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September 30, 2015

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The Cookery Gourmet Catering

Thank you to Joy @joyrortega for introducing me to this lovely lady – Michelle Dinglasan Tomacruz! @chefmichelledt We were together in Malabon and she mentioned about her catering business and finally I got to try her food!!! She’s my new discovery for party platters / Gourmet to Go though she’s been doing this since 1996. She worked in Citibank for 3 years and decided to pursue her passion and went to Peter Kump’s New York Cooking School (now called Institute of Culinary Education (ICE). ) “We come from a family of foodies and cooks so some recipes are from my mom and her family , a few from my brother who’s a chef in the states and most of the recipes are from me from cooking school and my travels abroad ? I take courses everywhere I go — Bangkok , Malaysia , Indonesia, Spain and then a few years ago a real kitchen in Morocco ( Gabby Estrella’s sister Malou Jaidi’s kitchen ) ” Call and ask for her pricelist – there’s so many to choose from 631-0541 / 635-0351 / cell 917-8122354

Salpicado

Baked Lapu-Lapu Fillet with Queso de Bola and Mushroom cream. ( I know you can’t see the Lapu Lapu and cream but that cheesy topping to me is the best part 🙂 )

A few years ago Michelle went to New York City to cook for the Prince of Morocco for two weeks!! I’m definitely going to try her full Morroccan next time!! This is her Moroccan Angus Meatballs

September 29, 2015

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Tapenade at Discovery Primea

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Heart2Heart is so happy to finally try Tapenade at Discovery Primea. I have heard all good things about this place

Chef Luis Chikiamco – very soft spoken but I am sure very talented because the food here is great! He is also the brother of a former Rustan’s Manager, Karen Chikiamco! Small world! 🙂

The Salad Room at Tapenade! Very popular! You can have this as a meal already since it has many choices!!

My favourite section at the Salad room!! The cheeses!!!!

They are so beautifully presented I don’t want to touch it!!! 🙂

Prosciutto all you can!!! Freshly sliced right in front of you 🙂

Welcome drink 🙂

And you can order from the ala carte menu to add. It’s actually nice to order from the ala carte because they are good too. That is why it is always more fun to go in a big group so you can order more and try more!

Yummy!! A MUST! Stone baked Feta Cheese – Greek Metaxa brandy, capers, sundried tomatoes, thyme, almonds and honey

Brick Oven Pizza!

Greek Shrimp Rissoni

Langostinos Al Ajillo

Porcini Crusted US Angus Rib Eye Steak YUM!

Mediterranean Chocolate Marquis

Gianduja Cake

Manchego Cheesecake

Beautiful mural on the wall – I was hoping to take the whole wall but there were diners by one side

A better view of the wall 🙂 With the lunch group 🙂 The BFFs with Joy Ledesma Lagdameo. A nice Rustan’s reunion 🙂 Yay giveaways for us from Tapenade 🙂 Thank you!!

A few days after, I was back with a different group – The Eat and Run group! 🙂 That means 2 hour meals only haha!! 🙂

Click below to go to their website

Discovery Primea offers you a culinary journey within the hotel, from the freshly-baked pizzas in Restaurant Tapenade, to our gourmet and healthy salad bar and continental breakfast buffet.

September 29, 2015

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The Straits Wine Company’s 5th Annual Philippine Wine Fiesta

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The Straits Wine Company’s 5th Annual Philippine Wine Fiesta.

Previous entry: Philippine Wine Fiesta by Straits Wine Company Dec. 14, 2013

Where diverse cultures come together for one festive evening of food & wines, wine education, networking, and fun most importantly! We have set the date: 27 October 2015, Tuesday from 5:00PM to 10:00PM at the AXON, Green Sun.

Over 15 winemakers will be coming to Manila representing their wineries, bringing with them more than 100 wines to taste and experience. Buy your tickets now and avail of the Early Bird discount or if you are a party of 6 or more you get a 15% discount

Marion Ablaza Marketing Manager and Julian Gagliardi, General Manager of Straits Wine Company

Certified Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Expert, Mr. Gerald Savigny, will also share his thorough knowledge of wines to both beginners and connoisseurs alike.

An elegant spread of impeccably-crafted culinary expressions will be showcased during the Wine Dinner with Winemakers; a degustation menu paired with signature and limited vintages of excellent wines, to perfectly round up the 2015 Philippine Wine Fiesta affair.

September 28, 2015

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Town & Country Fabulous Food & Drink Affair 2015

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Our beautiful hosts for the Town and Country Fabulous Food and Drink Affair Yvette Fernandez, Editor in Chief of Town and Country and Alicia Sy, Executive Editor of Town and Country

With the rest of the team, Carolina Tagle, Manica Tiglao, Nicole Limos, and John Patrick Meneses

Beautiful cover girls!! Marielle Santos – Po and Chris Yam-Daez

September 27, 2015

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Sunday Family Lunch with the Niemiecs

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So happy to have the Niemiecs with us for Family Sunday lunch 🙂 After all they are family 🙂 They used to be our neighbours till they had to move back to Arizona. Tita Annie is an Ilongga so she comes back once in awhile. So glad to have Steve join us as well. He is a lawyer now working for the government in Tucson

My best friend Rina also joined us

My beautiful nieces – Gabbi and Danni

Fondue for lunch

4 cheese Mac N Cheese by Chef Javs

Mom is maarte 🙂 each one has to wear an apron and not one is the same. She collected them from her travels

Tito Frank

We moved inside for dessert! What a spread!

