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January 12, 2016

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Buta+Wagyu

Buta + Wagyu @butawagyu at 5th floor Skypark @smaurapremier Buta + Wagyu is the same family that owns @wagyujapanesebeef in Sunvar plaza. There are two sides/locations in SM Aura. This one by the escalator beside Kettle and one across So happy to meet two owners – Joanna Cabangon and Wesley Villarica. Other owers are GP Reyes, Grace Lee, Miguel Garcia, Keith Haw and Jerome Lim. Jerome Lim is also the chef at Butamaru Their Wagyu is never frozen. It’s air flown chilled from Japan and from the best cattle suppliers. You can buy wagyu beef here to take home so you can cook it yourself at your own convenience and in your preferred venue This is the other part of the restaurant which is a Whisky bar and resto Chasu pork buns which is off the menu! YUM! Wesley told me that they are thinking of selling just this item in a separate food stall 🙂 A5 Wagyu Sashimi ( Chuck roll or rib cap part ) This is the Chuck roll part. You roll the onion, lettuce and garlic with wasabi inside the Wagyu Sashimi! YUM! I don’t usually eat raw beef but this one I can and it was so good!Wagyu Nigiri- YUM! Chateaubriand A5 Wagyu Buta+Wagyu (6) Buta+Wagyu (24) This is a secret salt which is served with the wagyu and its yummy 🙂 Buta+Wagyu (28) Steamed Wagyu – YUM!Organic Pork and Wagyu gyoza and Organic Pork and Wagyu Kimchi Mandu Buta+Wagyu (13) Enjoyed our food crawl with Grace Fornier Magno and her team! This was just our second stop! :-O Buta+Wagyu (17) 35 year old Wesley Villarica @wesvillarica ( from the Villarica Pawnshop family ) is mainly a photographer and has been one for 11 years. Aside from being part owner of Buta+Wagyu @butawagyu he is also a Movie Producer and will soon be launching the movie Nilalang this coming Dec. 25 for the Manila Film Fest. He is also the Manager of Maria OzawaSo happy to see Ana Javelosa Gloria having lunch with Joanna

January 11, 2016

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Tuan Tuan Now in SM Aura

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So happy to finally try Tuan Tuan @tuantuanmanila Snowbuns! they are finally nearby at SM Aura

Tuan Tuan is a Chinese Brasserie which explains why the server greeted me “Bonjour” I love the European ambience mixed with the Chinese food from Chef Gordon Mui of the multi awarded resto in Canada Mui Gardens. So it’s a Chinese, French, Canadian restaurant in the Philippines 🙂 It’s owned by the same owners as Lugang Cafe – Peter and Annabelle Chua in partnership with Chef Mui. Soon they will open another concept which is a franchise called Dessert Kitchen ( Hong Kong ) in @powerplantmall So happy to see this beautiful lady – Reena Arnaldo! She is the HR Director for the group ( Lugang and Tuan Tuan ) She is an ex- Rustan’s manager. More power Reena and hope to see you in Lugang or Tuan Tuan or Dessert Kitchen or …… Or ….. 🙂They are known for their noodles and in your table is a checklist on how you would like your noodles 🙂Milk tea YUM! 🙂Love the menu which is supposed like a newspaper I thought they were moulding xiao long baos at first. It’s icing on top of the pork buns which makes it very light and yummy 🙂 Then baked for 20 minutes til the icing gets crispy. It comes in 4 fillings – Crispy BBQ Pork, Crispy Minced Duck, Crispy pineapple and Crispy Molten CustardThe owner has them collect all those sides which were removed and he eats them as a snack in his office table 🙂 Laksa which comes with a side dish – this is fish fille Tuan Tuan now in SM Aura (16) There are many yummy dishes at Tuan Tuan. One of the bestsellers – US Premium Beef Rib curry – it’s Hong Kong style curry that’s why it’s so creamy Pan fried Halibut ( imported )Honey garlic spareribs Deep fried baby squid with Aioli sauce

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January 8, 2016

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Roux

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We were going to watch movie in Greenbelt 3 so we ate at Roux! The latest restaurant of the Sumo Sam group. Sheryl mentioned this to me so we wanted to try itIt’s a French American bistroDinner with the Mapuas 🙂 Truffle Honey butter with Pull Apart breadFrench Onion SoupTuna Confit Salad Smoked Bacon and Ham Flatbread – Special of the dayBeef BorguignonTruffle Cream and Truffle Breadcrumbs was my favourite dish 🙂The Chef! 🙂 Chef Joseph MargateHe recommended that we try this for dessert – Chocolate Pots de Creme – Malagos Dark Chocolate salted peanut butter sauce and madeleines

January 5, 2016

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The Tasting Room by Chef William Mahi

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After all the Christmas rush, the last weekend before Christmas we were able to relax and go to City of Dreams for a special dinner at the Tasting Room. I am happy to be back !

