Have you ever wondered what it is like to dine in a posh restaurant without worrying about damaging your pockets? Well, now is your chance because hidden in plain sight, at the heart of Ortigas lies a cleverly stylish treasure trove for foodies like me and The Burp Society.
Combining chic artistry, fashionable interior design, quality service and culinary ingenuity -- Cafe 1771 from the Chateau Group gives us an au courant taste of fine cuisine that most restaurants won't. Think of it as casual dining with a hint of first class a la mode.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
The Burp Society at Cafe 1771 El Pueblo
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 0 comments
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 0 comments
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Be Happy Baked Pasta Sauce Recipe
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Wednesday, November 07, 2012 - 0 comments
Wednesday, November 07, 2012 - 0 comments
Growing up, have you ever wondered what it would be like to eat your favorite spaghetti anytime you want at the comfort of your home? How may times have you asked your mom or your nanny to cook you pasta but in the end get disappointed because the sauce did not taste as it should be?
As a grownup, it's now easier to eat and buy what ever food you like. But in my case - being an OC - it's even harder to eat outside (i.e. restaurants) especially, when I worry about proper kitchen sanitation and food handling. I find it best to eat home cooked meals.
That is why when our new cook arrived bearing her most remarkable pasta sauce recipe and ingredient, I was all over and buzzing about it. *wink*
The secret ingredient is....
As a grownup, it's now easier to eat and buy what ever food you like. But in my case - being an OC - it's even harder to eat outside (i.e. restaurants) especially, when I worry about proper kitchen sanitation and food handling. I find it best to eat home cooked meals.
That is why when our new cook arrived bearing her most remarkable pasta sauce recipe and ingredient, I was all over and buzzing about it. *wink*
The secret ingredient is....
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Korean Fest - Bellevue Manila
This new event from Bellevue Manila reminds me of my favorite side dish. Kimchi! I've learned to love it ever since our high school trip to South Korea back in the late 90's. The majority of our group and even the other students in our school would react negatively every time they smell our Korean schoolmates' lunch for that day --not knowing that behind that foul smelling aroma comes the delicious, mouth watering and addictive flavor.
I gained wight because Kimchi makes me devour more rice. I can even eat it with bread. Sometimes we make Kimchi fried rice, Scrambled egg with chopped Kimchi, Kimchi Soup, etc. We just can't get enough of Kimchi. We love it. Same goes with other Korean food. That is why I'm excited with the latest event by Bellevue Manila. The Korean Fest on September 14 - 23, 2012.
It's a 10 day festival that will showcase Korean food and art. But, that's not all. For all those who will avail of their Korean Buffet at the Cafe d'Asie from Sept 14-23, 2012, you will have a chance to WIN a round trip ticket to Korea, plus Bellevue Gift Certificates.
Note: This is a FREE feature request. PR material/s were provided by the web organizers.
I gained wight because Kimchi makes me devour more rice. I can even eat it with bread. Sometimes we make Kimchi fried rice, Scrambled egg with chopped Kimchi, Kimchi Soup, etc. We just can't get enough of Kimchi. We love it. Same goes with other Korean food. That is why I'm excited with the latest event by Bellevue Manila. The Korean Fest on September 14 - 23, 2012.
It's a 10 day festival that will showcase Korean food and art. But, that's not all. For all those who will avail of their Korean Buffet at the Cafe d'Asie from Sept 14-23, 2012, you will have a chance to WIN a round trip ticket to Korea, plus Bellevue Gift Certificates.
Image from Wikipedia.
The Bellevue Manilain partnership withMercedes-Benz Alabang and the Korean Cultural Center of the PhilippinespresentDiscover Korea 2012A 10-day Food Festival with Art Exhibit and SaleSchedule of Activities:Authentic Korean Buffet in Café d’AsieSeptember 14 to 23Discover more than the usual Korean dishes at our lunch and dinner buffet prepared by our guest Chefs from Korea for only P1390nett per person. Get a chance to win two roundtrip tickets to Korea and other Bellevue gift certificates when you avail of this sumptuous authentic buffet.
