Modern Shanghai

My family and I always look forward to discovering new restaurants whenever we go to SM Mall of Asia and we're happy to have dined at Modern Shanghai. It was also almost closing time when we entered the restaurant so there's also the fear that they might not treat us well but ...

Lee Hak

The name of the restaurant reminds me of a Korean rom-com character from the Rooftop Prince.

Yoshinoya's 4th Gyudon Eating Challenge

On its 4th year now, Yoshinoya brings once again its famous Yoshinoya Gyudon Challenge. This famous dish originated way back around 1800 in Japan. Gyu stands for beef while don is the short form of donburi which refers to food on top of rice and serve in a bowl.

This delicious dish if made from juicy beef strips in a mild sweet sauce made from fish and seaweed stock and rice wine. Cooked in a pan with onions and then placed on top of steaming hot rice. Itadakimasu!

Mr. Timothy James Yang, President of Century Pacific Group welcomes the bloggers to the qualifying round of the Gyudon Eating Challenge, Bloggers Edition. Winner from the bloggers group will compete with winners from print and TV media groups, upon which a winner will be declared.

***The Yoshinoya Gyudon eating contest  is open to all male and female who are 18 years old and above. Qualifying rounds will be held daily from Monday to Friday beginning April 21 to May 30. At stake are cash prizes worth P225K including trip to Japan. For more details, you may get in touch with the nearest Yoshinoya branch near you.

Blogger's Elimination Round- We were all given two bowls each of gyudon. Bowls of gyudon were replenished as soon as one finishes a bowl.

Mr. Timothy Yan happily cheers us to eat fast, eat fast!

That's me trying to "daintily" wolf down my gyudon. Hahaha. I mean, I'm such a slow eater that winning an eating contest is surreal. But I did try my best to finish my food although I wasn't able to touch my second bowl.

My, my... look at that empty bowls!

And here's the winner for the blogger edition- Mr. Ruel Umali. Wishing you more power in eating bowlfuls of gyudon during the face-off with the winner from TV and print media. Aja! ;)

*** all photos were taken using Kata i3

Dinner At Pepper Lunch

Did you get the joke?

Daughter and I attended the Toycon Event at SM Megamall last week but since the mall was crowded, we decided to go to Shangri-La Plaza to eat dinner. I was craving for chicken at Wee Nam Kee but daughter said she missed Pepper Lunch already. So that's where we ended up eating our dinner. Did you get the joke now? Haha

Moms Brunch At Casa Roces

We (with JL and IL) haven't seen each other for quite sometime now that when IL texted us that she has a scheduled meeting with her daughter's adviser the following day and that she's available for breakfast.Chosen brekky place was in nearby Casa Roces, its just a short walk from where our kids go to school.

Lovely Beef Day

Daughter and I have been craving for some beef strips lately that a cancelled movie date at RWM means that we can enjoy grocery shopping at Lucky Chinatown Mall. You see, it is only at the Metro Gaisano Supermarket where I can find this particular beef strips that hubby and daughter enjoys. I don't know why it is not available in other groceries or if they have, it doesn't look just right. We also love steak (who doesn't? please raise your feet!) and they're always available in that grocery. So okay lang na its far awar from where we live as long as maraming grocery haul.

So when I received an invite last week to join the Media Launch of Angus Cow Beef Tapa, I didn't think twice about it. I mean, a-n-g-u-s beef. Go go go!:)

And it made me happy to know that this beef tapa is not just any beef tapa but an angus beef tapa, and this particular one is synonymous with Chef John Cu-Unjieng of JAM Foods and Company. I've been hearing buzz about this yummy beef tapa from several foodie friends but I still haven't tasted it-- wawa naman ako. So today's my lucky day.

FWGP Workshop and Q Kebab

Last Sunday after attending baby Mikael's Baptismal Lunch at Saisaki Greenbelt, I went to FWGP's workshop at 47 East Hub, E.Abada Street, Quezon City (at the back of McDonald's Katipunan).

Workshop was about how to write, send proposal letter to editors and get published. It was fun although I didn't get to meet and make friends with the other participants since I arrived a bit late. Its a tough decision between Iron Man 3 and the workshop. Daughter watched the movie with cousins after lunch while I (alone) went to the workshop via MRT/ LRT2. Fast commute but lonesome nonetheless.

photo by Dino Manrique / Linus Lopez

Beef Brisket

This is one of daughter's favorite dish. I guess it's the star anise that she fell in love with. :)