There are days when James changes his breakfast venue and he goes to Cafe Breton
Previous entry: Pancake House breakfast Feb 19, 2011
Yum Yum! This is the Pasong Tamo, Makati branch
and a few weeks ago we went to the Alabang branch
My crepe was just gruyere cheese with tomato
James had ham, cheese, mushroom and tomato
Always looks so simple on the outside 🙂
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We celebrated Dina’s 50th birthday in a Grotta! 
We had pasta and pizza!
Tagliatelle de Tartufo Crudo
Penne Arrabbiata
Linguine ala Principessa
Spaghetti al Ragu – supposed to be fettucine but requested to change the noodles to spaghetti
Risotto e Quattro Formaggio – i had them remove the spinach
The pizza is good, just make sure it is cooked well. We had ours sent back because we like our pizza well done and the bottom to be crispy
Yum Yum chocolates from Isa! Our dessert
Happy Birthday Dina, our sister who bring us together as a family and does not look 50! 🙂 We love you!
the first branch was here
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Still not yet finished! More celebrations 🙂 We celebrated our family sunday lunch with Lolo Benny. I was watching Lolo from across the table and of course he was laughing the whole time…especially being beside Tita Margarita and Tita Nora 🙂
A surprise tribute from Tita Margarita! It’s no surprise though how Lolo has touched many many lives even from a distance!
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This was not the last place we went to but I saved this feature for the last because it was the BEST place for Heart2Heart in Vancouver!!! I think around ten years ago, I dreamt of opening my own cheese store and restaurant where everything sold will be cheeses from all over the world and of all kinds and everything on the menu will be a cheese dish! And I cannot believe I actually saw a place that fit exactly what I imagined my dream place to be! Aside from a HEART store, a CHEESE STORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Tita Regina for taking us here!!!
When we got to the place, I saw the MAGIC WORD! CHEESE! 🙂 There are two addresses because it actually has two locations – on the left side ( 843) is the store and on the right ( 845 ) is the restaurant
I thought these were wines, but they were olive oils – what a nice display!
They had some deli
One of Lola Charing’s favorite snacks 🙂 me too. I think my Lola will enjoy this place too, we both love cheese!
Raclette 🙂
A wide variety of crisps to choose from to go with your cheese
And some recipes they were giving out
On the other side is the restaurant where we had lunch
Reuben
Classic Four Cheese Macaroni
Poutine- I was so curious to try this so I ordered it- maybe not really my type 🙂
Croque Madame
Croque Monsieur
Raclette which you cook on your table
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Our last meal in Vancouver recommended by a friend of Tita Regina. Aburi sushi heaven for Dad and Mom 🙂 The place was so full which only means one thing
Premium Aburi which had 7 kinds of Aburi Sahimi! We are a sampler loving family 🙂
Sable Fish marinated in Miso!! dad and Tito Rick ordered this and it was so yummy!!! In Vancouver, sable fish seems to be a popular fish ( or Gindara ). I loved the way they prepared it with Miso!! YUM!!!!
Softshell crab karaage
Seafood Tempura
Aburi Salmon Sushi – dad and Mom like Aburi so this was a good restaurant for them
This was my order and I totally forgot what it was! It’s a maki roll but can’t figure out which one it was. Anyway it was so yummy too! 🙂 I don’t think you can go wrong with anything on their menu! We enjoyed!
Love the presentation of the desserts!
Chocolate Nougat
Spicy Pears
Chestnut Slice
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This is the Armando that Tita Regina introduced to us. She served us beef from here and it was really good.
Previous entry: Barefoot Contessa of Vancouver
Armando is FILIPINO!!!! and he is among the top butchers in town. Heart2Heart is so proud! 🙂
We were hoping to see Armando but he stepped out to take a break for awhile so he was probably going around Granville Island somewhere. I was hoping to see even a photo of him in his website, but none
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Tita Regina then took us to Granville Island… What a nice spot!
In Granville Island is a Public Market. Again we were going crazy..drooling over everything we saw
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Tita Regina not only served us a wonderful dinner, but she took us around! Our first stop, Gourmet Warehouse! WOW!!!!!!!!!! We went crazy!
This is dedicated to Gaita Fores! Wow! all the kinds of salt and pepper mills!
Gourmet popcorn 🙂
Cute sprinkles display
My gosh, which grater to buy?? Choices! Choices! and more choices!
SPICES!! Oh my gosh!
Shoe Cake cutters
Cute pedestals for cakes or for pastries
CHOCOLATE SECTION
Bacon chocolate 🙂
Wow!! All the kinds of crunch!
Hot Sauces galore!!!
All the kinds of breads and crostinis!!
Grilling / Barbeque section
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Meet the Barefoot Contessa of Vancouver, Tita Regina! 🙂 We were very happy to be invited to the home of Tito Rick and Tita Regina and we had a wonderful dinner!! Thank you very very much!
We saw Tita Regina cook and prepare the dinner and we enjoy her so much because she has so many stories and she really entertains us. She told us that she idolizes the Barefoot Contessa! Which explains my title for her 🙂
Where she cooks
Yummy rib eye from Armando’s who I will introduce later on
We first had cocktails and appetizers- loved the artichoke dip Tita Regina made and loved the heartshaped dish she put it in 🙂
And our lovely and delicious dinner! For Heart2Heart, nothing beats a homecooked meal which is a labor of LOVE 🙂
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