April 5, 2008
a hot, hot day
a hot, hot day
Jing and Harry were able to make it. Benjie too although she was late and said she would catch up. I had texted some college friends to see if we could get together for lunch this day as I did kind of miss eating baked tahong and scallops. Seafoods are not something I can usually indulge in while in Manila, so I was happy to be eating something I liked and which wasn't horribly expensive to make me lose my appetite.
Rosemarie had to wait for her hubby to drive her to the place, Erwin was in the town of Alegria (90 kms or more away), AnaFe was in Bohol, while the others could not be contacted in time. That meant I could have most of the seafoods to myself *evil glint in eye*....I mean...eherm..too bad for them as I didn't really say outright I would treat them (although that was my intention..sneaky eh?)
It is a good thing Harry came over, we found out that he would be leaving for Dubai and staying with Rosemarie's husband's cousin while working there...i.e. he won't be able to treat us to his birthday either this April. Anafe would be coming over to Manila on her birthday this April and we may get together if all goes well.
It was super hot waiting for them...and I found out that parking in Cebu has gotten worse. Before, you could just squish your car on these side streets and walk away, but now you pay the CITOM even if its a weekend and then you are expected to give something to the "bantay". *sigh* Oh well, I suppose while I can afford it, I might as well share what coins I have in my bag.
Since I had no breakfast, I gobbled double helpings of the viands BEFORE I could get a picture of them. I don't think you'd want a picture of a plate of rice? which was the only thing left, plus pieces of the tuna and some baked scallops...as well as shreds of the shrimps :-)
When Benjie came, we excitedly talked about the trips we hope to take. Jing was enthusiastic at the thought of going to Singapore for a more well-planned reunion. SInce Rolando was there, I'm sure he could help us out in case that would push through. Benjie and I were putting our heads together since the plan for our vacation this year was for me to meet up with her in Japan since she would be going there this April-May. Wheee! I really hope to be able to afford it..I don't care if I have to diet and scrimp afterwards on food once back in the Philippines. Unfortunately doing so, would require some strategic project management thinking and planning...from visa to ticket to schedule to my work being uninterrupted. Its not as simple as it seems. Grrrr.
Benjie accompanied me to my house after we all split up since the couple had to go to Danao for an overnight trip. My parents were happy to see her as she has been a friend of the family for some time and most of her gifts of brownies to me, end up in my dad's stomach (blame his sweet tooth). "I-palabi ko na lang" (I give priority to him).
Afterwards, we both split for Gaisano Country Mall where she had a meeting and I spent the time shopping around while waiting for her. They had lots of sales on almost all the items. How difficult is it to get good cargo pants for women anyway? GCM has good finds if you are just a bit patient..and I was able to buy a couple of Levis on sale..pants were a zero though. A quick trip to the household area also had me buying good quality pitchers and cups, and weirdly, I also saw some awfully expensive owls (pictures somewhere on this album)...which, were not on sale (too bad Sir B!)
For dinner, we were discussing with great intensity between Alavar's Seafoods (love their crabs and the heavenly sauce) and Golden Cowrie (it became well known for baked tahong when it was first established). We cruised around the once sleepy area near the Lahug airport and were agreeably suprised the whole street as being lined with restaurants...Wow, this is one thing I miss about Cebu..good, affordable food. Next time, I promised myself, it will be Alavar's and Chika-an sa Cebu! (aba! naka-plot pa yan sa Outlook)
Here is also a link to the pics of our dinner together on her site:
- Apr 15, '08 12:14 AM
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ReplyDeletehugzone wrote on Apr 15, ’08
OMG. kainan galore talaga ginawa mo sa Cebu. It is a wonder you didn’t get fat. You probably were too thin when you went home.
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hugzone wrote on Apr 15, ’08
Hahaha! They were just probably reminding you of me. Thanks! I’m very happy (hyperventilating ba) with those you bought.
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hugzone wrote on Apr 15, ’08
Super dami na talaga ang kainan and shops dyan sa Cebu!
