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Food Trippin': Indian Food
Food Trippin’: Indian Food
One of the best things in having friends of a different nationality is you get to learn a ton of things. Whether it be their belief, their culture, which places to visit, there’s just so many kinds of stuff to appreciate, and one of my favorites is food.
Three weeks back, me and my new found friend, who happens to be Indian, decided to go on a food trip because she’s been craving for a kebab and…
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FAIRYLOOT | My first book subscription box
FAIRYLOOT | My first book subscription box
Last August, I stumbled upon Fairyloot as I was browsing through my Instagram account. There is this particular book reviewer and blogger that I follow, and as I was checking out her IG account, I saw Fairyloot in her Highlights. I got curious so I clicked…
… and I was never the same.
“Fairyloot is a box of bookish treasure stolen from a fairy’s lair”
As most close to me know, I love to…
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Birthdays are a perfect excuse to binge in great food; in my case, that meant Japanese food.
I can practically name two places on top of my head that I wanted to try Japanese food. The first one was a newly opened and well-known Japanese restaurant, and the other one was a Japanese buffet restaurant, which was highly recommended by a former colleague.
It took me the last minute to finally made a decision, and for obvious reasons, the Japanese buffet won. What reason? It’s a B-U-F-F-E-T. I plan on bingeing, remember?
A lot may have heard and may have tried dining in this restaurant already. I, myself, have known about it since last year, but have yet to get the chance to try it. This is definitely a good chance to do so, and yes, it’s Maison De Sushi.
Firstly, let me share some food photos I was able to capture on my phone just to show how scrumptious our dinner was.
Shrimp Tempura
The shrimp tempura is definitely one of our favorites. We ordered it twice and would probably have had two more rounds if we weren’t so full from the amount of sushi we’ve tried in between.
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Golden Crown Sushi
Tuna
Sushi Heaven! Hear me scream people! I forgot some of the names though. I did mention before that I’m terrible at food blogging, I tend to forget important details. In any case, you can check their Tablet Menu to see photos of everything they have. Though not original, it’s pretty cool that they’re also using a Tablet. I appreciate it when I’m able to see what my food is supposed to look like, whether it would be an accurate representation or not.
Dragon Sushi (?)
Candy Chicken Wings
Beef Teppanyaki
The Dragon Sushi (It is not its exact name, but yes I’m calling it that), is a definite must-try. I highly recommend it. It was delicious. However, since it is part of their “special menu,” there was an added 25QR in our bill, but definitely worth the price. The Beef Teppanyaki was also part of the “special menu,” and we were told by someone (I’m going to assume he’s the owner or the manager) that it was a new addition they’ve created. I have to say, it was kind of him to personally come to our table. I also ordered their Candied Chicken Wings just because I happen to love the taste of sweetness in chicken.
Matcha/Vanilla Ice Cream with Banana Tempura
There’s not much variety on desserts, which I think is pretty standard with Japanese restaurants or mainly with Asian restaurants, so we just opted for their ice cream. Actually, we wanted to try their charcoal ice cream, but unfortunately, it is not available at that time.
Other foods we’ve ordered (that I have no photos of) are their Miso Soup, Pad Thai Noodles, and Tempura Rolls. Not much of a fan of the Tempura Rolls though. It has to be eaten as soon as it hit the table to appreciate the crunch of the seaweed wrap. It is not bad but still not as tasty as the others.
Hmm… my face is shaped like a steamed bun. 😀
As you must know, my birthday happen to fell on a Thursday, so I had to make a reservation beforehand since I’ve been told it could get really crowded on Thursdays. When we arrived, we were warmly welcomed by the staff and immediately sent to our table.
Since the staff was aware of my birthday, while we were waiting for our orders, the lights suddenly dimmed, and a group of women in kimonos sang me a birthday song as they clap their hands and twirl their Japanese umbrellas (wagasa). I was surprised that they have an official photographer for celebrations like this and took photos of my family and me with his SLR. He asked for my email afterward and sent me the pictures he took for free!
Furthermore, as seen in my photo above, instead of a cake, I was given 4 pieces of sushi with a lit candle. You didn’t read that incorrectly, there really were 4 pieces of sushi at that time, but I was so excited trying to hold it up while they were taking my photo that one fell off. Ha!
Anyway, I find the idea of an official photographer taking photos of their customers during a celebration like this pretty impressive and considerate of them. Added points for customer service if I do say so myself.
