Mexican sunday family lunch by @gourmetgarageph and @rustansflowershop Nachos, tacos, quesadillas, churros and more
Call @gourmetgarageph for your own Mexican party 🙂 🙂 KARLA RIVERA
Sales Account Executive
GOURMET GARAGE CATERING
(02) 551 6005 / 0917 157 0995
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Super fun Sunday Family lunch celebrating the April bday celebrants 🙂 We also had a special guest – Jean Marie who is so masaya 
and she even brought yummy crabs So glad she came. She can come anytime haha!! 
Thank you Thelma @thelmadeleongrover for sending a Pepitas Kitchen @lechon_diva truffle lechon for my bday Thelma is a follower from Florida and she so kindly sent a lechon for my bday I hope to meet you one day. Thank you to Isa Suntay for the yummy mocha and chocolate cakes 🙂 #h2hsundayfamilylunch
Thank you to Isa Suntay for the yummy mocha and chocolate cakes 🙂 #h2hsundayfamilylunch
Thank you to Isa Suntay for the yummy mocha and chocolate cakes #h2hsundayfamilylunch
I was not able to do any treatment during our afternoon of wellness
Previous entry: Celebrating with Wellness April 26, 2017
So I planned it on the day of my bday so I could relax. What a great idea Rica!!! 🙂
This year I am making a conscious effort to take care of myself. I have been so busy all my life and I have failed to take care of myself, meaning my health, my own personal well being, my skin, my body, and just everything for myself. Thank you to Rustan’s for showing me the best products and the best things I can do to help me achieve this goal of mine.
So for my birthday, I scheduled a treatment in the Clarins Skin Spa in Rustan’s Makati. It was the best way to celebrate and treat myself.
My therapist was Tess who has been with Rustan’s for 17 years and with Clarins specifically for 12 years. She used to do treatments for me in the past and I am glad she is still there. She took care of me. The products and the techniques they use in Clarins are really good. I have tried many spas all over the world and I have to say that Clarins is one of the best. You will have to try it to understand what I mean.
In the Clarins spa, the products placed on the body are heated in this machine so when they are placed in the body it is not cold and uncomfortable
When you choose a body scrub you have to take a shower after and you can use the Clarins body products 🙂 By the way the scrub is amazing 🙂 It is a simple scrub but the product is amazing – your skin feels so good and smooth after
I did not have a facial treatment since I wanted to concentrate on my body for scrub and slimming/firming ( haha!! ) but I requested for a mask while they were doing my body and she gave me the PAMPER MASK
After my treatment I sat here to fix my hair and groom a bit before leaving the spa
And they gave me TWG tea – wow 🙂 All these little details mean a lot
Sometimes we spend so much on our face and daily to take care of our body thinking nobody will see it haha!!! It is not too late to start in your 40’s like me so I am going to start now. Trying out these first
WOW 9 birthday cakes 🙂 9 lives 🙂 My only wish for you and for me is to make sure you live life to the fullest I learned that from my parents who know how to do it so well. I ask my friends and family to include me in their prayers today – the best gift ever My heart is full. People say I am a hoarder it’s true – i am a hoarder of blessings and grateful #h2hbirthdaycakes#h2hcelebrations
Thank you Jean Marie Tan for this yummy chocolate cake which we super love!! Very special
From Dad and Mom 
From the fruit lady herself, Leah Dy of Fruits in Bloom Thank you!!! 
Every year no fail – Starbucks remembers me!!!
From my family in the company. 6 out of 9 are from them! 🙂
Dinner for the twins at Mirèio @rafflesmakatihotel – James and John – given by the twins’ wives because we love them and because we know they want to spend their special day with their siblings #mireio#rafflesmakati #h2hcelebrations
Meet the new Chef de Cuisine – A native from Provençe, Mirèio’s new master chef, Hervé Clair, brings with him an impressive culinary pedigree. The elegant brasserie will offer exciting new classic and creative dishes under Clair’s direction, with a spirit of Provence and France.
Clair started his career with an apprenticeship in Les Pins Penché, a gourmet restaurant in Château de Toulon in France. He continued to develop his passion for the culinary arts by training under culinary idol Alain Ducasse in three acclaimed Ducasse restaurants, namely: the La Bastide de Moustiers in Provence; the Parisian bistro Aux Lyonnais in Paris; and the renowned Le Relais du Parc at the Hotel Mariott Paris—all known for their classic and innovative take on French gastronomic cuisine. After seven years with the Alain Ducasse Enterprise, he went on to become the Sous Chef in the prestigious Michelin star restaurant, Les Fables de la Fontaine, in Paris. In 2014, he then first joined the hotel industry at the charming Hotel & Spa L’Alta Peyra in Saint Véran, France.
Prior to joining the property, Chef Clair was Chef Adjoint at the La Maison 1888 in Danang, Vietnam. The famed restaurant was created by the legendary three-Michelin star Chef Pierre Gagnaire, who Clair worked closely with. With his background and expertise in French cuisine, Chef Clair will take the helm of the culinary team at Raffles Makati’s Mirèio. ( website) 
Nicoise salad 
Parmesan sable 
Deep fried squid rings
Pumpkin risoto #mireio#rafflesmakati #h2hchefs
Lobster bisque, apple, fennel, crab flakes at Mireio @rafflesmakatihotel #mireio #rafflesmakati#h2hlobster
Cod Fish
Grilled Australian Grass Fed Rib Eye
Rack of Lamb
Dessert at the beautiful Terrace!!
