Category Archives: Foodie

I am so glad I cannot buy cookie butter anymore – that way I can concentrate on looking at other things in Trader Joes! 🙂  And there are many many other good things to buy at Trader Joes! I go crazy!

The Best Mochi ice cream! But you can buy them here at Rustan’s and Waltermart 🙂

We bought this and Chef Javs cooked it at home! Yum!

Irresistible!  I like the way their meringues look and how firm they are!  And yes FAT FREE but they are never SUGAR FREE!

We bought this too 🙂

I love this discovery of Chef Javs!!  You buy the box frozen and then you just bake it in the oven! It was so good!!!!

Being the cheese lover that I am, I like this.  Saw other variants online 🙂  I also like this because it makes cooking easier especially in a house without a cook! Chef Javs normally does not like buying ready to made meals, but this one is an exception! 🙂

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When Dad and Mom arrived, this is the first restaurant they wanted to go to! They are natives in the city – after all they lived in SF for several years when dad was still in College and when my two brothers were born!  

I am sure most Filipinos know this place and love it too.  It was very hard to make a reservation so we just took whatever available time they had.  This was the original restaurant that started it all.  I remember going here several times and it seems like it’s the same

Previous entry:  Crustacean Beverly Hills March 25, 2011

Dungeness Crab Puffs for me 🙂

Salt and Pepper Calamari

Putting on plastic aprons in preparation for the crab!

According to my Dad, this is the BEST CRAB in the WORLD! We are the crab loving family and we eat crabs all over the world

Crab Resto in Osaka Feb 6, 2009 

Golden Century Chinatown Sydney June 16, 2009 

Kani Doraku Jan 7, 2010 

Red Crab Alimango House Resorts World Sept 12, 2010

Noryangin Fish Market Korea Jan 16, 2012 

Oriental Garden Chinatown New York April 16, 2012 

and Dad claims that this is the BEST! 🙂 

Roast Crab

Garlic noodles to go with the crab

Dipping the garlic noodles on the crab sauce!

Hot towel!

Old Fashioned Banana Cake! Yum!

Fried banana ala mode

So nice to bump into Triccie there!!!  They had the same idea to have the Best crabs int the world! 🙂  Everything is orange because the restaurant is orange and the lighting reflects that color 🙂

with Ernie of course! who we had not seen the last time we had dinner at Sweet Basil

Previous entry:  Sweet Basil July 9, 2013

and Pat Qua and his family!

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One of the germiest things in the planet are grocery carts

Previous entry:  The 7 Germiest Public Places July 29, 2011 

So whenever I do the grocery, I make sure I have my sanitizer spray and I use it to clean the cart.  I noticed now in the States, many stores give complimentary wipes by the entrance!!!  What a relief!  

At Target

At supermarkets! Thank you!!

I am always searching for unique items in the stores – You will really go crazy finding so many things in the supermarket.  In the States, there are many packed meals and ready to eat items

Even Macarons are being sold by the box at Costco 

James bought this and liked it 🙂

I love the baking mixes that they have!! So many kinds!

Variants of Mac and Cheese

CHOCOLATES! I don’t really buy but I like window shopping 🙂

Cute Petit Fours at Draeger’s pastry showcase

Salts section!!!

So many kinds of crackers!!

Seasonings

Unique flavors!

Fiorucci 😉 

Snacks snacks snacks!

The day we arrived, the new law was passed!  We did not know.  We went to the grocery on that day and they charged us US$ 0.10 per paper bag.  From then on, we brought our own bags 🙂

This was at Home Depot – they started earlier it seems?

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This trip I am happy that an old friend, Gretchen contacted me! I have not seen her in ages!  Apparently she has been living in the Bay area for several years already.  She is still the same and still pretty 🙂

She took us to a Burmese restaurant in Burlingame.  It’s a good thing we had an early dinner because once we sat down- there was already a line outside the door

Paratha

House Special Noodle

Pumpkin Yellow Chicken

Our fortune 🙂

I love her bag! 🙂

There are many good Asian restaurants in the Bay Area!  We were so happy to try Burmese this time which is very similar to Indian.  Thank you Gretchen!

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We were so happy Gretchen passed by to say goodbye while we were packing at home with her son, Franco, who is so adorable!!!! Till our next visit

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I requested to choose a place to eat this time because I wanted to try FIVE GUYS!

Everyone is talking about it and I was just curious so I wanted to taste it.

Good thing there is one near where we stay

 Cool!!  Drinks dispenser! 

Touchscreen

While waiting in line you can get some peanuts 🙂

Little Cheeseburger for me

Double Cheeseburger for the boys 

Double Cheeseburger with BBQ sauce

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Of course my trip is not complete without seeing my good friend, Triccie!  

I always request for her to take me to a new place all the time.  So this time she took us to a Thai place in Foster city

Many of the staff are Filipinos.  Here is our waitress who knows Triccie already.  She was hiding, she said she wanted to fix herself up first before I take her photo 🙂  

So pretty these daughters of Triccie!! I wanted my two boys to meet them 🙂  

Fresh salad rolls

WINGS OF LOVE!!!! 🙂  Cute and funny name – but I love it!  They probably named it for me 🙂  Their version of buffalo wings.  YUMMY!  

Tom Yum Goong

Yellow Curry

Pad Thai

Thai Fried Rice

Crispy Pompano

Volcanic Beef

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After all that spending and eating!  I told the boys that we have to save and cook at home!  🙂  Chef Javs of course was happy with the idea.  James suggested we go to Draeger’s

Which after all cost just as much as eating out! haha! But it was nice to have home cooked food for a change especially by our very own chef.  Not to mention that we have to clean up after the chef cooks because he is already tired after cooking! 🙂

Wow, this bone marrow was so expensive US$ 20.00 for this!  

Oops, Chef Javs forgot to have it sliced by the butcher.  So we had to reach far inside to get the marrow 🙂

Jaime documenting Chef Javs cooking 

Italian Sausage

American Kobe beef 

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My boys could eat all day!!  After dimsum,

 Previous entry:  Yank Sing July 2, 2013

oysters,

Previous entry:  Hog & Rocks July 3, 2013

Chocolate

Previous entry:  Dandelion Chocolate July 4, 2013

and cheese,

Previous entry:  Mission Cheese July 5, 2013

we were now headed for dinner!  Jaime had reserved for early dinner at this Korean fusion place – New Korean American Cuisine as they call it 

They give you a bag to put your bag in so it does not get dirty on the floor 🙂

Oh my oysters again 🙂

Okonomiyaki – Yum!  This was a big portion which they warned us in advance that many dishes are for sharing

Ramyun which is their version of ramen

Though we felt it was nothing spectacular, it was good – we enjoyed the new experience of trying a new place.  I loved the details and the uniqueness of their product offering.  The other items on the menu looked interesting though we were a bit full already from all the snacking! 🙂

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