Food Finds - Wine and Dine Deli Shop in Silang, Cavite

Kahanga-hanga talaga sa tao ang abilidad 

na makahanap ng "ginto" sa liblib na lugar...

(I admire people who have the keen talent of 

finding fascinating yet undiscovered places at least for me)

Chateau Hestia Garden Restaurant

Osso Buco Milanese - or Beef shanks

Chicken Geschnetzeltes "Zurich-Style"

*try their salmon salpicao!*
chateauhestia.com/menu.html

Bastardized food

Don't be deceived by the title...
I just recalled how my friend, now living in the US, once called P.F. Chang's, a bastardized kind of chinese restaurant...
For sure that was not a compliment... Which made me more interested to try it for myself...

And we just did...

And I enjoyed their Asian cuisine... It surely is worth coming back to :)

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I am not really much of a person who would experiment with food since I am so finicky with the things I eat... I just want to share the little first experiences I've had recently - and yup! it includes recent dessert finds! which I can not indulge in as of the moment because of my abstinence! darn!

One Saturday

I had a late lunch/merienda with my friends...

No I didn't have that

(four squares: lemon squares, brownies and food for the gods)

but will come back for it for sure

I instead had the reliable carbonara at

Cafe Mary Grace

That evening, I had dinner at

AMICI - Pizza pasta gelato

Had the pasta...

Spaghetti White Vongole E Gamberetti

Had the pizza...

Tutta Carne

and my friends had their desserts =)

Tiramisu Twist

Mango Symphony

On a different Sunday

I went out for dinner and dessert with a different group of friends

in Greenbelt, Makati

and experienced dining in yet another

Filipino modern restaurant

MESA

Filipino Moderne

Baked Tahong

Baby Squid in Olive Oil

Pato Tim

Crispy Tilapia with Four Sauces

and had dessert that night at

a place predominantly purple in color

I bet to the amusement of the birthday celebrant! haha

BIZU

Samba

Strawberry Chiboust

On a weekday Wednesday night

My officemates brought me along to this little homey, fine dining restaurant

which offers mostly Mediterranean cuisine

PITO & MITA

Spinach Artichoke Dip

Smoked Fish Dip

Steak Salpicao

Parmesan Crusted Baked Fish

Garlic Chicken

and washing it all down with

Lemon Moringa Juice

which I didn't know was malunggay! haha

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for 40 days, I'm staying away from...

Lenten season started last March 9, Ash Wednesday and as a habit I thought of what else could I abstain from aside from eating meat and fasting...

The day before Ash Wednesday, after discussing with my friend Katek and qualifying and looking for all the loopholes, I've decided to stay away from sweets - cookies, candies, cakes, ice cream, anything chocolate - that means goodbye desserts!

And the 1st test.... our intern gave us polvoron and brownies for us to share! hahaha

The next day... we went to Starbucks at the new store in Glorietta 5 and after a long discussion with the barista... I had and suffered through a GREEN TEA LATTE! I kept the cup sleeve because it was cute and green!

thanks to Sheila for this photo

I was supposed to meet my friends after work on Saturday... and when they confirmed the date... where else were we going to meet? At Cafe Mary Grace! Goodness! It was my first time there in that coffee house and I just had to list down the recommended ensaymada and pastries and tsoknut chocolate that I will try the next time I visit the place - I had carbonara instead...

Also on that same day... I met up with Katek again... and for dinner, we tried out Amici pizza pasta gelato - yup! I had the pizza and the pasta and not the dessert! haha

Goodness! I can do this! I know I can survive the rest of the 34 days! haha

oh and I deactivated my Facebook too if you would care to know