Modern Thai Cuisine at Celadon

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Heart2Heart loves Thai food!!  You don’t really have to go to Thailand to have good Thai food and now you can have it in a good location, Powerplant Mall in Rockwell.  Celadon is owned by several of the same owners of Simply Thai

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 And the same Chef!  Cheryl Pineda who is truly amazing!  I love her food!!  They even have Buffalo wings which I have never tried in any other Thai restaurant and it is so good!  We liked everything we had including the sate sauce which we could not resist to have seconds.  The ice cream and other desserts were also so good!!  I can’t wait to go back and eat here again!  Congratulations Tita Maritess Lopez, Chef Cheryl Pineda, Tita Glenda Barreto and all the other owners of Celadon!  

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 Experience the exciting flavors of Thai cuisine in the newly opened casual dining Thai restaurant, Celadon.

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Located at the ground floor of the Powerplant Mall, Celadon offers the best of contemporary Thai gastronomy in a refined but cozy atmosphere perfect for both family gatherings and business meetings.

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Owned by the ever beguiling restaurateur Ching Cruz along with Maritess Lopez,

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Ivy and Cynthia Almario, Ditas Lerma, Glenda Barretto, Tanya Chua and Cheryl Pineda.

Celadon is a celebration of the senses roused by modern takes on traditional Thai fares. Cruz is very hands on with the restaurant and makes sure that the food is well-balanced. “This way, guests can really savor the flavors and taste profiles of each dish and spices don’t overpower each other,” Cruz says.

With Executive Chef Cheryl Pineda at the helm, says “Thai cusine is all about the marrying of the four flavors of being spicy, salty, sour & sweet”. 

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Celadon boasts of more than a hundred contemporary Thai dishes,  including Dungeness Crab (a specialty only found in the restaurant),

 

Chicken Curry Mangosteen,

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Buffalo Wings Thai Style, and Grilled Squid Pomelo Salad,

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Crispy Whole Catfish in Red Curry Sauce to name a few.mieng-kam-celadon.jpgphad-si-iew-sai-moo-celadon.jpg

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They also make their own ice cream in traditional Thai flavors: coconut, durian and mango. 

Pandan crepes,

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red rubies (water chestnuts) and the famed Sweet Sticky Rice with Mango and Tapioca Coco Pearls.

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Designed by one of the country’s renowned interior designers Ivy & Cynthia Almario, Celadon comes to life with beautifully decorated interiors of green,  complete with walls decked with fluttering butterflies complemented with statement light fixtures that provide for a classy but warm ambiance.

True to its name, the ceramic utensils used in the restaurant is authentic Thai celadon bought by Chef Cheryl all the way from Lampang, Thailand, a kind of high-fired emerald ceramic famously handcrafted and baked the old style of ceramic-making. In ancient times, having food served in celadon plates signify royalty. In Thailand, celadon ware has long been given as a high value token of friendship among noble people. Chef Cheryl added “as butterflies (which you see predominantly in the dining) signify rebirth, that would be juxtaposed to having celadon to be a distinctive feast of bringing back the olden days of feasts in the palaces.”

In true Thai style and service, servers are dressed in Thai fisherman wrap pants and polo shirts to add a modern touch. All dishes are also served in celadon plates to complete the experience.

Come around to take part in a culinary experience that will bring you closer to Thailand’s enchanting flavors in Celadon.

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Enjoy A Guiltless Indulgence this Lent with Jollibee Tuna Pie

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Heart2Heart received a special package today from Jollibee!!!  LOVE IT!!!

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 It was such a cute gift with a nice reminder

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After admiring it and making sure I documented the packaging, I opened it and tried a tuna pie!  Wow!  YUMMY!!!!!!! Crispy coating on the outside and a yummy creamy filling inside!  

 This Lenten season, Jollibee is spreading the good news: their well-loved Tuna Pie is back! This all-time savory favorite is the perfect snack for food lovers who want to eat good and be good, observing the season’s traditions without sacrificing flavor and taste. 

