ON FOOD TRIP: FOR A CHILL

This time with the kids still but @Glorietta4. Just chilling out! :)

ON FOOD TRIP: CELEBRATION FOR KURT!

This is a late post. These were my treat for my nephew who were one of the academic awardees of their school. Keep up the good work Kurt! You made us proud!

GOOD TALK & WELFARE

I attended agencies pre-licencing seminar at POEA. I was able to know about the dos & donts when establishing an employment agency here. The laws were discussed, true to life examples were given, the punishments for violations were cited, & workers' welfare were set as priority. It was a whole day event and meals were provided for us.

For morning snacks we were served Arroz caldo and pork tofu and orange juice. For lunch we had these ones below.

I got big cut of relyenong bangus.

I got my rice, fresh veggie roll with peanut garlic sauce, karekare (beef in peanut sauce), barbecued chicken. I had four seasons for my juice.

For desserts i got some fresh fruit cuts and mini pearl with jackfruit slices in cream.

For the afternoon snacks we had the pancit malabon. Juices and coffee were made available. After the seminar, i felt so tired from sitting there the whole day. Good thing it was not traffic on the way home.

TEA-SER!

I ♥ this flavored black tea, TAZO, @Starbucks, and mango has always been Kurt's fruity flavor favorite ever. I usually get cranberry juice (cloudy apple which i used to abroad) and maybe i should try other flavors of Tazo as well. BTW, green tea frap available already. I wonder how that one tastes like. Wanna find out? ;)

ON FOOD TRIP: BEAT THE HEAT

@Greenbelt4, kids and I decided to hang around Starbucks. The coffee shop has always been a hideout for us. We stay there to cool off a little and beat the heat with their mocha frap and coffee jelly.

I heard of lolly cakes from California and glad to see them in the shop, though, they were only available in two coatings, Strawberry with candy sprinkles and Choco with mallows and nuts. And of course, the pink one for Nicole and the choco for Kurt.

Now, where did the brown one go?

Kurt snatched his quickly! I had a bite from each to taste and they were too sweet for me. The pink one got the outer strawberry coating, inner chocolate coating and then after the cake ball inside. This is a thumb's up for Kurt's sweet tooth.

NEVER AGAIN!

Kurt and Nicole tagged along when i went to Manila. Then right after my errands we went to hangout in Makati. We have not had a proper breakfast at home when we left so kids and I were so hungry at around 10am. We reached Greenbelt5 just to realized it will open at 11am. Just can not wait anymore we settled for Chicken Bacolod at Greenbelt.

That was what's left of what Nicole had. We ordered for Bangus belly and i do not think it was the belly part at all. Size? not worth for it's price.

Kurt had java rice and grilled chicken breast. Grilled chicken was dry. He said it was ok but he did not ask for another rice...so i guess it was not ok. HAHA! I had my share of java rice, grilled chicken as well. We had the batchoy for soup. It was a bit salty and we do not like the taste of soup at all. Kurt had his mango shake, while nicole her coke and i had my buco juice. I asked if they got buco shake but the guy said only mango (ripe and green) is available. The ordertaker recommended buco sherbet so i said ok we will have that instead. Then he came back saying "oh sorry ma'am our desserts on the menu are not available at this time." Such a disappointment. They should've known what is available on the menu first before recommending anything to their customer.

In the end, Nicole did not even finish her fish and i ended up eating the rest of the food. Then after, regretting and swearing there won't be next time on this resto.

We passed by Mesa walking our way to Starbucks thinking to myself we should have eaten there instead. Sigh! :))

AN ALL TIME FAVE!

An all time fave! Strawberry is one of my favorite fruits and i fancy them! Here in this photo are native strawberries from the Philippine Summer Capital - Baguio. They were small red ones but some sweet and some not. When i was abroad i had really red big sweet ones which reminded me of having them with chocolate fondue. Oh 'nuff of the cravings.

Anyways, these little ones i had them cleaned up and taken off the green tops. Shout out thanks to my aunt who gave us these fruity.

WHAATTA WATERMELON!

I just love watermelon! But this we got recently from the local market ain't that big and red much. It's juicy and sweet though. I will be hunting for a really red, seedless and big ones!

Enjoy the season of tropical fruits this summer!!!

REFRESHING!

I had a great day today! Real fun with fam!

It was real hot the other day and we were just so annoyed. With the kids doing nothing on summer vacation and having this hot weather is not of any help. Boredom enters the picture. Irritations with sweats and dry air can boils up abrupt and crazy thoughts of a refreshing get away!

Called up the cuz, went for some grocery, packed up some stuff, woke up early the following day, prepared some food, carried bags, locked up the house, on and off some transpo vehicles, rode a few kilometers, until we reached destination!

