Category Archives: Foodie

Be assured when you are with Mom, you will have an adventure! And no matter how busy we all are, we will always have breakfast!!  She and Tita Reg had lunch at Ai Fiori and she got excited to try the breakfast so she took us along!

Bar

Dining area

The short and simple breakfast menu

Mom looking so happy! 🙂

With all smiles!

Lobster Scramble for Tita Reg

Duck Hash for Mom

Homemade Granola for me – so pretty and yummy and healthy

James was into eggs benedict this trip – I can’t count how many he had! Unhealthy but extremely yummy:-)

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For a change, we had Italian! 🙂

Diver Scallops

Rainbow Beets with Whipped Robola

Roasted Veal Meatballs

Wild Seabass

Parpadelle with Duck Bolognese

Pan Roasted Spiced Monkfish

Vanilla Panna Cotta

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 It’s always nice to get out of the city during weekends.  I requested Mom and Tita Reggie to cook for us by the lake!

And invited our good friends, Ned and Janet over!!  We were so happy they were in town!!

Janet scouting the place

The Chefs!

Previous entry: Danni’s BBQ Birthday June 12, 2008 

I noticed Tita Reg is so neat in preparing the food

Busy busy busy

And here arrives our other special guest, JEROME!!  All the way from New York City 🙂  We are so happy he came!!

And Tito Tommy and Tita Cathy who drove also around 45 minutes

Yummy truffle mushroom dip by Tita Reg!!

Our spread!

Kare Kare which was requested by Tita Cathy!!! Jerome loved it too!! Missing Pinoy food!

Yummy desserts from Citarella

Mom catching up with Ned and Janet

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A new restaurant for us which Mom searched through Zagat 

I’m not really a Sushi Sashimi person, so maybe not really my type of resto  

YUM! 🙂 Can we order more COMPLIMENTS please! 🙂

Uzuzukuri 

Trio of Tartare 

Mom ordered the Chef’s Omakase Tasting Menu which she of course shared with all of us!! Too much 🙂

 I liked this! Green tea ice cream dessert

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We drove around 30 minutes from Manhattan since Tita Chi wanted James to try this steakhouse 🙂  Thank you Tita Chi for so kindly hosting us. We had a great time!  

I’m glad we had an early steak dinner to give more time for the beef to digest before sleeping.  Our reservation was at 530pm and we had the place all to ourselves!

Our lovely host….missing Tito Mandy who could not make it 

WE LOVE TO EAT TOGETHER 🙂 

It’s their version of Peter Luger.  Everything reminds me of Peter Luger 

Dad avoids red meat so he orders his seafood which he shares with us for appetizer

And here is our dinner 

Porterhouse good for 5 people 

Colorado Rib Steak 

French Fried onion which Tita Chi loves and wanted us to try- US$ 8.50 for this and we could not all finish it!!  But YUMMY DEFINITELY 🙂 

They have a store which sells the steak and you can order also online 

They even sell the French Fried onion 

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Another one of Dad and Mom’s favorites in New York 

Sake of course 🙂 

Portions are small, maybe they are meant to be like tapas which you take with your sake  

Tofu Salad 

Assorted Sashimi 

Seaweed Salad 

Grilled Eel Vinaigrette Served with thin cucumber slices and wakame seaweed

Steak cooked on stone 

Deep Fried Shrimp Balls covered with Sliced Almonds

Gindara 

Mashed Potatoes coated in Sweet Donut Batter Fried Crisp 

Deep fried pork with curry 

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YUMMY Breakfast place near the apartment!  Many places have come and gone in this area- even a Starbucks has closed down, but this Madison is still there!! 

Fresh Tomato Juice for Dad

Mom has to always have her veggies even for breakfast!

James’ order – Eggs Benedict

This is so yummy!! I love how they make the hashbrowns crispy and exactly the way I like it!! The portions are so big- Dad, Mom and I split this and we could not even finish it

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As soon as we arrived in New York from Seattle, Dad and Mom rushed to Oriental Garden!!  Still wanting to have their crab!! 🙂   

Previous entry:  Oriental Garden June 14, 2008 

This time it’s an Alaskan King crab, here is the waiter getting the crab from the fish tank 

He weighs it 

Then shows it to you for approval 🙂 

While the crab is being cooked…. 

And here it is!! It’s steamed with garlic.  Dad later on said that we should have just asked for it plain steamed without garlic 

The second way which is fried with garlic again – which I actually liked!  YUMMY! 

YUMMY!!!!  Silver fish!   

AFTER THE STORM! 🙂 

Very yummy and very sweet grapes 

Almond and mango pudding 

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