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Lumpiang Togue From Via Mare

Commander, general, chief, batas.. also known as “the wife” gave me the first paglilihi challenge of this pregnancy last night.  The winning food craving was… drum roll please… lumpiang togue! Hahaha.  It shouldn’t be too difficult coz I can just buy from one of the jolly jeeps.  But noooo… i can’t just buy off the streets – too risky for mrs preggy of course. Hehehe.  Here’s how it started… (harps and clouds please – flashback time)

I was driving along dela rosa when I got the sms so my first option was to check out the establishments below the carpark.  First stop was tapa king – wala!  Next was manong pepe’s (a subsidiary of Jollibee – naks!) – walang lumpiang togue!  Back to mr. bonkers and drove to greenbelt 1 which was closer to home.  Checked out Binalot – EEEENGK! Wala! Andoks – naddah. Then I remembered, Razon’s! Woohooo! Sure shot… but it was 8 pm already.. CLOSED! Booo!  Ha ha ha.  Anyway, I remembered Via Mare – all filipino favorites.. Yahoo!  I took a look at the menu, no lumpiang togue and just lumpiang hubad. Booo! I asked the waiter, he said yes they have lumpiang togue but he also couldn’t find it in the menu.  I told him it was for my wifey – “naglilihi kasi” and he swore that they served lumpiang togue.  Finally, he saw a picture of one of their dishes with lumpiang togue as a side dish.  There you go.  Whew! Ordered 4 pieces and went home a hero.  K, Thanks, Bye! Bow.

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Wagyu Burger

Finally had the chance to try out the famous Wagyu Burger of Malcolm’s.  I’m still recovering from a fever, cough and colds – the works.  Anyway, I was afraid I wouldn’t get the full experience because my taste buds were still off due to lack of sense of smell.  Thanks to a  few nose pinches every now and then plus some heavy inhale exhale exercises I experienced the glory that is.. wagyu burger!  I likey a lot.  Only drawback is its price – it sets you back Php400.  Ouch!  It’s not as big as the other burgers I posted here like Charlie’s or Army Navy but it sure has its own elite status in the world of hamburgers.  I would recommend going for it.. we only live once anyway.

Here are some other delightful pictures to stimulate your appetite:

Some pasta - Quatro Formaggio?

2nd Floor

Free Munchies

Wagyu Salpicao

Chocolate Cake

OOOhhhhh.. sarap nito tsong!  Chocolate with chocolate!

By the way, here’s there exact location and contact info:

+632 844 0000
108 HV de la Costa Street corner Tordesillas St.,
Salcedo Village Makati, City

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Max's Spicy Laing Tilapia

A few weeks ago we saw a billboard of the new Max’s Spicy Laing Tilapia.  Mmmm… Laing on Tilapia – sounds good to me.   We tried it out at the greenbelt 1 branch – yep, meron pa dun, sa gilid.  It was actually good.  The gata was a bit too rich but it was good.  Thing is, for Php195 I don’t think that it’s worth it.  It’s essentially one decent sized tilapia cut in half with some laing in between and on top – not even a generous serving of laing.

So there… it’s good but not worth Php195 bucks in my book.

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Charlie's Dark Angus Burger

Now this is what a burger should be all about!  Check it out – this is a must.  Charlie’s dark angus burger is around 195 bucks served with cheese and fat fries.  Yummy!

I heard about Charlie’s a while back from peeps up north but never got the chance to try it out… but all that has changed.  I’m now a believer!  This is one REALLY good burger.   Comes next to San Francisco burger of National Sports Grill in my book.

I hope they open one up in Makati.  Oh and by the way, they sell imported beer and you can have your car washed while you eat.  Pretty cool.

Located at 16 East Kapitolyo Drive, Pasig City
Contact: +632 635-4857

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Yes, you read that right.  The infamous “Jejemon” now has a page on Wikipedia.

Jejemon is a pop culture phenomenon in the Philippines. Jejemons are defined by Urban Dictionary as those “who has managed to subvert the English language to the point of incomprehensibility and online lynch squads.”^[1] A Jejemon is described as one of a “new breed of hipsters who have developed not only their own language and written text but also their own sub-culture and fashion.”^[2] Jejemons also imitate “gangster” like attitudes which make them similar to the English chav, Scottish ned, Irish skanger, Russian gopnik and Australian & New Zealand bogan.

What’s surprising is that it’s quite extensive.  Here’s the page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jejemon

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Feast your eyes on the Army Navy Burger! A mouthwatering burger just below 200 bucks.   You get to choose what you want to add – I just had to add on some bacon and cheese.  mmMMmmm.  Imagine a good tasty canteen burger from childhood and upgrade it in size and taste – takes you back doesn’t it?  Black sesame seeds on the bun – good one!

Shoe string fries - I think?

The fries remind me of picnic – string fries.  It’s fun!

There’s a branch at Glorietta 5 just in front of Rustan’s Makati.

Try it out and share your adventures here.  That’s all folks!

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I just love the way this website let’s you navigate around.  All praises to this volkswagen site from Australia.  http://follownoone.com.au.  The site is to promote the Volkswagen Polo car.  To navigate, you get to use the up, down, left and right keys on your keyboard and it moves just like a remote controlled car would.  Real fun driving over content and parking on spots to open up information.  Check it out here: http://follownoone.com.au Follow No One.

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Another Day in the Barbershop

Here’s a page that compiles all the tweets by our presidential candidates.  It also shows the twitter posts from other people who mentions them and it’s all happening in real time.

Haaay.  Another day in the barbershop where interesting stories are exchanged – fact of fiction, it doesn’t matter.  In the filipino culture “Kwentong Barbero” (stories from the barbershop) simply means that you can’t really rely on that information.  Tama ba? Hahaha, or deretcho “stirero” na lang.

Anyway, it’s quite entertaining just watching the conversations that are taking place in the twitter-sphere.

http://monstercomments.com/2010elections/home.html

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