Beef Mechado Recipe
on Oct 4, 2009 in Pinoy Recipe beef Beef Mechado is one of my favorite beef dishes. When I was still working in Manila (in the previous job I held before I left for the UAE more than a year ago), I used to rent a small room in a three-storey apartment in Quezon City near SM North Eds...

How Can We Help?
on Sep 29, 2009 in Pinoy News I did not want to blog about the grimness of the onslaught made by the typhoon Ondoy (international name: Ketsana) to my home country, Philippines, last Saturday (26th September 2009). It is too heart-wrenching for me to recall and post photos of th...

Dining at Chili’s with Friends
on Sep 26, 2009 in Restaurants Eating Out Chili's It was more than three weeks now since Boq, I and two of our friends, Randy and Raquel, went to dine in at Chili’s. The two were my former officemates. We really bonded well together with our other Filipino co-workers in our previous company in...

Thai Crab Curry Recipe
on Sep 22, 2009 in curry International Recipe Thai Recipe crab I love Thai food! Having lived in Thailand for more than 4 years, I developed my fondness for Thai food. Fortunately, my hubby Boq has a penchant for the same. Since I have now learned my way into the kitchen, I would like to experiment on Thai coo...

Goodbye Patrick Swayze
on Sep 15, 2009 in celebrity newsbites When I opened my Yahoo Mail this morning, the sad news of Patrick Swayze’s passing appeared on my screen. According to the news, he died on Monday (September 14) after a 20-month long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57. Photo credit: The I...

Almost Loving Figaro’s Pizza
on Sep 13, 2009 in salad Figaros Pizza chicken Eating Out pizza pasta We had a very filling dinner at Figaro's Pizza in Marina Mall on Friday evening courtesy of our friend Cliff, who, as I mentioned in my previous post, was here in Abu Dhabi for a three-week work assignment. He is about to leave in a few days and so...

3-Kind Vegetable Stir-Fry in Oyster Sauce
on Sep 8, 2009 in vegetable oyster sauce Pinoy Recipe stir-fry A lot of parents find it difficult to make their children eat vegetables, but when I was a little kid I never gave my parents a hard time because I would always eat and finish my vegetables. Until today, I am still a veggie lover (but not a vegetari...

Chocolate Mousse Cake Delight by Café Moka
on Sep 6, 2009 in cake Restaurants Eating Out Cafe Moka My friends and former officemates back in the Philippines, Cliff and Daisy, surprised me with this delectable chocolate mousse cake when we went to Cliff’s hotel to eat dinner over the weekend. (It’s their belated birthday gift. ^-^)Cliff just c...

My Top Five List of Seasonal Fruits
on Sep 3, 2009 in fruits As summer heats up more in Abu Dhabi, Boq and I are taking advantage of the abundance of fruits that are in season. Fortunately, a lot of them are my favorites even back in the Philippines. Here are the top five fruits in season that we mostly buy...

Guinisang Ampalaya Recipe
on Sep 2, 2009 in vegetable Pinoy Recipe shrimp ampalaya guinisa Guinisang ampalaya is one of my favorite vegetable dishes. As I previously mentioned, Boq and I love ampalaya, one reason is because of its health benefits. Some people especially the kids do not like to eat ampalaya because of its strong bitter t...