Phoenix Court's Dimsum-All-You-Can, Bellevue Hotel, Alabang

We were late for our 6 o'clock 

meet-up and arrived at the restaurant two hours late.  

I only have a few photos of the foods we ate.

People were too busy catching up and eating

at the same time.  I wasn't able to take pictures

of everything on the table. The dimsum quickly

vanished, not into thin air but into our tummies!!!

Scallop Dumplings ... yummiest of all!!!

Spring Rolls ... need the crunch while I munch!!!

heeheehee

Yang Chow Fried Rice

...  always a staple on my table!!!

Fruit Cocktail, Lychee and Mini Sago Dessert

...  a typical sweet ending in every Chinese meal.

Where's the butchi???

There it is!!!

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Dimsum-All-You-Can at Phoenix Court,

Bellevue Hotel in Alabang

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Dr. Angge and Dr. Tinali

... ang mag bff

 

We were here last year for our balikbayan, Dr. Angge,

but with a different group of friends.

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The cHunks of 83

 HubB wan't able to join us . His rightful place

in this group picture was filled in by Dr. Beau,

a Periodontist/Dean from Denmark.  Hmmm...

Dr. Beau rightfully belongs to this group, don't you 

agree?  I thought so too!  

It's always good to see Dr. Beau.  

He visits Manila every year during the summer.

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L to R

Drs.  Rhea, Tinali, Angge and Me (with make-up)

hahaha ...  Thanks to a beauty app!!!

Drs. R and R 

 Dr. Cesbau and Dr. Alan

(two of my good friends from dentistry)

 

Tatlong Maria... looking good.

Delightful and lovely to be with these ladies.

Til we meet again!!!

Soban K-Town Grill, Eastwood Mall

Soban K-Town Grill in Eastwood Mall

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It was Camille's birthday and we celebrated it at

our latest favorite Korean restaurant in Eastwood.

                                     

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 Dessert was at Milk Cow

G/F Eastwood Mall

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Thanks for the treat !!!

Japanese Water Cake or Raindrop Cake or Sakura Warabi

The Sakura Warabi at The Dessert Kitchen

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The latest food trend in Manila is the Water Cake /

Rainbow Cake or the Sakura Warabi at The Dessert Kitchen.

This cake is a light fat-free dessert made of clear jello, 

served with red beans, beown sugar paste and pink mochi 

balls, garnished with a green leaf. I asked the waiter 

what the leaf was and she said it was a sesame leaf.

Tuan Tuan & The Dessert Kitchen, Rockwell Power Plant Mall

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Dinner was at Tuan Tuan, Power Plant Mall,

Tuan means round, so, Tuan Tuan means round & round.

First, you have to decide which soup base you prefer, 

then the noodles plus the toppings you want on your 

ramen.  Second, then get two side dishes.

Our Ramen

Barbeque Chicken

Spring Rolls

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We also got these Baked Pork Buns.

There will always be fried rice.

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Dessert was at The Dessert Kitchen.

Two kinds of tea.

 

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The Water Cake or Raindrop Cake.

Tofu with Hokkaido Red Beans

 

Strawberry Pudding

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It's great to be with good old friends.

Thanks for always finding time on your

busy schedule to get together.

Akira Japanese Restaurant at Robinsons Magnolia

Akira Japanese Restaurant

at Robinsons Magnolia

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Since I am not sleepy yet I thought I'd blog about

the Japanese place at Rob Mag where HubB

treated me to dinner last night. ..

... after HubB bought batteries at Tru Value!!!

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Uni Sashimi  / Php 268

HubB loves uni and drank ice cold beer with this.

 

Agedashi Tofu / Php 148

This is so far the best agedashi tofu I have tasted.

I wonder if the tofu in Japan can taste better than this.  

Fried Rice / Php 128 per cup

This was mine, NO SHARING!

I asked the cook to omit the garlic.

(Garlic hurts my tummy!)

Mixed Seafood Teppanyaki / Php 728

Clockwise from the bottom:

 Grilled Cream Dory

Grilled Salmon

Oysters (without the shell)

Shrimps and Cuttlefish

Vinegar Dipping Sauce

Note:

I don't eat salmon cooked, but the salmon they 

grilled didn't have a fishy taste at all.

Even their cream dory, didn't have "that"

after-taste which is in most cream dory dishes.

HubB and Alvin do not eat cream dory anymore.

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 I didn't take a photo of the teppanyaki grill

with the Japanese chef doing an exhibition.

Maybe next time. 

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I actually wanted to eat at Buffet 101 but the HubB

doesn't like eating a lot specially at night.

Our bill was Php 1577. 

Sana nag buffet na lang kami so I could have

eaten more salmon sashimi.  I've stopped eating uni.

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That's the HubB!!!

Thanks for the dinner treat.

I will be back with Alvin soooon!!!

Japanese dinner at home on a rainy Saturday ...

Japanese Dinner at home on a rainy Saturday.

Tofu Nori & Shrimp Soup

Pork Tonkatsu

Agedashi Tofu

 

Finally ... I was able to cook this Japanese dinner today.

  It was raining all day and I didn't want to get stuck in traffic,

so, I stayed home and cooked these for the HubB

 and Alvin. It took me about three hours to fry

 the tofu and pork steaks, make tonkatsu sauce

and agedashi dipping sauce  plus make the

 simple light soup (which the HubB loves).

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Chicken Enchilada

Cauliflower Au Gratin

Tri-color Pasta Shapes with Tuna & Vodka Sauce

Steamed Shrimps

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This was what I prepared for Alvin's friends 

yesterday. I needed to finish early

(Took me only two hours to make these.)

 and meet up with the HubB at Robinsons Magnolia.

  He wanted to go to True Value which had

 a one-day sale  yesterday, Friday.  

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I baked this Blueberry Loaf the other day for the kids'

dessert.  Thanks to my sister who sent me this

cake mix.  These cake mixes make my life in

the kitchen so much easier. 

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Now there's too much leftover in the ref.

Good! I don't have to cook for a couple of days.

Gotta watch movies.