Birthdays are a perfect excuse to binge in great food; in my case, that meant Japanese food.
DAY 28: Favorite Memory The last New Year celebration I had in the Philippines. It was on the eve of December 31, 2010 — almost 3 years ago.
DAY 25: If You Could Meet or Have One Fictional Character to Fall in Love with You, Who Would it Be?
I have fallen in love with a good number of fictional characters sans fictional characters from movies, television, cartoons ever since I started reading, but for some reason, this question left me thinking of only one… Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy (Mr. Darcy) in Pride and Prejudice. Described to be handsome, tall and intelligent — these are qualities I don’t always find with the men I meet. In real…
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DAY 16: Biggest Fear According to Google, Fear is defined as an emotion induced by a perceived threat which causes entities to quickly pull far away from it and usually hide.
DAY 14: Your Favorite Holiday and Why?
DAY 14: Your Favorite Holiday and Why?
Christmas! *cue music* Because it’s the most wonderful time of the year. Hahaha! But seriously, it is! Let me tell you why… When I was about 4, an age when I started believing in the existence of one jolly, good, old fellow named Santa Clause way before some very horrible person ruined my childhood, I remember my mom telling me that if I’m a good girl, Santa will grant me anything I ask of him.…
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DAY 13: Something That Happened this Week
DAY 13: Something That Happened this Week http://wp.me/p39El4-xJ
Last December 7, we held our first ever Christmas Party. We did the event in our place, where the living room area is big enough to accommodate more than 20 people. The living room walls and table were decorated with balloons to brighten the place. We had a video camera and a projector facing one wall giving everyone a view of themselves on the screen. Naturally, we also had someone to set-up our…
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Touchdown Philippines!
Such an exhilarating feeling when you’re inside an aircraft hovering over trees and plains, in the land and country you were born with. And when you’ve been away from home for almost three years, the sight from above is nothing short of beautiful. That is the feeling I got the day I get to say “Hello Philippines!!!” My departure flight from Doha came about in the evening on the 24th of June, and…
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Am I Happy?
It’s that time of the year again. A time when another number is magically added to my age. Ever since I’ve reached my 3rd decade years back, somehow I kept constantly forgetting my age after that — believe me when I say that it was not intentional. It seemed like my consciousness has decided to stop counting, and if ever anyone dared to ask me of my age, I would have to whip my trusted phone out…
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BTS ‘Love Yourself’ HER and My Fangirl Feels BTS (aka Bangtan Sonyeondan, Bangtan Boys, Beyond The Scene, Boys That Slay and all kick-ass names you can think of) finally dropped their much-anticipated music video last September 18, after months of pleasurable agony ARMYs have experienced along the wait.
I tried. Seriously… I tried. But like all American adaptations of great Japanese anime, it has disappointed me in more ways than one. I did, though, tried. I tried to watch it as it is supposed to be – an adaptation. However, it still failed to deliver. I must stress that everything that made the original great and remarkable was non-existent in this film. I wonder what was going through the…
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EXO (Shimmy Shimmy) KO KO BOP I can't help it. That "Shimmy, Shimmy" needs to be added on the title. Last July 18, SMEnt finally released EXO's comeback song Ko Ko Bop, much to EXO-L's delight.
Burger Boutique
It is Friday again, the only day I’m able to call mine. I do miss the days when I get to have two days off. Anyway, it was afternoon and I was strolling around with a friend at Gulf Mall and doing one of my favorite past times – window shopping – when hunger strikes us both. As usual, we wanted to dine somewhere we haven’t tried before, so I checked my ever helpful Zomato app to see what…
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Suspended
I’m at it again. This unwanted feeling of monotonousness is making me numb. It occurs every year – like when something happens that make you fall into boredom’s abyss. At least that’s what I was feeling as of late, not that everybody knows that, but my complete lack of attentiveness on certain aspects of my daily life is telling me that I have to do something quick to break the state of ennui I’m…
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BTS, BMAs, Blood Sweat & Tears
BTS, BMAs, Blood Sweat & Tears
A lot of B’s there. So I had to do this. Like I seriously had to do this… I know I haven’t been active in my blog lately, but this news got me all fired up and ready to say hello back to my blog! It got all my brain juices flowin’. My inner fangirl is screaming and shrieking like a banshee! So just to warn you all, this is going to be a fangirl post. I lot of my followers may not be able to…
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a never ending saga
