salad, ribs and pizza (great meet-up companion)

these were from Burgoo, at the Podium Mall, Ortigas Center

christmas wedding

attended a wedding this week.. food kept coming. forgot to take photos of the cocktails and dessert buffet. the food is from Champagne Garden, one of Naga's Pioneers in catering

Christmas Day lunch

it's all about homemade dishes... these were all made by my mom

what's good about this beef soup is it doesn't have that "beefy" smell on it

best leche flan out there, i guarantee it

noche BUENA

simple midnight meal with the family on Christmas eve is just perfect. these are homemade c/o my in-law's chef Juvy

this one is made by my wife

from Caramel bakeshop, a local sweet joint, this cake is good!

BALUUUUUT... (warning: gross)

if you're a tourist in the Philippines, your trip is nothing 'til you've tasted this delicacy. Balut is basically a fertilized duck (or chicken) egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell. Like Forrest Gump said, and I modify it, "...box of balut... you'll never know what you gonna get... 5-day old chick or older".

you select and hope the one that you get is a younger chick.. i mean the balut

then you make a little crack on the top and sip that balut juice.

this is a younger one. i could eat this.

but this! good god! i can never eat this.

(new and improved) silvanas

If there's one cookie-type dessert out there that I'd eat over and over, this is it - SILVANAs. These are oval- shaped, thin cookie sized desserts (at least i got the thin-crusted ones, others are thicker), with a thin meringue on either side of a buttercream filling and dusted with crumbed cookies. They are rich, crisp, and buttery all at the same time. Just something to indulge into. this is a delicacy from north of the Philippines

it's been a while

last time I had these was probably a year ago... and damn it was good to have them again

CREAM-less

this is how the top of my frappe looks like - without the cream

it's not about the FOOD, it's about the FUN

we had our party at the office, had 2 guests. food was just ok, but the fun we had was beyond normal. we laughed hard and enjoyed til midnight.