My daughter and I had dinner at Greenwich twice this week, and only three days apart. Lili loves Greenwich pizza and pasta so much she can have it everyday, lol.. Of course, it wouldn’t be a healthy choice. Fastfood should not be eaten everyday. It is much healthier if we prepare food at home because we can control what we put in them.

Anyway, the first Greenwich dinner happened at Greenwich Divisoria, while the second one at Greenwich Gaisano Mall. I have no complaints about the service at Greenwich Divisoria, but Greenwich Gaisano Mall has always been poor at it. I think the company should buy a Survey Software and conduct an individualized random survey among patrons to improve their service. Some fast food chains even conduct Online Survey at their website so that they will know exactly what they can improve on, what products are more viable to their consumers and what products they have to do away with. In these surveys, customers can even have a say as to what products to bring back or take down.

I was once the Guidance, Career Placement and Promotions Officer at a certain school here in the city, and I know for a fact that service rendered truly makes or breaks a company. And the best way to measure customer satisfaction as well as all other needs of a company, regardless of what product is sold, is to listen to its clients. And the best way to do that is through a survey. Perhaps if management is aware of the shortcomings of their people, then they can do something about it. We may like the food, my daughter and I, but service counts most..

From Butuan City, these three are my favorites. In order, Palagsing, Budbod and Moron.

I am always in Suman heaven everytime I eat them.. woohoo!

The Palitao Sold at P 5 each in Cogon, P 10 at a foodplace somewhere..

So, when they got home this afternoon, they still had their food share intact, and they also brought home the ones that they have taken a bite of.. I guess Kakanin and Filipino foods are not so much a hit with the kids. Perhaps if the teachers also had a more organized salo-salo, the kids would be able to enjoy the different Filipino foods that they had before them. Ironically, as what was observed, the kids who attended the salo-salo mostly flocked on the “Pansit Canton”, and it is not even an authentic Filipino dish.

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A must try experimental cake made from candied fresh pineapples and sweet fresh ripe mangoes.. Same procedure as Mango Float.. Definitely to die for..

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Ingredients:

Bangus (whole)- cleaned and lightly salted..

lots of  Chinese Onions and Garlic

Ginger and Bell Peppers (red and green)

Taosi (salted black beans)

Pineapple Juice

Procedure:

In a fairly large sauce pan, saute Garlic, Onions and Garlic. Add ginger and bell peppers. Place the fish in the middle of the pan and pour in the pineapple juice, making sure that the entire fish is drowned with it.. simmer..

Add taosi .. simmer..

Remove fish and place in a serving dish..

Reduce the remaining juices in the sauce pan. When done, pour it over the fish.. Garnish with freshly cut onions..

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When the beef is tender, saute garlic, onions, leeks, and some chillies in vegetable oil. Add in the prepared tenderized beef, and add vinegar, soy sauce, basil leaves, bay leaf,  and all other spices of your choice.. Use powdered pepper, black or white rather than the cracked pepper corns.. Simmer, taste and serve..

My entry for

This week’s entry: PAMAHAW SA TIBOLO VILLAGE, breakfast with our brothers and sisters in the Bagobo Tribal Community… facing Mt. Apo in Agusan del Sur— DFAT 2011 Activity

Photo by Mr. Art Boncato (Borrowed kasi naubos ko yung food ko without taking pics)

Drinks:

For drinks, you can choose coffee from rice or the lemon grass tea…

My share this week.. Yummy pasta dish from Tiny Kitchen in Davao City..

My entry for this week: “Nangaon”

This was taken at the Food Republic in Vivo City. We had lunch there before heading on to Sentosa..

Ask Lili and she will tell you that Mommy’s spaghetti is the best! Waah.. Allow me to boast, my dear readers. At least my daughter thinks so, so can you blame me for boasting? Hahaha… But really.. look at my spaghetti up close..

It’s seafood Spaghetti by the way. But I did some twist to the dish.. Used less spaghetti sauce, lots of cheese, tuna flakes and fresh fried squids plus some sweet ham..and fresh tomatoes with lots of garlic and onions.. Lili loved it. We gave her best friend, Kikit, some spaghetti to taste. It is quite timely because Kikit and her family do not eat pork.. I think I hit the right ingredients for them as well..

How about you? What did you cook today? Did you discover some new recipe to share? Or did you just create the next best selling gourmet dish? Well, whatever  it is, I would be glad to hear about it..

By the way, this is my advance entry for my food blog’s Wednesday Food Meme, From My Kitchen… For more, do not forget to click on the badge below:

From My Kitchen is a Wednesday food Meme that you can join anytime between Monday to Friday, as it shall be open as early as Monday and closes as late as eleven fifty nine in the evening every Friday.. It is so easy to join it. All you have to do is showcase your culinary prowess, share some procedures if you like.. Well, what are you waiting for? Click on the badge now and join..

