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"Feeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather it releases us from the self-hatred that prevents us from responding to our life with clarity and balance." --Tara Brach

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EATS MAKATI: ESSENTIAL GOODNESS

EATS MAKATI: ESSENTIAL GOODNESS

Little did you know, there’s a nice rooftop restaurant inside Lub’d building in Poblacion. I love the hanging lamps of the place, it was clean and sunny inside.

The service was a bit slow. The food was served about 25 – 30 minutes after we placed our order. We ordered the following: Sardine and Clam Pasta for Php 250local clam and sardine confit with a wine sauce served with spaghetti &…

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The new It Resto Bar in Poblacion: Essential Goodness For The Pilgrims at Lub D Hostel 🥘🍹🥞🥃

Whenever I hear "Poblacion", the first thing that pops up in my mind is NIGHTLIFE. Poblacion is known for being one of the go-to places whenever you wanna have a good drink with your friends. It also has some of the best bars and restos in the metro. And a new addition to the lineup is Essential Goodness For The Pilgrims, a rooftop resto bar located in Lub D Hostel (the biggest Hostel here in the Philippines)! I'm so excited to share with you all of the amazing food and drinks we got to try at their launch!

First things first, lemme just gush to you guys about the interiors of this place! I just loooove how everything is put together. TBH, I wasn't expecting this kind of luxury for a restaurant in a hostel. Most of the time, I see restaurants in other hostels to be quite small, and minimally designed. I just love the whole warm and cozy vibe of Essential Goodness For The Pilgrims! It just invites you to have a seat, eat a nice meal and have a great drink while you're at it.

Now onto the food! Their dishes are really well thought out and the processes the chefs had to go through, just to achieve the revamped beloved filipino dishes with their own twists, were amazing! Each dish was cooked to perfection and plated so beautifully, each photo we took was very IG worthy!

Half Stacked Pancake. berry compote, lavender whipped cream, bacon. Lovely pancakes and bacon combo!

Eggplant Omelette. roasted eggplant, three egg scramble, minced beef. The absolute FLUFFIEST omelette I've ever tried!! It's like biting into a fluffy egg cloud. A must try for egg lovers!

Essential Breakfast. green eggs, english bangers, bacon, baked beans, rye. A hearty heavy breakfast!

Buffalo Chicken Sandwich. roasted chicken meatballs, buffalo sauce, blue cheese, sesame bun.

Patty Melt. wagy beef patty, emmental, rye toast, jalapeño, caramelized onions. Definitely one of our table's favorites! Super good!

Steak and Fries. house rub cured top round, brown butter, potato confit. Medium rare goodness!!

Hambagu. japanese curry, wagyu beef patty, fried egg, japanese rice

I gotta say, it was hard to choose a drink from their wide range of cocktails! I'm the type who likes to try out new and unique flavors, and boy did they have plenty!

Earl Grey. First drink is composed of earl grey tea, vodka, elder flower, lime and cointreu. It was a nice refreshing drink that paired well with the breakfast food!

Next was the Kaffir Lime. It had kaffir lime, vodka, chili, lemon and syrup. If you're familiar with tom yum soup, this drink definitely resembled that! It had all of the sourness, spiciness and kick to that classic soup! A drink for the more adventurous people!

Their drinks definitely shined and I can only imagine now how their bar would do well at night with all of these great drinks! Definitely inviting my barkada here next time!

Lastly, I had the Wasabi. Yup, this drink had wasabi in it!! Apart from that, it had whisky, lemon sour, syrup, angostura bitters. My top recommendation that you should try! Honestly was afraid to try this one, but surprisingly it's sooo good! Who would've known that wasabi would go well in a drink! Mad props to the creative genius who made these drinks! Def gonna try the other drinks next time.

Essential Goodness For The Pilgrims is open from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. and from 6 p.m. onwards.

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Meditatio House: Woundedness and Essential Goodness

Meditatio House: Woundedness and Essential Goodness

Here on the blog things have been a bit quiet of late. Attention has been elsewhere. The house community has been active with other things: the annual Bere Island WCCM Holy Week Retreat, and moving house. And for me personally, there has been the ongoing experience of grief with the death and passing of my mother.

For me, the Bere Island retreat was many things. Speaking generally I experienced…

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Daily Meditation: karma

The Laws of Karma link us from our human origins into the infinite future! Know that every thought and feeling you have today will have an effect on the future.  So, live fully in each moment as an essentially Good force in the Universe, and your goodness will echo into your environment, your ancestry and the Universe.

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