Lemon Torte by Dimpy’s

Chocolate cake by Dimpy’s

Chocolate Cupcakes by Dimpy’s

Bransival

Previous entry: Bransival by Jaye Jesena September 9, 2015

A staple in Dad and Mom’s house – Cheese, Avocado and Ube ice cream from Milky Way! That’s why we like coming over! haha!!

September 22, 2015

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A Table by Dulce Magat Gibb

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We visited the home of Dulce Magat Gibb

She’s a good friend of Dedet and helped her with her table setting and food presentation. This time Dedet convinced her to offer her food for more people to enjoy. She launched her Gourmet to Go food.

She was a former chef of Via Mare for 3 years. She got married to a British guy and traveled to HK, KL and Saudi as part of the her husband’s work and from from then on she “Entertained without price” 🙂 She told me that what she cooks are the food that they love to serve for themselves and for their friends. So it ranges from Asian, Western Mexican and Middle Eastern. A Table ( “kain na” or “let’s eat”)

Her house is a work of all her creations – putting together different fabrics and things that she buys when she travels and when she lived in different parts of the world

Thank you Dulce for sharing your home, your family, your food and most especially your love 🙂

Beautiful appetiser table!

With many delicious appetisers of course 🙂

She should package these cheddar crackers and sell them. Yum!

The dinner table

The white part which looks like snow is actually salt! That is a lot of salt! 🙂

Dulce told me that she has plenty accessories and things and she loves mixing and matching them and coming up with her settings. The tablecloth for example is a fabric for a sari. She said it is hard to find a sari fabric that is long so this is actually a rare piece

Bouillabaisse Inspired Seafood Soup

My favorite dish. I am learning to love salmon. I never used to eat salmon but nowadays I have been trying a lot of good salmon.

I think one of the secrets is having good sauces 🙂 Make sure to order the sauces. Baked Whole Salmon in Salt Crust served with Shallot Vergus cream, Egg yogurt tartare, and Calamansi brown butter

Crispy Roast Pork Belly by A Table served with mashed potato, and cauliflower and cheese sauce. Condiments: Dijon Mustard, Ligonberry sauce and gravy. Fresh herbs are from her garden

YUMMY sides!!

If you will look at Dulce’s dishes, they are all very tedious and complicated to make!! So as she says – it’s a labor of love!!

Her desserts are even more tedious and laborious!!

Wow!! Tea!! Take your pick 🙂

Every dish has a proper label and even the giveaway! Thank you Dulce Magat Gibb for a wonderful dinner and most especially for your kind hospitality

A Table ( “kain na” or “let’s eat”) Gourmet to Go by Dulce Magat Gibb 09178621800 or email dulcemagatgibb@yahoo.com

September 21, 2015

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Applebee’s Now in Manila

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We tried out Applebee’s last Monday! I have never tried Applebee’s in the States so this was my first time. They say it is American Mexican cuisine so you will see some Mexican dishes as well

They open today, Sept 21, Monday, for soft opening

Looks modern compared to the Applebee’s restaurants I see in the USA

The Applebee’s gang 🙂 Thank you Lance for taking us. Enjoyed our dinner with Edwin and Carolyn Ching

Spinach and Artichoke Dip

Chili Beef Nachos

Pot Stickers

Applebee’s is known for their ribs- so that is what we ordered and loved 🙂

Pork Ribs

Ribeye

4-Cheese Mac N Cheese with Honey Pepper Chicken Tenders. I wish they had the Honey Pepper Chicken Tenders on its own! It’s yummy!

We realised that after looking at the menu again that everything we ate was over 600 calories! haha!! But we shared all the dishes so it’s not so bad after all 🙂

The burgers look so good!! But we ordered too much already 😉

Churros S’mores

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September 19, 2015

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Champagne

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Yay! Family visitors!! Mia and Jenny!!
Champagne (5)

We had Chinese food in our newly discovered resto in the area. It’s also new in the neighbourhood – Champagne

Crispy Macau Pork Champagne (2)

Stir fried chicken

Yummy!! not in the menu but we requested for Crispy salt and pepper tofu and it was okay!

Shredded Crab and Egg

Stir fried beef

Salted egg prawns

First time for us to go to a Chinese restaurant which comes with complimentary dessert buffet 🙂 Instead of them bringing the complimentary dessert, you can go to the buffet and just help yourself 🙂 Champagne (1) Click below to go to their Facebook page

September 18, 2015

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Il Fornaio and Osteria Coppa

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We had a lot of Italian food this trip because since I was dieting I made the hubby choose all the restaurants and he was always looking for either brisket, calamari or pizza :-O In San Mateo, we love these two Italian restaurants aside from Pizza Delfina (Previous entry: Pizzeria Delfina Dec. 21, 2014 )

Il Fornaio

Calamari! We had around 12 calamaris this trip! :-O They do calamari very well in the States so we always order it

Steak Tartare

Cristina Pizza -fresh mozzarella, prosciutto, shaved grana padano, mushrooms and wild arugula drizzled with white truffle oil – YUM!

Wefie 🙂 Happy Birthday Pepe!!

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Founded in Italy in 1972, Il Fornaio offers lunch and dinner guests the most authentic Italian dining experience available at 21 restaurants across the US.

We also love Osteria Coppa

I was shocked the hubby didn’t order calamari! haha!! He had Burrata instead. It looks beautiful and those tomatoes were so fresh and so sweet! YUM!

Housemade pork sausage, speck and crimini mushrooms! YUM!!

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Artisan Italian restaurant in San Mateo, California, featuring handcrafted pasta, Neapolitan-style pizza, antipasti, house cured salumi and other Italian specialties using local, organic, seasonal ingredients.