Thursday, June 30, 2011

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.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

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

Thursday, June 23, 2011

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'.

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