65% Maracaibo mousse #mireio#rafflesmakati #h2hchefs
Click below to go to their website
5 years ago, Lucille, Brenda, Des, Det and I organised a reunion to gather all Ex-Rustanites.
From then on we had one every year after
Previous entry: Coming Home to Rustan’s August 8, 2015
Reunited and It Feels So Good April 27, 2014
After 2015, we have not had one so we were so happy to reunite again after 3 years!!
An old photo 🙂 
Instead of the usual awards and games, I asked Frances You – who is also an ex-Rustan’s executive- to give a talk about Mama Mary and her personal story. So beautiful!! I could listen to her over and over again
Previous entry: Date With God Dec. 24, 2017
We had it in East Cafe in @rustansph They are so easy to talk to and can meet your budget easily….and the food is good!!
Tofu Salad and Mushroom gyoza
Noodles with Beef Brisket
Chicken Hainanese
Yasaitame
Chicken rice
Banana Spring roll
One round of Iced Tea for P450.00 per person 🙂 #rustansph #eastcaferustans #h2hrustans
Lovely dinner for Cong. Rodito and his wife Cong. Milen who celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary. 
The Albano brothers are so charming – Rod loving my raclette 🙂 and Tonypet @tonypetalbano who is always serving all of us before himself and he’s not even the host.
Delicious cooking by our friend @bambi_linkedge who feeds us all the time. 
Thank you Suharts and Rins!! #h2hcelebrations #h2hbambiskitchen
Special dish – President’s Fish – by Vice Governor @tonypetalbano and his brother Congressman Rodito Albano of Isabella brought for dinner last night. It was specially cooked by @bambi_linkedge with relish and toasted hazelnuts. yum!!
Click here to read about the fish!
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/newstv/ijuander/363058/infographic-the-president-s-fish-the-most-expensive-fish-in-the-philippines/story/ #ludong#h2hbambiskitchen #Isabella #h2hfish
Special 40th bday for #srilankrew Tin @tincmoreno with Pizza Hut ! Music and lots of LOVE #h2hcelebrations
When Suharts and Rins are here we are so busy 🙂 Lunch hosted by Tita Menchu and Lucy (cute dog) Katigbak. Group photo with slippers
Japanese style where you have to remove your shoes and wear slippers.
Lite Tikoy from Tita Viv for Chinese New year. She is so cute 
So happy to see Tita Viv Yuchengco @canarymum 🙂 who always looks so good everytime I see her. One of her secrets is Izumio #h2hizumio @naturallyplusphilippines and Another secret is her beauty salon called Vivify @vivify_salon in Jupiter street. She now offers microblading and she is the perfect model. She is a permanent fixture at the Makati Stock Exchange soon to move to BGC. Tita Viv is a trove of information so i also like getting info and finds from her. She has a doctor for everything and she will even help you get an appointment in an instant. There’s no better wisdom than experience and age. Love learning from friends – to me they are blessings from God #h2hbeauty #vivifysalon #h2hpeople
Homecooked healthy and yummy meal by Tita Menchu.
Pako salad, Inihaw na baboy, Chicken inasal and Tita Vivian’s Pancit palabok. Super enjoyed our host, Tita Viv @canarymum and Marlene. I learn so much from them and enjoy the super funny stories – i could listen all day #h2hpeople #h2htablesettin
Discoveries and learnings from Tita Menchu! She’s so detailed and so hands on in everything she does. She has the same name as my mom and they are friends 🙂
Yummy garlic crispy chips which she got in Isetann Singapore
Homemade pako salad- she said she just puts the pako in a strainer and pours hot water over it then adds the onions and tomato. And since she’s “OC” the onions and tomatoes have to be cut a certain way
I asked her how she marinated her yummy Chicken inasal – its Claude Tayag inasal which comes in a bottle and you can buy in the grocery. Yum!
LOVE the Cold handtowel idea in the tablesetting which smelled so good. She puts the colognes or perfumes that she can’t use. Which i believe is not offensive because you really tend to choose your scent sometimes.
Super love the crochet glass holder which can’t be bought anywhere 🙁 because it was made by a former maid. It’s so thick and so snug and looks so elegant. If someone can please copy and sell
Volvic which is mountain spring water is the best drinking water 
I like the slipper idea. In my future home im hoping to follow the Japanese home where they have an area before entering the home which has a cabinet to put shoes then you change into slippers and there’s a step before entering the home proper. That’s why i collect hotel slippers:-) I’m going to follow all these!! Lovegetting ideas from friends. 
Oh and we got a taste test of the latest Carmen’s Best @carmensbest of @pacomagsaysay which is Sugar free and will be launched soon #h2hhouseholdtips #h2hfinds#h2hicecream
A Mexican Sunday family lunch celebrating 7 April bdays and 2 in May! Super fun and colorful – yummy taco station, quesadillas, nachos, fajitas, churros, sangria and more. Only good vibes allowed in our family ! 
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