Mercedes-Benz at The BellevueSeptember 14 to 16Get a closer look at the latest models from Mercedes-Benz on display at the Grand Ballroom Lobby from 10am to 6pm. The sales managers will be glad to assist you and show you more of the car as they take you to a test drive around the Hotel.
Art Exhibit and Sale of Korean Paintings and Traditional Paper DollsSeptember 14 to 23Different Korean artists have converged to showcase their painting masterpieces and traditional Korean paper dolls. Come and visit to appreciate or buy a few pieces for your home as we put them on exhibit and sale from 9am to 7pm at the main wing lobby.
Grand Raffle DrawSeptember 23All those who availed the Korean buffet from September 14 to 23 will have a chance to win a roundtrip ticket to Korea and different Bellevue gift certificates on this night. Make sure you drop your business card or fill out our raffle coupon on your way out of Café d’Asie.
For more information and reservation, please call The Bellevue at 7718181 or email us at tbmnl@thebellevue.com.
Note: This is a FREE feature request. PR material/s were provided by the web organizers.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Rock Salt or Sea Salt - Jimmy Dy-Liacco, DMM
Photo from: http://www.buzzle.com/
Rock Salt or Sea Salt.
by Jimmy Dy-liacco, DMMSTRESS RELIEF... Is salt bad for hypertensive?
What is bad for hypertension is iodized salt, which is a fake salt. It is made up of only 3 synthetic chemicals, sodium, chloride, iodine. It does not melt in water (glistens like diamonds), does NOT melt in the body, does not melt in the kidneys, gives kidney stones, and raises blood pressure. However, it is the salt favored by the synthetic drug-based doctors who say it is very clean and sanitary, pointing to how white it is and how it glistens like diamonds. The fake salt is man-made in a factory.
The true salt, which comes from the sea and dried under the sun and commonly called rock salt, has 72 natural minerals including natural sodium, chloride, iodine. It melts in water, melts in your body, melts in the kidneys, do not give kidney stones, and best of all brings down blood pressure and stops/prevents muscle cramps, numbness, tingling. If you get muscle cramps in the lower legs at night, just take 1/2 teaspoon of rock salt and a glass of water, and the cramps with its horrific pain will be gone in 5 minutes.
The highest BP that came my way was in a woman who had a BP of 240/140 and came to my house at 10:30 pm on what she said was a matter of "life and death" because the high BP was already giving her a crushing headache, especially the back of her head. She could not walk up the 6 shallow steps to my porch. Two men had to help her, one on each side, in addition to the cane that she needed to prop herself up.
I muscle-tested her and found that underlying her BP of 240/140 and the crushing pain in the head, her body's water content was only 6% (normal is 75%), salt content was zero, potassium was 96% deficient, and cardiac output (blood flow from the heart) was only 40% (normal is 100%). So the blood supply to the head was 60% deficient.
I gave her one 6" long green 'sili' (hot pepper), 1 raw ripe 'saba' banana, 1/2 teaspoon of rock salt and 3 8-oz glasses of tap water. The sili was to normalize cardiac output and shoot blood to the head, the saba banana was for the potassium deficiency and to have food in the stomach because pepper will give a stomach ache if the stomach is empty, and the rock salt and the water were the first aid for her severe dehydration which was causing her arteries to be dry and stiff and her blood to be thick and sticky, because they were dehydrated.
After 5 minutes, she said, "The pain in my head is gone." We took her BP, it was 115/75, and cardiac output was up to 100%.
She walked out of the house to her car without the men helping her and without the cane.
She has been taking 2.5 teaspoons of rock salt, 15 glasses of water, 6 saba bananas and 3 of the long pepper daily since then (beginning September 2009), and her BP and cardiac output have been normal since then.
Two months later, in November, at a PCAM roundtable forum on hypertension in Club Filipino, she gave her testimony, followed by her brother who said that he grew 2 inches, because the salt and the water had refilled his compressed disc spaces in his vertebral column. The disc spaces had become compressed because they had become dehydrated since the fluid filling up these discs are 95% water.
