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DayQuil-Looking Jell-O Shots
Posted on December 26, 2009 by Ching under Food and Drink, Health.
Do you see what I mean about Jenni’s Jell-O shots looking like DayQuil? She makes her Jell-O shots with champagne instead of vodka so they are super yummy. Mom says she eats the left over Jell-O shots for dessert. LOL.
The entire time I was sick and had to take DayQuil, I’d just close my eyes and imagine the medicine cup was filled with Jenni’s delicious Jell-O shots. That’s what got me through the week of being sick.
Speaking of, I wonder if I can talk Jenni into posting her Jell-O shot recipe on FOODIES? Hmmm…
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Mom’s Birthday Party – Filipino Style
Posted on October 25, 2009 by Ching under Family, Flickr, Food and Drink.
We all had our nails done on the day of mom’s party. Well, all of us except for Brian. Even dad got his nails done.
The nail tech who came over, Nory (not sure of the spelling), is the official manikyurista of Tabuc. She goes to everyone’s homes to do their nails. For instance, going to Auntie Jessica’s house every couple of weeks and to Mama Iyay’s house every month.
Nail services in the Philippines are pretty inexpensive. My manicure and pedicure cost me less than $2, even after tip. It’s not like a spa mani and pedi but, for the nail tech to actually come to your house and perform the service, that’s huge. That way you don’t have to get your toenails muddy. =)
Earlier that same day, Uncle Wesley came by and gave mom a bouquet of flowers picked from his beautiful garden (which is next to mom and dad’s house). Mom and I thought that was very thoughtful of him.
I’m not sure what kind of flower that it, but it is very pretty.
Brian did a great job of moving the car out of the car port so we could make room for the tables. Auntie Neneng’s car is stick shift and with the steep incline and the narrowness of the carport, it was very tricky. However, Brian managed to move the car out without the use of a rock (I noticed the others, including Cholo who chauffeured us around whenever we used the car, have to do that before they can switch from reverse to drive). This is further proof of Brian’s expert stick shift driving ability. Go, baby!
With the car out of the way, dad was able to clean the tile floor using walis ting-ting (stick broom) and water. The carport doubles as a patio, when there is no car parked. The architecture of mom and dad’s house in Opao is actually really creative and functional. Did I mention that, besides the tile floors, the walls are tiled also? This way you never have to worry about wooden walls rotting or having to get the walls repainted. I think the tile walls withstand the strong rainstorms better than regular walls also. Their house is very well-suited to the local climate.
Later in the afternoon, the soda arrived. Mostly Coke, but there was some Sprite also. In bottles of course.
Coke is the drink of choice in the Philippines. Brian knows this first hand now. Once you cross the Pacific Ocean to the other continent and arrive in the Philippines, Coke tastes like Pepsi (which is our – when I say our, I mean Brian and me – cola of choice here) and Pepsi tastes like bad watered-down cola.
We set up extra tables and chairs around the house. Okay, so someone else set up the tables and chairs for us. We helped a little, though.
There were tables and chairs in the carport/patio and also the front porch. We have a huge extended family so we had to make sure there was enough seating for everyone.
There was so much food that we had a lot of leftovers the next day. Check out FOODIES for pictures of the dishes that were served.
Check out the slide show below for pictures from the party.
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A Trip to the Nifty Nuthouse
Posted on September 19, 2009 by Ching under Food and Drink, Poker, Wishlist.
Brian’s coworkers Lance and Alicia joined us for lunch at My Tho the other day. Guess what is just around the corner from My Tho? Yup. You guessed it! The Nifty Nuthouse!
Since we got done with lunch pretty quickly and had fifteen minutes to spare, the four of us decided to stop by the Nifty Nuthouse on the way back to work. Alicia had never been there before.
SIDE NOTE: Kudos to My Tho for their promptness. Lunch was super quick. It seemed like within a couple of minutes of ordering, our server was back with our meals. Brian was surprised at how quickly our food was ready. I wasn’t surprised, though. I swear. I think they have vats of soups already pre-made and ready to go in the kitchen. =P
I’m actually glad that lunch was quick because we wouldn’t have had time to stop in at the Nifty Nuthouse otherwise. It is one of my favorite places to get chocolates. My other favorite place is Cocoa Dolce, but we only go when we feel like splurging (which we haven’t done lately). Cocoa Dolce artisan chocolates are pretty expensive. Your money goes a longer ways at the Nifty Nuthouse. Not to say I don’t love Cocoa Dolce because I do. They have fantastic truffles! But the Nifty Nuthouse is a good place to satisfy those chocolatey cravings on the cheap.
Brian loves their double-dipped chocolate-covered peanuts. I like their chocolate covered-pretzels. I got some to bring to poker and share with everyone. Brian got a pound of his double-dipped chocolate-covered peanuts, but he doesn’t like to share so he kept his at home.
Incidentally, I cashed in the home game at Uncle Roy’s on Thursday night. I think it was because I shared my yummy chocolate-covered pretzels with everyone and wasn’t being greedy. Further proof of my theory that the more you give, the more you get. It’s all about cultivating good karma. LOL. So much for poker skills, huh? =P
They were all still playing poker when we left (a cash game had started after enough people were knocked out of the tournament) so I just left the chocolate-covered pretzels with them. Rod seemed to really like it.
Anyway, it’s a shame that I didn’t have enough good karma to carry me through to today’s poker tourney at Harrah’s. Brian and I totally sucked. Well, we didn’t really suck but the cards sure did. The cards were just rotten. I have some theories about doing well at Harrah’s, too. More on that later.
For now, head over to the Nifty Nuthouse and satisfy those chocolate cravings!
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Dinner at Gordon Biersch
Posted on September 8, 2009 by Ching under Food and Drink, Travel.
Brian and I had dinner with Bree and her friend Sam at Gordon Biersch on Saturday. Brian and I weren’t really hungry because of our late lunch at McFadden’s, but it was a good excuse to hang out.
Brian and I just decided to split a pizza. It was good, actually, but not as good as Il Vicino. It was cheap, though, and it fed three people since Bree had some of it too.
The only other thing I tried besides the pizza was the sangria. It was good enough for me to drink two glasses of it, but it definitely wasn’t as good as my sangria.
Here are some pictures from dinner:
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Romantic Dinner Scotch & Sirloin
Posted on August 26, 2009 by Ching under Family, Food and Drink.
David and Donna took us out to dinner last night at Scotch & Sirloin for our anniversary. As though the ambiance weren’t romantic enough, the power went out while we were there. We had to eat our dessert by candlelight.
On the bright side, at least we were finished with our meals and were already on dessert when the power went out. Here are some photos..
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