Previous entry: Tasting Room at Crown Towers Hotel City of Dreams August 1, 2015
Damien Planchenault, Manager of the tasting Room. He is also French and he is married to a Filipina 🙂A limited edition wine and the allocation for the Philippines is exclusive for the Tasting Room Amuse Bouche which is truly amusing 🙂

Curried apple chips, Gorgonzola cheese wrapped with almond crumble and caramelised pork, Cepes Jelly and Salmon candy and foie gras lollipop.

Ten orders of this please! 🙂
Choose 5 to 8 courses and then just choose any dish in the menu. So this means you can have all appetisers, all mains, all desserts 🙂 or a mixture of anything in the menu! 6 courses is the Chef’s menu. Sea Bass Tartar – Mint-Watermelon- Coriander- Mango-EspumaRavioles-Mushrooms-Cappuccino-Truffle Signature dish – 52 degree Egg, smoked potato mousse, onions, confetti, ceps powder, girolles. A must! Everyone’s favorite! Homemade Smoked Norwegian Salmon – Caper-Sake Pan fried Organic French Pork Belly Dry Aged Wagyu Beef MB6 I highly recommend this dish

Barbarie duck -1/6 dried apples, cocoa sauce, sweet potato, almonds, broccolini sprouts, quince marmalade, nougatine Saffron Ice cream, Kalingo Chocolate-Chocolate mouse- Hot Chocolate- Passion fruit /Orange marmalade- pecan nuts Lemon Cream Petit Fours

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January 5, 2016

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Circles with Bambi

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Loved the Christmas display at Shangrila Hotel Makati!Always an overwhelming experience with so many choicesLunch treat by my good friend Bambi. I love it that she is always so generous to share her home cooked food, food gifts given to her or she will invite to dine out. So you can imagine all the food we share!! haha!! This time she shared with me her favourite buffet place at Circles This is what she concentrates on just like maybe everyone else For me, these are what catches my attention 🙂 Many of which have to have cheese 🙂

Feta cheesesticks!!
Risotto!Bistek TagalogBambi shared with me her vongole which the Chef in the pasta station knows how to cook already whenever it is Bambi ordering! That is how often she is here! 🙂 It was so good I ate almost half her plate! 🙂Desserts are always so pretty!!But this was my favourite this time. My favourite was RED BEAN which was the one to the very right. I order that in Inagiku and here it is all you can eat! 🙂The apple pie looked so good! Next time

December 23, 2015

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Sunday Family Thanksgiving Lunch

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Tito Serge and Tita Bettina always either invite us to their home or they come over to celebrate with the family most especially for Dad de Jesus. This time they came over with their whole family to celebrate Thanksgiving When John and Keena host Sunday family lunch they are so tiyaga to get their dishes from several places!! 3 Sunday lunches ago, it was the ultimate! Yummy everything!!! Caesar salad from @priaskitchenChorizo Gambas and 2 paellas from Casa Armas

Salmon from Dulcelin – also a family favourite!!

Previous entry: Sunday Family Lunch by Dulcelin and Casa Armas October 4, 2015

Tito Serge and Tita Bettina even brought Turkey
Sunday Family Thanksgiving Lunch (5) Dr. Gerry Mc Dreamy carving the roast beef from @yuanspaellaplus of Yuan Ongpin @joannaoduarte and Chef Javs carving the turkey from @gourmetcorner.ph of Tita Bettina OsmeñaRoast beef from @yuanspaellaplus and Truffle Mushroom Canneloni! Yum! The Canneloni is one of her bestsellers at Gourmet Corner Previous entry: Gourmet Corner by Bettina Osmeña June 25, 2015 And our favourite Nelusco cake by Costa Brava!!!

