See-Food Diet....

ah ok...... it's supposed to be "seafood" diet..... all the while i thought we were doing "see-food" diet -- we see food, we eat!!! maybe that's why it hasn't been working for me. bwhahahahahahaha!!!

diet update

our seafood and vegetable diet hasn't taken off! it's just so hard.. we need a menu! it's enough to drive anyone crazy just by deciding on what to eat! and since there are only the two of us at home, that makes it all the more impossible for us to come up with anything! by the time we get home, we are dead tired! all we want to do is lie down and watch some tv for a few minutes before dozing off! so this diet needs some careful planning... sounds like a plan... but sounds like a lot of work! i used to think that i eat fastfood because i love it... these days we hardly have a choice..

Seafood Lunch.....

although there was a strip of good, decent, and well-known restaurants in front of medical city, we decided to proceed to the podium for buffet lunch at crustasia. the choices were a bit limited but the presence of unlimited crabs was enough to lure us in. here are what i had (in order):

appetizer:

a little soup, beef rendang linguini, chicken curry triangles, and spring rolls..... gulped down with chinese tea

then, i washed my hands with lemon water and wiped them with hot wet towel, in preparation for......

main course #1:

crab claws, javanese fried rice, mixed vegetables in sweet sauce, and assam pedas

main course #2

crab bodies, clams in szechuan sauce, and fried chicken

dessert #1

macapuno pandan rice cake

dessert #2

fried banana rolls (turon)

dessert #3

halo-halo with honey syrup and coconut milk

drinks:

throughout the meal, aside from the refillable chinese tea, i also had a medium-sized decanter of dayap juice with mint leaves

overall, it was a very nice and filling lunch on a lazy sunday afternoon....

The New Medical City Hospital.....

this morning, we decided to go and visit the "new" Medical City at ortigas avenue, pasig. i must say, i was very impressed by how big and modern the hospital is compared to its former self at san miguel avenue, pasig (where daddy had post-stroke and pneumonia treatment in december of 1999 and where mommy had her colon cancer operation december of the following year).



the present hospital is composed of two tall identical towers with a central podium connecting the two. most importantly, parking (underground) in the new facility is ample and not a problem..... unlike parking at the old one (or lack thereof) where i used to sit for almost an hour in my car waiting for a space at the sidewalk at the side of the hospital to become available!

by the way, we visited medical city to inquire about their diagnostic colonoscopy procedure. it's been almost 2.5 years since my last procedure and i'm long overdue. unfortunately, today being a sunday the hospital's cancer center was closed and the people at the information counter wwere no help at all!!!

chinese new year at the podium

it will be the chinese new year in less than two weeks and the podium has joined in on the celebration! they have chinese lanterns all over the place and i just couldn't resist taking photos! lynn even matched the reds..

crustasia

we were at the podium and i was having a craving for chinese or japanese food. i was wondering about which restaurant to go to... when i suddenly saw this ad from crustasia and instantly had a craving for crabs! so we went there and found out that they have a buffet, crabs included! the crabs weren't as big as what they usually serve but still good nonetheless! we may not have gone to a chinese or japanese restaurant but an asian restaurant that serves eat-all-you-can crabs is quite satisfactory!

sidenote 1: i like the last photo.. it looks kinda pro.. :)

sidenote 2: the photos of the food above are what i had! lynn will also be posting his...

From Chinese.....to Spanish.....

having just had many sips of Chinese tea and having had no lunch yet, jon, cora and i decided to go to the al fresco area of Trinoma to have lunch at Good Earth, the Chinese restaurant where jon, boyce and i had new year's day lunch. unfortunately, the place was closed and will open again at 6:00 pm.

we had no choice but to look for another restaurant. on our way to Good Earth, we passed by Casa Armas.... since i've had a craving for paella since the time we had our dinner with boyce just before he left for home...... we ended up having our late lunch at this Spanish resto.

the paella and the ox tail estofado were good..... but i'd rather have my ox tail as a kare-kare (one of my favorites!!!). the chorizo appetizer, though, was just like the chorizo de cebu that we sell and that we have cooked for us by ate celia at the meatshop!!!

now, i'm craving for a kare-kare!!! where to find a good kare-kare???? ate celia, where are you??? hehehehehe

casa armas

after our tea launch, lynn, cora and i went to casa armas for a late lunch. the paella was fairly good. i didn't have any of the ox tail though.. just not for me.. i'm too squirmish! so i was looking to order something "regular" and the waiter recommended the fried chicken. i thought it was fried chicken with a sort of spanish twist or something.. instead what came out was an order of fried chicken with french fries! something one might order from friday's or burgoo! how disappointing!

Afternoon Tea at Trinoma......

it was fun to do something different from what i usually do everyday for a change. after a late brunch at home at 11:00 am, i went to Trinoma by cab to act as tea master for the launching of Asian Find's Tea Suite.

aside from meeting people...... old friends as well as new..... i had a fill of freshly brewed chinese tea of different kinds...... lovingly and expertly prepared, of course, by..... ME!!! hahahahahaha

tea master at work

lynn was tea master today at nini's launch of her tea suite in trinoma! nini couldn't make it because she's leaving for thailand tomorrow. so she commissioned lynn to be the master of the ceremonies today.

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