I am not a big Burger King fan (although I love their Whopper, Double Whopper, Whopper Jr., and Mushroom Swiss) so I don’t get to frequently visit a BK store.
But I did visit the Burger King store in Robinson’s Manila a couple of times in the past 4 weeks and in both of those...
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My Life Sentence
December 8, 2000 is probably the most important date in my life.† It was the day I was convicted of a Life Sentence.
That was nine years ago last month.† I should have written and posted this blog entry last December 8, or shortly after.† But I procrastinated.
Procrastination.† It is one of the...
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I WAS in Davao City for 3 days last week on official business and I discovered this really nice Thai restaurant. †The place is called Krua Thai Restaurant (beside Bo Coffee) in Torres St. in downtown Davao City. †Torres St. is one of the preferred dining destinations for the gourmet discriminating DavaoeÒos.
What really surprised...
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“A man’s own self is his friend. †A man’s own self is his foe.” ~ Bhagavad Gita
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I was finisher number 575 out of 1,024 runners who successfully crossed the finish line in the 10K event of the Timex Ironman Run on November 15, 2009. †My official clock in time is 1:10:11, a minute shy...
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Copied this from a poster in a wall of a Karate Kid restaurant somewhere in Metro Manila. †I find it instructive. †You may, too.
Yose Bashi
Don’t use your chopsticks to pull a dish toward you or push it away from you.
Sashi Bashi
Don’t spear food with your chopsticks.
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If you happen to visit PowerPlant Mall in Rockwell and you get hungry I recommend you try Pepper Rice. †It’s on one end of PowerPlant on the same level as Rustan’s Supermarket (I am not sure if that’s ground floor or basement level).
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I was quite surprised — and a bit amused — when some friends asked me why I no longer blog about restaurants and eating places I’ve been to. They say that they find it helpful and that they actually heed my advice. †So does that now make me a gourmet? Hardly. More likely a...
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I ACCOMPANIED my ex-girlfriend in Eastwood CityWalk the other night to scout for a place to treat to dinner her now ex-officemates in Philips-Consumer Lifestyle. †We arrived there about 8PM, and after quickly deciding on Something Fishy for the big dinner in 2 days, we went to look for a place to eat.
That’s when...
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I WILL HARDLY pass for a Chef. †I do cook and I am quite good at it — I think. †Just don’t ask me to come up with the same recipe and expect exactly the same result as my first one. †That, my friends, is why I won’t pass for a chef.
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I’VE NEVER BEEN good at remembering names of people. †I hardly forget a face (especially a really cute one) but I’m a dumb-ass with names. †Not so when it comes to names of eating places. †Usually I can quickly recall names of restaurants and food joints, especially if I really enjoyed the food the...
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I’VE ALWAYS wondered why ‘Fine Dining’ is called as such (have you?).† What I couldn’t seem to reconcile in my simple mind is how come ‘fine dining’ is synonymous with ‘expensive’ when the dining is just, well, fine.
A dinner date with my ex-girlfriend on Valentine’s Day may have provided me the answer to this...
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I†HAD AN unplanned lunch date with my ex-girlfriend in Eastwood City last week (Thursday, Jan 30) when we went to pay for our condo dues in The Eastwood Excelsior. †It was past 12:00 o’clock noon when we got there so we decided to look for a place to eat first.
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As usual we wanted to...
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