Motherhood is one adventure after another. I live, I learn, I write.
After coming home from a really relaxing staycation with good friends at Edsa Shang (review to follow soon), Dan and I resumed with our normal "dates" at the grocery and went to SnR Congressional to stock up on supplies. Here are some good finds worth checking at SnR: Kirkland Signature Long Sleeves (Php 849.95) Versace 1969 Mens and Women's polo shirts (649.95 and 449.95 respectively) Raisin bagels for breakfast! (Php 175) Pop these in the toaster and grab them for a quick … [Continue reading]
Hello fellow Titas of Manila!! If you're looking for the next resto to have your next tita gathering, look no further than Galileo Enoteca. The Italian restaurant, wine bar and bistro serves Cheese Wheel Pasta every Fridays and weekends. It's literally pasta being cooked inside a huge wheel of cheese! It's fun and the dishes are sooo good! I tried this with 3 good friends a couple of weeks ago. We never realized that Galileo Enoteca pala was a date place. Ang ingay ng table namin with all … [Continue reading]
Traffic has been HORRIBLE these past few days (it's always been terrible pero for some reason ang sama na nya talaga!!! ) It now takes me 2.5 hours from Makati to QC and by the time I get home, there really isn't enough time for me to go through David's homework. David goes to a traditional school which means that they have homework daily and quizzes almost every other day. It takes kuya at least an hour to finish his homework and to be fair to the school, the assignments aren't all complicated … [Continue reading]
I am intimidated by sinigang. I love eating it but cooking it is another story. My fear comes from messing up a dish that's wrapped in fun memories of family lunches over lots of rice and bottles of soft drinks. It's really impossible to be on a diet and then have sinigang as part of a meal. But I faced my fears and attended a half-day cooking session of sinigang dishes care of Knorr's #LutongNanay campaign. I was really excited because the sinigang dishes we prepared all had wonderful twists … [Continue reading]
You've probably seen this video being shared on Facebook. It's called Raclette which basically is cheese heaven. Raclette is a dish and a type of cheese that has Swiss origins. Dan's boss who is Swiss German described Raclette as a traditional dish wherein cheese is melted over a special heater (just like the one shown in the video above) and is poured over potatoes and small pickles. I read somewhere that Swiss cow herders in the olden days would heat up a slab of rock which they would … [Continue reading]