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May 21, 2014

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Happy Second Anniversary Sariwon

Congratulations Donna Tan ( now Ng ) and Dianne Tan on the 2nd Anniversary of Sariwon. I am a fan of these two ladies and will always support them

Previous entry: Sariwon Korean Barbecue April 26, 2012

and on the 2nd store in Promenade Greenhills!

We celebrated with Sangri Soju which uses Korean sake

Lots of appetisers which is unlimited. You can ask for more and more 🙂

They have a new beef dish which is their highest grade of USDA Prime beef short ribs

Their best selling Galbi

New dish – Galbi Jim! Yum!

Soondubu Chigae hot and spicy tofu soup served with rice

Kimchijeon – Kimchi Pajeon

A great idea to have set meals! Donna said they are more value for money since they are also priced cheaper

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May 21, 2014

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Motorino Born in Napoli Raised in Brooklyn and Now in Manila

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Congratulations to my cousins, Marga Santos Lorenzana, Trisha Ding Santos, Eugene Lorenzana and Bubu Santos on the opening of Motorino! With Owner, founder and chef Mathieu Palombino and John Lopez, Operations Manager

Even their parents, Tito Butch and Tita Bing Bing were very active in setting the business up and making sure everything went smoothly

Motorino born in Napoli, raised in Brooklyn now Open in Manila! At Greenbelt 3, 3rd floor. Motorino means small motorcycle and just like a small motorcycle that can go around easily and is accessible to all types of people, that is how he wants Motorino to be, a pizza for everyone to enjoy

Mathieu has been here for a month to set up and train the staff of Motorino. He worked in many restaurants in New York – Executive Chef of Brasserie Ruhlmann Art and First Chef de Cuisine of BLT amongst many others. He is very hands on and has very strict standards

Watch him make the pizza dough!! According to my cousin Marga, this is the least fattening pizza among all pizzas in the city since ingredients are not processed and they come from Napoli

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As soon as you enter is the To Go counter

Very nice interiors

Backdrop of the Williamsburg Bridge – Motorino opened it’s first branch in 2007 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn across Peter Luger Steakhouse. The second branch will open in East Village, New York and there are two branches in Hong Kong

Tin Ceiling

Only pizzas made the right way and no pasta here at Motorino

Insalata Caprese

Woodfired oven

Mushroom and Sausage. All pizzas use Fiori di Latte flown in from Napoli together with other of the key ingredients

The New York way of eating a pizza, LIFT

FOLD and EAT!

Meatball pizza Special which is not on the menu. They make the meatballs fresh everyday and only the regulars know about this special

Prosciutto di Parma

Pizza wine which is on the sweet side which is what I like. It is from the Amalfi Coast made out of 3 different grapes

Delicious Tiramisu which is made in house with Mathieu’s recipe

Torta Al Cioccolato

Love the Mama Mary altar in the restaurant

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May 20, 2014

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Rockpool Sydney

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Our last dinner in the city. Love the building which was very well lit

Alessi 🙂

How it works is everyone gets the beginning journey which has all 8 appetisers! I could just eat appetisers in small portions! Then you choose one choice, two choices or three choices which you select on the bottom portion

Main Course

Braised Beef Sukiyaki

Sea Urchin

Pigeon

Roasted South Australian Lamb

Desserts

Chocolate Grand Cru of Valhrona

Vacherin of Pandan

Rockpool tart- compliments for everyone

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May 20, 2014

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Fish and Chips at Bondi Beach

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James said to google lifeguards Bondi Beach! Hmmm…..So we walked down the beach to look for them! 🙂 unfortunately none in sight!

Instead we went to the main street to look for the best fish and chips. We did not know which one so we just walked and saw this!

So we entered! Even if we were so full from lunch, we just wanted to try it

Plenty fresh seafood

WOW!!!

They have malt vinegar!! Very important for us to have malt vinegar with fish and chips!! They have salt. pepper and chicken powder! It’s important to put salt and pepper aside from malt vinegar and here they have chicken powder! 🙂

Okay, it was good!! We do not know if it is the best in the city because we have not tried all but this was good even after we had lunch already 🙂

And we saw this sign too so we ordered to try!

It’s mostly batter and with lots of oil, so maybe not so healthy then the Mars bar is inside the thick batter. So you can skip this and just concentrate on the fish and chips! Yum! 🙂

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May 20, 2014

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Icebergs at Bondi Beach Part 2

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We are back! A good reason to go to Bondi Beach since we do not really surf! 🙂

Previous entry: Icebergs June 25, 2009

Aside from great food, this time was memorable for us because we finally saw Cameron Diaz! I took this since she was going the other direction from our table

Previous entry: Hotels in Sydney May 12, 2014

James was smarter to await her return and took this 🙂

Our server

Javier says there are helicopters flying above to check on Bondi Beach for safety and security – watching out for sharks! 🙂 So these must be them

Finally LAMB!!!

Security guards of Cameron Diaz waiting outside the restaurant! Spotted two photographers / paparazzis like me 🙂 waiting a bit far from the restaurant – they have their zoom lenses anyway 🙂

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May 19, 2014

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Aria Restaurant Sydney

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Another one of my favourite places in Sydney!! It’s very near the Four seasons hotel, just walk down the Circular Quay

view towards the hotel

It’s a beautiful walk to see the sights – Harbor Bridge

towards the Opera House

Degustation

With the view of the Opera House

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May 17, 2014

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Dinner at The Woods

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We of course had dinner here as recommended by the concierge

It’s wood fired everything but there are no pizzas here 🙂 Even the bread is wood fired. Iggy’s bread and whipped butter

The “in” thing now – Carpaccio, ceviche, tartare

This was very good, Scallop Carpaccio, per se Caviar and pea tendrils

Braised Lamb Shoulder

Rib eye

Woodgrilled Duck Breast

Aged Sirloin on the bone

Salted Caramel Eclair, cookie crumble and chocolate sorbet

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May 17, 2014

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The Woods at the Four Seasons Hotel Sydney

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I really love the interiors and design of this restaurant in the lobby of the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney

Wood Fired over. The wall behind is made out of tiles! LOVE!

Close up on the tiles

Interesting display of roots and a nice chandelier 🙂

Writings on the ceiling

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May 16, 2014

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Appetito

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Nearby the hotel is this Italian restaurant which we liked 🙂 It’s across the Museum of Contemporary Art. There were other good Italian restaurant recommendations, but sometimes convenience wins 🙂

I liked the Vespa display in front 🙂

It has three floors, this being the second and where we stayed

It’s a cozy place to meet up with friends! We were so happy to see Mayet. If you are a regular customer of Rustan’s Supermarket Makati, you will know this lady. One of our most loyal employees and the best in customer service. She now lives in Sydney and first worked in David Jones as customer service rep and now moved to America Express first as Customer Care professional and now Resolution Analyst. Obviously an expert in customer service. We love her!