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Birthday Treat at Paseo Uno

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Thank you Dette and Brenda for your every year birthday treat!!!  I am so happy we have a reason to get together because I enjoy being with them

This year we went to Paseo Uno which we really enjoyed.  So nice to bump into Isabelle Cang and Charisse Chuidian from the Mandarin Oriental

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 When you sit, they serve you this really good foccacia bread!  Which comes from the brick oven at the back of the dessert buffet

 The Nilagang baka is a must! I told the girls that it must be a specialty because it is highlighted in one of the stations. So we all had it 🙂

I had one prawn tempura and asked for the tempura batter crisps 🙂

I love the grill station!!  

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They have different oils and different salts! 

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Always room for dessert 🙂 

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Yayo Daporta

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In the palacio of the bodega

Previous entry:  Bodega del Palacio de Fefinianes December 17, 2013

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we had a private lunch in the beautiful dining room

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overlooking the vineyard

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The lunch was prepared by a One Star Michelin Chef, Yayo Daporta 

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We really enjoyed our lunch!!!

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Yayo Daporta has a restaurant in Cambados.  It was arranged with the bodega for him to come over and cater.  Click below for more information

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Abastos 2.0

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If you go to Santiago, I highly recommend this place!!!!  It is by the fresh market very near the cathedral.  There are two areas- the bar ( Taberna ) with communal seating

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and the restaurant ( Galphon )

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We chose the restaurant 🙂  We always want a quiet and stress free place to eat.  I love this cozy place!!
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That’s us 🙂  We reserved in advance as always to make sure we get a place. It is also always good to be ahead so you do not join the rest of the people who are dining.   After a few minutes the place was full
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Love the coasters!!

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I liked the stone liners they were using

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Our server
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 The chefs that prepared our lunch

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 35 Euros for all that we had!  WORTH IT!

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A super meal!!  We really enjoyed!!
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Click below to go to their website

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Ramen Nagi Now Open in the Philippines!

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In September 2012, my Ramen boys went to Butao Ramen in Hong Kong.  They will search for the best Ramen place always wherever we are!  They went early and lined up 

Previous entry:  Butao Ramen September 21, 2012 

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and Chef Javs went back last August with his Tito Jun Jun

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No need to go to Hong Kong to have Butao!!  It is only the Hong Kong branch that calls itself Butao Ramen which is known to us Filipinos who go there but the real name is Ramen Nagi so they are one and the same

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Chef Ryoichi Nishio who will be one of the chefs that will be based here to cook for the Manila branch!  With one of the owners, Avi Siy-Chua

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Chef Nishio told us that one of the secrets is the noodles.  30% of the noodles are water so you need to make sure that you use good water in making the noodles

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Another owner, James Chua!  Congratulations!!!  James told me that their second branch will be in Mall of Asia and will open sometime in January

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Ramen Nagi owners – Michael James Chua, Carissa Coscolluela, Roxanne Farillas, Enti Coscolluela, Avi Siy-Chua and Erickson Farillas

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 Chef Ikuta and his team from Japan – Atsushi Kobayashi, Nobuhiro Sonoda, Ryoichi Nishio and Chef Ikuta

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Create your own Ramen.  For now they will only serve Ramen so they can focus on making sure the Ramen is up to their standards.  Later on they will have the gyoza, the Chasu rice and other additional menu items

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We were able to try 4 Ramens!

Butao King for James

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Ramen boy Chef Javs had the Red King and he says that this is the BEST! He seemed to be the expert – he told us to order hard or extra hard noodles.  Missing our other Ramen boy who we will definitely bring here when he arrives!

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They have the freshly pressed garlic and bean sprouts.  I loved adding the fresh garlic!

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Carlo my cousin joined us and so we were able to try another ramen to share.  Carlo ordered the Butao King.  All the Ramen boys I was with that night said it was very good

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We were able to order and share the Black King which was Squid with black ink 

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I was not planning to order my own but when I saw they had green pesto with cheese – I figured that was something I could eat and wow I enjoyed it!!!  

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I don’t normally eat Ramen but this was good!  They should have extra cheese on the omotenashi sheet 🙂  I pressed from garlic and wow, even better!

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