This staple Lenten offering from the country’s number one fast-food chain has a generous filling of chunky tuna flakes and creamy, peppery sauce, encased in a flaky crust and cooked to a golden crisp. Apart from the Philippines, the Jollibee Tuna Pie has also developed a loyal fan base abroad and was even recognized as one of the “13 Fast Food Menu Items That Have Fanatical Cult Followings” on Yahoo!

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The Jollibee Tuna Pie can be enjoyed solo for as low as P33, or as a value meal with a regular drink at P45.

Bite into the goodness of the Jollibee Tuna Pie! Hurry now to the nearest Jollibee branch to get your hands on this heavenly delight!

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Chinese New Year with SGB

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We are also happy to be friends with Dad and Mom’s friends!  🙂  We invited them over to the house finally as we promised.  Since it was Chinese New Year – Tita Margarita, who is our neighbor in the same street, came with siopao boobs! haha!!! She is hilarious!!

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Those siopao breasts were so heavy!  🙂  Tita Margarita had it served and we all tried it

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Chinese New Year Dinner for Tito Oscar

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I am so happy that we are friends with the children of Dad and Mom’s friends 🙂  And I am happy to have get togethers with both generations!  Dad and Mom had Tito Oscar over for dinner though we missed Tita Edith since she was out of the country.  I love it that he came in Chinese theme! COOL!  

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Our good friends – Alexis and Bambi

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The Chinese ladies 🙂 who came in theme for the evening- Mom and my sister Maricar

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My two handsome boys missing my third

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Delicious dinner by Gaita which was not Chinese haha!! But we super enjoyed as always

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Tito Cesar and Tita Lulu joined us that evening too 🙂

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 After all that – we still had room for frozen yogurt!!  Tito Oscar and Bambi’s favorite! 🙂

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Honey Lemon Tea and Lemons

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Det served us this yummy honey lemon tea which is supposedly good for digestion and for cough and cold

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I guess you can either make it fresh or buy the ones that come in bottles.  Det got hers from a Korean store and it comes like a jam and you scoop a teaspoon or two and add to hot water

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Det got hers here off Burgos Circle – I went to visit to buy some for the house

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They did not have stock of the Honey lemon, but they had honey ginger which is like salabat 🙂

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Benefits Of Drinking Warm Lemon Water

Start the day out with a mug of warm water and the juice of half a lemon.

It’s so simple and the benefits are just too good to ignore. Warm water with lemon:

1. Boosts you’re immune system

Lemons are high in Vitamin C and potassium. Vitamin C is great for fighting colds and potassium stimulates brain & nerve function and helps control blood pressure.

2. Balances pH

Lemons are an incredibly alkaline food, believe it or not. Yes, they are acidic on their own, but inside our bodies they’re alkaline (the citric acid does not createacidity in the body once metabolized). As you wellness warriors know, an alkaline body is really the key to good health.

3. Helps with weight loss

Lemons are high in pectin fiber, which helps fight hunger cravings. It also has been shown that people who maintain a more alkaline diet lose weight faster. And, my experience is that when I start the day off right, it’s easier to make the best choices for myself the rest of the day.

4. Aids digestion

The warm water serves to stimulate the gastrointestinal tract and peristalsis?he waves of muscle contractions within the intestinal walls that keep things moving. Lemons and limes are also high in minerals and vitamins and help loosen ama, or toxins, in the digestive tract.

5. Acts as a gentle, natural diuretic

Lemon juice helps flush out unwanted materials because lemons increase the rate of urination in the body. Toxins are, therefore, released at a faster rate which helps keep your urinary tract healthy.

6. Clears skin

The vitamin C helps decrease wrinkles and blemishes. Lemon water purges toxins from the blood which helps keep skin clear as well.

7. Hydrates the lymph system —

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FREEZING LEMONS – WHO KNEW

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Amazing frozen lemons. All it is…..is a frozen lemon.

Many professionals in restaurants and eateries are using or consuming the entire lemon and nothing is wasted. How can you use the whole lemon without waste?

Simple.. place the washed lemon in the freezer section of your refrigerator. Once the lemon is frozen, get your grater, and shred the whole lemon (no need to peel it) and sprinkle it on top of your foods.

