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Hubby and I loooove to eat. So I will be posting three posts featuring some restaurants that we went to last year and this year during the days that we just want to eat.

Food Trip 1: Tokyo Cafe

- A Japanese restaurant with a twist
- Nice ambiance and cozy
- Foods are kid-friendly
- Yummy coffee and desserts
- Good service

Corn Soup
Tokyo Cafe

A waiting for the food
Tokyo Cafe

Gambas – nothing special, taste too bland for me
Tokyo Cafe

Chicken and Cheese Roll – Yummy!
Tokyo Cafe

Tokyo Cafe
SM Mall of Asia
Ground Level, South Wing, Main Mall Bldg.
(in front of SM Dept Store)
Pasay
Metro Manila
Tel: (63 2) 556-0517

The Block
2nd Level
Quezon City
Metro Manila
Tel: (63 2) 441-0346

I noticed that Pinoys are getting health conscious. They would prefer sugar free and lite. They would check on the nutrition labels before buying a product too. I am one of those people who would prefer chicken or fish over pork or beef. I also noticed that most of the fast food chains offer healthier choice of food such as salads and lean meats for their burgers.

There is another way to be healthy and it is through High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) instead of sugar. It is a natural sweetener and an excellent substitute for sugar in many foodstuffs ranging from beverages to baking. It has become hugely popular in countries such as the United States of America and Japan, where relatively high sugar prices provided an opening in the market for the lower priced HFCS in the late 1970’s. It was originally developed in the late 1950’s, but it was almost a decade before it became a commercially viable product, thanks to the efforts of Japanese scientists who created processes for producing HFCS on an industrial scale.

I think we should look into this. I know there are already available artificial sweeteners out there but HFCS seem to be better since the ingredients are natural and healthy.

But I guess another way to be healthy too is by doing exercises everyday maintaining our diet and having good cholesterol at all times. (*wink*)

We were invited to a dinner/dance party of my College blockmate last Saturday and it was held at the Country Club Veranda of Tagaytay Highlands. It was my first time there so I was amazed at how nice the place and the view was.

The view from the Clubhouse.

The invitation says the (early) dinner will start at 4:30pm but when we got there, there weren’t much guests yet. So Hubby and I took the opportunity to take some photos.

The weather was great, a bit windy, but not too cold to wear a jacket.

The pool was very inviting. Even if the weather was a bit chilly there were still some kids in the pool that afternoon. We missed our little girl and wished that she was with us or she was enjoying the pool. But thinking about it more, she would have felt really cold.

The dinner started at around 7PM when people started to arrive. The menu of the dinner includes:
- Appetizers: Sugbakilaw and Thai Spring Rolls
- Soup: Sinigang na Hipon
- Salad
- Main Course: Garlic Rice, Pasta Puttanesca, Chicken with Mushroom, Roast Pork, and Grilled Fish
- Dessert: Assorted French Pastries
- Brewed Coffee

The food was just ok, nothing spectacular. Although the Thai Spring Rolls were tasty. And the desserts were yummy too! I can’t help it so I took one each of the French pastries. And with that it definitely completed my meal!

More photos of the place…

The ceiling of the Clubhouse

Tagaytay Highlands
Tagaytay City, Cavite, Philippines
(046) 483-0888 or 413-3808
http://www.tagaytayhighlands.com/

I have been dealing with our documents ever since Hubby and I got married. I would take care of the birth certificates, marriage certificate, land title, and medical records. It is important to keep these documents in one place so we would know where to find it when we would need it.

Recently, I came across this site that stores online documents from their website. One type of document include the Oklahoma Court Records. What they do is they get the person’s details and information about the document then store it in their database. These records include, court records, criminal records, criminal history, police records, arrest records, arrests and more.

But this particular website is focused mainly on the Oklahama records in the US. All their information is compiled on a regular basis, so they have the most up to date court, county and public records focusing on the Oklahoma area.

I am re-posting this from my other blog about my Mother-in-law’s birthday celebrated at Circles Shangrila. It was a very, very sumptuous lunch. You might want to try it out one of these days. It is definintely highly recommended.

It’s my mother-in-law’s birthday today! And I’m sure she will have a loooot of blessings in her life because it has been raining for the whole day!

We celebrated her birthday last Sunday at Circles, Shang. And boy, the buffet was great! Although Hubby had only appetizers then after that had stomachache. Sayang, he wasn’t able to enjoy the food unlike me who had 5 plates! LOL!

