The Year That Was

To date, I still owe myself about 11 blog entries on trips and food finds. :|

I attempted to finish everything over the holiday break, but as usual I ended up procrastinating and not completing even a single entry. hehe.

so for now, let me just do a quick recap on the year that was...

1. A lot of new food finds - surprisingly mostly Japanese
2. 3 domestic trips: Bohol, Iloilo-Guimaras, Dumaguete-Siquijor
3. 4 overseas travels, 3 of which in new countries: Siem Reap, Japan, Singapore-Malaysia
4. 3 theme parks: Tokyo Disneyland, Universal Studios and Legoland
5. 2013 was also an opportunity to move out of my comfort zone--moving to a new role + mounting #UnileverOneAmazingWeek but in the end we achieved # 1 Employer of Choice and were recognized as Unilever Heroes :)
6... and last but not the least, Jeff and I got engaged!

Looking back though, what made the year great were not just the places/destinations/events, but it was having to share these moments with my loved ones, family, friends and colleagues.

Hoping for bigger moments in 2014!

I hope to also be able to update my blog more constantly this time around :)

Happy New Year everyone!

Clucky's

November 2, 2013


as shared in my other posts, whenever Jeff and I would want to try new food, we'd usually check out SM North Edsa Annex area particularly where Save More used to be

and usually we'd find ourselves a newly-opened resto naman in fairness

this time, our newest food discovery was Clucky's

Clucky's is attempting to compete with the likes of BonChon, Chicken Charlie with its Korean fried chicken

our choices:

1) Parmesan fries (Php 49) [also comes in a bigger size at Php 85]
2) Bulgogi meal with 12 oz drink (Php 149)
3) Kimchi meal with 12 oz drink (Php 149
4) Wings Solo (Php 125) solo

I liked their rice topping meals a lot. they had quite big servings and Jeff and I were able to share pa. yung parmesan fries nothing too extraordinary. the dip I really didn't get the taste so much.

not too happy about the chicken though - at first glance it seemed very artificial particularly yung skin breading. when I ate it, the whole thing practically came off na parang kinabit lang sya when it was fried! taste wise so-so lang din

I think if I were to return here though I would go back for the rice toppings lang. hehe


Clucky's
SM North Edsa, G/F Annex

Shared Services Halloween 2013

October 30, 2013

here's just to share some photos from our halloween celebration at the office last week. the Shared Services/Functions group came together to have a United Nations themed halloween party for the kiddos

candy anyone?

Andrew brought Kimi and Mia for trick or treat!

the kiddos invading the HR building

some of cute kids who visited us at the HR building for trick or treat!

looking forward to next year's celebration!

Poco Deli

October 8, 2013

Finally Poco Deli!

I've long been hearing about this resto but I don't think I'll ever get to go to Kapitolyo. good thing they now have a Makati branch!

We had a girls' night out as Jeff was away for a business trip in Ilocos. But I'm sure he would have loved to go and am really looking forward to bringing him here.

Here were our choices for the evening:

- German Sausage and Cheese Platter (Php 340)
- Italian Sausage Pizza / Quattro Formaggi Pizza (Php 360)
- Truffle Oil Pasta (Php 350)
- Bacon Slab (Php 320)

I absolutely loved all the dishes. Well, maybe not so much the Truffle Oil pasta pala. haha. I think it was medyo nakaka-umay so just one or two spoonfuls of the dish would have been enough for me.

The sausage + cheese combo was a first for me. I'm never the type to enjoy the more classy/fine dining experiences; but it was a good experience with good friends around.

I particularly liked the bacon slab coupled with the bacon rice. yummmy! It was a friend's order but we couldn't help but ask for cuts of it every so often. haha.

and finally to end the meal, Blackout Chocolate Cake (Php 155)

I think I could have downed the whole thing by myself! hehe.

Sa totoo lang I think I may have gone out of my comfort zone here in terms of dining experiences; though not all the way naman with wine and all. But am glad at least little by little I am enjoying these things more and looking forward to sharing these new experiences naman with others.

Looking forward to bringing Jeff here soon!


Poco Deli
Ayala Triangle Gardens, Ayala Avenue Makati

A Taste of L.A.

September 9, 2013

coming from an event in Ateneo and since our next meeting wasn't starting until 2 pm, we decided to have an early lunch before heading back to the office.

initially the plan was just to see what restos were on the way but for some reason we ended up towards Tomas Morato

we were actually looking for Bagoong Club but we couldn't recall the street and when we ended up along Roces, they recommended we try A Taste of L.A. na lang

apparently this was a resto which was frequented by celebrities particularly politicians. we wondered who we'll see then. haha.

from outside it didn't look like a resto at all and was more like of a house. no wonder this was a favorite spot of big shots :p

inside it was quite an intimate set up. not much lighting so sorry for the poor quality shots as I only had my camera phone then

I appreciated the ambiance though. no frills. should be good to bring along Jeff here some time.

the menu

and here were our choices:

So-Like-Rockefellah Baked Oysters (Php 410), Street BBQ (Php 320), Garlic and Three Cheese Pizza (Php 420) and Spaghetti Maranese (Php 510)

I didn't understand why we got the bbq. didn't think bagay siya with the rest of the dishes. and it wasn't even malasa at all. Street BBQ nga. haha. The pasta naman was just so-so
I particularly liked the oysters and the pizza though and that's 2 enough reasons to come back here :)

A Taste of L.A.
171 A. Roces Ave. cor.
Tomas Morato, Quezon City

why hello there

yes--I'm starting over... again.
at least not entirely from scratch..

it's been a year since my last blog post in my other blogs and since I don't have the time and brain power to recount all that has happened since then (haha) I'm hoping this is the blog I can keep for life..

also, I don't see the need anymore to have a separate one for me and Jeff's "adventures".. after all--just one me and just one life to live (cheesy ba) so let's see how we can work this out :)

one's thing definite though--I--really--am--excited---to--start--writing--again :)