Monthly Archives: April 2012

Restaurant: Steak Town by The Lake

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I really regret not having enough duracell procell d batteries when we went to Steak Town, a new restaurant in Tagaytay. I love the vintage photos hanging in the wall featuring the various restaurants built ages ago. And I love their menu the best – for a very reasonable price, you get mouth-watering delicious steak, unlimited salad, dessert, drinks and coffee.

I ordered the tenderloin steak and loved it:


STEAK TOWN BY THE LAKE
The Lake House
General Emilio Aguinaldo Highway,
Maharlika East, Tagaytay City
Temporary contact info: 2155341 and 2154908

A Taste of Asia with Jasmine Rice

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Dishes that you can cook using jasmine rice and information on how to cook Thai Jasmine rice.

If you are craving for Asian and Thai food, then these are some of the recipes that you find online so you can easily prepare your very own home made Asian dish.

Thai yellow Rice

Savory Sticky Rice with Mushrooms, Green Onion, and Chili

Delicious Saffron Coconut Rice

Shrimp Fried Rice

Vegetarian Heavenly Pineapple Fried Rice

Classic Thai Heavenly Pineapple Fried Rice

Beef Teriyaki Rice

Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry

Asian meals are known for its flavor and spices and the best variety of rice to use for these kinds of meals are jasmine rice.

jasmine rice

Jasmine Rice is a variety of rice from Thailand that has long grain and it is known for its strong fragrant and taste. It has a sticky texture which makes it ideal when cooking and preparing Thai food.

So how do you cook jasmine rice? It is very easy to cook Jasmine rice. Although it is a sticky rice, cooking it is just like preparing other varieties of rice like the most common white rice or brown rice. To start cooking Thai Jasmine rice, you just need to take the serving size that you want per person and clean it using cold water. After washing the rice several times and the water used to wash the rice is clear already, pour enough cold water to the pot. The water should cover the rice and that there is a thumbs width of water above the rice. Let the water boil and then simmer for about 20 minutes. Open the lid of the pot and let it sit for another 10 minutes with the heat turned off to totally cook the rice.
If you don’t have the time to cook your own Thai Jasmine rice, you can also opt to purchase those microwaveable Thai Jasmine rice that cooks in just 90 seconds. There are even some that comes in boil-in-a bag packaging that has been pre-measured and just needs to be submerged in boiling water and will be instantly cooked in just 10-12 minutes. This lessens the clean up and preparation time so you can still get to enjoy your favorite Thai meals even if you have a very busy schedule.
So if you want a taste of Asia, try out Thai Jasmine rice now when preparing your next Asian dish.

MedicalDeviceStore.com Review

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There are many possible considerations when buying medical devices and instruments. These are items that are used by doctors and other medical practitioners in various medical procedures such as operating room instruments and even simple diagnostic tools such as thermometers, blood sugar meters, and many more.

The first consideration should be the quality of the medical device. Since it is very much involved in how a doctor will treat you, it is important that the instrument is safe and of the highest quality to ensure that it does not fail during the procedure. The site MedicalDeviceStore.com offers top quality medical instruments and devices that doctors can rely on. They offer a wide range of tools for various medical fields such as microscopy, ENT, plastic surgery, orthopedics, cardiac surgery, and neurosurgery, among others. You can be sure of the quality of any tool, device, or instrument that you purchase from MedicalDeviceStore.com.

Another consideration is the price of the medical device or instrument. As a medical practitioner or medical institution, you will need more than one or two of these medical tools to be able to dispense proper medical care and attention. This means that even a small price difference will amount to a lot because you will probably purchase several quantities of each item. MedicalDeviceStore.com offers their products at greatly reduced prices because their inventory consists of brand name samples, display items, and surplus inventory.

Lastly, the site that you will be ordering from is a huge consideration. Trust only a site that you can easily use and understand. MedicalDeviceStore.com is simple but user friendly and provides you with a complete online shopping experience.

Homecooked Sunday Lunch

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Love Sunday family lunches! Whenever my siblings come to us for a visit, my mom cooks these really delicious meals and my kids just take turns playing with their aunts and uncle and bond over puzzles and iPhone games.

Look what we had for our Sunday lunch!

Aussie steak, potato marbles and salad!
We also had pasta with olives and capers. And a special gravy made from scratch by a friend who is a chef!

