It’s a nice thing to explore Timog and Quattro again and try their Manila Signature Dish set.

Quattro has bands every Weekdays.  On weekends, this place is packed.

Fried Laing

This is their appetizer.  I think it would also make a healthier pulutan with the veggies inside, this surely will give you a dose of fiber.  Also, the hind of coconut oil just melts in your tongue.

Spicy Chicken Teriyaki

Vince and I are not fond of spicy food but a little hint of it is good for our taste buds.  Vince loves chicken teriyaki and this dish, together with the garlic rice served on the side did not disappoint.

Langka Panna cotta

I love jackfruit.  It’s just very sweet and very fiber-y!  This is one unique flavor for a Panna Cotta.  They have other flavors of Panna Cotta that you can try.

Baked Fish

compliments from the kitchen, they gave us extra dish to try like this baked fish which I LOVE! I love fish especially when it’s fresh and well-made.  It is healthier too.  The sauce they put is on the sweet, sour and salty side.  The hind of sour made the flavor very playful.

Fresh Bibingka

This, you can order on the side.  It is probably one of the best bibinka I have ever tasted.  They usually prefer eating it hot, but I liked it better when it’s a bit cold.  It’s just probably me

Macho Mugs and Gwapito Mugs

Quattro is known for their Macho Mugs. It became popular that they also made a big mug for cocktails called Gwapito Mugs.

Technically, the Macho beer mug is 1 Liter and is affordable

This place is really a great venue to hang out with friends, catch-up and unwind.

Quattro Location

96 Timog Ave.
Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Phone Number: (63 2) 928-1681, (63 2) 928-1692

Unilever Foodsolutions (UFS), being the preferred foodservice business partners among restaurateurs, felt the need to acknowledge notable restaurants who are developing Manila as a culinary city.  They have partnerered with select restaurants within the metropolis in coming up with signature dishes.  UFS has synergized with these restaurants, both through dish development and promotion campaign for these signature dishes, in achieving one common goal: coming up with a different culinary experiences that provide value for money and culinary memories for diners.

If you’re a restaurateur (or an aspiring one) and in need of help in coming with your signature dish, call (632) 588-8855 or email at foodsolutions.philippines@unilever.com.

*This is a sponsored post for Unilever Food Solutions.

Caesar Salad

The Ceasar salad came with their own home made dressing with a generous amount of crispy fresh vegetables, egg slices, crispy bacon bits and bread

For the first time, I ate more veggies than Vince

Lengua ala Pobre with Casillero del Diablo

Vince and I are fond of “sauce-y” dishes the Lengua dish was perfect for our taste buds.  I love garlic too and mushrooms and it was all in that one dish with creamy sauce.  This is definitely a must-try if you visit this restaurant.

Blueberry Panna Cota

This was a lovely dessert I really enjoyed!  Sitting atop the panna cotta gel is a very generous amount of blueberries

It’s perfect to end the meal especially with the Lengua above served with wine.

Chef Robert Restaurant Location

847 Banawe St. cor. Linaw st., Brgy. St. Peter
Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Phone Number: (63 2) 740-9330

Unilever Foodsolutions (UFS), being the preferred foodservice business partners among restaurateurs, felt the need to acknowledge notable restaurants who are developing Manila as a culinary city.  They have partnerered with select restaurants within the metropolis in coming up with signature dishes.  UFS has synergized with these restaurants, both through dish development and promotion campaign for these signature dishes, in achieving one common goal: coming up with a different culinary experiences that provide value for money and culinary memories for diners.

If you’re a restaurateur (or an aspiring one) and in need of help in coming with your signature dish, call (632) 588-8855 or email at foodsolutions.philippines@unilever.com.

*This is a sponsored post for Unilever Food Solutions.

We were greeted by the very friendly Chef of Moomba Chef Jimmy Jardiniano.  He explained that during Christmas time, the restaurant is often booked with dinner affairs and event functions.  It was indeed a busy holiday but a happy one indeed.

The restaurant felt cozy and comfortable, contrasting the heat of Manila.  Moomba is a restaurant/bar and thus it was a bit dim inside with lights around and a stage for entertainment.

Cheesy Pizza

Our meal started off with a very cheesy pizza.  Vince and I both love cheese and this dish was a winner.  This cheese pizza was a complimentary dish from the Chef.

Julienne of Vegetables

To start the Manila Signature Dish set made possible by Unilever Food Solutions, we had an appetizer/salad made with different slices of vegetables topped with crab meat and sauce.