Dig in for some food! Pig out and take some SPLASH!!!!!!!

Pork slices with diced potatoes, carrots and tomatoes.

Courtesy of my cuz Grace.

Grilled pork belly slices!

Dried chicken adobo

Rice noodles by Grace

Grilled Hotdogs for kiddos

Ube-Macapuno Cake for dessert

Grace's Ice Crumble

And the Chiller! Grace's Ice crumble! We just love it! Not too sweet for me. Some additional candy toppings for the kids. Aside from my Strawberry cooler drinks, this Ice crumbles beat the heat!

We had fun swimming for hours. Water splash kept the heat away for a moment. We had the pool just for ourselves. Good laughs and full tummies cooled up our day! For sure there will be a next time!!!

ON FOOD TRIP: COOLING A BIT!

Rocky Road ice cream cake,

Bake & Churn, Festival Mall

Cranberry juice @ Starbucks

I had a great time this afternoon with new friends Amy, Faye, Ruby and Jeffrey, and Aunt Tess. I am glad to see my aunt again for I have not seen her for decades coz they migrated in the US. I had the above for snacks and the cake was not that sweet so i like! Oh and not to forget about the Mango smoothies at Kenny Roger's i had earlier. Cooling a bit for a really hot season!

GO GREEN

I am glad green-thumb runs in the family. Here's a plump gourd produce freshly cut from my Uncle's backyard. I always like homegrown produce like healthy and fertilizer free fruits and vegetables. We keep a little garden at home also and at times we plant some vegetables like bitter gourd, okra and red chili. In the sense that not only you can get them fresh from your backyard, you can also save a portion of your budget.

Make use of your spare land or space to grow produce. You can save financially and you can also help save the environment in your own little way.

ON FOOD TRIP: RED MANGO

Frustrated from the former gelato trip, for now i will just stick to Red Mango! Kurt, my nephew had a frozen yoghurt with banana crunch, mango tidbits and mandarin oranges for toppings. I had for myself Mango smoothies with frozen yoghurt swirl in it. I love how it isn't too sweet for me and Kurt does too!

ON FOOD TRIP: TUNA TACO

Left over of the taco shells and tuna and onion dip for hungry nephew...LOL!
He just really can't wait for dinner.

I DON'T WANT YOU SWEET!

I had Rock Melon and

for my nephew some Mango (as usual) and coconut.

We have been to Makati, my nephew and i. He tagged along excitedly that day. We decided to go there and check out one of a toy guns he had been wanting for so long. Once we reached there one shop caught my eyes...Gelatissimo @Greenbelt5,Mkti. It has been months now since i last tasted it abroad. With cravings and wanting to have something cold to beat the weather, we agreed to stop by and sit for awhile.

They got lots of flavors to choose from but i am so distinctive with unsweetened or semi sweet flavors on desserts. And just as i thought, they were too sweet for me. Overheard one missy beside our table said that what she got was too sweet as well proved that i am right. I was frustrated for it was not the same taste as what i had before. No thumbs up for me for this one. In fairness though, the coconut is ok, but just plain ok. Nephew finished my leftover which is more than half a cup still, well what do you expect, the kid got sweet tooth!!! :)

SNACK ATTACK!

This is not a food blog but just sharing you what we came up to do for snacks. Children off from school can get easily hungry. Some taco burger and taco salad are what we were able to make out of what were available in the refrigerator. A solver for nagging tummies!

ON FOOD TRIP: GOT CRABLETS!

Some babies i found!

I got these crablets in the market. Just something i used to add flavor on my veggie dish with coco milk.

Pig out!

ON FOOD TRIP: ROASTED CHICKEN

It's roasted chicken for Dinner.

Not really my favorite but i only eat chicken in the following recipes: baked, barbecued, roasted, fried fillets, sweet and spicy on buffalo wings, cutlets on cream and mushrooms. I am not a fan if cooked with sauces and other vegetables. Which part/ parts of the chicken is/are my favorite? I always go for breast part and wings. I am a hater of the bloody legs. If to choose over chicken, pork or beef? Still i will say beef and and lots of grilled fish!

ON FOOD TRIP: A LATE LUNCH

A version of Japanese meal at Tokyo Tokyo (fastfood resturant chain), was what i had for a "late" lunch today. I got red tea, california maki and beef misono meal, which came in with stir fried veggie and steamed rice.

California Maki

would have been better if well coated with masago though..

Beef Misono with red sushi ginger (pickled ginger)

and sprinkled with toasted sesame seeds

I was so hungry that i had to dig in quickly right after i took these shots with my phone. It wasn't the best Japanese resto in the metro but nevertheless good enough to satisfy my hunger. :)