I didn’t eat breakfast that day (bad example!) just to maximize the lunch that we’ll be having. (*grin*)

After having buffet at several hotels now (Circles, Heat, Spiral), for me, Circles is still the best out there. Spiral got more options to choose from, but Circles, my, I think I wanted to try almost all the food there!

Ok, here goes the food that I ate there (actually, what I wanted to do was I would at least try everything there even if I ate it in small amount…) :

1st plate: Salad and appetizers. I love the cheese with strawberry appetizer. It was so yummy, I had to get 1 more.

2nd plate: California Maki, Steamed Shrimp and Lobster, and other sushi stuff

3rd plate: My Main Course, Shrimp and Fish, RoastBeef, Steak, Potato/Zuchini/Mushrooms, Sausage, and Asparagus. This plate is heavenly!

4th plate: At this time, my MIL was so happy with me that she said, “at least di ako lugi sayo“. LOL! I had Chicken Shawarma, Vietnamese Rice, Shrimp, Beef with lemongrass, etc…

5th plate: The last but not the least, the dessert and turkish coffee. The coffee was so bitter for me but it went so well with the chocolate cake, tiramisu, and creme bulee.

Oh man, I had a grand time eating! I felt like I haven’t eaten in ages. LOL! Anyway, here are more of our pictures after our lunch. Thanks for looking!

Daddy was singing with the guys!


funny pic!

Looking forward to eating there again one of these days.

Have you ever thought of this question – “Who Just Called Me?“? I know most Pinoys already have cellphones and even most people rely on it for personal, business, or what have yous. So we can’t avoid the fact that anyone can just call you anytime, anywhere. There will be prank calls, not-so-nice callers, and more so you want to know who your caller is.

Why don’t you try WhoJustCalledHere.com, a website that provides a Free Phone Number Lookup for any number whether its listed or not. You now have the resource to track any phone call you receive, get information about the owner of that number, and determine whether it was a call you needed to take, or if it was just another telemarketer trying to waste your time. All you have to do is type the number that called in the search box in the home page of the website, and find out exactly who is calling you.

Grabbed from ClickTheCity.com.

Multiple Grammy nominations, endorsements, biggest-selling and certified double platinum albums, and millions of fans worldwide – all gained by Curtis Jackson, also known as 50 Cent.

And now, he is set to give a blast of rap on a night of concert in Manila this coming October.

Back in the U.S., 50 has scored three singles claiming the No.1 spot across the charts– R&B / Hip-hop, Rap, and Pop: “In Da Club”, “Candy Shop” and “21 Questions” (featuring Nate Dogg). Three more went Top 3 across the board: “P.I.M.P.,” “Just A Lil Bit” and “Disco Inferno.” Yet another four were Rap Top 10s: “Wanksta”, “Outta Control (Remix)”, “Window Shopper” and “Best Friend”. Four of the above have been certified digital gold: “In Da Club”, “Candy Shop”, “P.I.M.P.” and “Disco Inferno”.

From music to movies, videogames to books, a clothing line to footwear, 50 has taken street culture by storm. But as Curtis proves, and as he says in “Straight to the Bank,” 50 Cent wants even more.

ULTRA
For ticket inquiries, please call (63 2) 891-9999.
P8240, P5150, P4120, P3605, P2060, P1545, P824, P5
Oct 3, 2008 - 8:00pm

Now, I’m off to find some good dermatologist to get rid of my acnes but will have to do it after I give birth.

*Photo and Details grabbed from ClickTheCity.com

When I was a kid, I would dream of dating Millionaire Men. I would dream that this guy would fetch me using a helicopter and would bring me to Paris just to watch a play. Then we would have dinner at the Eiffel Tower and then after wards, he would bring me back home. Then I would wake up. LOL!

Do you know that you could actually meet millionaires over the internet? And these men are all single! The site take pride in offering a great dating service with 24 by 7 support, chat rooms, instant messaging, and much more. This site have the biggest database,the fastest servers, and the most active members from any dating site on the net. You may check for the latest users who have recently just joined at their website now!

There is an ongoing sale up to 70% off at Araneta Center until October 5, 2008!

Participating stores include, Rustan’s Department Store, Lacoste Apparel and Shoes, and Accessories at Charriol. Enjoy goodies on sale at Nike Park, Levi’s, Marks & Spencer, Bayo, Folded and Hung, Olympic Village, Royal Sporting House, Freeway, Adidas, The Body Shop, Fully Booked, and other great brands!

I know Filipinos are friendly by nature and they would want to meet new people every now and then. I myself would want to gain more friends and meet people with the same interests. Having the internet made this possible. I was able to meet good friends who are also a Mom and who loves to blog as well.

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