December 31, 2011

Boudin Bakery

A trip to San Francisco is not complete without having some soup 
nestled inside a scrumptious sourdough bowl!

Farmer's Market- Miette Patisserie

Highlight of our trip! 
A visit to Miette Patisserie
Ranked as one of the "Top 10 Desserts in America" 

Farmer's Market (Indoors)

Inside the Ferry Building!

Farmer's Market- San Francisco

A beautiful San Francisco Saturday morning by the Ferry Building..

December 30, 2011

Crumbs

look whose made it in Hollywood

Breakfast at the Standard

Back to the mod era!

Poquito Mas (West Hollywood)

A Mexican snack for some late night grub

December 29, 2011

RIchie's Diner!

All American Breakfast

December 26, 2011

Christmas Dinner

The table's set!

December 25, 2011

Christmas Eve 2011



Happy Christmas Everyone!

December 20, 2011

QP: Steak and Bleu Cheese Salad

A simple salad of lettuce with homemade bleu cheese dressing topped with bleu cheese crumbs and steak salpicao. Leftovers never tasted soo good!

December 19, 2011

QP: Spam for lunch

With tons of things to do before I depart for San Francisco, I need some quick sustenance. Thanks to my friend Pam's advice, I whipped up a Spam and Bleu Cheese Sandwich. Opted to keep it open-faced and added a topping of Spinach-Bechamel Sauce. 

Back to work!

October 26, 2011

Sweet Orchid

Goodies after dinner

Old Town Sushi

Can't leave San Francisco without having some Sushi!

October 25, 2011

QP: Giada Goodies


Gone are the days of watching Everyday Italian and dreaming that maybe one day Giada would invite you over to her house for an Italian feast. With her line of pasta, sauces, and dips; we could now get a first hand taste of Giada's masterpieces readily available in Target! This is one product line I'm surely going to be hoarding for the next few months!

October 24, 2011

Vegas Room Service

Nothing like breakfast Vegas Style

October 22, 2011

Crystal

Shoppers Paradise

October 21, 2011

Vegas Baby

Sunset Strip

October 20, 2011

Steak Dinner

A simple home cooked meal on a San Francisco work day..

September 20, 2011

September 17, 2011

Hashbrown Burger

Gave in and joined the bandwagon...

September 8, 2011

Mamou

With the touch and comfort of home!

August 26, 2011

Chocnut

hmmm....

August 21, 2011

Maltesers

My classic childhood treat

August 10, 2011

Say Cheese

Lightbulb moment!

July 31, 2011

Ube Macapuno

 A Southern Secret
To-Order Homemade Ice Cream!

July 27, 2011

QP: Ruffles Molten Hot Wings

They're finally here in Manila!

July 15, 2011

Kogi Bulgogi


Straight from school, Jarv and I headed over to Eastwood for the advance screening of the installment of the Harry Potter franchise. (there goes our childhood) While waiting for 9pm, Jarv, Mon, Abby, and I tried Kogi Bulgogi in Eastwood Mall to get a dose of Korean cuisine since it been quite a while since our last Korean Adventure. No d.i.y. this time though :(

July 3, 2011

Home Alone


 Treats from the Calubs!!

June 12, 2011

The Oak Door

 Night cap at the Grand Hyatt Hotel Rooftop, Roppongi Hills

June 11, 2011

Kouraku

 The epitome of Japanese Sushi!

Lost in Tokyo

Beginning with Omotesando

Japanese Cheesecake

Cheese Cake Studio on the Back Street
During our stop at the Shin-Osaka Station, dad and I stumbled upon a little bakery which sold only Japanese Cheesecake (in different forms of course)..

June 10, 2011

Sharaku Sushi


Sushi Dinner

Takoyaki

A quick detour had to be made right before boarding the bullet train back to Tokyo..

Bullet Train

Off to Osaka!

June 9, 2011

Shibuya

Starbucks at the famed Shibuya Intersection
The busiest street meets the busiest coffee shop

Tonkatsu Wako

First full day in Japan!
After a quick meeting in the morning, dad's business partner treated us to lunch :D

June 8, 2011

オフ日本へ

"Off to Japan"


With summer classes coming to a close, I exactly had 2 weeks for some RnR before senior year begins. Since dad was heading off to Japan for business, I asked if I could tag along.. Japan here I come!

May 27, 2011

Sam Won Garden



A slice of Korea right here in the neighborhood. I can't seem to get the gogi gui place we tried in Shinchon out of my mind these past weeks that I've been having some really intense cravings for Korean barbecue. Luckily there's Sam Won Garden in BF!

May 7, 2011

Cookie Dough Cheesecake


After seeing several bakeries during recent travels make their own twist on cheesecakes.. Light bulb moment! Why not put together my two favorite things: cookie dough + cheesecake

May 1, 2011

Crème Brûlée Bread Pudding


Everything from the Med Chef is A-mazing!
But my family goes crazy for one in particular..

April 30, 2011

Mercato Fridays


Almost half way through the summer sem and its time for a break..Mercato Friday adventure!

April 22, 2011

Good Friday


no meat....MORE FRUIT!

French Toast with Warm Apple and Date compote

April 21, 2011

Baguio Retreat Day Two


Since we were on vacation, we decided to spend a lazy day in the room and only head out for an afternoon snack at the veranda.


Spicy Chicken and Chorizo Pasta

Holy Week Retreat, Baguio!


For my family, Baguio is always a safe bet for some rnr...

So after a long day on the road and arriving at the country club around 10 pm, only two words came to me and my sister..ROOM SERVICE!


Filipino Pizza!


April 20, 2011

Maki Place


Stopover at Dad's office before heading to Baguio...
Busy with work..this meant having takeout for lunch!

You know what it is..


Black and...okay so they're not exactly yellow but the song is stuck in my head...


To help a friend in need, I found myself whipping up a batch of cupcakes at 10pm. Was glad to be of service...18 cupcakes coming right up!

April 11, 2011

Okonomiyaki and Sukiyaki



That's a mouthful of -yaki...
With me still craving asian cuisine (Korea Hangover) and mom wanting to cook something, one lazy afternoon became the perfect time to try making Okonomiyaki, a Japanese pancake.

April 8, 2011

Cooked Octopus



After eating "really fresh" octopus, I figured I should eat cooked octopus this time around...