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December 20, 2009

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Romulo Cafe

By Heart2Heart | Foodie, Tributes | 5 Comments

Finally Heart2Heart reached Quezon City and was able to visit the newly opened restaurant of our friends, Enzo and Sandie. It was well worth the trip. I did not see Sandie there but was able to meet and talk to Sandie’s partner, Yong Nieva, who showed me around and intrduced me to the restaurant. He said that they wanted to really open a restaurant in a home which is the trend nowadays. It was his wife, Ivy Almario-Nieva who designed the place. Yong told me that they are still on soft opening and have not had their grand opening, yet the place was fully booked at the time I was there and it has been that way since they opened.

Congratulations Enzo, Sandie, Yong and Ivy!! More power to you!! We are looking forward to a Makati branch!

Since I was not able to meet up with Sandie in the restaurant, I asked her to give me a short background on the restaurant and this is her story….

I put up this resto to honor my lolo as most people have forgotten him

Our main dinning had black and white floors. Each room is divided into different stages of his life. the main dinning has the pics of all the Philippine Presidents he served plus other dignitaries he met. The bar area has pics of his war years it has the famous Landing in Leyte Pic.

It was Enzo who conceptualized the resto.

Ivy looked at old pics of our Forbes house and that is how she came up with the black and white floors.

On the wall by the stairs, written by Carlos P. Romulo

The Menu is more Filipino Spanish. Some of the dishes we are know for are recipes from our family like the Lola Virginia’s Relleno (which is still made in our house) & Tito Gregs Karekare. Other Favorites are the Bangus Pate, Boneless Crispy Pata Binagoongan and the Flying Tilapia.

The private rooms are named after the different houses we had the “Kasiyahan Room” was our residence in Forbes and pics of his UN days there. Kaligayan was our Baguio house where we have photos of the family. The Kapayapaan Room is his UP days.

Location:

# 32 sct lazcano cor sct tuason

Quezon City, Philippines

Phone: 09156623121

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December 14, 2009

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Assumption Highschool Class of ’79 Cookbook

By Heart2Heart | Foodie, Hot Off the Press, Recipes | One Comment

Thank you Marivic for the cookbooks you shared with Heart2Heart!!!

You cannot imagine how valuable they are to Heart2Heart. I am so lucky to get hold of copies of this cookbook! I really love it!

I went through the pages and saw the compilation of recipes contributed by your batchmates and the stories behind the recipes. Not everything is about cooking, about the recipe, about eating…but it is what goes into preparing it, the people and the history of the recipe. What a great compilation!! I wish i could feature each and every recipe at Heart2Heart! 🙂

Here is a sample recipe page

Five years ago, they came out with their first cookbook which again as I said, whenever there is a part two or a next edition, it can only mean that it was successful!

The brains behind the cookbook and the ones who worked so hard to put all of the recipes together

For orders, please call Marivic Puyat-Limcaoco at 0918-815-1558 or Telephone # 887-4789

Or you can buy them at the Assumption College Family Council Office, Fully Booked and Power Books

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December 13, 2009

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Jeanne’s 40th Birthday

By Heart2Heart | Celebrations, Foodie | 2 Comments

Many of us are turning 40 already and Jeanne is one of the first few ones. Yvonne started aready earlier this year ( Pael’s Surprise for Yvonne May 27, 2009 ) and soon there will be more coming up.

Jeanne has been my friend since gradeschool and she is a very simple, kind, loving and loyal friend. She is one of my dearest! She is forty and looking so beautiful and blooming more than ever! 🙂 Jeanne has a fabric store called Bloomingdales and she designs all her clothes using her fabrics. She is always very fashionable and dressed up and of course always looks good!

Who would think she is a mother of 4 kids??

She is one to always celebrate special occassions, so of course she definitely celebrated her 40th. We love you Jeanne!!! Happy Birthday!!!

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December 10, 2009

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Bob’s

By Heart2Heart | Foodie | One Comment

We have been exploring the Magallanes Gateway area since Golden Spoon opened ( Golden Spoon USA Now in the Philippines November 11, 2009). We stumbled into this restaurant. Dad knows about it because it is from his hometown. It is really good Filipino food…. Not fusion but just yummy, regular Filipino food!

I forgot the name of this burger but it was really good! The sauce was good and I love the onion rings inside 🙂

This was a hit among us – it is one big piece per order. YUMMY!!! A MUST TRY!

Sizzling Bangus – I did not get to try this but it looks so good

Lechon Macao- of course YUMMY!!!

Morisqueta Tostada – Dad says this is very “Bacolod” and really good…it is a sticky type of rice

We could not help but order this very attractive pavlova! YUMMY! It is the soft type though which is different from the crunchy pavlova

I am going to try this one next time!!

and this!! Looks so yummy on the wall!

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December 4, 2009

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Costliest Goodies List

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December 2, 2009

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Whitespace Green Market

By Heart2Heart | Arts and Culture, Foodie, Green | One Comment

From Tita Monique Villongco

By supporting homegrown crops, we can help local farms stay in business and bring fresh produce to city neighborhoods

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November 27, 2009

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Celebrating Thanksgiving

By Heart2Heart | Celebrations, Foodie | No Comments

Heart2Heart would like to share another beautiful article written by Mandy Chavez, a friend of my Dad who lives in the States. This was another article I kept for years in my computer and it proves that Thanksgiving can be what we want it to be. For Heart2Heart and for many out there, though it is an American holiday, many choose to celebrate it just to give thanks. It is a time to pause and think about all the things we should be thankful for…….. and we just realize that there are just too many. So, from now on, Thanksgiving is an official holiday at Heart2Heart 🙂

This year, we celebrated with Dad and Mom and some foreign guests. And again, this is proof that we can interpret our own thanksgiving- though we know that Thanksgiving is always associated with having turkey, my Mom prepared not only turkey but we had lechon and other Filipino dishes. We had foreign guests and invited them to our family thanksgiving celebration. I like my Mom’s version of thanksgiving because she “Philippinized it”

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November 22, 2009

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Homemade Pizza By Tina

By Heart2Heart | Foodie | 5 Comments

Tina, Martha Stewart of the Philippines, really lives up to her title! She know makes homemade pizzas!!! She even sets up her kitchen table in preparation to make the pizza. And wow! They are really YUMMY!!!! Heart2Heart loves it because it is THIN CRUST and a favorite of course is the four cheese, though the others are very good too! I am looking forward to having more of this pizza…hint hint! 🙂