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Saturday, May 05, 2007

Cafe Juanita

Finally finally was able to eat here. Have been wanting to longer than I wanted to try Chelsea. When we first got to the place, I was perturbed by their door entrance. It wasn't anything amusing. I was told that the place is such a mix of decor taste and I was let down by their door. But boy was I wrong! The place was so cool! So kitschy-voodoo-theater-eccentric cool! Main theme was red and there was a splish splash of everything else you can think of using to decorate.

These were what we tried:

Catfish and Mango Salad Php152
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This was amazing! Divine! I could not find a trace of catfish in it yet I knew it was there. This dish should actually be considered junkfood. Another plus was that the marinade from where the green mango was soaked from was yummy too. In fact, we thought the marinade even kinda tasted of a faint tom yam.

Tom Yam Goong from Soho Php153
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We were served a pretest broth to determine if we wanted our soup more or less sour. In our case, we wanted the soup more sour. This was good too. Something unique was that I could actually detect the coco milk used. This was described as a "Thai hot and sour prawn soup with spice in coco milk." My only complaint about this soup is the serving size, it really is good for 1.5 people. If that makes any sense....Anyways, if you think of the serving as good for 1.5 people then I guess the ingredients (shrimp and mushrooms) were quite generous.

Beef Rendang Php 232
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"Malaysia's best known meat dish slowly simmered for hours in coco milk, spices, kaffir and tanglad." This was phenomenal. It was my first time to taste Beef Rendang so I really have nothing to compare it against, but this was good! The meat was so tender, almost melt in you mouth! There were a few tendon parts but it was all good...Addicting this one!

Chicken Satay Php 201
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The real reason I wanted to eat here was because of the chicken satay. I was a bit let down by this dish but that was probably becasue I was expecting too much already.
I did discover however that Chicken Satay tastes good dipped in cucumber soaken in vinegar sauce and not just peanut sauces!

Ratatouille a.k.a. Pinoy Ratatoy Php 149
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This was good too. Traditionally, ratatouille is a merry mix of tomatoes, onions, zucchini and eggplants. This Pinoy version however had lots of capers and tuyo (salted dried fish) added in and no onions to speak about.
I personally am not a fan of eggplant but this dish makes eggplant bearable to me! I loved this so much and will be having more of this in the future.

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Lipcolor I'm Loving Now

For a deep red color with great mileage, I like
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MAC's New York Apple

For a barely there pink
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I like MAC's Skew. This is the only light pink color that looks good on me. I'm quite tanned and this lipcolor is still flattering. In fact, I think it actually brightens my face.

For a deeper pink
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MAC's See Sheer is good. But I prefer MAC's Housewine for a true pink color.

Chelsea (finally)

After the long wait, I was finally able to eat here. Had an early dinner with my bestfriend. Right away, I noticed that they had changed the menu from the last time I was able to see it. They are still in their soft opening stages and are probably still getting a feel of the market. A lot were removed from the menu, and a lot were added also. More noticeable however was the change in the prices of the items. Also it was so hot that night too. None of the aircons were again working. Also, we noticed at the end of the meal that we weren't served the complimentary bread plate and the people in the other tables were! Injustice!
They really have to fix their service! I found the cutlery, plates, pepper and salt containers to be so adorable!
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We started off with a glass of White Tiramisu Martini

White Tiramisu Martini Php160
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This was made of mascarpone cheese, brandy, amaretto and cream. It really felt like I was drinking purified cheesecake batter. Inspite of that, this was strong and had a quick effect on me. I'd probably try something else before getting this again. I personally don't prefer dessert tasting liquor. My bad, should have gone with something else.

Carbonara Php 325
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This was good. The cheese shavings were really a great addition. We both felt like the pasta tasted much better on our second serving than on our first. Weird huh? Maybe because it wasn't steaming hot then. I don't know.

New York Style Peppered Pastrami Php350
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This was divine! First off, I was ecstatic they served me a fairly lean pastrami slice. I found the bacon soaked sauerkraut to be very delish and complimentary to the the sandwich. The melted emmenthal cheese was also sooo yummy. I could have eaten that (papak) alone all day!

Hershey's Banana Crunch Cream Pie Php160

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This was so bad. It was such a sad end to an amazing meal. Conti's cakes are much better and cheaper too!


Would definitely have more of those sandwiches. The pasta and cake weren't that enticing but the sandwich sure was! Gosh I miss New York...Hope to see you soon NY!