Happy Birthday Tito Serge!

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It was nice to once more see The Osmeña’s before Christmas for Tito Serge’s special day.  As usual, great food, great company and this time, beautiful Christmas decors by Joseph Claveria ( decorated Pink Kitchen and Tickled Pink).

Happy Birthday Tito Serge! 

Previous Entries:  Lunch with the Osmeñas May 26, 2008 

Lunch with Tito Serge and Tita Bettina October 5, 2008

Serge’s Garden May 27, 2008 

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Cobb Salad 

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Lechon by Ulcings 

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Homemade Paella 

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 Baked Salmon with Hollandaise Sauce

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Eggplant Parmigiana 

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Mango Sansrival from Kitchen’s Best and Strawberry Shortcake from Mrs. Yulo 

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Thanksgiving and Christmas by Drit and Ton

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Thanks Drit and Ton for inviting us for Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner!  Not to mention your beautiful, comfy, and cozy home.  Sorry we could not stay which explains why I have no photo of your yummy turkey!  Next year, we hope you will prepare another wonderful dinner for us…   

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Ton’s kitchen where she cooks a lot

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We were able to have the appetizers before we had to leave…. YUMMY EVERYTHING! 

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The sidings for the turkey…but no turkey photo as it was still being cooked then we had to leave 🙁 

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Tsukiji

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Thanks Jay for sending me the menu and some photos.  Taking photos of menus are the most difficult task for me.  

On special occassions, we go to Tsukiji.  Tsukiji is one of our favorites.  We particularly like the Yakiniku part of the restaurant and the sushi and sashimi.  We were happy to see Malou that evening.

Tsukiji is owned by the Gamboa family who also own and operate:

Milkyway

El Cirkulo – November 26, 2007

Azuthai – July 3, 2008 

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The restaurant has 2 outlets, one designed as a traditional Japanese restaurant with its own sushi bar, tatamitables and a new Teppan-Yaki table serving Wagyu Beef and exceptional Seafood grilled before your eyes. The Yakiniku room has special grilling tables where the guests are invited to cook their own specialty beef at their leisure. Private Function Rooms for groups of 5 to 30, Smoking and Non-Smoking seating available.  

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Dessert – Flavored ice and Green Tea and Red Bean Ice cream – YUMMY!!

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Dress Code: Smart Casual

Days Open: Mondays to Sundays

Lunch: 11:00 am to 2:30 pm

Dinner: 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Amenities: Private Rooms for 5 to 40 persons

Parking: Street-front and Basement Parking Available

Established: 1989

Specialties : Imported Japanese Delicacies, Wagyu Shabu-Shabu, Wagyu Steak, Wagyu Yakiniku, Hamachi Sashimi, Gindara, Unagi, Shabu-Shabu (Japanese Hot-Pot), Yakiniku (Japanese Barbecue). Most items are airflown thrice weekly from Tsukiji Market in Tokyo, the biggest fish market in the world.

Tsukiji Restaurant serves the exclusive Wagyu Ohmi Beef, whose roots go back 400 years to the foundation of the Shogun’s capital city, Edo. Wagyu Ohmi Beef, known for its “melt-in-the-mouth” quality, was developed exclusively for the Shogun and his family as a health remedy to promote well being and vitality. To this day, Wagyu Ohmi Beef is the official beef of the Japanese Imperial Household.  Tsukiji Restaurant proudly serves Wagyu Ohmi Beef exclusively since we opened in 1989. Enjoy this exceptional beef in Sukiyaki, Shabu-Shabu, Yakiniku or Teppanyaki.

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Lucille’s Birthday Treat

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We were deciding where to eat for Lucille’s birthday but we insisted that we wanted her to cook for us again.  So, we invited ourselves over to her house and had the birthday celebrant cook for us on her birthday!  🙂  

It was of course a delicious lunch!  However, since Lucille decided to have a sit down lunch rather than buffet ( which she did last year ), she kept going in and out of the kitchen to prepare the food to be served.   So I do not know if this is a good idea, because we did not really get to talk to the birthday celebrant.  

Happy Birthday Lucille!!  And do know that we will travel anywhere no matter how far just so we can eat what you cook and bake for us!  

Previous Entry:  From the Kitchen of Lucille December 17, 2007 

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Spaghettini in Classic Putanesca Sauce 

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Top Broiled Chilean Sea Bass in Herbs with tossed salad and Chicken Asparagus Tarts on the side 

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Pan-Grilled Rib Eye Steak with Sauteed Mixed Vegetables

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 Frozen Strawberry Brazo

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Even Lucille’s Christmas gifts to us were freshly baked from her oven! 

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Meet Aiko

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Over the holidays as I was in the Christian Dior cosmetics counter at Rustan’s Makati I saw this pretty girl who apparently works as a make up artist for Dior.  In a few seconds I heard her talk and was surprised to hear a masculine voice.  So i asked the other girl in the counter there if she was a “he” and it was confirmed that “he” was the “she” that i thought.  I could not believe it!   

I just had to take a photo and share this with you.  Meet Aiko! Aiko willingly posed for me.  You can meet Aiko and see for yourself! First level, Christian Dior cosmetics counter at Rustan’s Makati.   She/He is REAL!

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Celebrating Christmas – Christmas Day

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Christmas Day dinner is a bigger celebration with Lola Charing ( Celebrating Christmas – Visiting Lola January 5, 2009 ).  It is a joint celebration with all her sisters and their family.  Lola has 5 sisters. Lola Pacit passed away a few years ago and Lola Mameng was not able to join this years celebration so she is not in the photo.  

Lola Charing, Lola Nena, Lola Nenet and Lola Lita 

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 I admire my Lola and her sisters!  They are so close!  They are inseparable!  They are not only sisters, but they are best friends!  They see each other all the time not to mention, they built their houses right next to each other.  They travel together also until now.

I overheard my Lola Charing arriving that evening and she saw one of her sisters and she said ” I love you guid!”  And I am sure they just saw each other before that or the day before….I found that so cute of her!  🙂  

And another amazing fact is that 3 of the sisters married 3 brothers,  so three of them have the same family names.   

 So you can imagine how big our extended family is!  AND IT IS SO MUCH FUN!  🙂

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The Charing Lopez apos…..we are so happy to see Rissa and Empress for Christmas! 

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Food from Lola’s restaurant, Sousaku ( Sousaku July 1, 2007  and Happy Birthday Margs Sept. 12, 2008  ). Yummy! Of course, patronize your own 🙂 

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Celebrating Christmas – Mass and Noche Buena

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After visiting Lola Charing ( Celebrating Christmas- Visiting Lola ), we go to Lolo Benny.  

If there is one day in the year that Lolo makes sure that he is in the country to spend time with the family, it is on Christmas Day.  No matter where in the world he is, he makes sure to come home to celebrate Christmas Day with us.  So you can imagine how special this day is for us, so, we too make sure we celebrate with him.  

Christmas is the most important day of the year as it is the birthday of Christ….it is a GRAND celebration! 

 Last year Tita Nena took care of the preparations, and this year it was Tita Len.  Mom is claiming to take her turn already 🙂

Previous entry: Noche Buena – December 30, 2007 

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We always start with a mass… 

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Father Caluag  

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Then we have Noche Buena 

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Then at midnight we open our gifts  

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Then when Lolo goes to sleep and some of the parents leave, the grandkids have Bingo games…everyone makes sure to wait for this to win some prizes 🙂 

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