Enjoying Conti’s

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We went to Nuvali last weekend and we ate at a family favorite restaurant, Conti’s. We love the cakes here so it was no surprise we ordered a slice of cake for each one of us – plus some roastbeef for the men too. We were all complete – my extended family and my family – and we talked over cake and coffee and caught up with one another. We gave our opinions on the trailer hitch my brother was planning to buy and got excited by the impending addition to our family – a new baby!

Here’s what we ordered:
Roastbeef:

Mango Bravo:

Mango cream pie/tart:

Moist chocolate cake:

Losing Weight – The Natural Way

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I am so proud of my friend! She has lost 12 lbs and counting and she did this the natural way! She knew the side effects of weight loss pills so she tried hard to do a combination of diet and exercise.

What she did was detox herself by juicing vegetables. She did this for five days and then from then until now only eats vegetables and fish. She also walks almost everyday. The best part of it all is that she is doing it together with her husband who has lost more pounds than her.

They are totally inspiring!

Paella

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I know paella is a traditional Spanish recipe but since we were under the Spaniards for centuries we are heavily influenced by Spanish cooking. Paella is a many-a-family’s favorite dish to serve in special occasions that it holds true for my family as well. I do not know how to cook and prepare the dish like I do not know to clean hot tub cover but I discovered this recipe that I want to try the soonest:

Ingredients:

½ lbs cuttlefish
½ lbs calamari (squid)
8 big jumbo shrimp
4 spiny lobsters, crayfish or smaller lobsters
12 fresh mussels
2-3 fresh oysters
1 tablespoon of sweet paprika
Olive oil
8 tablespoons of tomatoes, cut into pieces
Saffron
2 ½ cups of rice
2-3 garlic cloves
1 – 1 ½ liters of fish soup

Directions

The fish soup is ideally to be prepared at home, using the head and tail of a fish, some onion, laurel, salt and one tomato. Calamari and cuttlefish are cut into pieces.

Give the oil into a pan and warm it. Add the shrimp and crayfish and fry them for 2 – 3 minutes. Set them aside afterwards. In the very same oil fry the cuttlefish and the calamari (squid). When they turn golden add the tomatoes and the minced garlic. Let them fry until they become darker. After that add the paprika, stir everything and add the rice.

Stir very well for one minute, pour the warm fish soup over it and add another clove of minced garlic.
Let the rice at medium to high heat. After some 10 minutes add the shrimp and crayfish, the mussels and the oysters. Let them cook for another 5 minutes.

Tips

When the rice is ready remove it from the heat and let the rice breath for at least 2-3 minutes until you serve it!

Choosing Your Must-Have Features In a Restaurant POS System

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Some of the features that a restaurant pos system may have to help you choose which ones are important for you to have.

A lot of businesses in the hospitality industry make use of a point of sale system to help make their everyday business operations easier, quicker, and more efficient. If you are a business owner and just starting to think of getting a then finding a reliable provider of solutions is not so difficult. What makes the choice a bit more challenging is deciding which provider to get.

Among the considerations you should think about before choosing a restaurant pos system provider are the features and capabilities of their . To help you identify which features you should look for, below are some of the features that you may want on your restaurant pos system.

  • Interface. The first thing that will be of concern to your employees is how easy it is to use the system. You will want something that is very easy to use and will require little training for your employees to get the hang of it. Choose an interface that has colorful large buttons to minimize errors in inputting orders.  You may also want an interface that is easy to customize so that your employees can arrange it to their convenience.
  • Order routing. To maximize the efficiency that your restaurant pos system brings, ensure that it has the capability to route orders to the kitchen. This will eliminate the need for your wait staff to relay the orders to the kitchen and the register.
  • Coupon processing. Does your restaurant offer coupons or gift certificates? If yes, then it is a must for your restaurant pos system to have the capability to handle the processing of these special offers.
  • Customer database. This is something that not every pos system has but it can increase your business’ personal touch to its customers. Although some customers may find something like this intrusive, a customer database will allow you to provide loyalty and rewards programs if it is something that you want to implement.
  • Biometrics. Many restaurant pos system also functions as staff monitoring systems. If you want yours to have this function as well, it will be a good idea to make use of fingerprint technology to help eliminate fraud and theft within your company. Aside from this, it will make it easy to prepare payroll and increase the accuracy of your employee-related reports. You will also find it easier to fix your staff’s schedules especially if they are on a shifting basis.
  • Reporting. One of the biggest perks of having a restaurant pos system is the reporting convenience that it provides. Take note of the usual reports that you want and make sure that the restaurant pos system that you will get can provide them for you.