Why salt? Because without salt the body cannot retain water no matter how much water is drunk. You will still be dehydrated because you will just keep urinating and sweating the water out.
This is not an isolated case. When BP is rising high but there is little or no headache but there is stiffness of shoulder and neck muscles, all you need to normalize the BP and remove the stiffness and the pain in 5 minutes is 1/2 teaspoon of rock salt and 3 glasses of water. If there is crushing pain in the head, it means blood supply to the head is lacking, and you will need the sili to normalize it and shoot blood to the head and remove the extreme pain.
Jimmy Dy-liacco, DMM
http://www.anaturalcure.com/mambo/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=590
http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/wellness/wellness/view/20100427-266588/Siling-labuyo-helps-revitalize-the-heart
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Lunch Buffet at Bellevue Manila - Cafe d' Asie - Php 880
The P880 Lunch Buffet at Cafe d' Asie
Lunch meetings at The Bellevue Manila's Cafe d' Asie gets even friendlier to the pocket. Enjoy our vast and sumptuous spread of freshly made appetizers, Japanese station, filling main courses, the dimsum station, tempura station, meat and seafood grill corner, pasta station, Mongolian station, our yummy homemade desserts and a lot more for only P880++. New price for buffet lunch but still the same goodness and variety you love!
Cafe d' Asie is located at 2nd Floor, Main Wing of The Bellevue Manila.
For inquiries and reservations, please call 771-8181, 09178718181 or 09188718181or email Cafe d' Asie at dine@thebellevue.com.
You might also like to check:
Bellevue Manila's Rainy Day Promo: http://iamsantelmo.blogspot.com/2012/08/bellevue-manilas-rainy-day-promo.html
and
The special Intro Rate of the new Bellevue Resort in Bohol: http://iamsantelmo.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-bellevue-resort-bohol-special-intro.html
Note: This is a FREE feature request. PR materials were provided by the organizers.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Food Art - Playing with Food #1
Spaghetti + Sausages + Mushrooms = FUN! ^_^
Growing up, I remember being told not to play with my food, but guess what? Got this idea from a Facebook post, and since a lot of people I know started doing it....^_____^
Have fun! ^_^
Growing up, I remember being told not to play with my food, but guess what? Got this idea from a Facebook post, and since a lot of people I know started doing it....^_____^
Have fun! ^_^
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Cafe Sabel - BENCAB (Baguio) Benguet
Deep beneath the magnificent artwork and collection of Benedicto Cabrerea (BENCAB) lies a hidden paradise that would amaze everyone who seeks great food, relaxation, nature, fresh air, peace and tranquility (and animals ^_^). We were lucky enough to even experience being engulfed in a sea of clouds. Too bad our food was not ready yet. Otherwise, it would be a once in a lifetime experience to dine-in covered with fog.
The home-made longanisa was delicious as well as the Grilled Pork Chop w/ Rosemary. The Spicy Tuyo Pasta was very tasty.
The freshly brewed, home grown coffee and the Cucumber juice were both great.
We all agreed that this is a place we would frequently visit every time we are in Baguio. We will certainly recommend Cafe Sabel.
Meet Sideways! ^_^ The very friendly Jack Russell Terrier.
Chef's Home (A Taste Of Asia) - Baguio City
We ordered:
- Nasi Goreng
- Boneless Chicken with Tomato and Eggplant
- Bangus Fillet with Thai Mango Salad
- Petchay and Mushroom in Oyster Sauce
- Roti with Ice Cream and Peaches (we think this is supposed to be good for 1 but maybe out of generosity they made it good for 4 persons for the price of one)
Chef's Home in Baguio is one of the most delectable Thai/Malaysian fusion restaurant in the Philippines. With every taste very unique with its effective seasoning.