Tiyan of Ostrich

The next dish served was Tiyan of Ostrich.   This was my first time trying Ostrich meat!   I was actually very excited to dine here and try it.

The Ostrich tasted both like chicken and beef.  The wine provided by Unilever was a perfect match for this.

The Ostrich meat was topped with mashed potatoes – a perfect pair

Panna Cota with Mango Canache

Lastly, we were served a very fab dessert – Panna Cota with Mango Canache.

I love creamy desserts (more than the usual chocolate cake) and I love letting the Panna Cota stay on top of my tongue and sort of melt it there.  I love the creamy texture and the not-so-sweet taste.

The accent came from the Mango Canache with strawberry syrup.

Unilever Foodsolutions (UFS), being the preferred foodservice business partners among restaurateurs, felt the need to acknowledge notable restaurants who are developing Manila as a culinary city.  They have partnerered with select restaurants within the metropolis in coming up with signature dishes.  UFS has synergized with these restaurants, both through dish development and promotion campaign for these signature dishes, in achieving one common goal: coming up with a different culinary experiences that provide value for money and culinary memories for diners.

If you’re a restaurateur (or an aspiring one) and in need of help in coming with your signature dish, call (632) 588-8855 or email at foodsolutions.philippines@unilever.com.

*This is a sponsored post for Unilever Food Solutions.

So there we were, on our first day in Boracay.  We strolled along the shores of Station 1 hoping to get our hands on this heavenly shake.  It was the afternoon and we saw people kite surfing (wind surfing).  It was fun looking at them and I would have wanted to try it myself but I conditioned myself to just chill in Boracay for the rest of our stay.

Just in case you don’t know yet, it’s pretty windy in Boracay from July to October.  Some people even surf here if the waves get bigger.

Anyway, we walked along the shore for a long time and we almost reached the “grotto” (rock).  I remember that Jonah’s never is after the grotto and we were like… “WHERE IS JONAH’S?”

We strolled again for a while hoping to find it… But it just wasn’t there!

And so we asked the locals…  they said that there’s no more Jonanh’s by the beach.  But they gave us instructions to their branch along Boracay Highway.  It was just a couple of minutes walk from our hotel – Astoria Boracay.

Apparently, their contract there on the land was over… That’s what they said… but I hope it’s not politics.  Business politics could get crazy here in Boracay.  Anyway, they will be back soon by October on the White Beach in Station 1 (but not exactly the exact location).

But as for now, visit their boutique restaurant near Crown Regency Boracay.

Jonah’s Shake Boracay (by the highway)

Outside the Jonah’s Fruit Shake and Restaurant Highway Branch (near Crown Regency)

Avocado Shake

Price ranges from P75 to P100++ depending on the mix of fruits

Mango Avocado shake

You can also have it “to-go”

Though it doesn’t look as nice as the one in glass 😛

A peek on Jonah’s shake menu

They also serve rice meals, pasta, burgers & fries, crepes, pancakes and others.

I tried ordering their mango crepe

Mango Crepe P90

It was just okay 😛

Now you know where to find Jonah’s

🙂

Thank you to Astoria Boracay for sponsoring our stay in Boracay 🙂

xoxo,

Candy

I LOVE bread!!! Like breakfast won’t be complete without it…

Jam and butter is also a must…

Sometimes, with one sitting, I can eat 5 mini buns of bread *faints*

Anyway, I love cheese too so there you go 😀

Toasted bread with jam and butter inside *drools*

They have a Medley of Home Made Breads and Rolls

Heaven!!!

How do you like your eggs?

For me, I love my eggs cooked soft boiled for 8 minutes.

The 8 minutes thing was something my mom taught me.

Sunny side up is okay as well but the soft boiled egg is the best because there’s no oil needed 😀

And so, here you go.  The usual breakfast items.

No. 1 on the list BACON

YUM!!! Especially if it is cooked with butter!

They also had the Chicken and Pork Adobo (CPA)

Vince’s favorite – Tocino.

I also had my Malaysian friends try this 😀

I didn’t know how to describe it or translate it to English at first 😀

I just said, it’s like sweetened pork…

Do you have any other English terms for this?

Let me know and comment love below 😉

Of course, you wouldn’t feel you’re near a beach without some fish or seafood.

I skipped the soup because I knew I would be eating a lot of bread.

They had Wonton Noodle Soup and Lomi Soup on our second day.

