Ice candies

I forgot Kyla has to bring/share anyfood today to her school. It's the last day of sy2009-2010. It has to be readied in an hour and a half.

Pressure@-@. I opened the fridge. Nothing in there. I didn't do much grocery this week in anticipation of the outside home activities this week. Graduation, recognition and the weekend getaway.

Luckily, last night I prepared a tuna salad spread. And yes, there was a huge loaf of slice bread on the table. I made them into cheese- tuna canape sandwiches and voila : !!

i don't even have party toothpicks, don't worry those are unused, hahaha!

With this tiny sandwiches came a bucket of super iced ice candies and iced jellies ace.Kids love them, no matter how hard parents remind them not to indulge so much. But hey this a party, the sun is hot !

come on, take one, don't be shy :D

Haaay , , ,I hope the kids are now happy chillin' with the frozen delis . Happy summer!!!

Stay Away from Lotte on Midnight

It was another hospital night. Cuzin Che wanted to lighten things up and decided to treat the family out. Ofcourse we made sure our patient was stable. We left one family member to stay just in case...

We were in Las Pinas a not so 24/7 city. At past midnight, choices here are shortlisted with fastfood and coffee shops. But the group wanted rice and chinese dishes at this unholy hour! We coudn't go far from the hospital.

I suggested a newly found Taiwanese resto, just two blocks away and it's 24/7 open ! Why not_ I had nice experience with Lotte. Taiwanese Seafood see here few weeks ago.




We reached the place as quick as we thought about it. It was empty and neat but well lighted.







I went in last and saw them in the videoke room. wtfish?!!! were they planning to scandalize the whole neighborhood! hahaha!!!!



We ordered and the food arrived on time.

fried rice

fish and mango

sweet & sour pork

fried noodles

prawns in garlic sauce

Most of these plates we already tried during our first visit there. So I would know to compare them. On a glance , I could see already the difference in color and presentation of the dishes see previous visit here. I looked at Che whom in minutes had already grabbed a taste of almost each dish. Her expression was not in a thumbs up mode. I took my chance and had taste of each.


Disappointment X 5 !!! They were all awful. A particular dish even tasted rotten. We called the attention of the server and asked. She admitted that the resto had different chef on duty and that already they received complaints from costumers who had eaten at the place on the same hour we did. The server even went all the way telling us that they already told the same story to the Taiwanese owner and so far had done nothing about it yet !

Moral of the story ? : : Don't eat there at night to dawn time.

We left the plates almost untouched and left the place still with hungry stomachs.






We eased the pain away by enjoying burgers at Mcdo!!!!!

Another Bite of Floating Island

Bin' out for a lil' while. I had to check this food site of mine to find out when was the last time I posted. Not quite long ago, but I have this guilt feeling of abandoning this site for a little while. I feel that way cos I'm so updated in my other sites.

Sorry foodie folks :<. If you've been following me on my personal blog Monik Moments, you would know I've been frequenting hospitals these past weeks. No, I was not the patient_my loved ones. But ofcourse my foodie friends, it doesn't mean hospital makes me a lesser foodie. Nevah! What else watchers do in a hospital, aside from taking care of the patients? Eat!eat!eat!

My photo stocks are full of new food pics, waiting to be posted. All_ consumed while in the hospital. So now let me start with my favorite hospital restaurant : The Floating Island Restaurant of Makati Medical Center.




I first blogged about this so un-medical but almost-posh restaurant last year in June here. Everytime I meet cousin Che and my niece Bianx in Makati Med, always_ we would eat at Floating Island to savor the ever succulent crispy pata of this resto.

crispy pata

How can you resist this ?!!! Even the cardio patients I know, try to find hidden ways to take a feast of this plate. That's why, I called this resto so un-medical, how ironic_ it is located in the heart of the hospital.

I'm not complaining. It's a wonder to find such resto with its mouthwatering menus, in the middle of illness, depresssion, sadness even death. What a breather_ slurp! slurp!

fresh lumpia

If the crispy pata would kill a cardio patient, then there's this fresh lumpia for the diabetic. hehe! don't get me wrong, this is del - icious ! On the sweeter side , that's the issue. It's the sauce closer to commercial Goldilocks' version, only better.

adobo rice

Then we noticed a dish which was present to most tables. We ordered one for our table. The adobo rice. This version was big ! On meat! Not evident here, but the chicken and pork were cut large. Like a fried chicken cut. A plate could pass as one complete meal already.

lumpiang tinapa

We tried another new to us dish. The tinapa lumpia. Tinapa is a Filipino dried fish variant and the lumpia could be translated as rolls ( for my foreign friends :).




We took bites and looked where the tinapa went. The roll was stuffed with chinese noodles. A vinaigrette went well with this dish as dip. We liked this.





Actually, we like everything in the menu. Even their beverage concoctions are superb ! I just don't think a patient with medical condition and whose med diet is already limited from these sinful tasty dishes offered in the place, should be allowed to enter the place or the temptation is too risky to ignore.

Sponge Bob Bucket Meal

Have you ever fell to a packaging gimmick ? I did , not always thu', but my girls love the Sponge Bob bucket meal of KFC.








Look how bubbly and sunny these characters are !!! Springing out of the tumblers !










We came from a busy-shortslept- night of hospital and Marla's prom, so when we entered the chain, we were kindah' on the low. But these smiley bucket and tumblers lifted our moods. See how little things animated something in us.




Suddenly, chicken tasted summery and fun !!



But this guy couldn't care less. He loves Kfc chicken whether it is wrapped in banana leaves or plainly served with bare hands. hahaha!!!