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cuh888 wrote on Apr 15, ’08
hugzone said
Hahaha! They were just probably reminding you of me. Thanks! I’m very happy (hyperventilating ba) with those you bought.
sometimes, its true what they say..it is when you are not looking for it consciously, that you find it…hmmmph…
I can still remember how I went to Cincinnati and San Francisco and everytime I went shopping, I looked for owls but couldn’t find one…and now its the ultimate irony that a bunch of them were in Cebu…
kaya…lesson for you Sir B..wag kang maghanap at may owl na mahuhulog sa ulo mo…baka literal pa (teka, may live owls ba sa Tagaytay at baka paglabas mo sa bahay may mag nest sa ulo nyo *grin*)
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cuh888 wrote on Apr 15, ’08
hugzone said
Super dami na talaga ang kainan and shops dyan sa Cebu!
yeah, although sadly some old favorite eating places I can’t find anymore…masyadong touristy na rin ang dating ng ibang restos dito…and there are a lot of Korean restos sprouting along..seems Koreans have taken over instead of the Japanese tourists we usually had before in droves…
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cuh888 wrote on Apr 15, ’08
hugzone said
OMG. kainan galore talaga ginawa mo sa Cebu. It is a wonder you didn’t get fat. You probably were too thin when you went home.
hmm..the picture wherein I was at White Gold Haus with the siopao and gabi duck? yung yung pag-arrive ko…pareho lang naman yata..otherwise, baka ang fats na distribute lang ng maayos at di pa halata..LOL… (looks at feet and prods hips)
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joeyfab4 wrote on Apr 15, ’08
Chichaan na naman. I wish I coujld be like you Cat. Mahilig kumain pero hindi tuma-taba. Pahiram naman ng genes mo.
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joeyfab4 wrote on Apr 15, ’08
I like this….
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joeyfab4 wrote on Apr 15, ’08
And this too…very refreshing on a hot hot day!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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meannlim wrote on Apr 15, ’08, edited on Apr 15, ’08
we went to this place — Cowrie Grill the last time we were in cebu! oooohhh i miss this one!!
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ReplyDeletemeannlim wrote on Apr 15, ’08
i think we sat on the same place…sarap dyan Cat!!
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cuh888 wrote on Apr 15, ’08
joeyfab4 said
Mahilig kumain pero hindi tuma-taba. Pahiram naman ng genes mo.
meron yan “baby (baboy) fats” somewhere, na di masyadong halata..tsaka may parasites yata sa tyan ko eh…*wink* or so my dad said before..when he saw me in my younger years…actually I only gained weight when I came to Manila in 2004..after that medyo yun,mahirap na tanggalin…ang masasabi ko…worrier kc ako deep inside and subconsciously..so mauubos talaga ang kinakain ko…
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cuh888 wrote on Apr 15, ’08
meannlim said
we went to this place — Cowrie Grill the last time we were in cebu! oooohhh i miss this one!!
ang original Golden Cowrie was a litle bit different from the one standing now…I have not visited this resto again from the time it was shutdown, re-opened and apparently renamed to Cowrie Grill, then back to Golden Cowrie…
it used to be the hanging out place na makainin when it first started sa mga students sa CATS…yung Cebu Aero and Tech School…by the time I was taking PGS here, medyo established na ang Golden Cowrie and nag improve na sa fare nila from the simple-simple na barbecue..
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cuh888 wrote on Apr 15, ’08
joeyfab4 said
And this too…very refreshing on a hot hot day!!!!!!!!!!!!!
imagine yourself Joey, floating and swimming in a sea of gelatin or jello under the heat of the sun…
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bananaking69 wrote on Apr 16, ’08
“I want a female crab…”
May female crabs? Hindi bawal? Dito kasi bawal humuli o magbenta ng female crabs, para daw hindi maubos at dumami ng husto.
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bananaking69 wrote on Apr 16, ’08
Love sisig.
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cuh888 wrote on Apr 16, ’08
bananaking69 said
Dito kasi bawal humuli o magbenta ng female crabs, para daw hindi maubos at dumami ng husto.
hi BNK…well, I don’t think we’ve reached that level of consciousness for the benefit of our environment…here, I haven’t heard of prohibitions against crabs…
Alavar’s in Zamboanga for example (and which has a branch in Cebu and probably in other parts of the country) specializes in it..nakupo…ka-lami (ang sarap) sa sauce! its mixed with gata and some secret ingredient…malay..baka taba ng talangka yon…hehehe…
its so delicious (before ha, di ko lang alam ngayon if they changed it, its been ages since I ate at this resto) that you could just drip it over your rice..and voila…a couple of hours later mag-ebs ka na (dahil siguro sa coconut milk)…btw, ebs is yung mag-deposit ka sa CR *grin*
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bananaking69 wrote on Apr 16, ’08
cuh888 said
)…btw, ebs is yung mag-deposit ka sa CR *grin
Akala ko EBs (Eye Balls).
