir grapes in the world.

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The Blue Leaf Filipinas

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Congratulations to Concon and Sheba and Eugene and Michelle on their second branch of Blue Leaf!!!!  They recently celebrated their first year anniversary for Blue Leaf Filipinas!   The Blue Leaf Filipinas (33)

Eugene and Michelle are part owners of Blue Leaf and Eugene  is the Managing Director.  Michelle told me that they made their second location Filipiniana in theme because she mentioned that the Aseana area will soon be filled with casinos and she wanted to maintain our Filipino identity in the area hence the theme.  And it’s beautiful!!!  Congratulations!!!!  Awaiting branch 3 🙂  The Blue Leaf Filipinas (22)

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45/50

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What a nice way to celebrate!  Jia at 45 and Rhett at 50.  Blessed to have had the chance to work with these two when I first stated working in Rustan’s.  We were in the same group – Jia under the Ladies division handling Ferragamo and in the Teens Division Rhett was handling Due.  I handled these two divisions when I first started.  Don’t ask them how I was as a boss haha!!  Happy Birthday Jia and Rhett!  45_50 (14)

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and 50 hand painted dresses by  Rhett

Previous entry:  Painted Dresses by Rhett Eala September 19, 2014

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My favourite are the three chairs made by Jia’s family

These two made by Julianna and Justina – the two daughters of Jia – and are not for sale45_50 (7)

An interpretation by Jia’s husband, Gabby Estrella.  Gabby really makes mini chairs out of champagne corks and wine bottles and collects them.  This too is not for sale 🙂45_50 (8)

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Visiting Dra. Vermen Verallo Rowell

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This is my first time to visit Dra. Verallo.  She’s the mom of my friend, Laura, and a friend of my Mom, so I am at ease 🙂  A lady beside me just told a guy in the waiting room that he should only see the best and that he has come to the right place.  I am even more at ease 🙂   This place is not only a Dermatology clinic but it is also a research centre Dra. Vermen Verall (2)

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And here she is.  She is 75 years old but very strong and with beautiful skin. Not a single wrinkle 🙂  She came so well dressed with a pink brooch and pink earrings.  So i asked her if she liked the colour pink ( like me ) and she said no.  She found herself so dark and dull wearing grey, she wanted to add colour to her outfit 🙂  I love that disposition 🙂 Dra. Vermen Verall (11)

Dr Vermen Verallo RowellI came to show my mole and wanted it removed.  I already showed it before but have decided now to just have it removed.  Previous entry:  Photodermatology in the Tropics by VSRC October 21, 2013

She looked at it in less than a minute and then saw many other things in my skin that needed to be addressed 🙂  So she analysed me and then started typing on her computer.  I love it that she is using a computer to log everything!! Dra. Vermen Verall (8)

This was the scope she used to look at my mole.  What a great gadgetDra. Vermen Verall (10)

Typing, typing all the findings and the products I need.  I am in good hands 🙂  Dra. Vermen Verall (9)

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Dra. Vermen Verall (7)Another award received.  Taken from Laura Verallo Bertoto’s instagram 🙂
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Congratulations SSI on its Initial Public Offering

By | What's New at Rustan's | One Comment

A momentous occasion for the family.  For the first time, a Rustan Group of company went public.  All our lives, we have kept the businesses private and yesterday Stores Specialists Inc, SSI, went publicSSI IPO 1It was my first time in the Philippine Stock Exchange 🙂  SSI IPO PSE nov 7 2014SSI IPO 9Definitely a good investment!  SSI IPO 13

Congratulations to my cousin, Anton Tantoco Huang, President of SSI and to the Deal team who made this a successful

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Watching the electronic board before opening SSI IPO 11Ringing of the bell 🙂

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I like the hugging and kissing more 🙂

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Many family members came to witness this special occasion SSI IPO 15SSI IPO PSE rustan group nov 7 2014Even third generation 🙂  From up there 🙂SSI IPO 8Immediately live on the newsSSI IPO 16SSI IPO 7tantoco boys in the PSE SSI IPO SSI IPO 6 SSI IPO 5 SSI IPO 3 SSI IPO 2SSI IPO 17SSI IPO 18SSI IPO 19SSI IPO 20SSI IPO 21SSI IPO 22zenaida Tantoco SSI IPO Chairman and CEOSSI IPO 24SSI IPO 23SSI IPO 26

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