Another family celebration at our favorite, Tsukiji ( Tsukiji January 9, 2009 ) .
Happy Birthday Margs and Jaime!!!
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Jasmine at the Renaissance Hotel was recommended to us so we went to try it. It was not as we expected…but it was okay….maybe we expected too much? did not order the right dishes?Though, I like the interiors of the restaurant.
My good friend, Michele, took me this time to her territory! She told me she wanted me to try her FAVORITE TAPA! I am always happy to be with Michele, she makes me laugh and laugh. She is so simple, so down to earth, so good, so sweet. I love her!
She told me she only wears stiletos when she is going out with me..funny girl!! 🙂
She took me to the Hexagon lounge which is a more private dining place in the building
Michele’s waiter who she used to employ for her catering
Michele intorduced me to Michele ( another Michele ) who runs the place with her husband
Wow!! So much to choose from! I told the two Michele’s to just take care of ordering since everything looked good and I wanted to order everything! 🙂 So I told them to just choose….I do not know if that was a good idea because you will see what they served us….and you will be surprised, we almost finished all of it 🙂
Prawn and Mango Salad
I did not only fall in love with the beef tapa, but this Buffalo chicken wings I really really loved!!! I loved the blue cheese dip which they make themselves also. YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!
Fettucine Seafood Portofino
Here is the USDA Certified Beef Belly Tapa!!! I featured this already. You can eat it here or you can order it and cook it at home!!! I definitely liked Michele’s favorite tapa!
The two Micheles told me to eat it with vinegar, tabasco and knorr! Since I am not the sauce type, i like to eat my tapa on its own and I like to taste the beef on its own. But in case, you might want to try it!!
Grilled Three Cheese Sandwich!!!!!! OH MY GOSH!!! I just had to order this and YUMMY!!!!!! Look at the cheese oozing out 🙂
Chicken Fingers and Bacon Melt Sandwich – also YUMMY!!!!
Herb Crusted Fish Fillet with lemon Butter Cream sauce – I liked this too!
OH MY GOSH!!! This buko sherbet was so good!! I hope Michele or someone will tell me how I can get this. i want to order this in bulk and bring home! 🙂
Now they open for breakfast as well
The couple behind Hexagon – John and Michele Cu Unjeng. John is the one behind that yummy crab in Perico’s restaurant.
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Eds and I were very lucky to be one of the first ones to try the new restaurant of Enderun. They will have a soft opening today, September 23 and will be open to the public. As you read, you will see that it was not only the food we experienced but you will meet some of the people behind this great school. As we meet all of them, we learn more about the school, the passion behind it and the vision which makes it so successful. It was a very interesting lunch and we really enjoyed ourselves. After all, not everything is about the food and not everything is about making money. When you eat in Restaurant 101, you not only enjoy the delicious food, but you support the students who come to learn and train there.
We were greeted by Don, our server, who took care of us for our lunch
The interiors of the place was not yet fully finished, so this is just a peek at what it will look like
Meet Alex Jureeratana, Executive Director of Food and Beverage. He is Thai and started in the first part of this year. Alex was the one who opened the two Joel Robuchon restaurants in Las Vegas. He has a wide experience in the hospitality industry and still has a lot of offers from other establishments, but he told me when he had the opportunity to work in Enderun, he took it because he believed in the vision of the school. He was also amazed that Alain Ducase, one of the top Chefs in the world, has tied up with Enderun. He says that it is very hard to talk to Alain Ducase due to his busy schedule and he does not talk to just anyone. Alex also said that he liked the job because it was a way of giving back. He feels that through the school, he is able to pass on his learnings and help other students. What other motivation can be greater than that?
This is one of the details Alex explained to us. He had these linens specially made and embroidered. It is one of the techniques in teaching the students how to put the linen properly on the table. The embroidery has to be in line with each other
You can see the kitchen from the dining area, so you will see all the students working inside
Our friend and schoolmate in highschool, Tricia Castañeda-Tensuan. She is employee #1. As soon as her boss, Jack Tuason, asked her to join him in the new project, she accepted and was hired immediately! She was working with Discovery Suites prior to Enderun. We are so proud of you Tricia! More power!
Our menu for that day. They had a set lunch for us. But once the restaurant opens they will have an ala carte menu. Eds and I really enjoyed the food! We got one of each to share so we could try all.
Classic French Onion Soup Crouton Gruyere Cheese
Oops! It’s Chef Thomas again! I always bump into him in Enderun! I hope I get to try his cooking one of these days. A very charming, handsome and kind husband according to his wife and our friend, Rachelle 🙂
Cos Lettuce Hearts Mimosa with Ceasar Dressing Chopped Eggs and Bacon Crisps
What an interesting dish! Sort of like a different version of Ceasar salad
Alex grabbed the plate and started cutting away and prepared it for us
YUMMY!!!
Chad Davis, F & B Faculty, who I saw in Restaurant 101 ( Restaurant 101 August 7, 2007) in Ortigas two years ago. One of the pioneers of Enderun.
Bouillabaisse Fish Soup with Sea Bass, Shellfish and Rouille on Toast
We were so happy to see our friend Zette ( Farewell Dinner by Zette for Fran June 4, 2009 ) ( La Cocina de Tia Moning March 5, 2007 ) there!!!! She was rushing to get to class!! Zette teaches Culinary Arts 101 and she told us she teaches that class 3 times a day. I would think so because a 101 course normally is a requirement for everyone so you can imagine how important that class is 🙂
Grilled Double Pork Chop Normandy with Roasted Apples and Calvados Cream Sauce
Chef See of course was there! Whenever I think of Enderun, I think of Tricia and Chef See 🙂
I am so happy to see Chef See looking very satisfied and it looks like he has finally found his calling in Enderun. He has a lot of talent and learnings to share with the school and with the students.
