Charming oriental interiors welcomes diners to a grand Gloria Maris! 2 diners ate: Xiao Ling Bao Fish Ball and Meatball Noodle Soup Raddish Cake - chopped and re-fried to crunchyliciousness Shrimp Hofan Lychee Shake
"Wala ka sa BAUNAN ko...!" - this is a common statement amongst us lunch groupie. Comparison on the effectiveness of the food containers or lunchbox (as we fondly callthem in Nursery). Have you ever bring lunch or warm food to the office, only to find it cold when it's time to dig in? Well this happens to us A LOT. Thus the search for the best BAUNAN . Food prepared in the morning, whether it be left-overs or newly-cooked, were put to the test w/ the following containers found at home: GLASS w/ plastic lids: heavy, but more health friendly, as opposed to using wholly plastic (supposedly). See the likes of Lock&Lock, Glass&Lock. ROUND, insulated containers: old-school, reminiscent of picnics w/grandma at Luneta, but soup still turned cold. :( THERMAL liquid containers: also reffered to as "thermos", derived from the brand itself that earned its reputation by keeping hot water... hot! Yup, this baby can store hot h20 ...
Typhoon week, I must dub this to be. What with typhoon Falcon + the emotional stress at work, the week had been a tiring wave of walks & rides wading through puddles & floods. Wishing we were all students with the announcements of class suspensions; one thing we learn from college from being exempted from these "no classes" is that LIFE MUST GO ON even if there's a storm. Stranded like hundred of others in the reclaimed area called Bay City, we took refuge in the mall and allowed ourselves a hearty dinner at Burgoo - good American restaurant always with generous promos from different credit card companies: Citibank offers free pasta & HSBC offers a seafood jambalaya. We chose the latter. I needed to fill the hungry tummies of my dad & brother who drove through the flooded & traffic-jammed stretch from Makati to Pasay. ONION SOUP topped with a square of BAGUETTE & grated PARMESAN savory LAMBCHOPS with POTATO WEDGES & CORN ON THE COB + the...
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