For reservations, contact:
Chef Alvin or Gina Emuang
0916-4445756
#30 Lualhati St., cor Romulo Dr., Baguio City
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Bellissimo Bellevue!
photo from: http://www.thebellevue.com/manila/
Bellissimo Bellevue!
"There’s more to great Italian dining than pasta, pizza and panini! Let The Bellevue, the best 5-star hotel in the Southern Metro, take you closer to the sprawling wineries and quintessential cities of Italy for an authentic Italian dining at its main dining outlet Café d’Asie. Experience a soulful gastronomic journey around Italy and discover the cultural flavors of each of its 20 regions for an Italian Food Festival dubbed “I Love Italy” from April 26 to 30. The Bellevue’s Italian chef Tonino Ianocceli shall titillate your taste buds with a live cooking station and mouth-watering buffet of specialties.
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Bad experience, Horrible service/crew at Masferre, Sagada
-photo from TripAdvisor-
A few minutes ago, we had an early Christmas Eve dinner a Masferre. We had 2 tables reserved for 21 individuals. We even payed in advance.
Here was the scenario:
- On my way to the buffet table, my sister asked me to request some tissue paper/ paper table napkins. I told the waitress wearing a pink shirt. (excuse me, may i request for some tissue/table napkin?) Everything seemed okay because by the looks of it she and the other waitress behind the counter (wearing black) exchanged words regarding my request. But I waited for more than 15 minutes but the table napkin did not arrive.
- I went back to the buffet table to get some tea, the waitress in pink was standing nearby and so I followed up the request ("miss, uhm, where's the tissue...?) , she again nodded and went to the counter to talk with the woman in black w/c I saw go inside the kitchen. I went back to our table and waited but still no tissue. And now I see the waitress in pink behind the buffet table.
- When my sister went to get some more tea, she came back with a handful of table napkins. So I asked her where she got it and she told me that she only asked for it. "once" I got irritated and wondered, "are they ignoring my requests on purpose?"
- Just to confirm, I waited and started thinking on how to do another request, just in time, my aunt who was beside me wanted some water and so I presented myself to ask for it. This time I got the attention of a small woman that looked very boyish. ("May I request for 3 glasses of water?") She nodded....but again, I waited for 10 minutes and no water came. I looked at the counter and majority of the staff/crew were just there talking to each other. How hard is it to get 3 small glasses of water?
- This time I told my mother (who was the one who made the reservation with the owner/manager) I explained what happened. I asked my dad to call the owner to express my concern. When she came and heard us, she apologized and explained that "maybe" her staff who were according to her are contractual, were tired or frantic/panicked by all of the nights work.
HUH?! "again" how hard is it to get tissue paper/table napkin and 3 glasses of water?
I personally did not feel any sincerity from her (the owner/manager). She did not even apologize (in behalf of the staff) to me but spoke directly to the table.
I think there was a 3rd incident where - at the buffet table - I was about to get some pasta and right there and then, a different waitress quickly took the pasta away from the table. That time I thought that there must be something wrong with the spaghetti for them to take it away. But now that I've thought about it, I could say that it's a part of it...maybe a sinister plan against me? Why?
Because yesterday, we were also supposed to dine there. But my mom already had a reservation at Haddeku and our guide (as agreed earlier) was supposed to cancel but forgot to do it. And so, there was no choice but to proceed with Haddeku because the buffet was already prepared specially for our group.
But during that time, most of our family was already inside Masferre and by the time the rest of us got there, I was the one who told everyone (who was inside--sitting-- Masferre) about the predicament and that we have to leave and proceed with our previous reservation with Haddeku.
So, paranoid as I may seem, this is the only logical evidence/reason I can think of. They "maybe", thought that I cost them their earnings for that night. Because before we left, a staff called my mom's attention and told us that because of us/ our group, they rejected an earlier reservation by foreigners, and that we have to tell/ explain to the owner.
Tonight, when we left Masferre, that boyish looking woman was at the door and even had the guts to stare at me eye to eye...None of the staff came and apologized.
Thank you for ruining my Christmas Eve.