Selection of Cream Custards
Davao Vanilla, Green Tea and Caramel
YUMMY! YUMMY! and YUMMY!
Javy Infante, President of Enderun
What a pleasure to meet the brains behind the school! Javy is one of the founders of the school and Eds told me that this guy is a GENIUS! And believe me, she does not have to convince me!
The school started a few years back at the Ortigas campus extension with 150 students and now they have 600 plus students and by next year they will have almost a thousand students! What more can I say?
We were suppose to have Roasted Pineapple, Lime Jelly with Coconut Sorbet, but they served us this instead
Louis XV in Monaco
According to Tricia, this is the actual dessert they serve in that restaurant, Louis XV in Monaco in Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo and it is really delicious!!!
Heart2Heart is so priveledged to always be part of Enderun. Everyone in the school is so warm and accomodating, I feel so much a part of them. Thank you for always inviting and sharing with Heart2Heart!
Enderun Colleges
1100 Campus Avenue, McKinley Hill, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City 1634 Philippines
Telephone (632) 856 5000, extension 520 Facsimile (632) 856 4656
Enderun Colleges offers international-caliber bachelor’s degree programs in Business Administration, major in Finance and Wealth Management, Business Process Management and Consulting, Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise, or Marketing Management.
and International Hospitality Management, major in Hotel Administration or Culinary Arts.
Learn more about Enderun’s international partnerships with Les Roches International School of Hotel Management in Switzerland and Spain, and with Alain Ducasse Formation in France.
Visit http://www.enderuncolleges.com
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I really liked the chicken curry Tina made for sunday lunch. I liked all the condiments she had. YUMMY!! I got her checklist from the kitchen table
Of course there were many other yummy stuff!! As always!
Homemade ice cream by Tina -Toblerone and Avocado
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To top it all of, aside from the overwhelming and beautiful house ( For Sonny and Natalie by Arch Ramon Antoio September 17, 2009 ), we had a really sumptous dinner. It was Sonny’s birthday so we celebrated! We are grateful for a new found friendship with Sonny and Natalie!
The dinner was catered by Tijoe. It was a first time for us and we all enjoyed the dinner
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I was so happy to receive an email from Rommel and Cat Ramos who are regular viewers of Heart2Heart! Who we later on got to meet…a very nice couple!
Rommel is a lawyer and partnered with a friend in opening the restaurant
Thank you Rommel and Cat for inviting Heart2Heart to your new restaurant, Jalapeño
It was my first time to go to FOOD STREET in Ortigas near Home Depot. It is a street with mostly bars so it is really a night time hang out
There are a few restaurants and Jalapeño is one of them. They had recently opened for lunch.
The Jalapeño Team – Jojo Reyes, Chef Jonah and Atty. Rommel Ramos
Rommel told me to bring my friends so we can all share the food and try more dishes, so I called on my fondue group! Lils, Jeanne, Lau and Eds
We all enjoyed!!! The food was really good!! And Rommel and Cat were right, when you taste their food, you will want to come back. True enough, I received texts from all of them – Jeanne and Raul came back for lunch the next day, Lils brought her church group for Sunday after church and Ron and Lau went somewhere nearer them that evening to have Mexican! FUNNY! And I was craving for the same dishes but just did not have time to go all the way back there…SO OPEN IN MAKATI PLEASE! 🙂
We shared all the dishes that came out!
Herbed Lemonade
Baked Jalapeño Cheese Dip
Baked Cheezy Potato Mexicana
Tomato and Cheese quesadilla
Grilled Chicken Enchilada which Lils claims to be THE BEST!
This was an interesting dish which we all shared! YUMMY!!!
The two guys from the group – Ron and Raul – seemed to be the experts at making yummy wraps!
Rommel told us that many people like their homemade chili sauce – so he is going to bottle it and sell it as well
Grilled Cajun Pork Chop
Mexican Style Sausage
Grilled Chicken Mexicana
Chef Jonah serving us the food that he cooked – Chef Jonah is the chef in the TV show called Sis with Janice and Jelli de Belen. He has a regular portion in the show where he has cooking demos. According to Rommel, many of his fans go to Jalapeño to see Chef Jonah…who is by the way still a bachelor 🙂
Baja Fish Fillet
banana nutella tortilla
apple butterscotch tortilla
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In CWC, they have an open door dining area or you can eat in the tents facing the wakeboard park
They had this table with some quick snacks – i noticed they did not have this on the Monday that we were there- maybe they set this up during weekends or when there are a lot of people. Quick orders rather than ordering from the menu and waiting
And they have the full menu. Food is very decent and quite good
Another place to eat in the complex is in the Mansion Suites. We went there for breakfast
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This is where we did not eat in Naga! 🙁 We wanted to have our first meal here but for some reason they had no electricity. We tried again for lunch the next day but still no electricity. Dexter and many others recommended this place since they say it is owned by a former Mandarin Hotel Chef and I think also the chef from Avenue Plaza Hotel.
It is just one block down from Avenue Hotel. Mom and I were so frustrated we did not eat here. I heard that the Italian restaurant beside it is also good, Grissini.
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