August 30, 2010

Korea Garden

By Heart2Heart | Celebrations, Foodie | 3 Comments

We celebrated Tito Totoy’s Birthday! This is the 77th already and looking forward to more and more! So far, we have not missed one every year since 2007. Thanks for always making us a part of your family. We love you all!

We admire Tito Totoy for being a very simple gentleman!

He was so happy and proud he was wearing a vintage Tag Heur watch 🙂 Apparently, it was a watch James sold to Suharto twenty years ago when we were still in London. Then somehow Suharto sold it to his brother who sold it to his father ( Tito Totoy ) 🙂 Looking at it now, it would be nice to buy that watch back – but Tito Totoy will probably not sell it because he loves it!

We had Korean food this time in one of the popular restaurants since we can remember – Korea Garden. Still YUMMY as ever!

128 Jupiter St., Bel-Air 2 Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines Phone Number: (63 2) 895-5443, (63 2) 896-4361

Tito Totoy’s 76th Birthday August 25, 2009

75th Birthday of Tito Totoy August 28, 2008

Blue Leaf August 3, 2007

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August 27, 2010

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Bryan Flannery feature in EyeOnWine

By Heart2Heart | Foodie, Jaric Marketing Inc, Steaks | One Comment

Thanks to Noel Ermitano for the write up on Bryan Flannery. For those of you who enjoy fine wine with fine food, visit EyeOnWine

Click on the entry to go to EyeOnWine

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August 26, 2010

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La Mar, SF

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Jimmy being an adventurous type of guy, took us to a Peruvian restaurant. We have never been to one so it was a great experience. It was in a beautiful location by the bay

Loved their vegetable chips with dip

Cebiche tasting – I like how Jimmy eats, he always orders the tasting dishes so we get to try many – so we shared the appetizers

We also liked the peruvian rollitos!! Again we got the tasting dish

I ordered the empanada sampler because I was curious to taste it

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August 25, 2010

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Xiao Long Bao Kitchen, South SF

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How could we not eat here?? XIAO LONG BAO!!! We saw it because we went to Starbucks. The nice thing about going to small towns is that it is so easy to park- we had a parking space right in front of the restaurant 🙂 Maybe not as good as Din Tai Fung but it was okay, so if you are in area ( South San Francisco ) , stop by for some Xiao long bao

Previous Entries:

Din Tai Fung Hong Kong June 29, 2010

Din Tai Fung April 16, 2010

New York Foodie ( Joe Shanghai ) June 22, 2008

Victoria Seafood Restaurant March 31, 2008

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August 24, 2010

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Bryan Flannery Steaks

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After many months, Heart2Heart is happy to post finally the steaks. For so long, when I am about to post the steaks, the stocks run out. We love Bryan Flannery products and we hope that you will enjoy them too. Take some time to read below and find out what makes Bryan Flannery different from the rest…

We could not find US Prime dry aged steaks in Manila which is why we were happy to discover Bryan Flannery through a friend.

The beauty of Bryan Flannery steaks is that it is PRIME and aside from being PRIME, Bryan still selects and narrows down the selection and that is where the term PRIVATE RESERVE comes in. Another difference is that it is California beef ( Private Reserve )

Be assured of the quality and taste of the beef from Bryan Flannery. One of our favorite steak restaurants in the US is Peter Luger. Peter Luger uses dry aged porterhouse, when we found out Bryan Flannery sells dry aged steaks, we were very excited. He even custom aged our porterhouse 52 days.

Previous Entry: Bryan Flannery at Mamou July 1, 2010

PRODUCT LIST

1.) Rib Eye 8 oz and 12 oz

2.) Midwestern Rib Cap 1.5 lbs ( Half of the size in the photo )

3.) 16 oz. T-Bone

4.) 12 oz New York Steak

5.) 52 Day Aged Private Reserve Porterhouse ( 20 oz.)

