Iba ang kain 'pag kanin -- CHAO FAN

Busog. Totoo, iba talaga ang kain 'pag kanin. That's what I said to Alexis after the bloggers event last Wednesday June 25 at Chowking Eastwood City branch, Libis, Quezon City. Chowking is currently promoting CHAO FAN which mean fried rice.

You can choose from pork, beef, spicy, and yang chow.

Imagine this, eating more than one cup of rice plus small slices of pork and beef, shrimps, dumplings, shanghai rolls, and vegetables. Busog talaga! At only P39.00 mabubusog ka agad... Kaya nga "SARAP STARTS @ P39.00" Tubig na lang, ayos na! hehe... I tried all Chao Fan, I must say they're all tasty and flavorful. My personal favorite is SPICY CHAO FAN--tasty, flavorful, steaming hot, and moist stir fried rice mixed with tender beef cuts, and succulent chewy chicken balls, seasoned with hot chili-garlic spices and thick soya sauce. Haaaaay... BUSOG!

My favorite SPICY CHAO FAN

PORK CHAO FAN - P39.00

Tasty, flavorful, steaming hot, and moist stir-fried rice mixed with pork slices in a specially blended sauce of thick shirmp paste and sacha suace; and kangkong leaves; sprinkled with spring onions; Can be topped with choices of fried or steamed dumplings.

BEEF CHAO FAN - P49.00
Tasty, flavorful, steaming hot, and moist stir-fried rice mixed with beef chunks in a special beef sauce, cabbage and carrot bits; sprinkled with spring onion. Can be topped with choices of fried or steamed dumplings.

YANG CHOW - P79.00 [PREMIUM]
Tasty, flavorful, light yellow and moist stir fried rice, sauteed with chorizo bits, roasted pork asado bits, beaten egg and fresh crisp vegetables, topped with sauteed shrimps.

CHAO FAN can be topped with choice of fried or steamed dumplings, egg, or shanghai rolls.

SIOMAI

FRIED DUMPLINGS / SHANGHAI ROLLS

According to Chowking, they didn't short change their customers despite the decrease in the price of Chao Fan. In fact, "mas pinabigat at mas pinasangkap" pa ang bagong Chao Fan. They also said, "wala pong rice crisis sa Chowking" :)

Tongue Twister Game: "Iba ang kain 'pag kanin" (repeat that for 15 seconds.. hehe!) I didn't win but I got P500 Gift Certificate from Chowking and Yehey.

25 lucky bloggers w/ Po the panda

Hehe... Sa sobrang sarap napa-take out ako! :P

CHAO FAN is available during breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Sulit na sulit talaga para sa mga nagtitipidat gustong mabusog instantly! Thanks to Chowking and Yehey! :)

Un giorno del tutto speciale

Monday (June 16) was so EXTRA special, not because I met an extraterrestrial being on earth, but because I was chosen to join the other 14 bloggers for a special lunch treat from Italianni’s.

My friends from UA&P, Alexis and Steph, were also chosen (indeed they’re very lucky as well). We arrived at exactly, 10:30am at Bonifacio High Street, Taguig. Since, we’re sooo early, we took the chance to take pictures of around Serendra like this picture below (hehe!).

Ok, finally, it’s 10:50am on my watch and we’re ready to go to Italianni’s. Actually, I’m really excited to go because I’m excited to see Ms Ann, Sir Alvin and the rest of team Yehey! The place was exclusive for the event, well not the whole vicinity of the restaurant, there’s a special place in the restaurant for special occasions I think… The interiors and the adornments in and out of the restaurant are absolutely Italian!

In our table, I met Jane, not one but two Janes The first Jane is a foodie or “buongustaia” in Italian. The other Jane is a mom and a yogi.

The program started with few introductions from Maki, Yehey!’s Marketing Associate. He also administered the game “Bring Me” with a twist, ‘coz you have to bring an extra of the item being asked. Luckily, I won P500.00 worth of Italianni’s GC and 2 Caregiver movie passes! Thanks to my EXTRA yellow shirt!

The marketing manager of Italianni’s explained about the current promo of Italianni’s, when you dine at any Italianni’s restaurant you’ll be surprised with the “extra” gift that they will offer you for FREE, I repeat for FREE. They could serve you pasta, desserts, drinks, or whatever is lacking in your order.

Here’s the picture of the EXTRA gift from Italianni’s

Mussels Lombardi (5 stars!)—see Italianni’s is so generous despite the food crisis! This one cost like Php320+ (very generous indeed!)

Here’s my favorite main dish, Grilled Pork Chops Au Poivre, I like it because I like Marsala sauce with some crushed pepper plus I really enjoyed the crispy spinach and potatoes.

Another favorite, Spinach and Artichoke Formaggio, yummy! As you can see, it’s served with toasted garlic bread… Yes, it has spinach, artichoke, and mushrooms, cream and cheese…

Here’s my fave dessert, Chocolate Pecan Cluster…

Another favorite! This is the gift from Italianni’s to Alexis, since she celebrated her birthday last June 5. New York Cheesecake + Tiramisu + Panna Cotta = delizioso!

Here are the other food we ordered, haaay... what else can I ask for... hehe.. super thanks to Italianni's and Yehey!

Sicilian Salad... I also like this... Hehe, parang lahat na lang.

