Quality time and a celebration

 

   I visited the sick BF (M) yesterday, I got to spend some quality time with him at his house, yesterday was also his mom’s advanced celebration birthday and bought a custard roll cake from Red ribbon. It was so good that I wasn’t able to take a picture. I’m glad they liked it. Here’s a picture of the custard roll via their site.

      It definitely taste like custard, like yema. But good thing is that, it wasn’t so sweet like the umay kind.  Worth buy! Full roll costs P295

   I spent lunch with the family and it sure has been a long time since I visited. Tita Beng’s cooking is so AWESOME! her relyenong alimasag (stuffed crabs) are the best! M’s mom invited me to spend dinner and mass with them at SM MOA. We first attended mass, then had dinner at Cabalen. Cabalen offeres P390 per head of Filipino, Thai and Japanese dishes. The food was okay, limited selection of food. The taste were just okay. I guess for the price I shouldn’t expect too much.

                           The ambiance was really nice, very clean chandeliers

       My first plate, which consists of maki’s, longganisa and veggie tempura

   The veggie tempura could’ve been great but it was makunat. The longganisa was good though, nothing special about the maki’s, but it was okay.

       My second plate which consists of siomai, atchara, cat fish with mango salad, 2 pcs. of small cut chicken, chap chae, and paella.

     The catfish salad with mango was nice, the atchara was yummy too. Siomai, chicken and chap chae was just okay. The paella was a night mare, it tasted like Biko, some sort of sweet sticky rice. The rice was so sticky too, it was so weird. I couldn’t finish it. I was so full that I didn’t bother with dessert anymore.

    M’s mom and dad seemed really happy that night, seeing their children all working now and spending time with them.

                                         M’s mom and dad, happily married.

    I didn’t bother with the camera’s setting anymore, I didn’t want to keep them from having fun.

                                                        M’s sister ( the one at the left)

                                              Advanced Happy birthday Tita!

    Well, I definitely had so much fun yesterday. Wasn’t able to take pictures of his other sister and her BF though.

   Hope your weekends was spent well too.  As for Cabalen, it was okay, I’m not sure if I’m going back. But one thing for sure is M and I just might go back to MOA on our next date. There were so many restaurants to choose from and they also have Joey Pepperoni there.

 

    Till then!

 

   Meow..Meow..

First dining experience with Nasi Lemak

 

   In continuation of yesterday’s date with the BF, we dined at a new place which I have always been interested in dining in. Nasi Lemak, Robinson’s Galleria Ortigas

   We ordered Nasi goreng, honey spareribs and their new  japanese tofu with chorizo and bottomless red ice tea

                                              Nasi Goreng  p180

     This was really good, it had fried dilis (anchovy), veggies and scrambled egg, 1 order is good for 2 people.

                                       Honey mustard ribs P280

      I’m not sure if the white stuff is mayonnaise, but it didn’t empowered the flavor of the ribs. BF loved this so much, I did too, 1 order good for 2 people. The ribs is just a little bit hard to cut, but soft when you chew it. Flavor is really nice.

                                        Japanese tofu chorizo P160

   Thanks to BF for taking this shot, I tried taking multiple shots of this but mine appeared a little blurry, I always end up having shaky hands. The waiter told us to eat this whole since the tofu curdles when sliced in half. I was like O_o seriously? it was big, like the kind of maki they offer at the buffet at Saisaki, I don’t have a big mouth, haha. I just cut it in half and yes it broke. The tofu was soft, really yummy, I liked the sauce it came with, it was somewhat tangy. The chorizo and tofu’s flavor complimented well with each other.

   We ordered 2 bottomless red ice tea, was pretty pricey 2 for P156 but it was okay. I was a little bit irritated with their service though, the waiters did not seem friendly at all nor accommodating, considering that we ordered bottomless drinks they should be aware of the customers glass when it is half empty right? So okay, BF just raised his glass a couple of times to get one of the waitresses attention, and the place isn’t that full anyway. What I didn’t like was how the waitress looked, it was really irritating I didn’t even bother to ask for another refill, so it seemed that I just wasted our money for the ice tea. The red ice tea tasted different though, it had some strong flavor of something, but in a good way, it was good. Just not how the waitresses are. So what if you’re not friendly, I don’t mind, but at least be attentive right, as we ARE paying service charge, we expect some sort of  good service at least.

    My verdict? The food is good don’t get me wrong, it says though Halal approved, but from what I know when you say Halal approved no pork is allowed. Anyway, if you’re a vegetarian you wouldn’t be left out with the menu.

  Nasi Lemak offers, Singaporean and other asian cuisines (Sorry I forgot the others). Whenever  I pass by this restaurant, you can always see people in the restaurant. I’m glad, at least with the service we had (maybe they were not having a good day or what) it lived to my expectations, it was good, a taste of a different culture.

   Our total bill: P814.80

        Ambiance, had black long chairs, comfy enough and I liked the lighting.

*zoom mode, we were sitting far from this post

 

   Would I recommend this? Definitely! if you’re into asian dishes. Next time I will try the Char kway teow. 

   I haven’t tasted authentic Singaporean dishes but from what I’ve been reading, this definitely comes close to it. I’m not sure if they have other branches though.

  For the food I give it a: 4/5 spoons

 

Till then!

 

Meow..Meow..