PERFECT MOMENTS

Banana Island

....wala lang just another excuse to have a group date night with the Macabebe Gang. Since Anmar & Anita, Elaine & Jade, Edwin has not eaten there yet, with the exception of Mai2 who have eaten there before and loved it we decided to eat there. My luv and I have eaten there @least 20 times coz' we liked it so much but we haven't been in awhile so it's a good excuse to eat there again. We all met each other @7pm. When my love and I were parking in the parking structure in the Westlake area, we saw a Lexus in the corner with the whole back of the bumper dismantled. Whomever bumped that car did not even leave a note and must've been going really fast. Sheesh, people are so bad. Feel sorry for that person coming back to his car and seeing that.

The front of the Banana Island in Daly city Menu:

I like this very intricate wall wood decoration that they have in there. They did a fine job picking out the decorative accessories. It reminds me of the Philippines farm life.

Elaine & Jade, EJ arrived next....we got there early. We were the first ones.

Anita & Anmar

Mai2 and Edwin...mai went to work after our dinner.

Of course, me and my love...hate this pic

Another pic that Elaine had taken...much better.

MY luvs and I's favorite....Roti Kanai with a delish curry sauce for dipping. It has 1/2 potato. $3.95 The gang loved it,too. But it was kinda weird for them at first but liked it at the end.

Chicken Pandan, Deep fried chicken wings wrapped in screwpine leaves (pandan leaves) truly love this chicken and the gang loved it,too. More of an appetizer. $6.95

Lady Finger Belacan....sauteed okra with spicy Malaysian shrimp paste sauce & shrimp $9.95

Thai Fried Rice $8.95....shrimp, chicken,bean sprout, basil,egg, scallion this is more for EJ.

Pad Thai...anita & Anmar ordered this but we all ate it....stir fried rice sticks with shrimps, tofu, bean sprouts and chicken, ground peanut in spicy Thai chili sauce. $8.50

What more food? Yeah, time to dig in...we were all famished!

Golden Spare ribs....Deep fried spareribs in an authentic style. $8.95

One more pic of the gang to please Malou

Singapore Fried Rice $8.95....shrimp, chinese ham, eggs and string beans, cashew nuts.

Eggplant Malaysian Style $9.95...sauteed eggplant with spicy Malaysian shrimp paste sauce & shrimp

Satay Chicken $6.95 Marinated chicken on skewer charcoal grilled to perfection,served w/peanut sauce

Picture of the sumptuous food....perfection!

Anita ordered this dessert: Bobo Cha cha $2.25....sweet potato & yam with coconut milk

Two orders of this....which we all shared. Fried Banana w/ice cream $5.95

Tapas & a Play

For our Christmas get-together, Recie and I decided to have Tapas and watch a Christmas Play in Palo Alto. The restaurant is called Joya in Palo Alto. Our reservation was for 11:30 am. The food was awesome and the dessert even better. After eating we went to Border's just to look around.

1) Mexican Empanadas (corn and smoked mozarella)

2) Guacamole and world new chips

3) Braised short ribs Taco

4) Steamed Mussels with chorizo (which is a rip off---it was small and we did not have enough mussel meat and it was $9

5) For dessert: Mexican Tiramisu (patron coffee infused) it was delicious!

Our play was @2pm which was just nearby in Middlefield Road @the Lucille Stern Theatre. The play was called A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote (which was a true story based on his christmas memory with his beloved cousin, Sook) I loved, loved the play it was so heartwarming! I cried twice. Recie said I have to watch his movie Capote it's an interesting movie about his life. The play finished @4pm and it was pouring hard already. I loved their song about the fruitcake weather. The little boy did a great job acting actually every body did.

YOKKO Yakitori

....along with Dollace (who is treating us out for my birthday here in the Yokko Yakitori  resto in San Mateo), Me, Frincess and her friend,Tamara. Also, kinda like a farewell party for Frincess coz' she will be going to school along with Tamara a week from now to go to L.A. I never had this kind of Japanese food---where they serve the food on skewers (we had some interesting ones and some really yummy ones!) I will posts my favorite ones here.

 

               
 

Tribu Nights

Craving for some Tribu dinner in San Bruno. Ms. E,Jade, EJ, Anita & Anmar, my love and moi decided to meet and eat over there.

We ordered the following:

Daing na Bangus, Bulalo, Sinuglaw (raw tuna/beef), Eggplant with Tofu, Binangoongan rice. I had the Cantaloupe shake (OMG, so good!).  Ej had the beefsteak bowl. For our dessert we shared the Frozen Brazo (every one loved this!), Bibingka and Turon with vanilla ice cream. Too bad they did not have the Puto Bumbong I think we would've ordered that. For the 7 of us we spent $124 plus $17 tip.

 

 
 

  
       

Hiking....

Hiking with Recie, Birthday lunch @AQUA PAZZA  in San Mateo, Birthday gifts (The Wedding DVD, Cute earrings), Watching The Other Guys (loved it! So funny!), Quickly (I had the Honeydew and Recie had the Japanese Green tea snow--absolutely delish)

What we ate:

Yummy bread with olive oil and garlic, balsamic vinegar, Deep Fried Calamari with Zucchini and Prawns $10.95,Pollo Al Marsala Organic Chicken Breast with Wild Mushrooms, Marsala Sauce and soft Polenta $13.95, Grilled eggplant marinated. Then, Tiramisu for dessert!

