Arce Dairy Scooping Station

I was happy when I found out that part of the dessert table of  Cafe Asiana's buffet was a scooping station of our local  Arce Dairy ice cream. I made a pass on halo-halo bar and a big buffet of pastries and  local delicacies and jump off straight to the ice cream station.



Well the health conscious me would definitely be happier if they would serve Arce sherbets. Now this one confuses me_ does Arce Dairy have real ice cream at all or just sherbets? Cos, just now I realized, I had never bought ice cream from this local brand, only sherbets.

When I saw the brand I mindlessly associated it with  sherbets. So I asked the server to fill my bowl of each flavor I never had_ like blueberry chocolate which minty blue color caught my attention first.

This is my first serving. Toppings were also generously available.



My daughter whose sweet tooth is naturally inherited from her mother made the most out of the scooping station until the lunch buffet closed. haha.

Bfast @ Cafe Asiana

We arrived at the country club too early to take lunch but too late for breakfast_ 10:45am. We were supposedly to go right into the gym not straight to the resto but my two hungry buddies (a daughter and a girlfriend) insisted to eat!

Majority won. So there we went straight to Cafe Asiana (inside the Palms Country Club, Alabang).

The waiter said lunch buffet would be ready in an hour. But these two couldn't really wait and had to adjust our buffet reservation to afternoon. Buffet's last call was 3pm.

We sent our orders and while waiting _  picture.picture, whatelse? haha. Notice my friend's change of tops?    I nudged here to change from her prev white tees which I thought was too plain for the bright yellow resto.She obliged! haha!



The foods were served and we were all surprise for the big servings. We wanted to eat light cos we planned to go swimming after and lunch was soon to follow.



My plate. I opted to go for half  tuna sandwich. Yes you can do that, either whole or half portion So clever of me to do that cos this half was already hefty. Plus the country fries were so heavy too. I like the few fruits on the side.



My ravenous daughter went all the way. Must be really really hungry. She always is, actually. Take note of the rice. . .



. . which she nonchalantly bundled with double eggs, bacon and hash browns????

My friend who was obviously equally hungry went all the way too. .

. .  with a similar plate as my daughter only with sausages instead of bacon. . no rice. good. .



but order 4 pcs. of buns !!!! hahaha!

Well, you bet they finished their plate clean! _ only to comeback after two hours in the pool with more ravenous appetite for lunch buffet.
Come back later for lunch :)

*see our buffet lunch here

Cafe Sabel

These two are Sabel. she is the iconic muse of  national artist BenCab.

These two are also Sabel. I'd say more realistic depiction of Sabel by BenCab. In real life the woman is a scavenger. BenCab would see her swaddled in the scraps of plastic, wandering in the street across Cabrera's residence in Bambang, Manila .

Inside BenCab Museum in Baguio, there's a resto called Cafe Sabel.

It's so airy. .



with a a very scenic view. .



But we missed to try their dishes. It was minutes off closing time. Maybe next time. Very nice place thu'.

O' Mai Khan

On our countless Baguio trips, O' Mai Khan has always been full packed with dining costumers. A crowded resto gets a "no today" from us but surely it would be on our waiting list of "yes in the future" when we chance upon it on a much lesser crowded day. We shy away from torturing ourselves with ridiculous queue. But the message is clear, a full packed resto means there must be something good going on there.

So on our very recent Baguio trip, same scenario of crowded O'MaiKhan greeted us. Everyday we would passed by and on our 3rd night, finally we saw vacant tables. I thought this was the right time.

This resto is actually famous for their Mongolian buffet and barbecue.



But we had enough of those and was eyeing for a hot soup dinner against the cold rainy night of Baguio.



So glad with the fusion of dishes going on in the menu.

We opted for a big Mongolian Hot Pot.

And requested to transfer table outside. Where we enjoyed the super cold night weather of Baguio and the hot soup as a contradiction.



The thing is_ I didn't get to like their hot pot. I'm used to Chinese hot pot with lots of spices and flavours. This Mongolian hot pot was bland to me. Lacking in everything except a hint of grocery bought meat cubes. Nevertheless, the rest of my family was happy for the hot soup.



To save my night. .

I was happy to check the sweets. .

Well, this decadent choco slice made my night. .

The girls and the dad enjoyed a cake too..

Happy Father's Day to the gangstah of our life !!!! You're the bestest!!!!

also to my best ever papa and my dad-in law and to my brods-in law. . haaay, it's hard to start. .I could go on and on with cool dads I know and for sure would miss a name or two. .so to all DADS around the world, thankyou and we all love you!!!

Liquid

Outfits failure

phone rings

friend : pls, pls, go with me . .

me : huh?? where?when?

friend : i'm on my way to your house

me : huh?

friend : be ready in 30 minutes. . will pick you up

phone off.

phone rings again

friend : wear something cowboy

me : a what?

friend : no, something pirate pala

The confusion carried on to locating the venue. We thought the club was inside Hotel H20 which was inside the Manila Ocean Park.

After unsolicited tour of  Manila Ocean Park  , we found Liquid Pool Lounge at the basement area near the grand entrance of MOP.

There's a 3 feet pool which is suggestive of a wet party. Imagine_ like the ones we see on a Vegas  party where people dance in the pool.  

The underground vibe of the place suited well the pirate theme of the event.

The music, party people , decors were consistent to the pirate theme.

Except us (me & bff ). So we thought we might as well borrowed Mr. Skull's cool hat. . .

Now what??? 

El Prado

El Prado is the signature restaurant of Berjaya Manila Hotel. Located at the mezzanine floor of the hotel, it offers Asian and International cuisines.



A visiting friend stayed in this hotel and wasn't so pleased finding out the familiar Asian dishes from her home- based country in the menu. She had enough of those you know. The pinoy in her was actually craving for our Filipino dishes.

So glad she was to order our local beef sinigang.



I,on the other hand, had too much of sinigang as part of our weekly menu at home.

And opted to try their satay chicken. I was actually expecting this dish as a barbecue like the ones I had tried in Malaysia. It came as rice toppings but good as well.



watermelon and mango shakes

The girls came down for lunch  late. They had fun in the pool and had buckets of nachos which delayed their lunch to 3pm .

If you left these girls on their own_expect that they would order either pasta dish or if they go rice meal, kare-kare rules the table.



Satisfied.