Athenian was recommended to us by a family friend, Rene, who lives in Australia. Aside from the “fall off the bone lamb ribs” we all enjoyed the other dishes we ordered
website: Athenian Greek Restaurant
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Another highly recommended restaurant by friends… Nick’s Seafood
Beautiful aquarium by the bar area
Meet Captain Sam! It is so nice to meet people who take pride in what they do. Captain Sam is the one opening and cleaning the fresh oysters
He was so proud to show his awards and the restaurants awards which were above his counter in the restaurant
Wow! Their garlic bread was really good!
Beautiful harbour view from the restaurant
Since it was a friday evening- they had fireworks in the harbour
Nick’s Seafood Restaurant
The Promenade, Cockle Bay Wharf
Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
Reservations T (02) 9264 1212 F (02) 9264 8686
Website: Nick’s Seafood
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I forgot to mention that Chinatown is around 2 New York blocks from the hotel- so it is nearby too. Our first meal was lunch and we chose Golden Century which was recommended by almost everyone we had asked. And this became Dad and Mom’s favorite that we ate here 3 times! And you will be surprised how long the lines are even if the restaurant fits maybe 300 people- it is 2 floors!
Fresh! Live! Tasmanian crabs!!
Fresh water tanks with all seafood!! WOW!!! You shop for your seafood by the kilo and they weigh it and show it to you,
then you decide how you want it cooked
Here is the Tasmanian crab we got- it was big because we are quite a big family
The waiter was giving it to me to carry – I did not want, so did Javier- he was scared
But here is Quito carrying the crab – he said it was heavy – 6 kilos plus!!
Oh my gosh, nice to see coke in bottles!
We had the crab 3 ways- All were really good but we were too full to eat the noodles which came last
with Ginger and shallot
Salt and pepper
and with crab fat ( Aligui ) noodles
Abalone
The second time around, Dad wanted to try the snow crab which is a white crab and it is smaller than the tazmanian crab. YUMMY TOO!
We had it two ways- with butter and garlic
and just steamed with garlic
We also had fresh fish
Oh, and we ordered more snow crabs but this time salt and pepper! YUMMY!
They had other Chinese food just like any Chinese restaurant but I did not feature the others that we ordered like siomai, pork ribs, spring rolls – they were also good but it was the fresh seafood that really caught our attention!
Here is some mixed seafood salt and peppered also – I like those small fish!
3rd time we went back was Dad’s choice since it was his birthday! So, he wanted the Tasmanian crab again!
We ordered other fresh seafood
website: Golden Century Seafood Restaurant
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Dad and Mom hosted a dinner in honor of Bob and Mercy. Mom prepared her fondue dinner! YUMMY! Though I heard from Dad and Mom that Mercy cooks really well…hmmm… I wonder when we will get to try her cooking..hint hint!! 🙂
Mom uses broth instead of oil for cooking the seafood and beef- it is healthier than frying in oil
The broth from cooking the fondue – you can drink it as a soup after
Previous Entries:
Valentine’s Day is for Friends Feb. 24, 2008
Chocolate Fondue by Frieda August 21, 2008
Dining in Baguio November 13, 2008
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A homemade Filipino dinner prepared by Dad and Mom for a special foreign guest
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Lolo and Lola gave a lunch for Javier and made him choose the restaurant…He chose Aquaknox ( March 27, 2009 )! He likes eating crabs!!
We tried some of their new dishes and some of tour favorites from our first time
“Bo Bia” Vietnamese Chorizo Rollswrapped with jicamas, carrots, egg strips, and dried shrimps served with peanut sauce 130.00
Chicken Lollipopscrispy lollipops sauteed in garlic and butter 190.00 
Hai Phong Wok Calamari sautéed with bell peppers and scallions 210.00
Golden Shrimp Ballswith minced shrimp and bacon, breaded and fried served with sweet and sour sauce 180.00 
garlic rice 
Vietnamese fried rice 
LUNCH SPECIALWith soup and an egg loaf Mommy’s Pork BellyMarinated in special sauce 250.00 
Kalbi
C R A B S P E C I A L T I E S“Cua Rang Moui Toi” – Chef Danny’s Special Crabpan roasted crab with garlic and Chef Danny’s special sauce 
This is the crab specialty, Javier requested it to be de shelled already 🙂 You can have it done for an additional P 100.00.
Crab not deshelled- YUMMY!
Bong’s Vietnamese Pastaegg noodles sauteed with garlicky butter sauce 125.00 
Prawns in Coconut Milksautéed with lemongrass, broccoli, pepper, and coconut milk 390.00
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We always look forward to Sunday lunch at Gerry and Tina’s especially when it is burgers and hotdogs
Tina even has an assistant taking the temperature of the burgers
Hotdogs
Chili and the other condiments for the hotdog
Condiments for the burgers
Some of our creations…we like it because we get to make our own burger and put the garnishes that we want
Tina’s homemade ice cream, cinnamon and vanilla to go with the apple pie baked by her cousin
And look who joined us for lunch- Paloma the Chihuahua ( Paloma The Chihuahua March 22, 2009 ) with her new sister, Sparkle
Another one of Mom’s seaside meals. She has everything matching from the napkin rings, to the dinnerware and to the tablecloth. We had crab and mantis fresh from seaside!
Wow!! Yummy sidings for the crab. My favorite was the taba ng talangka! Mom said to make sure it is from Milky Way…THE BEST!
I went to peep at the kitchen and I saw the mantis before it was cooked
And to go with the seafood, Mom prepared Mongolian Barbeque
Everyone has their own mixture
Mom is lucky to have a great cook to assist her in all her meals- Manang Flor! Here she is cooking the mongolian mixture of everyone
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Thanks to our friend Suzette Montinola, for hosting our despedida for Fran. This is already like our third farewell get together for Fran before she finally leaves for Singapore.
Our Ateneo group got together in Zette’s beautiful ancestral home, La Cocina de Tita Moning ( March 5, 2007 )
This is a new addition to the place. A private dining room with a nice seating area on the side. It can fit up to 14 persons comfortably. Thanks to Anton Baretto for the beautiful interiors. We are lucky to have been the first to sample and use the new room, we enjoyed and loved the whole experience
Our lovely host, Zette. She prepared everything. She went to the market in the morning to buy all the ingredients and prepared our dinner when she got back from work. We were amazed at how fresh and beautiful she still looked after all that 🙂 Thanks Zette!
Our favorite stop on the way out- we bought some of the bottled goodies from the store
website: La Cocina de Tita Moning
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