Weekend Eats

Here's what I ate this weekend:

Banana Leaf Roti Canai with Curry Sauce and Chicken Satay

- my favorite, the canai and curry, the satay, only sometimes.

Chef d' Angelo's Sampler 2

- love, love, love

Shakey's Mojos and Dip

- I like this

Mary Grace Lemon Squares, Velvet Cake, Chocolate Truffle



- love the chocolate truffle

Starbucks Triple Decker Cheesecake

- since I wanted a breather from their warm chocolate chip cookie cake

Mrs Fields Cookies and Brownies











- like most of the cookies and brownies, especially the rocky mountain. Didn't like the crunchy cookie though (butter toffee), but liked the white chunk macadamia and chewy fudge cookies

Tangerine Tree Food For The Gods

- just okay tasting, still like Estrel's more

Tater's White Cheddar Popcorn

- love this too

Racks Cornbread and Fries with Gravy



- love them both

Salemi Ham Sandwich


- just an okay sandwich

Pepper Lunch Spicy Tuna Shake Shake Salad


Frostings Christmas Cupcake and Brazo de Mercedes



Dizon's Salads


- because I wanted to incorporate vegetables in my diet

Uncle George Choco Mallow

- just okay tasting. the mallow in the middle was a meringue.

Monde One One Rice Snack Hot Chili Flavor


- tasted like the Korean Rice Pop

TWG Teas

- like Alexandria

Happy Eating!

Cafe France Chicken Bechamel and Chicken Pie

Although I didn't like my dinner of Chicken French at Cafe France, I still bought Chicken Bechamel and Chicken Pie from them to bring home. They were at 30% off their original price 2 hours before closing.



Come morning I ate the Chicken Bechamel first after microwaving it for a few seconds.
It was buttery and the croissant it was on was very flaky. The chicken bechamel on top was just so so. Salty but just enough for the size of the croissant. Didn't like it that much though. While the Chicken Pie was also just okay.

Happy Eating!

CAFE FRANCE
SM Mall of Asia

MOA and S&R

I met up with a friend last Tuesday. We're supposed to meet November 30 to watch Sarah and Gerald's movie but decided to make it a day earlier as we both know that a non-working holiday means more people in the mall and cinema.

We had an early lunch first at Pepper Lunch. She had the Beef Pepper Rice with extra meat and cheese (my recommendation), Mashed Potato and Coke, while I had my usual Salmon Pepper Rice with extra fish, cheese and curry, and Hot Green Tea.

After our lunch we did a few minutes of walking and then it was dessert time. Since she haven't yet tried Sebastian's, I recommended we had dessert there.

I would have wanted to try the Black and White Waffle or the Ice Cream Pizza but decided otherwise as I was still a little bit full from lunch.

We both ordered Chilly Burgers. I had the Midnight Truffle while she had the Fudge Truffle. She liked it a  lot. I do too. Always.




After dessert, we went out of Mall of Asia to shop and eat some more at S&R.



My friend knows me well when she said I know what you'll fill your cart with the most. And she was right. I filled it mostly with food.

There were a lot of new baked items there. Some from Sugar Bowl Bakery, like Madeleines, Petite Brownie Bites and Petite Palmiers. But I was won over by the brownie bites, as I have read in one of Kris Aquino's tweets that Jed Madela hand-carried her favorite brownie bites from Canada, although this brownie bites are from San Francisco and not Canada, but still a brownie bite is a brownie bite. It's also written there that it has no trans fat and no cholesterol and at only 130 calories a piece.





You can enjoy it right out of the container or warmed-up. I did both.



Right out of the container I found it very sweet and uninteresting, but when warmed it almost tasted like a lava/molten cake. It sure does go well with an ice cream.

I also bought another new find, the Hazelnut Truffle Muffin. As I love trying anything with the word truffle, I bought a pack of four even without sampling it first.



At home I first sampled the one with oozing hazelnut truffle. The hazelnut truffle tasted like a Ferrero chocolate. But the amount of truffle in the muffin wasn't enough for its size. You'll be left with a lot of just plain  tasting chocolate muffin.