Creamy Mushroom Crostinnis

Classic Carbonara (this one is also good, it's not very creamy, just right). The serving is quite enough for ONE person but the price is too expensive something like Php270+ I think... For me, I'll rate their carbonara 3 out of 5.


Fried Calamari. I forgot to try the dip! Thank God, it's not gummy!

Grilled Pepper Crusted Fish Fillet. Again, because I'm really full I forgot to try this... Hehe.

After the special lunch... Picture together with fellow bloggers and Ms. Ann.

[left to right] Jane (foodie), Jane (yogi), Ann, Steph, Alexis, and ME

Indeed, I really had a very special special extra lunch! Again, thanks to Italianni's and Yehey!

*Some photos were grabbed from Steph and Alexis's Multiply Photo Album

Grad Pics

Thanks to Sam Lucas' blog, hinanap ko ang mga grad pics ko nung Prep, Elementary, High School at syempre yung recent grad pic ko...

Disaster pala ang mga grad pics ko nun! Hahaha! Parang nung college lang ako nag-smile sa grad pic...

Friends, patunay yan wala akong pina-enhance!~hehe...

5 times pala akong nag-graduate! 4 times akong nag-suot ng toga, at isang beses lang (nung HS) hindi ako nag-toga...

[Top-L] Hindi ko na mahanap yung grad pic ko nung kinder ako :( Pic ko yan nung Preparatory grade.. School: Our Lady of Guadalupe School, Makati

[Top-R] Ayan, elementary... Mataba pa ako nyan! School: San Felipe Neri Parochial School :)

[Second row] High school! Sa Don Bosco Mandaluyong :) Hindi ako naka-smile masyado kasing malamig... katapat ko aircon kaya nanginginig yung mga facial muscles ko hehe! Tapos kamukha pa ni "Undertaker" yung photographer... Hehe...

[Third row] Ang pinaka magandang grad pic ko! Sa wakas! HAHAHA!

Friends, boto kayo... Baka ako lang ang nagandahan sa UA&P grad pic ko.. hehe Ano ang pinaka OK na grad pic ko? Hehe...

Pagtatapos

June 7, 2008 --- UA&P Graduation Day!

Nakakalungkot man, pero kailangan nang magpaalam. Marami akong mamimiss... sobrang dami.

Mamimiss ko mga una kong friends from Block H sina

Myra (naging friend ko since 2004 Block H, start ng friendship namin nung nameet ko sya pauwi sa may The Pearl, kaya after nun hanggang ngayon 4 years na kaming magkasabay umuwi, ka-table tennis ko rin yan si Myra),

si Joy (naging friend ko since 2004 Block H, actually mas nauna si Joy kay Myra (hehe), nakilala ko si Joy first day ng Freshstart sa LSG nakaupo sya sa likod ko),

si Alexis (ang babaeng na-late sa Freshstart, akala ko foreigner at inglesera, nag-english pa ako nun, yun pala taga-Zamboanga sya at hindi foreigner pero may lahi daw siyang Chinese--halata naman e),

si Lisa (Block H rin, tinanong nya sa akin bakit ako tahimik nung second day ata yun, sabi ko na-shock kasi ako sa mga babae, galing kasi ako sa exclusive school for boys-heheh!),

si Aisha (Block H rin, super thanks Aisha, dahil sa iyo naranasan kong maging part ng 18 roses hehe...),

si Jenny (nasaan ka na ka-berday! hehe),

si Roanna (Block H rin isa ring baliw na taga-Mandaluyong, pareho kaming baliw, ang saya pag-magkasama kami lahat ng tao na dumadaan sa Prom A inookray namin hehe),

mamimiss ko rin sina Corinna, Kamy, Trish, Angeline, atbp.

Syempre mamimiss ko rin ang mga bago kong friends nung pumasok ako sa MScM...

si Bea, nameet ko sya nung istambay pa kami sa may locker... pero hindi na ngayon wala nang time mag-istambay, professional na kami ngayon hehe... naging classmate ko sa Civ103 kay Sir Guillermo

si Mary Love, ganun din kay Bea naging friend ko kasi istambay din yan sa may locker 2nd floor... Classmate ko rin sya sa Civ103 nun.

si Kae, naging friend ko after MScM Service Day tapos ayun lagi na kaming groupmates ni leader Kae hehe...

si Jian, ganun din naging friend ko si Jian nung Service day pero classmates ata kami nyan nung Physics hehe with Chantal...

at syempre si Lestra kahit hindi sya MScM, naging friend ko si Lestra uhmmm... naku I forgot saang course nga yun? Japan? Hindi ata... sa Family ata... Ah alam ko na! Kay first year summer, Math 1 class ni Ms. Endozo! hehe...

To my friends, salamat sa pagmamahal, pag-aalala, pakikitawa, at pakikinig... Hindi ko makakalimutan ang ating pinagsamahan... Hay, ang dami kong ibabaon na magagandang memories natin, sa classroom, sa mall, sa mga birthdays, sa kung saan-saan na field trip, sa caf, sa red ribbon, sa mega, sa st. francis, sa san miguel avenue, sa coffee cal, sa starbucks pearl dr, sa el pueblo, sa pond, sa ledge, sa prom a, prom b, sa may locker, at kung saan-saan pa...