A Taste of Both Worlds

New Pasta Experience at Pizza Hut

Hubby, son and I went to the mall a few weeks ago to celebrate a little, you see, my son topped his class (again) this quarter, so to give him a little incentive, we brought him to Storyland/Timezone and treated him to his favorite food chain - Pizza Hut.

Pizza Hut recently released a new line of pasta, I tried to look for their commercial in You Tube, so I can link it but I failed but you can look at their website to learn more about their pasta offerings.  They have a separate pasta menu that you can ogle if you don't have the money to indulge, well, I did anyway *grins* and instead of the usual table decors, you'll find a glass filled with different kinds of pastas (photo above), which I found cute and homey.

According to the menu, they have 12 different kinds of affordable, Chef-quality Italian pasta which is divided into two categories, the classic - Baked Mac and Cheese, Fettuccine a la King, Puttanesca, Aglio Olio, Spaghetti Bolognese with meatballs, Baked Fettuccine Alfredo, Lasagna Classico - and the specialty pasta - Spaghetti Shrimp Garlic and Mushroom, Pesto Chicken Penne, 3-Cheese Ravioli, Seafood Supremo and their Pasta Duet, a little serving of both Mac and Cheese and Fettucini Alfredo.

Bro's Treat at Pancake House

My bro asked me to accompany him in Trinoma last Friday as he was shopping for a new pair of black shoes and some polo shirts, he kinda needed my not-so-professional advice on what's hot and not.  Between you and me, he do believe that I have a good sense of fashion style, and for my sake and his, I believe that it is true *grins*.  And so, we spend a few hours looking and picking some stuff, and when were done I asked him to treat me to dinner, which is just right, I helped him out and he forced me to ride a bus (which is one of my natural enemies, I'll elaborate some other time).

We had an early dinner at Pancake House, I would have order some pancakes plus a main course but my brother is such a tightwad so I had to contend with what he wanted to give me *grins*.

Note:  Pardon for the not so appetizing food shots, as I was with my bro and he's not used to me taking pictures before I eat, he prevented me from turning the flash of my camera on as it may disturb other people (daw) add that to the fact that the lighting in Pancake House-Trinoma branch is not great for taking pictures.  'Nuff said!

Photo above is a Hamburger Steak Special set, it has hamburger steak (of course!) with gravy, an order of spaghetti and mixed vegetables, corn and carrots in my bro's case, plus a glass of iced tea.  You have to spare 215php for this, but looking back at how fervently he's eating his order, I guess, it's quite okay to say that you'll get your money's worth.

A Bite at Manila Ocean Park Cafe

A few weeks, or is it months *grins* ago, we went to Manila Ocean Park, it is located behind the Quirino Grandstand (Rizal Park) in Roxas Blvd.  It would have been nice to blog about what I and my family had seen and did inside the water park but sadly, it wasn't as much fun as you might think, it sort of failed our expectation.  Don't get me wrong, I am [so] happy that we Pinoys have our own ocean park, and from what I see, I think it can even stand on its own, it may never top or equal the ones that other countries have but I firmly believe that it can run its own show.  The problem is, visitors like us cannot fully appreciate the beauty and wonders of the deep, or even acknowledge the coolness of the park itself, as there were so many people scrambling around, forcing their way in and fighting for individual space.  Well, I can't blame the MOP clientele, as expected, they all paid to get in so they will get their money's worth by hook or by crook, right?  The problem lies on the staff and, of course, on the administration, can't they just have a maximum limit of people inside, when some people get out others can get in, a simple case of ratio and proportion will work wonders I think.  Anyway, we spend an hour and a half max, shorter than I ever imagine, because my son was terribly uncomfortable due to the non-working (properly) air conditioner, add that to the jam-packed place and you'll get hell on earth, as in it was super hot, you won't even have the chance to breath and take in the marvel in front of you.  That one and a half hour was mostly spent in the souvenir and arcade area at the second floor (?), not a good first impression, if you'll ask me.  But, here's a big but, given a chance, we would like to try again, but this time we're gonna call to inquire if there's any scheduled school, company or community outings the day we're gonna visit *grins*, better safe than sorry.

And so we went out and decided to roam around Rizal Park, it's been ages since we've been there but as it was scorching hot, we decided to cool down in the Manila Ocean Park Cafe which we found out is owned by a woman who also co-owns the ocean park, how's that for rich?  It is an open-air establishment with a number of those big air-conditioner/blower units around, which was a definite turn on on that hot, hot day.  One more thing, it has yellow and blue tables and counter tops accented with pretty flower centerpieces, it oozed of coziness and comfy-ness.  Adventurers (read:the three of us - hubby, me and bebe) who didn't get a good start found a haven to rejuvenate, hmm... did we, really?

Frozen

Yup, my blog was frozen for almost two months, and this time it's not because of the time-old reason called laziness, this time I did something worthwhile *grins*.  I wasn't able to update that long because we had re-open our small internet cafe, actually, it is more of a computer rentals and as we were not that accustomed to having a business like that anymore, the fatigue and stress kinda took toll on me in as early as a week.  Now, we are nearing our 2nd month and we're kinda getting the hang of the business and it's corresponding hazards *grins*, so, it is a little safe to say that I can now update this blog, it may not be as often as I would want to but I think I can pitch in one or two in a week (laziness factor not accounted for *lol*).  I have a few backlog posts already in queue and I hope to write at least one tomorrow morning after my son dash to school... hopefully *fingers cross*.

For now, you have to settle for an explanatory post such as this as I need to attend to my son's preparatory needs (read:  review), but I think, tomorrow will be a different matter *smiles*. 

Sorry for leaving you guys without any notice... but, I am back and I promise to stay this time.

Later... :)

Dinner at the General's Place

I was on hibernation for a couple of weeks, I'm just too tired and too lazy to do anything, I'm not saying that I'm okay now cause I can't remember a time in my life that I felt like doing anything and I don't think there will come a time that I will, I'm just born lazy *grins*.

A few weeks ago, we had dinner at the General's Place, nope, we didn't dine with a general and his family or at his house as we don't know any military generals (at least, none that I know of), The General's Place is a diner located at Gen. Luna St. in Malabon City hence the name.  It is an eatery mainly serving ---silog dishes with a billiard hall and a small internet cafe. 

Note:  Pardon the photos included in this post, the diner uses incandescent light bulbs thus all pics turned out yellowish.

 

It is a small establishment compared to its neighbors but it boast of a number of regular patrons, the time we were there, all the tables were occupied and the lady by the counter calls everyone suki (a customer of long standing), good thing we went and got seated a little earlier than dinner time *grins*.

 

Photo above was hubby's order, finger fish fillet with fried rice and sunny side up egg, it also comes with a sweet and sour sauce.  I don't eat fish so I can't vouch for its taste but hubby said it was good, now it's up to you if you'll believe him *lol*.