And after filling my cart with some more food and unnecessary stuff, it was now time for dinner.
My friend ordered the Beef Baked Roll, while I had the Chicken Baked Roll and Fries.





I love how cheesy the baked roll was. I just don't like the bacon inside, which had this weird taste and smell. While the fries were very thick, had this fresh potato taste and just lightly salted. I just don't like the taste of the mayo on the condiments area, and also the too tangy tartar sauce for the baked roll.

Overall, I had a great time. What a great day spent with a friend, filled with a lot of shopping and food. How I wish every day can be like this. Just eating every thing you like, doing things you love to do and spending time with the people you love. Just having fun.

P.S. Just after paying for my purchases and on my way to the dining area, I saw their display cases of baked goods on sale per piece and slice. What! I should have seen it before to sample first the pastries before buying bulk of it inside. Next time. Better late than never. They even sell cheesecakes by the slice, and also muffins per piece. And cookies, and a whole lot more.



Happy Eating!

PEPPER LUNCH
SEBASTIAN'S
SM Mall of Asia

S&R ASEANA-BACLARAN
Bradco Avenue, Aseana Busniness Park, Blvd 2000
Baclaran, Paranaque

Big Bucket

As my feet and hands always hurt,  I went to Big Bucket after reading a good review of it on a blog.
I went there after doing half of my shopping. It was around 7PM that time. I chose the 80 minute original foot massage and reflexology that comes with an upper body massage and foot soak. I added an aromatherapy soak for an additional 50 pesos. I chose the ginger powdered soak that releases "lamig" in the body. Other choices were powdered soak for stress and the other was a gel for calluses.



After choosing my treatment and soak I was led inside. It's very dark and smelled strongly of body odor. The room was crowded with people having massages, so I didn't know if the body odor smell came from one of the clients or the place. But after putting a lot of scented oil burners randomly on the room the smell disappeared or did I just got used to it. It's also communal so there's no privacy, but since it's very dark you wouldn't see a lot. You can just hear their every snore and whisper.




As soon as I was inside, I occupied the last seat beside the air conditioner. The seat was a leather chair that reclines and can even lay flat. It was very comfortable and even has an indented spot for your head.

My feet were put first on a bucket full of warm water with one packet of the ginger soak. I didn't see how it looked it just felt sandy and later on muddy (soft). But was very relaxing. Then I was asked to transfer on the stool at the foot of the leather chair for my back and shoulder massage, with my feet still on the bucket.
The back and shoulder massage was good, I just don't like the stretching part as I felt it was too early to stretch as my body was still very stiff. Then I was back to sit at the leather recliner, feet still on the bucket, and with another packet of the ginger soak put.

My head and face were massaged this time. I like the massage on my jawline but not on my head. The therapist hands were too strong even after I told her to make it light. It felt like she's gonna crush my skull. Then came the arm and hands massage. I like her strong pressure on my hands, I just wish it can be longer on that area.

Then she removed my feet from the bucket and massaged it. I love, love, love, love, her foot massage. It has just the right pressure. And she's spot on on my every aches and trouble spots. After spending a lot
of time on that area, she moved up to my legs and thighs.Then she enveloped my feet and legs with hot towels for a while then scrolled down the hem of my pants and it was the end of the 80 minute massage.

I was asked if I wanted hot ginger drink, which I said yes, as I know it's good for the throat and for removing "lamig" from the body, which I definitely have a lot of. When she said hot it just meant ginger hot and not hot water hot.

Even with the smell, which grew on me after a while, and with her strong pressure on areas where I like it soft and light, I definitely did enjoy the massage. My feet didn't hurt at all that night. I was even able to use my reflexology sandals without feeling any pain, which according to what I read meant there's no blockage of chi in your body. I'm thinking of making this a monthly habit. I wanted to say weekly, but as I already have traditional pinoy hilot done to me every week, once or twice a month of Big Bucket is already fine.


BIG BUCKET
SM Mall of Asia