My Kitchen by Chef Chris

Just like any other holiday or special occasion, mother's day weekend was hectic for us.  My sister and I were in Bulacan the previous week campaigning full force for our uncle.  The parentals picked us up saturday night (the last day for campaigning) and brought over Purple Oven cakes.  Sunday lunch was with my in laws in Nanbantei of Tokyo (food photos on my instagram page or read about my first visit here) to celebrate mother's day and my niece's 3rd birthday.  Sunday dinner was with my mom's side of the family and since we were pretty late I wasn't able to take any photos.  Monday, election day, was a holiday so we had a post mother's day celebration with my immediate family at My Kitchen by Chef Chris.

This was hubby and my first time to troop all the way to The Oasis Paco Park Hotel.  My family immensely enjoyed their previous visits that they always purchase Deal Grocer vouchers whenever they're available.  We used up 2 panizza vouchers and sampled the Paco and the Verena.

Original Paco P790
fine slices of herbed chicken fillet, smoked bacon, portabello and golden mushrooms, capers and slices of kalamata olives

Original Verena P790
tomato and white truffle oil enhanced cheese sauce topped with scallops, prawns and sun dried tomatoes

New Toho Food Center

We had a mini reunion at the New Toho Food Center in Binondo to celebrate my cousin and my aunt's birthdays and my lola's despedida.  It was really nice meeting up with family and seeing people we haven't seen since we were kids.

Our family feasted on several yummy dishes most of which I wasn't able to catch the names.  My favorite were these shrimps...

Abe

It's been ages since I've eaten at Abe and I was pretty happy that the Binukadkad na Pla Pla and Paco Fern and Tomato Salad were still as good as when I first tasted them years ago.

The well seasoned fish was good on its own but when wrapped in the mustasa leaves and combined with the shrimp paste it was a whole new experience in my mouth.  I ate most of my fish with just the shrimp paste and rice and it was really delicious.  We were so amazed by the butterflied fish that mom said she would try to recreate it at home.  

Binukadkad na Pla Pla P395
A Bistro Remedios original, overgrown tilapia butterflied and fried to delightful crispiness, served with balo balo relish (Capampangan delicacy of salted rice and shrimp paste) and mustasa leaves

Yang Chow - amm yang chow food express

Since we weren't sure of the traffic situation near the airport, we decided to eat dinner somewhere near.  We weren't too keen on fastfood and Yang Chow looked promising from the outside.

The Sizzlin' Pepper Steak

Do these look somewhat familiar?  Nope they're not from that Forest Gump themed restaurant Bubba Gump.  Cute idea, same concept though - flip it over to the Stop sign when you need something and keep it on the Moo-oove sign when you don't.

Sakae Sushi

We have been frequenting SM Mall of Asia the past couple of months and that revolving sushi bar has always caught our attention.  We finally gave in to our curiosity (and grumbling stomachs) last month and tried Sakae Sushi's all day sushi buffet.

Friday's

This made my day!  

Mocha Mud Pie P295
Rich chocolate-almond mousse and coffee ice cream frozen in a chocolate crumb crust.  Topped with hot fudge and toasted almond slices. 

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