Category Archives: Celebrations

The gang got together to celebrate the forthcoming arrival of baby girl Rianna!  

It was again another excuse for us to eat our favorite meal together, fondue!  If there is one thing in common with the group, it is our love for fondue!  Every single one of us love fondue and nothing can be more fun than to have everyone enjoying each other’s company at the same time enjoying the meal…I must admit that as the meal started, I could not listen to Raul as he was telling us stories about his F1 experience in Singapore, I was too engrossed on eating the fondue! and I think the others were too 🙂

I specifically bought these black fondue plates for our fondue dinners only to find out that it is a bit too small to fit the rice… you will be shocked at how much sate rice we can eat when we are eating fondue.  But nevertheless, no one wanted to change their plates and instead used them still

My cook prepares all the fondue sauces:  

Top:  Bernaise and Peanut butter – Bernaise being the most popular so I have to make 5 times the amount of this sauce compared to the other sauces

Bottom:  curry, tartare and spicy catsup

They let me prepare the sate rice and fondue sauces and then everyone else brings something so it is pot luck:

 Bulgin and Lils – Beef and dessert -Frozen brazo de Mercedez

Pael and Yvonne – Wine and Ostrich – it was our first time to have ostrich and it was a good and healthy addition

 Raul and Jeanne – Pork

Anto – Chicken – though we missed Anto who could not go last minute 

 Eds- her famous chocolate chip cookies

We do not use fondue pots in my house because it might get too smoky indoors and since we are a big group.  So we have my cook prepare everything already.  It works well for us because we get to eat it right away and not wait for it to be cooked.  The plates have to be refilled 2 or 3 times!   

After dinner, Yvonne had some baby shower games prepared!

Game # 1:  Measuring the wasteline of Mommy Lau 🙂 

Game # 2:  Daddies have to put on the diaper of their babies/stuffed toys!  🙂  Of course Raul was the best at it!  

The weird looking ( monkey wrapped in a diaper ) one was made by James who obviously does not know how to put on a diaper 🙂

Game # 3:  Question and Answer by Daddy and Mommy  

Traditional opening of presents  

We are all excited for Rianna and our next fondue dinner!! 

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This is becoming an annual celebration – all the birthday celebrants of September – Dad Monching (Sept. 4 ) , Gerry ( Sept. 5 ), Margs ( Sept. 1) and Jaime ( Sept. 2 ).  Too bad we missed Gerry who could not make it this time due to a patient call.  

Thanks to Dad and Mom for preparing and hosting  

It’s always nice to celebrate with a mass and of course by our good friends, Fr. Manolo and Fr. Julian who are always part of the family 

Catered by Gaita Fores which is always something to look forward to…

Coffee from Starbucks prepared by no other than the First Lady of Starbucks, Krie!  🙂  She is the expert in using the French Press and showing us how to do it the right way 

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We wanted to take out our friend, Pam, who is here on vacation and we were so happy to discover this new restaurant at Bonifacio High Street.  I heard about it from my sister Krie so i recommended it… It was a good choice.  We liked the ambience, the food and most of all the company

They just opened and are still partially finished.  The private room, the deli, pastry counter, wines, breads, etc are still not yet available.  They will also be selling the meats that come from the Del Monte Farms.

It is owned by Del Monte ( which explains all the pineapples and the plantation interiors ) in partnership with Center for Culinary Arts (CCA) 

Pam lives in the States so we see hardly see her.  

We are happy whenever she comes because it is the only time we have a reunion of our Spain group… Ana, Babylyn, Maricar, Pam and I 

Babylyn, Maricar, Pam and I lived and studied together in Madrid for one year while Ana was in Barcelona.  Ana visited us, so we adopted her as part of our Spain group. Hopefully our next reunion will be in Spain! 🙂

Since they are on dry run, they are giving a 20% discount!  🙂 So hurry and try it!!! 

We met one of the chefs, Carina Guevara.  She conceptualized the menu for the restaurant.   

Tomato Fondue with Mozzarella and Parmesan Croutons – of course this is my order and loved it!   The tomato fondue is good also to add to any dish as a sauce so we asked for a teaspoon to scoop it out and put it on our plates  

Pan-fried Angel Food Cod Cakes with Corn Chowder Sauce  

Flatbread with Arugula – Goat Cheese, Roasted Garlic, Walnuts, Olives and Olive Oil 

Prime Burger with Grilled Pineapple, Bacon and Caramelized Onions 

Pan Seared Roast Beef with Gratinated Potatoes with Bernaise Sauce – This dish was ordered by Ana and we all liked it.  It is made form their locally grown meat from the Del Monte farms.  The beef was tender and tasty.  It was very good and was more than enough for the 5 of us.  We had two more other main dishes.  It was a good share for only P 995.00.  WORTH IT!

Ravioli of Cream Cheese, Parmesan and Pine Nuts

Creamy Banana Trifle with Billowy Meringue and Hot Fudge Sauce 

Key Lime Pie with Whipped cream 

Telephone #:  856-6301

Ground Floor, Building 3, Fort Bonifacio High Street ( near Starbucks )

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