Category Archives: Foodie

I was so happy to be back at Black Sheep and this time for the Degustation dinner which I enjoyed very much

Previous entry:  Black Sheep at the W Building April 21, 2014

 We dined at the floating dining table in the middle of the restaurant on the second floor

 Thank you to our friend, Tim Tan, part owner and to Chef Jordy Navarra who worked in the Fat Duck in London and Bo Innovation in Hong Kong

 Our view of the kitchen from the dining table

 Degustation

 Chicken and egg ( salmon roe ) with Cointreau liqueur 

Longganisa, boac rice, pork flakes

Tartare of Bukidnon Lamb

 Mock Nuggets

 Garden Vegetables which has all the vegetables in the song Bahay Kubo 🙂

 Wild Caught Eel

28 Day Aged Kitayama Rib Eye

 Foie Gras Rocher 

 Banana Tart

Praline

Petit Fours

Chef Jordy and his team

Click below to go to their website for more information

[email_link]

It’s so nice to see Chef Chris now closer to us in the city particularly in Makati.  The original is now more accessible.  Recess opened quietly a few months back and now they are in full swing including breakfast

I was so happy to see Scott Tan, part owner of Recess.  This was one of the secret projects of Scott when I was talking to him about a year ago and now it’s finally opened 🙂  This young bachelor is such a great businessman!  Everytime I see him I ask jim what’s new and true enough he is always cooking up something.  Scott is only 31 years old and he is so successful.  When I first met him in November 2012, he had 30 Bon Chons, now he has 78!  He;s opening his 2d and 3rd Ginza Bairin in a few months and has something new coming up in November.  Secret again for now but I am so excited.  Congratulations Scott!! and More Power!  

Scott told me that he and his partners in this venture were school mates and their favourite part of the day was Recess 🙂

This building is owned by his family and Recess is on the ground floor

Good thing there is parking!!! It’s always so hard to park in Jupiter street, so having parking available is so valuable

As you enter, polaroid photos of diners who have been here

I feel young when I am eating here because it feels like you are in school 🙂  

The lighting fixture turns slowly around 🙂

Lockers

Bar

The famous Original by Chef Chris is now here in Makati!!!  

With new flavours for Breakfast.  My favourite is Cobe which is corned beef 

Plus other breakfast meals

All day dining menu

Recess Sausage Rolls

Recess Salad

Recess Risotto Orbs

Recess Double Trouble

Spaghetti Verena

Spaghetti Fra Diavolo

Penne D.M.S- YUM!! My favorite!

Ratatouille

Pork Stew with Tofu

Creole Style Catfish

 Tuna Steak

Channa Dahl

Grilled Pork Bratwurst

Another favourite of mine, Carolina Style Barbecued Mustard Lamb Ribs

Special Callos

Lengua Estufado

[email_link]

More oozing caramel!!  This time from a Chocolate Salted Caramel Tart by Michelle Teves! I featured Michelle before since she makes customised cakes  

Previous entry: Coco Cakes June 27, 2013  

This time she sent me a different kind of birthday cake 🙂  YUMMY! Contact Michelle Teves at +63-917-532-7472  

[email_link]

Thanks to my friend, Joey, we know have a source for Brioche.  Just Contact Nida Ahmed

According to Joey

Super yummy Home made… French Baker.

She is  a french style Baker. She bakes french desserts, just in Dasmarinas Village  Granada st.

Not known baker, yet. It takes her 3-4 days to make a cake ..Its really rich super packed, best ingredients used,  so all natural cannot use preservatives Must be eaten within3-5 days desserts.

Here are her other goodies which I still need to try! 

[email_link]

I am so happy to see Tita Thelma San Juan, Lifestyle Editor of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.  Since I was a kid, my Mom would always tell me that she’s the big boss 🙂  Tita Thelma started with PDI since 1994 til 1999 when she moved to ABS CBN Publishing full time as the General Manager and Editorial Director and pioneered the magazine industry with Ernie Lopez.  The first was Metro Magazine and from there many others were born.  In 2008 she went back to PDI and now also has a magazine which she started 3 years ago called Cocoon.  Amazing woman and I am so honoured to be having lunch with her 🙂  

We had lunch in Apt 1B in Rockwell

Love these 6 TV monitors with looping images of flowers

French Onion Soup

Crab Cakes

Vongole

Frozen Chocolate Pie

[email_link]

It’s just so much easier to call Chef Booj to cater 🙂  We love Chef Booj!  We first met him when he was a consultant in Eskaya resort in Bohol.   After that the family liked him so we got him to cater for M Catering when he was partners with Chef Ed Quimson

Previous entry: Happy Birthday Lola Glecy and Mio January 11, 2013    

Previous entry:  When Chef Ed passed away, Gourmet Garage hired him as a consultant and now he is the Chef behind Gourmet Garage in Subic and for Gourmet Garage catering  

Previous entry:  Gourmet Garage Now Caters August 13, 2013 

Sunday family lunch 🙂  

[email_link]

We went to Alphaland to try out Sakura by Edo San.  This is supposedly for members only but if you call Chef Edo San he will accommodate you 

Chef Edo San who is half Filipino ( Ilonggo ) and half Japanese

What looked like a centrepiece was actually Japanese Popcorn which you can eat

Edo San Maki

Uni

I love the presentation with the fish bowl under and a goldfish swimming in it!!

Aburi anything here is so yummy! Aburi Uni

Aburi Unagi

Special beef from Japan – Japanese Miyasaki Beef- supposedly even higher quality than Kobe beef.  Chef Edo San made sure I took a photo of the beef uncooked to see the marbling

Birthday Cake- Sushi Pizza for the birthday celebrant, James

 We actually went to the branch in Alphaland Southgate Tower in Pasong Tamo before going to the newer one, Chef Edo San invited us to try the new place since he had complete ingredients there including sashimi that comes fresh.  So this was our first visit 

Chef Edo San was also there

I like the place though it can get a bit stuffy and smoky because of the cooking being done and the private room feels deteriorated 

All the Aburi sushi were really good!!!  Hotate/Scallops

Unagi

Salmon Aburi

Aburi Anago

Beef Usuyaki

I loved this presentation and also the taste 🙂  Dynamite Maki

[email_link]

[email_link]