Category Archives: Foodie

June 20, 2012
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Visayan Room by Sandee Masigan

By | Foodie, Proud to be Pinoy! | 3 Comments

Due to the success of XO 46, they expanded their restaurant and put up Visayan Room which specializes in Visayan Cuisine!  – Cagayan De Oro, Bohol, Cebu, Dumaguete and Bacolod to name a few cities.

Previous entry:  XO 46 September 5, 2011 

Sandee, the owner, told me that they really go to these places and really search for the best dishes and she said that they don’t go to the usual city restaurants but they go in the outskirts so they could try authentic dishes of the cities they are in.

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It was nice to finally meet Sandee Masigan, who started Dismum and Dumpling with her then boyfriend, now husband 🙂

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Chef CK of course!!

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Another angle to show the tattoos! 🙂

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Wow I love the menu!! It’s not the usual Filipino food, something different!!!  Everything looked good!! I made Sandee order since she knows

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Complimentary appetizers – Kropek with queso de bola butter!

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Carabao Cheese fritters

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Pansit Bisaya

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Ampalaya Con Tinapa! YUM! I don’t even eat ampalaya but i loved this!  Maybe because of the coconut milk

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Adobong Baka sa bawang

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Inun -Un

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Dumaguete Express – Dumaguete’s version of Bicol Express! YUM!!!

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Cebu Lechon Belly!

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Another photo 🙂

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Desserts are shared with XO 46 and I love them all!!!

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You can take home the desserts or buy them in bulk for bigger events

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June 15, 2012
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White Asparagus and Burrata at Masseto

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Heart2Heart is feeling so much the Italian spirit! 🙂  I love Italy! 

As soon as I received the text that the Burrata arrived, we went to Masseto as soon as we could!  I brought my two handsome dates with me 🙂

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Burrata Tomatoes!! HEAVEN!  YUM! Unfortunately as I post this, there is no more stock of the cheese but will be arriving again on June 23!!!  Don’t miss it!! I will be back!!! And another arrival on July 7  

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Jaime ordered the White Asparagus Gazpacho

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Jamon Serrano!!  We got 100 grams

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Hi Tips!!  Sorry it’s a dark photo

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Gerry, Tina and Sevrine were also there! (Tins you were right, i needed a flash! )  

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 Thanks for sharing your champagne and wine!  

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Garoupa, Fideo, Chorizo and Squid – YUM! Love the crispy crust on top of the fish and then the fideo was really good. A must try dish!

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For some reason we got so full right away!  But I made sure I ordered my Buffalo wings!!! with rice!! 🙂  

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Lao painting

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And a Mallari in the ladies restroom- love it!!!

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Phone Number

(63 918) 811 8088

E-mail Address

info@masseto.com.ph

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June 14, 2012
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Casa Artusi Philippines

By | Arts and Culture, Foodie, Recipes, Travel | No Comments

Not only did Gaita visit Casa Artusi in Italy, She also brought Casa Artusi to the Philippines!  This is the first culinary school that will open outside Italy!  Thank you Gaita for sharing your new venture with Heart2Heart!  Congratulations to you and more power!

I will let Gaita do the talking to introduce Casa Artusi 🙂 

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June 13, 2012
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Kudeta, Seminyak Bali

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On our last night in bali, almost everyone drove down about an hour from the resort to go to Kudeta in Seminyak.  We were a bit late to see the sunset but it was still beautiful and very alive with music and a very nice ambience

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Dinner

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June 7, 2012
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Daily Breakfast at Sangkar, Bvlgari Resort Bali

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Breakfast is included with the package and you can take it between 6 am to 10am.  It can actually be brunch already if you have a late breakfast 🙂

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It’s the only time of the day where we see and meet with everyone so it was nice 

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Oops!  Early birds who have eaten breakfast before any of us and are already swimming 🙂sangkar-breakfast-041.jpg

Handsome F & B manager always present and making sure everything is going well

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I love the set up of the buffet breakfast!!!  It’s by the entrance in a black room – again a bit dark and dim lighting

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Love the handmade placemats made out of leaves!!!

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Indoor seating

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Or Outdoor with a beautiful ocean view!

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Aside from all that, you can order one hot item from the menu!!  So even if you are there for a few days, you can change your main dish

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 So funny!  By the cliff there is a security guard watching out for monkeys, and on our last day at the resort, there was actually a monkey that came from the cliff and took some food from a Japanese woman’s table!!  I wish I had taken a photo of that moment, but I got scared when it happened 🙂

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June 6, 2012
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Karma Beach Bali

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And we went to another resort to try other restaurants.  We went to Karma Beach 

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We were in Greece suddenly 🙂

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Just like Bvlgari, you need to take a cable car to go down the beach

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We went for lunch and it was very very hot.  Though it was breezy- the sun was shining at noontime.  It would have been better to maybe stay upstairs 

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June 5, 2012
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Sangkar, Bvlgari Resort Bali

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There are two restaurants in the resort and Sangkar is the Indonesian restaurant.  I do not know what people are saying that the food in Bali is not good, but we had very good meals at Sangkar.  From the bar, it leads to the restaurant passing this beautiful bridge on water

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Sangkar means birdcage which explains the birdcages on the ceiling! Beautiful!

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Just like the other parts of the resort, light is minimal so I hope you can read the menu 🙂

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Sushi and Sashimi

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Ultimate Nasi Goreng

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I love the way they serve the satay – it is on a mini grill on the plate and it was hot so the satay was warm until you actually eat it.  And of course there are all kinds of Satay

Shrimp Satay  

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Pork Satay

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Mixed Satay

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Kobe burger!  Love the presentation and it was really good!!!

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Traditional Thai Green Curry

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Hearts of Romaine

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The F & B Manager of the resort, Carlos de la Bara

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Heavenly Creme Brûlée!!!

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Balinese Black Stick Rice Pudding

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