Coco Beach

Began 2011 with a quick escape to Coco Beach thanks to a Bank holiday. Here, you can enjoy happy hour by the beach, grab some books from their multi-lingual library, delight in generous seafood and carnivorous calories, have a massage and forget that some staff can make your stay less than idyllic. Despite the rustic rooms, which foreigners apparrently prefer, it's all good in Coco Beach. I wouldn't mind going back.

Lavenda Cafe

Another enjoyable lunch captured through my camphone. Was out having lunch with M and V in Makati last weekend. It was raining and instead of crossing over to Greenbelt under the rain, I suggested Lavenda Cafe along Benavidez Street in Legaspi Village.  

This cafe has been around for almost a year now and has been my go-to place for comfort food either on the way home or by delivery. For me, it's Japanese food next door. They've got nourishing ramens that take away all the illness keeping you in bed; sushi and sashimi platters that make you want to have with some sparkling wine; and my favorite bento pictured above -- tempura bento for only PhP180. It comes with three pieces of shrimp, some veggies, kimchi, half an egg, some sashimi (salmon and squid this time),  and some miso soup on the side. They also serve some Italian food, cakes and alcohol even before lunch -- all I have not tried because of my loyalty to their Japanese fare.

Here are some snapshots from food delivered on my birthday. Me and M attended a function with not much food and so ordered the rest to be shared with the rest of the family.

Home-made pizza

Last Sunday, T had a guest, and requested D and I to make some merienda. Merienda is a light snack taken between the major meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner but never after dinner) in the Philippines.With our handy oven toaster, we made pizza with the following: left over pan de sal, store-bought tomato sauce simmered with garlic and dried Italian herbs, some red bell peppers, Greek olives, Czech blue cheese, and Dutch cheddar cheese.  It's yummier than it looks!

Strawberry Waffles at Home

I can't believe my last post was almost six months ago - September! It's been insanely busy since and tonight is the first evening that I actually have nothing much to do. It's just nothing much because it's just checking final exams and papers, and the semester is officially over once those grades are submitted.

Even if I've neglected this blog and had lots of jobs to do, I haven't stopped eating and did a bit of travelling too. For starters, here's some waffles I made at home a few weeks back. Waffles from our local Maya hotcake mix, honey from Palawan, and strawberries from Baguio.

Here's to definitely more posts to come!