LOLcats say nomnomnom when something is yummy, and I just gotta say "omnomnomnom" after visiting Chariya's Thai Kitchen over the weekend. It's a fairly new (more than a month old) establishment serving authentic Thai food near Makati's Bel-Air-Kalayaan Ave. area. We say "authentic" because a sister-brother Thai tandem is behind it. Chairya Thaikupt is a teacher of Thai cooking at Gene Gonzales' culinary school while her brother Jok Bhamornsoot used to be a chef at the Four Seasons hotel in Bangkok. Still, nothing in the menu is above P150 which makes it a must-visit ... Continue Reading...
Stress-busters to remember by….
All right, it's been a stressful week. Dealing with loss can bring a lot of stress, and so does staring at death almost in the face. Rather than stay like this in a daze, I deem it better to answer the Middle Zone Musings' "What I Learned From..." carnival. Blogging about one's feelings is therapy, and so are the following stress-busters: Elders often tell us to count till 100 before blowing off steam. This is so true, except that am sometimes too impulsive. Other people would call it mind-conditioning. For every one ugly situation facing us, there are 10 other ... Continue Reading...
The man who snatched my bag… was a policeman!!
As you can see in my Facebook status here, it was an unlucky Monday. I know I've been a victim of thievery several times before that I already consider it a form of TITHING :( Somehow, you never expect it to happen again to you and then bam! there goes another one. So that's what happened to me last Monday in, of all places, the company parking lot. I was just a few steps to my car when a man in a motorcycle very casually grabbed my handbag away from me and sped off. I was at first speechless from shock, but managed to shout "please run after him!!" to nothingness. It ... Continue Reading...
Kinabuhayan Cafe, Quezon: all-Filipino bed & breakfast
A visit to Kubli Springs is almost a given, if you're a guest or staying in Kinabuhayan Cafe. The latter is a Filipino-inspired bed & breakfast ( B&B) in the heart of Dolores, Quezon. It is highly recommended if you're trekking up the mystical Mount Banahaw or simple doing your Viaje del Sol tour. Tourists and city dwellers can fully experience staying in open air nipa huts which is the traditional Filipino dwelling. Primarily, this means sleeping on slotted bamboo floor amid the lush gardens and cool mountain air. The cafe-cum-B&B has a very homey atmosphere. We ... Continue Reading...
Lunch at Kubli Springs, Quezon: eating with our feet under the water
After our hearty breakfast at Kusina Salud and visiting farms and ricefields, it wasn't quite apparent where we were headed. All I know is that we were traversing Dolores, Quezon en route to Kinabuhayan Cafe and Kubli Springs. So I asked my van seatmate, Kinabuhayan proprietor Jay Herrera why I did not see sign boards or directional signs. He said that was really intentional, "the fun part is in discovering things." He clearly didn't want all sorts of people to flock to Kubli, which is the Tagalog verb for "hide." Finally, we arrive there and it seems the heavens ... Continue Reading...
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