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House of Silvanas

It was my teammate Xan's birthday and she treated all of us to tubs of ice cream and some goodies from House of Silvanas! There was a box of Josephines (light, airy and crunchy pastries) and a whole Sansrival cake. YUM YUM!

House of Silvanas
5/F Shangri-la Plaza Mall, EDSA cor. Shaw Blvd.
Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila

http://www.houseofsilvanas.com/

*They also have a branch in ATC and Glorietta 4.

Revenge (Television Show)

So apparently, the first season of Revenge ends at episode 22 - a very climatic, open-ended and majestically intriguing for an avid follower like me. I think I've bugged all my friends into watching the said show and though I was not that convincing (having recruited a few of them), I think they are starting to get hooked on it now with all the press, reviews and online news that are raving the show. 

I can't wait for September for season 2. I shall see you then, Emily Thorne :)

Starr's Famous Shakes - Round 3!

After my sister's birthday dinner at Cyma, we decided to have some Strawberry Milkshakes at Starr's Famous Shakes in the lovely Katipunan neighborhood. We arrived just about closing time, 11 in the evening, but they happily accommodated our order and waited their outside table for 20 more minutes.

Starr's Famous Shakes
G/F Unit A-01 Xavier Residences
48 E. Abada cor R. Alvero St. Loyola Heights
Quezon City 1100

Swensen's Ice Cream and Sundaes - Take 2!

Last Sunday after attending our baby neice's 1st birthday, the cousins trooped to Eastwood for some ultimate bonding experience! We strolled, drank coffee, chatted away, laughed buckets, gobbled some dinner and had a sugary ice cream fest at Swensen's Ice Cream and Sundaes. We ordered the Chocolate Fondue set which consisted of (of course) a chocolate fondue (with a candle at the bottom of the pot barely heating/melting the cocoa), a combination platter of Swensen's signature wafers, a cheek of a mango, a banana and chunks of fudge brownies and another platter of 9 regular scoops of Swensen's best seller ice cream flavors. We tried Reversible Chocolate, Rock@Hearts, Wild@Hearts, Macadamia, Sticky Chewy Chocolate, Mocha Almond Fudge, Strawberry Cheesecake, Very Strawberry, and Rocky Road.

It was such a fun night that I honestly love the company more than the ice cream. Hihi but that's not saying that I am not impressed at Swensen's on my second visit. Maybe the service was a bit slow (we waited for the bill for almost 20 minutes) but other than that, it's a great ice cream shop to visit!

Swensen's Ice Cream and Sundaes

2/F Eastwood Mall Veranda

E. Rodriguez Jr. Ave., Bagumbayan, Libis

Quezon City, Metro Manila

http://www.facebook.com/SwensensPH

https://twitter.com/#!/SwensensPH

Wee Nam Kee Hainanese Chicken Rice

This is obviously one of them delayed posts. I think it was around Wednesday last week when we went to Serendra in Taguig for lunch. After a quick stop at Jamba Juice for my Acai Supercharger fix, we decided to have our midday meal at Wee Nam Kee. It's a little Singaporean restaurant that offers a variety of rice toppings, chicken/tofu/beef/pork/seafood recipes, soups, an array of dimsum choices, dry noodles, noodles in soup, and cold & hot desserts. 

For that particular lunch, my party of 3 ordered one of Wee Nam Kee's signature dishes, their Chicken Rice. Wee Nam Kee has 3 preparation methods that customers can choose from - the chicken can be steamed, roasted or smothered in soya sauce. We all ordered a personal serving of the steamed chicken rice. I like how it didn't taste salty - the mere absence of a vetsin after-taste that is reminiscent of Singaporean/Chinese restaurants is a delightful discovery. My friend also ordered the Iced Barley Juice drink. It went well with the Chicken rice according to her. 

Aside from the yummy eats, I like the interiors of the restaurant as well as the caged lights that hang by the ceiling. Pretty!

Wee Nam Kee Hainanese Chicken Rice

Serendra, McKinley Parkway, Bonifacio Global City

Taguig City, Metro Manila

(02)822-7095

Cibo on a Sunday

Ironically after dessert at Swensen's in Eastwood, my cousins and I decided to grab dinner at Cibo. We probably got really hungry because we were all laughing so hard and exchanging stories like forever. It was almost closing time but we were glad to secure a table for 5 at Cibo and order our dinner spread before the last call. It's so fun to be hanging out with my cousins and I think this is the clique I want and inevitable will keep for the rest of my life.

Enough sap. For our impromptu Italian dinner, we had Spinaci Zola for appetizer (super yummy and I couldn't resist eating the Spinaci spread with the bread that came with the pasta dishes), Insalatone Pacifica for our greens, and 2 pasta dishes: one regular Linguine alla Ghiotta (for me, the non-seafood eater) and another regular serving of Rigatoni di Bruto (for them non-allergics)! All in all, the food was great (even the soft toasted bread) and there was hardly anything we left on the serving bowls. Totally wipedout and happy!

Cibo, Eastwood Mall

2/F Eastwood Mall, E Rodriguez Jr Ave, Bagumbayan

Quezon City, Metro Manila

(02)470-2426

http://www.cibo.ph

Red Big Bowl

Last Saturday while waiting for the doctor's office to open at 1 in the afternoon, we had some Chinese lunch treats at Red Big Bowl. It is a Chinese restaurant located in Old Sta. Mesa right across Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. For that quick lunch, we had a plate of pancit, dumplings and a sweet serving of plumpy dumpy buchi. Dimsum cravings satisfied!

Red Big Bowl
3555 P. Sanchez St., Old Sta. Mesa
Manila, Metro Manila
(02)516-4716