new pasta no. 2

another addition to the collection of pasta dishes i whip up. inspired by my insurance agent's favorite. it's a spinoff of green tomato's dulong with capers. more of a copycat actually hehe.

bad food trip day

been telling my parents that they are jinxed. it seems that whenever i bring them to one of my favorite restos, the food don't quite meet the expectations. erk! we went to cyma ordered a gazillion menu items and got limited to a few.

here's what we ordered.

saganaki (flaming cheese) - so so, i would just have the hummus for appetizers
chopped chef salad - so so, i don't like feta tasted like blue cheese
the greek version of gamberetti - too sour
moussaka - so so, burnt eggplants at the bottom
mahi mahi - returned to the kitchen because it was not fresh
the spinach rice - not available!
molten chocolate cake - not available!
mint chocolate ice cream - liked the honey and walnuts

anyway, if i was a first timer, i wouldn't go back. but since this is one of my faves i will. thinking about trying the gbelt branch. i wonder whether they have better chefs and service.

foie gras

i have always wanted to eat foie gras but haven't got the chance to. now, with all these steak restos popping out, it seems easy to get one. but you have to get it with steak which i am gearing away from. was scouring lori's blog for some choices and i saw this. looks so yummy this foie gras terrine.


picture from lori's blog

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http://www.lecanarddor.com/index.htm

my new pasta dish

wanted to make a pesto cream pasta but i hesitated and simply opted for the regular pesto dish. when i got home and started making my pesto i found out that i have no parmesan cheese. damn! so i had to whip up something that will make my pasta edible because i cannot imagine eating pesto without parmesan. i decided to use tomato sauce since it's the only thing useable in the cupboard. so here it is, another addition to the usual pasta dishes i make. tomato-pesto, you can smell and taste mostly the basil but it has a nice hint of tomato to tickle your palate. i had some "mcdo" chicken nuggets on the side c/o of madz.

chelsea market and cafe @ serendra

disclaimer: again, bad pictures was too lazy to bring my cam...should have borrowed one from jaebs who i bumped into. surprisingly i always see them together hehe.

i guess my quest to visit all my serendra to go to establishments has really started. today i was off to chelsea.

met with m at galleria and then we headed to the fort. drama pa sa text on going there as if i will let her go all the way from uber north down to semi-south hehe. anyway, i was so excited because i have expected too much. let's say the visit was so so. i guess we didn't order the right stuff. on the menu it says something like freshly made pasta...but it was not...should be best described as pasta for the day! anyway, what i didn't like about this dish was that the tomato was too sour. it totally defeated the cream and pesto which were on the dish as well.


seafood linguini
another bad choice was the irish coffee, m and i were thinking the same thing that's why we had the same order. we expected the coffee to be creamy but it was not. also, we thought it was cold since it was categorized as cold coffee...it seems that it works like sb wherein you can get it hot or cold. the liquer was too strong. hay naku we had to finish it up because it was damn too expensive to simply not drink it. anyway, expected too much since they were using italian coffee this did not meet expectations sad to say.



the saving grace of this entire meal, the pizza. i love the texture...crisp and thin, the way i like it. again, using the same tomatoes which is too sour but the artichokes, cheese and mushrooms made the dish worth it.



this is definitely far from my zao meal which i completely raved about, considering they cost almost the same. but anyway, maybe i'll try something else next time. also, where's the free bread? or is it just during dinner time? the meal arrived quite late as well but the nice thing was they informed us on the delay. i had celeb sightings too this afternoon hehe.

chelsea chelsea - by anton

the LIST - must try!

here's my list of restos to go.

TAGAYTAY

sonya's

manno's greek taverna

buon giorno

BUFFET

red crab buffet

chinatown's best

GREENBELT

segafredo

pepato

people's palace

SM MOA

plato platina

tagaytay highlands stakhouse

SERENDRA/THE FORT

duo

mezzaluna

prince of jaipur

je suis gourmand

MAKATI

maurizio

cafe otello

azure cafe

som's - believe it or not haven't been there

la grotta

hossein's (has a branch at the fort)

nihonbashitei

gulliver's

ziggurat

la regalade

GATEWAY

mandarin oriental cafe

PODIUM

florabel's

BAKESHOP/PASTRIES/DESSERTS

fleur de lys

tony cuerva's mango torte

dulcelin's mango torte

the camara frozen brazo

my new love -- ZAO!

read ZAO on lori's blog and i knew i ought to try it. i love vietnamese food and zao met and even exceeded my expectations. here are the stuff we ate. i forgot to take a picture of the kangkong with tofu which was so great.simply love this place!


best fresh spring rolls by far...the peanut sauce was light i would think it was made with cassava starch the rice wrapper was a bit salty though




braised spare ribs (not sure about the name) it was tender but a stronger flavor is needed. more spices and salt would do the trick.


vietnamese fried chicken...spicy as in loads of flavors but it was not hot so don't worry.


zao vietnamese bistro
serendra
global city, taguig