I bet masarap yang crabs sa Alavar’s. May gata, e di very rich and creamy sya. High fat, high chloesterol diet, pampabata daw. Gaano kalaki ang mga crabs nila?
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bananaking69 said
“I want a female crab…”
May female crabs? Hindi bawal? Dito kasi bawal humuli o magbenta ng female crabs, para daw hindi maubos at dumami ng husto.
but mas masarap sa akin ang bakla…mas malaman…oo naman, dito pwede ang female, male and bakla!
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meannlim wrote on Apr 16, ’08
cuh888 said
Alavar’s in Zamboanga
there was one branch here in Manila dati..i think sa west avenue QC. super sarap talaga dyan…they call their crabs differently eh…pero wow! i miss it now…grrr….i remember LAS CONCHAS in Makati Ave…you can choose the crab that you want to eat too…makapunta nga sa Red Crab sa Morato!
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cuh888 wrote on Apr 16, ’08
bananaking69 said
Akala ko EBs (Eye Balls).
HLH! ebs..kc ebaks (excuse lang sa mga nagbabasa)
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cuh888 wrote on Apr 16, ’08
bananaking69 said
Akala ko EBs (Eye Balls).
I bet masarap yang crabs sa Alavar’s. May gata, e di very rich and creamy sya. High fat, high chloesterol diet, pampabata daw. Gaano kalaki ang mga crabs nila?
am not sure how big they must be now, certainly bigger than what you saw in my pictures above..cutitos lang to (as it cute)…
but they may serve cococrabs din…though on that point I am again unsure…
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cuh888 wrote on Apr 16, ’08
meannlim said
but mas masarap sa akin ang bakla…mas malaman…oo naman, dito pwede ang female, male and bakla!
hmm…akala ko sabi nila mas meaty ang babae na crabs?
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cuh888 wrote on Apr 16, ’08
meannlim said
there was one branch here in Manila dati..i think sa west avenue QC. super sarap talaga dyan…they call their crabs differently eh…pero wow! i miss it now…grrr….i remember LAS CONCHAS in Makati Ave…you can choose the crab that you want to eat too…makapunta nga sa Red Crab sa Morato!
o, post mo pics mo sa Red Crab…
teka..parang may Red Crab din yata dito sa Makati..
well never mind..alam ko may Seafood something na resto dons a GB3…the last time I was there, naka Singaporean Chili Crab….huwaaaaw…sarap even if medyo masakit sa butas-butas ko na bulsa…
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bananaking69 wrote on Apr 17, ’08
cuh888 said
ebaks
ebaks is to poo? shit?
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ReplyDeletebananaking69 wrote on Apr 17, ’08
cuh888 said
mas meaty ang babae
Mas masarap talaga kainin ang babae.
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cuh888 wrote on Apr 17, ’08
but Meann prefers the bakla…which is suprising…kc akala ko alanganin yung meat nila…though they may be tastier..eeek..does that mean di pala consistent ang meat depends on the sex..of the crab?
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cuh888 wrote on Apr 17, ’08
bananaking69 said
ebaks is to poo? shit?
yep..thats it…di ko rin alam yan before when I came here to Manila…esp when they pronounced it as “ebs”…isip ko baka evacuate or something…
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joeyfab4 wrote on Apr 17, ’08
cuh888 said
worrier kc ako deep inside and subconsciously..so mauubos talaga ang kinakain ko…
Bwahahahahaha!!!
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cuh888 wrote on Apr 19, ’08
joeyfab4 said
Bwahahahahaha!!!
hmm..ang reaction ni Joey, nakaka-worry…hmm….
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skyriver911 wrote on Apr 24, ’08
ohlalalalaa!!!!
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eslogon17 wrote on Apr 30, ’08
hahahahahah..imo jud gi post tanan …alegree mga expression.
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oselle wrote on Apr 30, ’08
nahiya ang horse sa owl?
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skyriver911 wrote on May 3, ’08
crabs, scallops… my oh my!
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cuh888 wrote on May 16, ’08
skyriver911 said
crabs, scallops… my oh my!
lobsters, prawns, shrimps, crabs..slurp, slurp!