Manga-on Ta! (Let's Eat)

March of 2009, I don't know what exact date, but I was browsing to Ms. Rowena Wendy Lei of http://animetric.blogspot.com and I saw her post about Nestlé Chuckie's Freebie and I had to register to get the freebie cause Zaza loves Chuckie, and it's for free! The freebie was only for the first 200 to register to their site and I really thank Ms. Rowena for sharing this cause I made it to the first 200. hehe. May 14, 2009, I received an email that my Chuckie Burstastic package was on the way. May 22, 2009 we received Zaza's Nestlé Chuckie Gift Pack and we were so excited to open it. We were the first 200 to try their new flavors then. hehe. I personally loved the choco burst. Both Zaza and I didn't like much the peanut nor the cookie flavor. Double choco was the best! Specially when it's cold! Here's his free gift pack. Inside were the 3 new flavors and some flyers and promo items. :) I suggest you visit Animetric's blog for more promos and freebies. :) tha

5/17/09 - Joy ( miyahmayah ) was out for a meeting/party at church. Here in the Philippines - I'm not sure if it's also applicable to other parts of the world - during big parties.. left overs can be brought home by either close guests, or the host of the party for someone who didn't make it to the party, we call it BH (Bring Home) or sometimes called as Balot (wrapped). At Joy's meeting, they had alot of left overs, so joy got some for us at home. When she came home Zaza was already sleeping, so she reserved the surprise for the next day. 5/18/09 - Zaza woke up earlier than me so I didn't get to see the action. Mom showed Zaza his surprise - the Lechon head - Joy ( miyahmayah ) then took pictures of him with it. Eversince Zaza was born, he never had a lechon bought for him, even during his birthday, nor did we serve on special family occassions. There was once at my older sister pilarmarielim 's wedding with ewicgarcia but the lechon came chopped already. So

Like I said on my previous blog post about Alimango... Crabs - specially Mud Crab is my ever favorite sea food. This one was bought at Carmen Market for 120 pesos only last 4/27/09. Zaza went with Mom at the market and when he came home he said "Surprise Nana, Love you" Mud Crabs have much thicker shells than the blue or orange shelled crabs that we call here Lambay - that seems to have more delicate meat than the Alimango's. Alimango's can be prepared steamed with lots of seasoning, cooked with chili and tomatoes, stir-fried with garlic and oil, or steamed with soy sauce, garlic, ginger, and wine, etc. We use the latter way of cooking alimango. Here's a photo of cooked Alimango with soy sauce, garlic, ginger, and wine: I just love crabs! :)

was where we had our (Zaza and I) very first Japanese Restaurant experience , together. It happened last 4/4/09. The waiters/waitresses there were very accomodating and the food we ordered was good and they have large servings. I specially loved the Futo Maki. Zaza had Fish and Fries, I had Pork Bowl w/ Kakiage, and Mom had Beef Bowl w/ Kakiage. We also ordered Futo Maki for starters. Photos of our orders below: Rai Rai Ken's Fish and Fries Beef Bowl w/ Kakiage (small) - P109 Pork Bowl w/ Kakiage (small) - P99 Futo Maki - P205 Rai Rai Ken is located at the 2nd Level, South Concourse of Limketkai Mall.