This is a “custom” order as it is aged longer than normal

Click below on some previous Entries, I will be posting more on how to cook the steaks, watch out for them:

Meeting Bryan Flannery August 23, 2010

Bryan Flannery at Mamou July 1, 2010

Bryan Flannery at Masseto June 16, 2010

Bryan Flannery’s Rib Cap July 21, 2010

Bryan Flannery Burgers June 17, 2010

Sampling Steaks May 12, 2010

For questions, pricing and orders, please contact:

Weng Atanacio (9am to 5pm Monday-Friday)

email address: weng@jaricmarketing.com

Telephone #: 898-1371 or 76 Mobile #: 0917 801 6875

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August 23, 2010

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Meeting Bryan Flannery

By Heart2Heart | Foodie, Jaric Marketing Inc, Steaks, Travel | One Comment

The road trip continues. Of course we had to fly first from New York to get to San Francisco 🙂 We stayed in the city but found ourselves going out of the city most of the time. We drove around 2 hours from the city to get to Corte Madera to meet the great guy behind the wonderful steaks that James has been bringing in.

We only met Bryan by phone and through his website

We saw his shop and was surprised to see that it is a full line gourmet store and that he sells more than just steaks

and finally we meet the real Bryan Flannery! He is a superstar to us and we are honored to meet him! Just like any good and well run business, it is important that the owner is there and is hands on. One of the nicest things about doing business is meeting the people behind the company. Learning about them, how they grew their business and how passionate they are.

He took us to what he calls his “Playroom”

Wow!! This is where he dry ages his beef.

Most of the steaks are already sold and reserved for clients! It’s a good thing we have some allocation for the Philippines 🙂

Even Javier was amazed!! “Bryan Flannery is the coolest guy I have ever met!”

Javier enjoyed his visit and he could not resist to ask Bryan for some brownies from the shop which were really really good we fought over them in the car!

More to take home from Bryan- Pork rib cap

My request 🙂

Bryan Flannery at Mamou July 1, 2010

Bryan Flannery at Masseto June 16, 2010

Bryan Flannery’s Rib Cap July 21, 2010

Bryan Flannery Burgers June 17, 2010

Sampling Steaks May 12, 2010

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August 22, 2010

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My 38th Birthday by Bambi Reyes

By Heart2Heart | Celebrations, Foodie | 3 Comments

Happy Birthday to our dear friend Bambi who always brings us all together. We enjoyed all the food you prepared for us. In a few months, we will be celebrating an even bigger event and we will all look forward to it.

My 38th birthday lunch was spent with our dear special friends called ” the London group ”

Everyone had a good time devouring the spread of food I personally prepared and cooked for the special people who made Alexis – ” Jojo” and me meet in London 20 years ago.

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August 22, 2010

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Queen of Hexagon

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I wonder why my friend is blooming nowadays… She still has to tell me in our next lunch. This was our lunch a few months ago at Hexagon

Previous Entry: Hexagon Lounge, RCBC Plaza September 24, 2009

We got mostly appetizers on the menu

USDA Certified Beef Salpicao

Crispy Calamari served with Sicilian Dip

and of course, my real mission was the buffalo chicken wings!!

Michele is the Queen and the life of the party at Hexagon, RCBC Plaza.

Previous Entries:

Spit at Hexagon Lounge July 17, 2010

Catch her there every Wednesday evening. She is really my friend because she knows I am not the type to go out at night and i have not been to her Wednesday night gigs…so we have lunch instead 🙂 I just watch over her by checking her facebook daily and looking at her photos and making sure she is okay. Obviously many many friends love and support her 🙂

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August 21, 2010

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Astralis for Lunch

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Mom loves Astralis and we love to tag along 🙂

Previous Entries:

Merienda at Astralis February 14, 2009

Astralis by Diamond Hotel October 17, 2008

They have an Executive Lunch Menu which I chose and I think is very reasonable and though the portions are small, I still need someone to help me with it. I got the 3-course lunch

Loved my appetizer, Melted Fresh Mozzarella with Grilled Shiitake

My main was the Grilled Chicken Paillard

Our friend had the executive lunch with me and his main was the Grilled Beef Tenderloin Stuffed with Emmethaler which looked like my type of dish!

Then my dessert which was YUMMY!!!!!

Other dishes outside the executive lunch menu

This is Mom’s favorite dish in Astralis, also mine. I need to remind myself that this is one dish Mom does not like to share so next time I have to order my own! 🙂