My Family and I love Buon Giorno! The servings are generous without being excessively hefty. Everything is cooked after you order, and their herbs are rich and fresh. The tomatoes are luscious and they don't taste like the can. Buon Giorno has become a very successful pit stop favored by a lot of travelers.... it is the only restaurant in that plaza that always has a waiting line of hungry customers waiting to get a their seat.
I love Italian food and this was going to be my third time going back to this restaurant. Everytime I am in Tagaytay I make sure... I drop by. The last time I was here was when Una was barely 2 months old.
Here we are, having our 1st christmas "noche buena" as a family. My lovely wife and beautiful daughter having a bash along with my mom and "kuya" (older brother).
with so much work that christmas week, in addition to all the last-minuite-shoppings with my wife.. it was a miracle that i was able to still prepare my share for the "pot-luck" dinner. I had a new salad that i have been imagining of the past few weeks.
The Lobby of The Peninsula Manila turned 33 last Sept. 14, 2009 and the halo halo harana, pancit luglog and schueblig were highlights of its 33rd anniversary celebration. The "grande dame" of Makati offered the three dishes at their historical 1976 prices!!!
My wife and I really planned for this trip days in advance. from preparing expressed milk both ready to drink and frozen, to keeping track of weather and traffic on-line during the days leading to the target departure time. This was a restaurant that we wanted to experience as a family. Why?
Tapella Bistro & Bar was our first mid-afternoon 'tapas' date. I've read that 'tapas' is best experienced with a glass of your favorite 'soft' cocktail or easy white wine. The ambience of this part of Greenbelt 5 this particular late afternoon was cool and wet, so my wife and I chose to stay at the al-fresco portion near the bar just outside the restaurant. A bit pricey but the quality of food was good enough to keep you full and maybe resort to a very light dinner afterwards.
Where was our 7-week old daughter this time?... with my in-laws of course!
I can't wait for our next family foodie adventure! This time with Una Isabella.
** all photos taken using my nokia 5000.
Seryna at the entrance of Little Tokyo Makati is our top japanese restaurant in Manila!Why??? here are just some of the obvious reasons why i am so convinced about this 'homise'.The food is "top quality"! never mind the presentation (which is also very commendable by the way) just take note of the "choice" cuts used for each element of the sashimi mix. I remember when I was having our usual 'sirashi bento' over at the sushi bar one lunchtime with my wife, I witnessed how the japanese sushi chef went thru maybe 2-3 whole slabs of raw tuna and inspected it as if he were checking a cut diamond for the 3 C's! Eventually, he discarded 1 whole slab, which to me looked perfectly fine. And then was astounded as he started cutting the second slab... he paused, then discarded it as well! whoa! So on to the third and final slab.. which the sushi chef eventually cut into his standards of tuna sashimi was finally served to various customers.
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