Previous entry: Nelusco by Costa Brava September 20 2014
Get the corners for the slice with the most icing!! That’s Keena getting not me! haha!! I got the other corner!! 🙂

Previous entry: Nelusko by Costa Brava 2015More desserts – From Japan!!

December 17, 2015

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Unlimited Yum Cha at Jasmine New World Hotel

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Our table Unlimited Yum Cha P795.00 per person. You can order by the piece 🙂 Leftover is okay but no take home. This was our favourite among the fried! 🙂 Wanton sweet and sour YUM all desserts!
Signature dessert – Chocolate Masachi ( chocolate glutinous rice dumpling) i Right beside us were sweet couple Chef Jay Gamboa @chefjgamboa with Maja @keepsakes_majaqg. I’m spying on them 🙂 Lunch for the November birthday celebrants – BFF Det and Brenda

Missing BFF Des Torres but she’s with us always in spirit

December 16, 2015

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Rural Kitchen of Liliw Laguna

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So happy to discover another Filipino restaurant. Thanks to CJ Jesena for the recommendation. The place was full during lunchtime

So happy to see the owners of Rural Kitchen of Liliw Laguna- Mother and son – Lorna and Justin. Justin is 28 years old and studied culinary in New York City at the French Culinary Institute.

Their first restaurant is called Mio Cusina and is 6 years old already in Liliw Laguna. The restaurant was put up by the Lola of Justin and she trained three cooks to make her recipes. She passed away two years ago. I asked Justin if he plans to put up his own restaurant with his recipes ….. Who knows?

This painting in the restaurant is a painting of the restaurant in Laguna 🙂 Rural Kitchen of Liliw Laguna (20) They opened last year in July. More power!!!

I like the uniforms because it resembles a barong 🙂Compliments 🙂

Sinantolan – Santol preserve – can be dated with the bonete ( bread ) or with other dishes 🙂

Bonete which is their verso of a brioche 🙂 It is freshly delivered everyday from a panaderia from Liliw Laguna

One page menu 🙂 SIMPLE! 🙂

Crispy squid YUM!

Pako salad – the Pako is delivered fresh from Laguna everyday as well

Bangus Lumpia

Chicken in Coconut milk YUM!!!

Adobong pusit YUM!!!

Lapu Lapu with Mango YUM!

Buko pandan Suman sa Latik

Ube Sorbetes

December 10, 2015

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Moroccan by Michelle Tomacruz of The Cookery

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I got my wish to try Michelle Tomacruz’s Morroccan food! A few years ago Michelle went to New York City to cook for the Prince of Morocco for two weeks!

Previous entry: The Cookery Gourmet Catering September 30, 2015 Briwat Where magic happens Photos of her kids in chef uniform taken at the same ageMichelle’s in laws live beside them so they share the pool 🙂 How nice to have a compound!
Love the centrepiece which is an artwork! by Tessy Petty John Our host for lunch – beautiful Chef Michelle Tomacruz. For authentic Morrocan food and for many other dishes call her. She’s such a wonderful person and instantly love her ! And I found out today that she is not only a chef but a movie producer too!! Together with Rissa Oreta ( Skinny People ) and produced Apocalypse Child which won Best Director, Best Picture, Best Editing, and Best Supporting Actress Moroccan lunch by Michelle

Briwat, Orange and Carrot salad, Moroccan Angus meatballs, Lamb Tagine with Apricots, Vegetable Couscous and Moroccan Grilled prawns. The Cookery – 631-0541 / 635-0351 / cell 917-8122354 Love her tagines! A mini one which had fish crackers 🙂 Morroccan all the way till the tea – Mint tea YUMMY! Cheesecake flan from Wild flour brought by Joy! This happened after I left! haha!!! Love the divider doors in Michelle’s house. You can open to make the space wider or close for privacy or to save on aircon haha!! Fresh herbs outside her kitchen BBQ grill! Awaiting the next meal here 🙂 Teleserye pose 🙂 of the group for lunch today. Joy, Nicole, Rita and our host Michelle. Behind us is the John Santos wall – collection of Mike and Michelle!! ( though the top portion is not seen, those are John Santos artworks too) Too many blessings and lovely things to share from these wonderful ladies!! Till the next one!!