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Crustasia Lunch and Dinner Buffet

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Last night, January 7, 2009, we had our family dinner at Crustasia in Trinoma.

We tried their Dinner buffet… our verdict?! a certified BaratMode at a higher level! hehehe

We enjoyed their buffet of asian cuisine and ofcourse wtih unlimited Crabs! It includes salad, dimsums (siomai and chicken feet), california maki, soup, pinsek frito, sweet potato sticks, srping rolls, plain and garlic rice, pad thai, asian noodles, sweet & sour, eggplant with minced pork, fish fillet, schezuan Crab and a whole lot more main entree that we can no longer remember due to too much food and desserts (we love the panna cotta!)

All these for only Php 395 vat inclusive plus 8% service charge. And if you’ll order bottomless iced tea just add Php 49. That’s what we call STEAL! hehehe :)

Their buffet is available from Monday – Saturday Lunch and Dinner. Promo runs until their open! hahaha! (that’s what the waiter said! hehehe)

Happy indulging! ;P

Weekend at Tagaytay Ü (Part 2)

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

So come October 10th, we woke up at 430 am to prepare. By 530 am, we hit the road.

When we entered SLEX the sky was still cloudy and the sun seemed hiding. So we stopped at Petron SLEX for tire check, ice cubes and a quick morning snack… Yup, quick snack not breakfast! hehehe since we want to eat breakfast at Tagaytay.

Our PJ is heavily tinted and we were so confused with the road signs of SLEX we missed Sta. Rosa exit. It’s a good thing that there’s a new exit called Greenfield, so we tried it and we landed at Paseo (A commercial complex at Sta. Rosa that houses a lot of Outlet stores).

By this time,  it was raining heavily.

When we reached Tagaytay, we were supposed to eat breakfast at Bag of beans — since we got a lot of good reviews — but we needed to go down the slippery stairs to get to the dining area.  So we decided to look for another cafe… and we saw their menu and breakfast sets are priced about Php 300 per person! (yikes… too expensive for breakfast :P ) … This lead us to RSM.

Still breakfast meals are priced at an average of Php 180… Oh well, this is more reasonable than the Php 300 per plate eh? plus they have a very nice view of the Taal Volcano. So our verdict? Pwede na! hehehe

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(Beef Tapa – too salty hehehe :P )

After breakfast we tried our luck to go to Paradizoo despite the rainy morning.

When we reached the zoo, the sun was up and we were recommended to use rubber slippers since it’s muddy. The golf cart was being occupied by the students who were  having their educational trip so we had to walk.

They have a couple of animals, a small bee farm, a flower farm and a very friendly staff who toured us around the Zoo.  The entrance fee was Php 190 for adults and free for our 2 year old.

Honestly, it was nothing spectacular but our baby had soooo much fun talking with the goats.  Since she had fun, well we guess it’s worth the trip. :P

After Paradizoo, we have no choice but to go directly to our hotel and have an early check-in since the it was a rainy and super foggy morning.

T-house was very accomodating and allowed us to do an early check-in. Here are some pictures of our room:

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We were supposed to eat lunch at Hawaiian Bar-b-que but were too lazy to move around since the floors were wet. So we decided to eat lunch in the hotel’s restaurant.

After lunch, we had our siesta and decided to eat dinner around 630pm. We went to La Boutique (Hawaiian Bar-b-que) for dinner and had dessert at Cafe Breton in Cliffhouse.

The next day, after check-out. We bought ube and ube macapuno (it was our first time to try this product and we loved it). Then we had lunch at Sancturio and beef shopping at Mahogany.

Since it was only 2pm and the temperature in Tagaytay was hot and just like Manila, we decided to head home and go to Paseo in Sta. Rosa for some shopping.

How do we rate our weekend roadtrip? A certified stress buster but not a certified Barat trip! hehehe since we did not look for Barat places this time but pure indulgence on whatever we want! hehehe

Weekend at Tagaytay Ü (Part 1)

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

It’s our 3rd year wedding anniversary last October 9th. So we decided to go to tagaytay to unwind and celebrate. Ü

Since we needed to bring mom to the Airport on October 9th, we scheduled our road trip on October 10th to 11th… the only problem was our PJ ends in “0″ (in Manila, Philippines we have color coding scheme – vehicles ending in 9 or 0 will not be allowed to go out from 7am-7pm). So we left early morning to avoid the coding. Here’s our original itinerary:

October 10th

5:30 am – leave the house
6:00 am – Stop over at Petron South Super Highway for tire check and buy ice
7-7:30 am – reach Tagaytay and look for a local restaurant to eat breakfast
9:00 am – go to Paradizoo
12:00 nn – Lunch at Hawaiian Bar-b-que at La Boutique
2:00 pm – Check-in at the T-House
7:00 pm – Dinner at Greek Tavern and dessert after at any cafe in tagaytay

October 11th

Buy Ube at Good Sheperd after check-out
Lunch at Sanctuario and eat our favorite Bulalo Pasta and Smoked Bangus Pasta
Buy Beef at Mahogany Market
Buy Formosa Pineapples and Fresh Milk and Milk Candy at Moo’s
Stop over at Paseo Sta. Rosa

… But that remained a plan and the weather was rainy when we reached Tagaytay so we had a different itinerary… :)

Buffet at Good Earth

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Last Sunday (August 24, 2008) was our grandmother’s 88th birthday. (Happy birthday Lola!Ü) So as a tradition we searched for a good Chinese restaurant. Why Chinese? Because she loves siomai. :)

After hearing Sunday mass at Trinoma we went to Good Earth and we’re so excited to try their Buffet ala-carte style. :)

Here’s the menu:

Appetizer:
Fried Wanton (we requested ours to be replaced by siomai)
Entree:
Crispy Pork
Roast Pork with Scezhuan sauce
Chicken with black bean sauce
Peking Chicken
Nanking Beef
Kangkong with shrimp paste
Brocolli with Garlic or Oyster sauce
Fish Fillet with bamboo shoots
Holy Sole
Rice:
Plain or Garlic Rice

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Eat all you can and Order all you can for only Php 299+ per Head . Available daily from 11:00 am to 2:00pm. Credit card payments are accepted.Ü

Over-all verdict? Very much satisfied and Sulit! :) Baratmode gives them a Thumbs up!Ü

The Red Crab’s Seafood Club (Greenbelt 3)

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Yesterday we recieved an email from Belle de Jour — Mrs. BaratMode’s planner. We were so excited about the buffet of Red Crab. We love their buffet at the Tomas Morato branch. However, they no longer offer buffet :(

So what happend to us last February when we ate there? We paid about Php 2,000 for 1 crab, an order of calamares, rice and iced tea. After paying that much, we missed their buffet much more! hehehe :P

Anyway, here’s Seafood Club’s buffet

Lunch Buffet (11- 2pm) for only Php 588+
Dinner Buffet (6-9pm Sunday to Thursday) for only Php 644+
Grand Dinner Buffet (6-9pm Friday to Saturday) for only Php 700+.

Greenbelt 3 is far from our place in QC but we’ll surely visit them soon!Ü

Visit Belle de Jour’s site for more info.