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Mar 09 2010

Fine Dining

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Here’s a bit of trivia for you: The husband and I, with our 14 years of being together, have never fine dined together. We haven’t experienced fine dining where he must be wearing mens ties and I a dress and we would be using all these different kinds of utensils and we eat food course [...]

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Mar 09 2010

Making Alfresco Dining Better

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Alfresco dining has been included in most restaurants nowadays, mainly because there have been quite a few areas wherein the smoking and non-smoking area need to be defined more. Plus outdoor dining, most especially if the area is landscaped beautifully (with three elements: land, water and air), provides an attractive and more pleasurable experience.
There really [...]

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Feb 28 2010

Gourmet Inclusive Dining – Karisma Hotel

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The white sandy beaches along the Riviera Maya in the Caribbean have always been a favorite spot for destination weddings and now with the Karisma Hotel built along prime secluded properties, it makes the most favored spot for any vacation, especially with launching of a new concept of Karisma Hotel called “Gourmet Inclusive”. It is [...]

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Feb 18 2010

Conti’s

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We went to Conti’s to eat their infamous Mango Bravo but we also ate dinner and it was a truckload of sweets after. That day will go down in history as the day I might have had indigestion – really!
I had the usual Chicken Roulade: [...]

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Feb 18 2010

Heavenly Load of Cholesterol

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1) Sizzling sisig 2) Crispy Dinuguan 3) Adobo Rice 4) Aligue Rice
I literally cannot breath after I finished eating so much of the food above. We took out a friend visiting from the US and had her taste Filipino food, and C2 did not disappoint. We should have been careful to eat [...]

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Feb 17 2010

Outdoor Dining

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Dining al fresco has been gaining popularity these days, with most people wanting to enjoy fresh air and smoke a cigarette or two. That is why most restaurants, fine dining or casual, have an outdoor area where guests can dine.
I particularly enjoy seeing outdoor settings in restaurants because it is a different setting altogether. Effort [...]

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Feb 02 2010

Trattoria Acqua

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I am a big fan of Italian food, it actually ranks number one in my most favorite foods of all time. I can eat pasta and pizza for the rest of my life. There are  Italian restaurant banquet rooms in San Diego CA that might be perfect for a romantic date this coming Valentine’s Day.
 
Trattoria [...]

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Jan 16 2010

Chubby Hubby’s Best 10 Meals of 2009

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I resolve to try at least two of the meals he mentioned, considering two of his best meals came from the Philippines! I undoubtedly would need the best weight loss products after eating.
You can read the blog post here, and I am posting his reviews on two of those Pinoy restaurants: [...]

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Dec 13 2009

A la’ Creme

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I discovered this wonderful caterer when we went on retreat this weekend. Too bad their business office is in Pampanga so I would have to shoulder their out of town expenses if I get them for parties. They are actually just a small coffee and cake shop in Pampanga and they just do exclusive catering [...]

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Nov 23 2009

Kanin Club: Crispy Dinuguan

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Dinuguan
P120.00
Spicy pork stew flavored by vinegar and pork blood. like European blood sausage, except it’s stew

 
If I could have my way, I would eat this viand every other week, served with Aligue rice, but then I would have to double my Kettlebell exercise time and I haven’t even been exercising [...]

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