Oh and by the way, just to show some spirit of Christmas, I have to admit--in all honesty-- that their food was actually okay. I would have enjoyed every bit of it and would have had a fantastic time if it were not for Masferre's ill mannered staff/crew.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Ba Noi's
Being a foodie and a group buying addict, my dad bought 2 coupons for a Vietnamese restaurant called Ba Noi's located in Makati. The promo offers 4 dishes.
Fried Spring Rolls (Php 190)
Chicken in Cellophane Noodle Soup (Php 195)
Chicken in Caramel Sauce (Php 240)
Stir Fried Water Spinach (Php 90)
ShareTea Philippines
Another great Milk Tea place is located at Wilson St cor. P. Guevarra in GreenHills. From becoming No.1 in Taipei, I'm sure, pretty soon this will also be a great contender against the other Tea shops here in the Philippines.
Luckily, last night on our way home, I happen to spot the very 1st branch and we decided to try it. They've just had their grand launching 2 weeks ago.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Azuthai Photo Contest
Get the chance to WIN upto 5,000 pesos worth of AzuThai GC by joining AzuThai's Photo Contest. The best part of this promo is, there is no purchase needed. To join, simply follow the quoted mechanics after the break/jump. Good Luck! ^_^
Friday, October 21, 2011
Terry's - The Gourmet Store
Just recently, our family have agreed to hold a small get together at least once a month. Weather complete or incomplete, we will dine at a restaurant after a Sunday's worship or have a potluck
Last Sunday, we decided to try the signature dishes of Terry's at their branch in Podium.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Unlimited Cravings Festival by: Cravings Philippines
This is our chance to get as much as we can of Cravings' delectable cakes and signature dishes! All for the price of Php 450/ person. (inclusive of VAT, subjected to 10% SC and local tax)
October 14 was the start of their very first Unlimited Cravings Festival and will end on November 15.
Everyday, you can enjoy an eat-all-you-can of:
- Dish of the day (ex. Chicken Cordon Bleu)
- Soup and Salad
- Cake and Coffee
- Iced Tea
October 14 was the start of their very first Unlimited Cravings Festival and will end on November 15.
Everyday, you can enjoy an eat-all-you-can of:
- Dish of the day (ex. Chicken Cordon Bleu)
- Soup and Salad
- Cake and Coffee
- Iced Tea
For more more information pls refer to:
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Lipton Milk Tea
Today, our entire family was stuck at home due to Typhoon Pedring. The cold wind and heavy rain yesterday made me feel sick. Taking cold medicine did not do much for me, but I found a solution. That is to drink Tea...Milk Tea!!! ^_^ Somehow, instantly my sneezing stopped for a while. *sigh* ^_^ Don't you just love the wonders of milk tea? ^_^
Another affordable drink in the market is Lipton's 3-in-1 Instant Milk Tea. It's easy to prepare. Just dissolve one pack/sachet in a cup of hot water. You can opt to add ice cubes to make it into a cold drink. The black tea based tea combined with milk and sugar makes a perfect blend.
1 box contains five 15g sachets.
Mine Shine Milk Tea
For Milk Tea addicts like me and my sister Karen, Mine Shine can be considered a life saver. When all the Tea Shops are closed, one can only depend on "Instant Milk Tea" ^_^ This is currently and only available in 7-11 convenient stores for only Php 40. It's nothing compared with Serenitea and Moon Leaf but during late hours when you start craving for some milk tea, Mine Shine is the answer. ^_^
Moon Leaf Tea Shop
For now, this is probably on the top of my favorite tea shop list. The best seller, Winter Melon Milk Tea has a rich creamy flavor.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Felicity Patisserie - Brgy. Holy Spirit Drive (Don Antonio)
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Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 1 comments
Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 1 comments
After reading so much about Felicity Patisserie, we've finally decided to try it out. Not once but twice. First was with my parents and second was with our college friends.
The place was very nice and cozy. You'll get the feeling of being inside a play house. Although, they need to improve their air conditioning. Both my dad and one of my friends complained that the place was a bit hot.
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