           

Copenhagen Bakery

Happy 1st of May!! What a beautiful weather we are having right now but it's still kinda breezy. Mom and I went to Safeway first just to do some groceries...We hit the jackpot what I liked about Safeway today.

1. $1.99 Angel food cake...i love this!
2. Buy one get one!
3. Peach Ice cream from Breyers, $4.99 (on sale but b4 it was only $3.99)
4. Avocadoes (3 for 99 cents--that's a bargain!
5. Roast beef (which I am baking right now, one for the house, one for the boxing fight party later @Mai2 and Edwin's home)

Then Nelson and I met Elaine and Jade (whom we haven't seen in months) got together for breakfast @Copenhagen Bakery in Burlingame. I really like their breakfast choices here and they are so generous with their food. You order at the counter and pay then they will bring you the breakfast at your table. For the table you have to grab whatever is open. Here is a link to their breakfast MENU.

Elaine and Jade shared the Copenhagen special omelet and Nelson had the same plus a Belgian Waffle for him,also. He finished all of it,too!

Here he is...he was ready to pounced on the food but I told him...STOP gotta take a picture of him with his food and his food as you will see here in the bottom.

You see his hand with the Tabasco sauce he is ready...we were so hungry we arrived @the cafe around 10:30 am already.

And this is what I had....Danish crepe filled with strawberries and whip cream!

I love unique lights and chandeliers such as this one...inside the resto.

The Mother and son taking a picture for tita Malou

Wow oh wow...just looking at this pic is making me have a sugar shock. We did not order any dessert coz' we were so full na and then I had the sweet crepe for breakfast.

Cute mini tea set from the Bakery.

More yummy cakes!!!

Ok,that's it for delicious cake pictures.

         

Little Fire Pot

Nelson's co-worker suggested Little Fire Pot @Westlake Mall so we tried it after my work. We even got a 20% discount becoz' of the early bird special from 5-6pm. We got there around 5:10pm. It's only 5 minute drive from our house. We were the first one there! We ordered the Taipei Shabu-Shabu with Beef short ribs and the one pot was already good enough for us coz' we had small side dishes of dim sum that we ordered. We only spent $26.90 plus tips not bad for dinner. My hunny really loved it. He wants to try also for lunch time which is cheaper. For dessert (which is free) we both had sweet watermelon, coconut pudding and my fave is the Hot Tapioca soup (reminds me of guinataan) I had so much servings of this.

Excuse the hubby with the crazy eyes...i think he was getting hungry already.

I am the one who picked that shirt coz' I thought it looked really cool...from Banana Republic. I pick out most of the shirts or polo shirts that he buys coz' sometimes he buys funky stuff...

We selected The Taipei Shabu-shabu with Beef short ribs. The soup was flavorful...

This was really, really delicious...Popcorn chicken with Basil one of our side dishes plus Black bean chicken feet for hubby and Steam BBQ Pork bun (I like this better than the baked one) brought the other two bun for mom coz' I was full already.

I had to add this on....coz' my sweet co-worker, Tamara bought the AIRHEADS for me becoz' she knows I am addicted to them...love it....I have great co-workers. Love you sistah! 

Here is a thumbnail of my everyday photos for the month of April (I just started this April) I will try to do a whole year 365 days worth of pictures. That would be cool isn't it?!

 

Roland had some friends visiting him and invited my LOVE to just hang out with them for a few hours just to drink and listen to the band in Intramuros. Here are the pictures from that.

I love the shirt he is wearing coz' I picked it for him!  

Teeny cupcake!

Saw my cousin,Dollace today and gave me this cute teeny cupcake!! She is so sweet and thoughtful she got this from the Stonestown farmer's market. Mmm love it thanks,Doll! Teeny cupcake 415 317 4928 www.teenycupcake.com

Hung To Restaurant

As you know I love Dim Sum...I was off for the week...Dollace and I met up for lunch. Hung To is near her place of work. I love love this restaurant coz' not only it's good the prices for the dim sum are reasonable. Dollace and I ordered so much that I have left overs to take home. For dessert we had the Mango pudding (which was not that good--too grainy and not much of a mango flavor.

 

It's a beautiful day...

My good friend and colleague @work Ms. R treated me for my upcoming birthday. We started off @10:30am

1. Walking tour in the Castro District-I have learned so much from this neighborhood and the beautiful victorian houses that lines the street and hidden gem of the wonderful views of the city. I don't have the pictures uploaded yet in my computer but will post here soon. That walking tour was 2 hours along and we got our exercise in!
2. We ate @Capurro's restaurant in Fisherman's wharf-Clams steamers (the broth was so good!!), Seared scallops with coleslaw and french fries, salmon and prawn pasta with cream sauce. We didn't have dessert coz' we were both full. Recie gave me 2 books from my Amazon wishlist-Martha Stewart crafts and 365 days of craft inspiration!!! I totally love it.
3. We watched Funny People with Adam Sandler.  The movie was 2 1/2 hour long, it was alright it's best just to watch it on video.