A Wonderful Birthday Indeed

A Wonderful Birthday Indeed

Last last week, I celebrated my birthday! Hooray for me! [Thank you Lord for Your faithfulness to me.] I thought that my birthday would be celebrated by having dinner at home or just watching a movie, but I was wrong. My parents had better plans for my birthday celebration. Although it was only celebrated by only me and my family, I had a wonderful time.

My parents treated me to dinner at Katre, a Mediterranean fusion restaurant. It is located in Tomas Morato, Quezon City. It is described as a Mediterranean fusion because it combines Mediterranean dishes with Filipino cooking… and the marriage of both is just so wonderful.

For my birthday, my dad ordered grilled tuna on top of rice served with mussels and potato strings. It was very good. The fish had the right moisture and the flavor was perfect. My mom had chicken covered with a rich white sauce with mash potatoes and a tomato salad side dish. Again it tasted so good. The chicken was, I think, roasted since it still had a nice brown skin part. I loved the mash potatoes. The dishes my parents picked were really good… but I think mine was the best [biasedJ].

my dad's dish

my mom's dish

I liked the dish I ordered because it had the combination of my favorite foods. It had grilled chicken and pasta. These are my comfort food. The pasta was the base of the dish then it was topped with the grilled chicken then topped with potato strings. It was so delicious. The pasta had white sauce with mushroom and the chicken was grilled to perfection. The sizes of the dishes were just right for me and my parents to appreciate the wonderful flavor masterpiece.

so goooooood!

After enjoying our dishes, the management and staff of Katre gave me a complimentary chocolate birthday cake slice. It was very good. The cake was so chocolatey, but not too sweet and it had the right moisture. It was so scrumptious.

Truly I enjoyed my birthday not only because of the food but also because of the people who were with me.  If you’re in the Tomas Morato Area and you’re craving for good Mediterranean fusioned dishes, stop by and dine at Katre… also be sure to check out their other delicious dishes.

-DOT-

P.S. sorry for the bad quality of photo… it was taken using itouch.

OH My Goodness!! (A Crazy late update)

OH My goodness!! (A Crazy late update)

Oh my goodness… do you guys remember my last update on the Christmas blog series, entitled “You know it’s Christmas when…”? Yup, the last update where I greeted everyone a happy new year….

Well on that blog I did say that the camera I used to take pictures of the U.P. Lantern Parade got stolen. It’s still stolen BUT I found the memory card! Yey!! So this blog is to show you some pictures during the lantern parade. It was so pretty and colorful! Hope you enjoy!

BTW, I will soon be posting a blog entry that’s so special. J

-DOT-

College of Mass Communication

Asian Institute of Tourism

College of Engineering

The college of Fine Arts' theme was under the sea

photos were originally taken by the writter.. photos may be used but please ask permision or at least acknowledge the source :)

kung hei fat choi

kung hei fat choi

            Happy Chinese New Year!!!

           

            Yes! I may be late in greeting you… but anyway… here’s how I celebrated the Chinese New Year…

           

             I was able to eat traditional tikoy cooked with egg courtesy of my classmates ^_^. My mom and I also ate tikoy that had a modern twist from Eng Bee Tin Chinese Deli. We also ate different types of sweet hopia like buko pandan and ube macapuno, also from Eng Bee Tin. Eng Bee Tin is one of my favorite Chinese Deli places because they have the original types of Chinese delicacies and innovated delicacies. All of this food tasting happened before and after the Chinese New Year but during the day itself I did not eat tikoy or any traditional Chinese New Year food instead I ate a chocolate cake. Yup you read that rightJ!

Hopia with a twist

Not your regular Hopia :)

            During the week of the Chinese New Year my mom bought a really cute and delicious chocolate cake from Icings. It was decorated with white rabbits, since it is the year of the rabbit, and a banner-like sign that says Kung Hei Fat Choi. All of this cake décor were made of white chocolate. The goodness of the cake does not end with its exterior but also the interior. The cake was moist and really chocolate-y. The inside of the cake had chocolate chiffon bread while the filling was chocolate mousse. It was so good… off course it is good since it has been made by Icings. I love icing because their cakes look good and tastes even better. They have cakes for everyone [children, couples, singles] and for any occasions [birthdays, weddings, etc.]. They are located at Dr. Lazcano St, Quezon city, SM Supercenter in Pasig, and Market! Market!

cute and yummy

delicious detail

Check out the cute rabbits ^__^

            That’s all for now… be sure to taste their cakes! Kung Hei Fat Choi!

-Dot-