Free Meat

Came from my favorite meat shop _ Monterey with a bag full of freebies!!

Kilos of Magnolia chicken choice cuts , porkchops and kasim. My Eastwest credit card used to sit silently in my wallet_ unused. But with this Monterey promo, it's now my hot card of the season. Everytime I would purchase not above P1k, I use it. Other cards promos' minimum purchase is P2k above.



See I have my meat recipes covered til' Christmas eve!! Loveth!

Cafe Oaxaca

Ola! It's almost Christmas_ just 10 days to go ! It's a season of dining out almost everyday. With friends coming in to visit the country, my food album is ballooning with photos and the web host where I keep my pictures starts to refuse my uploads. Also I got tons of back log posts. Blogging doesn't come easy now a days with me always out in the real world.
Here's one of my back log posts which was interrupted by uninterrupted invites, but now_already done and ready to serve you_ _ :

Cafe Oaxaca_ reads as wah-hah-kah, is a Mexican resto and bar inside the exclusive Pueblo por la Playa, a country club in Pagbilao Quezon.

The interior was very Mexican except for the use of open kitchen which reminded me of other culinary race. The menu thu' was eclectic and was not limited to Mexican food.



I love quesadillas, tacos, fajitas, empanadas, lengua. . . but I knew I wouldn't get a chance to taste anyone of these Mexican dishes. My family was too hungry ( coming from a 6 hours traffic jam trip from Manila to here) and not in the mood to eat other than old Filipino foods which the resto was offering too.

pork sinigang was good but the soup was not enough for all of us. our request for additional soup was ignored :(



grilled pla-pla

crabs in coco cream. we missed our home style cooking of this dish which we all agreed was still the best.

. . these hands ( cuz' ) said otherwise so. look how the hands enjoyed the crabs.

cupped rice



Those all we had and we were ready for the bed.

On our way out, only then ( cos we were so exhausted from the long trip) that we appreciated the band playing. It was a tequila night.



Getting closer, I saw a familiar face_ a classmate from elementary school. We didn't have a chance to chitchat thu' so I just took a photo of his band.

The toilets were also so Mexican-y pretty.

Ahoritita vengo !!!
*see our room here

Legend of India

Spaghetti, chicken nuggets, krispy kreme doughnuts and choco drink_ _ in an Indian resto???

Prior to our recent weekend getaway, we waited for my daughter Marla (who was having 1/2 day classes then) at Legend of India (Makati) and thought of using our super discounted vouchers. Will share you how I got them at the end part of this post.

We already anticipated the not so pro-kids spicy Indian dishes so we brought along kids' foods.



It was a brunch but we were still full from a sweet breakfast at Krispy Kreme coffee shop so we stuck within our voucher budget which was actually equivalent to P1k meal which we purchased for 60% off the real price.



mutton curry ( the best! meat was so tender and melt-y)

chicken curry ( nothing to rave about, just so so)

pita bread/naan (loveth)

mango yogurt ( uber sweet) drink to combat the spiciness

I was not sure if it was because of our already full tummies before this meal or was serving here were really deceiving. . ?



. . cos husband and daughter even got to share the medium bowls of curries. They just ordered a plate of basmati rice and lunch was done! The chicken curry was even left half full.



As mentioned, here's how I acquired the voucher : it's from Ensogo, Philippines. An online discounted voucher store where I'm purchasing most of my off the price hotel accommodations, salon & spa, foods, etc's. All you have to do is register at their website. As a member you'll be provided/offered daily deals of different products and it's up to you if you would buy .
Like right now, if you want some Italian food, today's deal is :

Today's Deal: P250 for a Taste of Italian Gourmet at Ponticello (valued at P500) 

No catch, no cash out for membership. Here's the link, just click it and register : 

http://www.ensogo.com.ph/manila/invitation/?s=c024505b9483f1c29329b85855b5118e
Happy saving :)