Sprinkle it to your vegetable salad, ice cream, soup, cereals, noodles, spaghetti sauce, rice, sushi, fish dishes, whisky…. the list is endless.

All of the foods will unexpectedly have a wonderful taste, something that you may have never tasted before. Most likely, you only think of lemon juice and vitamin C. Not anymore.

Now that you’ve learned this lemon secret, you can use lemon even in instant cup noodles.

What’s the major advantage of using the whole lemon other than preventing waste and adding new taste to your dishes?

Well, you see lemon peels contain as much as 5 to 10 times more vitamins than the lemon juice itself. And yes, that’s what you’ve been wasting.

But from now on, by following this simple procedure of freezing the whole lemon, then grating it on top of your dishes, you can consume all of those nutrients and get even healthier.

It’s also good that lemon peels are health rejuvenators in eradicating toxic elements in the body.

So place your washed lemon in your freezer, and then grate it on your meal every day. It is a key to make your foods tastier and you get to live healthier and longer! That’s the lemon secret! Better late than never, right? The surprising benefits of lemon! Lemon (Citrus) is a miraculous product to kill cancer cells. It is 10,000 times stronger than chemotherapy.

Why do we not know about that? Because there are laboratories interested in making a synthetic version that will bring them huge profits.

You can now help a friend in need by letting him/her know that lemon juice is beneficial in preventing the disease. Its taste is pleasant and it does not produce the horrific effects of chemotherapy.

How many people will die while this closely guarded secret is kept, so as not to jeopardize the beneficial multimillionaires large corporations?

As you know, the lemon tree is known for its varieties of lemons and limes.

You can eat the fruit in different ways: you can eat the pulp, juice press, prepare drinks, sorbets, pastries, etc. It is credited with many virtues, but the most interesting is the effect it produces on cysts and tumors.

This plant is a proven remedy against cancers of all types. Some say it is very useful in all variants of cancer. It is considered also as an anti microbial spectrum against bacterial infections and fungi, effective against internal parasites and worms, it regulates blood pressure which is too high and an antidepressant, combats stress and nervous disorders.

The source of this information is fascinating: it comes from one of the largest drug manufacturers in the world, says that after more than 20 laboratory tests since 1970, the extracts revealed that It destroys the malignant cells in 12 cancers, including colon, breast, prostate, lung and pancreas. The compounds of this tree showed 10,000 times better than the product Adriamycin, a drug normally used chemotherapeutic in the world, slowing the growth of cancer cells.

And what is even more astonishing: this type of therapy with lemon extract only destroys malignant cancer cells and it does not affect healthy cells.

So, give those lemons a good wash, freeze them and grate them. Your whole body will love you for it!!!!! 

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By Elmer and Det de Leon

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Thank you Elmer and Det for sharing their beautiful home with and at Heart2Heart 🙂  Elmer is into the construction business and Det told me that he is very meticulous about the details that went into building his own home     

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Their front door is an art piece.  The shell used is the same shell used in Rolex watches

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by Agi Pagkatipunan

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You will see many more beautiful artworks around their home.  Det used to be a Merchandise Manager at Rustan’s and handled the Home division, so you will see her creative talent being used in her house since she did all the interiors of her house

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You will see several Arturo Luz paintings in the house – some of which H2H helped her get as she visited Arturo Luz himself 🙂 Thank you Randy Young for helping Det get her paintings

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Den

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Guest bathroom

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Living room

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Dining room

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Lanai

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Main kitchen which is so neat!!

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Going upstairs and seeing the tall chandelier going down the living room

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Master bedroom

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Loel’s room which he designed himself!

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Bea’s room

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Guest room

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Rosemarie’s

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Det served us yummy desserts.  The last two are from a baker in the neighborhood and it was really really good- red velvet cupcakes and chocolate chunk cookies

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Det also gave us some to take home!!! 1 box each of the delicious Chocolate Chunk cookies!! YUM YUM!

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Rosemarie’s has many other pastries and cakes, I pulled out some photos from her facebook page

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Best to visit her facebook page- check out all her wonderful creations

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