Also my late entry for Yummy Sunday.. click the badge to see more:

The Kaldereta is so good, I went back for second and third helpings.. I was told that the Kaldereta is Kalderetang Kambing (Goat Kaldereta) and it was so tender and truly delicious.. Looking at these two photos make my mouth water..

Anyway, I wish we can find the same if not better Goat Kaldereta and Caramelized Kamote here.. Fingers crossed now.. They sure are great foods to satisfy hunger due to stress and too much document scanning, hehehe

So the meme is now revived, and well, this is my first entry for this week..

This is my Star fruit and Guava platter.. All I had to do was peel the Guava skin a bit and thinly sliced it diagonally. As to the Star Fruit, it was washed and sliced horizontally to look like thin stars.. Of course, for presentation, I arranged them following the shape of the plate..(If you want Travel Money , perhaps you need to learn how to arrange fruits.. hehehe)

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Yakitori (skewered Japanese Chicken Barbecue) from Sakae Sushi.. yummy!

Dear Readers,

Happy New Year! I just realized that I have not given you a New Year’s deal for you to enjoy, so lemme just share this really sweet deal for all of us.

Yesterday was a busy day. Shopping groceries is not all that fun, actually, it is a bit tiring and boring sometimes. That is why we need to do some other activities like going to the movies and well, shop for some things that lit up our faces with smiles. Others become happy while shopping for shoes, bags, clothes, jewelries and many others. Some for food. As for me, shoes, bags and perfumes do that. But since budget is quite tight after the holidays, we just had to stick with the groceries for this week. The kids’ baon and all other foodies and home care needs. Then we became thirsty, so we had to go through the drinks isle. We picked up the new Minute Maid Pulpy that had really gotten us curious. But we forgot about it as we proceeded to get a pizza after grocery shopping. Drinks and food covered, then we headed home.

Anyway, today, was the try out day for all the new foodies and drinks  we bought yesterday. I just drank a bottle of Minute Maid Pulpy. They say it’s got ‘no preservatives added’. Aw, c’mon…It’s bottled juice. Is that even possible? So I thought maybe it is true.  Maybe I have to try one for myself, and see if it is really really true. So before I took my first sip, I read the label..

See, I didn’t believe it the first time I heard it’s got no preservatives added. So I read the ingredients (even the fine print) and everything checked out! It really has NO PRESERVATIVES ADDED! That means it doesn’t have ingredients that may turn out to be allergens, or worse…carcinogens! Whew! Now that’s healthy goodness that tastes so good, I think it is even good to add Minute Maid Pulpy as a daily juice drink. I believe, without any preservatives, it will make the body healthy, with balanced diet, and exercise of course.

So okay, it’s got no preservatives added. That’s really good, right? Not just because it doesn’t have those icky, harmful ingredients, but it also means it is reasonably perfect for a healthy happy lifestyle. What more can you ask for, right? It’s got this yummy orange taste plus the pulpy goodness of freshly squeezes oranges the family will enjoy, minus the process of  squeezing juice out of the oranges. That is really tiring and messy..

So for anyone who still has a hard time believing that Minute Maid has got no preservatives added – meaning it’s THAT natural, it’s almost like it’s plucked straight from the tree, it’s just as Mother Nature wanted your orange juice to be, it’s got nothing but the good stuff yes, none of those potentially toxic stuff that can harm your brain, kidneys, heart; cause tumors aargh- the list of preservatives’ bad effects just go on!!! Anyway, just to prove a point on just how good Minute Maid Pulpy is ’cause it’s got NO PRESERVATIVES ADDED, I’m gonna make it a daily habit! Hurrah for me and my family. For whatever one enjoys, all of us do too.

Feels good to know about the real pulpy deal, right? C’mon show me a smile on the comment box, and you might win yourself a Really Pulpy Deal! (That’s a chance to win a Minute Maid gift pack simply by commenting. Sweet! C’mon you just might be picked as the lucky ‘commentor’!)

Love,

Mommy Dharlz

P.S. Thanks Miss Janette Toral for the info.. I sure would like to win in this contest. I am hoping one of my comment givers would do too. Imagine, just a comment can give you chance to win a month’s supply of Minute Maid Pulpy.. whatta great pulpy treat..

It’s yummy and refreshing..

How about you? Do you have any suggestions as to food and drink to make ourselves each a healthy fellow?.. Well, send it here through the comments section. If not, shoot me an email..

The food we had were all so good. This and some of its counterparts were catered from Sentro 1850.. Others were made by family members and of course, the rest came as ordered independently from other food sources..