Birthday Buffet at Diamond Hotel
Share After last Friday’s bout with hypertension, Noreen was up and about the next day, August 9. Why? It’s her birthday and most of her anxiety came mostly from work stress. So I decided a Saturday lunch out would be a good way to celebrate. After being at the Cake Club launch, we decided to [...]
August 11, 2008
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Tags: buffet in manila hotels, buffet lunch, diamond hotel, hotel buffet, manila bay, manila bay hotels, manila buffet, melchor taylo, mocha-lympics, noreen ponce-lazaro, palm court cafe · Posted in: hotel buffets
Adobo: a new take on an old favorite
ShareI am trying my darnest best to avoid salty food. My doctor has been sounding worse than a broken record, and believe me, I am doing all I can to not eat more sodium than my body needs. However, being Filipino our cuisine is inherently more salty than that of our Asian neighbors, such as [...]
November 1, 2007
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Tags: adobo, chicken adobo, dolores ponce, noreen ponce-lazaro · Posted in: Uncategorized
What’s brewing at Reposo?
Share Nicanor Garcia St, or better known to old-timers and long-time residents as Reposo St is home to so many good restaurants, whose owners probably feel that Jupiter St. and downtown Ayala is way too crowded and expensive for the dining public. With so many restaurant gems in the area, let me tell you of [...]
October 6, 2007
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Tags: cafe atilano, dumaguete restaurant in manila, makati, noreen ponce-lazaro, reposo · Posted in: Uncategorized
All the world’s a PETA stage…
Share My first taste of theater was in my freshman year at the University of the Philippines in the Visayas. I saw a play by resident UPV theater group, Teatro Amakan, which I think was entitled “Baloy” or something like it. I enjoyed it immensely, even though it was dialoged in pure Hiligaynon. No matter, [...]
August 25, 2007
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Tags: arpee lazaro, batang rizal, cecile garrucho, gibbs cadiz, noreen lazaro, noreen ponce-lazaro, PETA, peta theater, philippine theater, pinoycentric · Posted in: Uncategorized
Havin’ a Mrs. Fields day!
ShareAll in line for Mrs. Fields’ cookies and goodies! The Mrs. Fields Cookie Cafe will formally open on the 1st of September. Another branch will also open at the Trinoma, for the benefit of those living in the North. Notice some blogger celebrities there? The launch had me go gaga over everything in the menu. [...]
August 22, 2007
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Tags: cookies, dreambar, edwin ray ponce, mrs. fields, mrs. fields launch, noreen ponce-lazaro · Posted in: Uncategorized