To all who loves dairy products… that would be me 😀

I didn’t get the milk though… and the yogurt, I forgot to get one *plak*

The fruit juices were nice (especially the Melon Juice) but at that time, I was craving for chocolate so bad so I had Cold Milo 😀

Vince got a lot of Tocino 😛

Chow time!  Don’t be deceived, that’s just my first plate 😛

Ta-da… I forgot to mention about eating fruits before anything else.

Nice view of the restaurant… <3

Next up on my series of Thunderbird Resorts Vacation is the different places we went to during the city tour… Love churches?  That’s up next 😉

Till next time foodies,

FlairCandy

It just sank in… it’s our last day… I’m going to miss the girls and all who went with us.

Here are the memories captured of our last day in Baguio.

The day started with us girls walking along pine trees 🙂

From shorts, skirts and sleeveless tops we wore scarves and bonnets.

Here’s a quick tip for travelers:

When you travel to different places with different temperature, you need to consider bringing stuff you can use for both.  If not, just use lighter alternatives like bringing scarves instead of a bulky heavy jacket,  leggings instead of maong jeans and a cute cashmere hat or bonnet for style 😛

I pack light and bringing unnecessary stuff is a no-no to me.  I love traveling alone as well so that means I carry my own stuff… I need to be able to carry all of my luggage myself 🙂

We had breakfast at our hotel in Baguio – Bloomfields hotel.

We were a bit woozy from going out the other night to Nevada square.  We had fun bonding with everyone!

Our morning started in Camp John Hay were we had our last shoot for the trip.  Good location 🙂  We felt calm around Pine Trees.

Interesting Trivia:

Ada said that Baguio has the lowest suicidal rate in the Philippines.

It’s because of the Pine Trees around… It gives a calming effect to people and its surroundings.

True enough, all of us just felt relaxed.

Lol… a shade of pink for each of us 😛

Behind the scenes of our TV clips…

let me know if you see one of our clips on TV 🙂 soon!

After talking to the camera and wrapping up our entire trip with Vaseline, they took us to some special relax time.

This picture was taken in North Haven Spa.

This place is famous for its strawberry body scrub/massage.

See all rose petals? 🙂

Nikki and me… getting giddy and excited… finally, a chance to pause and relax 🙂

Ada, Nikki and me with a bowl of lovely Rose Petals

They served ginger ale tea when we arrived

Ahhh… so nice… look at how relaxed I am… Jeleesss??? 😛

Quick tip – Alternative for an Oily Massage:

If you don’t the oily feeling when you are having your massage, you can request for your masseuse to use cream or lotion.

I used to take a break for work and go to massage parlors.  I don’t like oil because I knew I need to go somewhere else… So a cream or lotion would be a perfect solution.

Plus, it moisturizes your skin!

aaaaaahhhh… jeless?

then join our final contest for a chance to win this road trip of a lifetime!

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You will get to experience EVERYTHING and I mean EVERY activity we did!

To know what adventures we had that you might get to experience for yourselves, just roam around my blog and read the latest posts about our Vaseline Road Trip!

PINK!… See what we’re holding?  These patterns on the clothing gives you a hint that we’re in Baguio!

Ahh.. will miss these ladies.. I hope we have a reunion.

One more cam-whore shot before we have our therapy

We’re sitting on a bath tub. fyi.

Okay, stop taking pictures already… we want to have our massage now,

ktnxbai

Oooh yes.. after massage is chow time!

I ordered Beef Burger with a startling big patty and potato fries for only P150.

Ada and Nikki ordered the White Pasta with lots of sauce and meat for only P150 each.

I KNOW!!!

SO CHEAP!

Love the clear mountains with clouds/fog arround it 🙂

Cam-whore time 😛

VTR-ing stuff

behind the scenes of another shoot 🙂

It was so cold!!!

 

The perfect ingredients of this road trip:  friends, adventure, cam-whore galore, protection from sun and dry skin with Vaseline 🙂

We can’t get enough photos…

Lord of the rings?

ADA so CUTE we wanna KISS!!!

*photos courtesy of Jeck Simbulan and Vaseline

 

Here are more pictures from my Camera

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Anyway, it’s so nice here… So cool… and it’s just really a nice place to relax.

The weather is cool…

I was even surprised that a lot of people are living here.  There are houses everywhere.

Anyway, let the pictures tell the story 🙂

Started the day by applying Vaseline.

My skin is super dry and sensitive.  It needs to be moisturized, or else, my eczema might come out.

Also, I wouldn’t have to worry about getting dark while on tour and having photo shoots under the heat of the sun because it has SPF 24. Also, my mom would be happy because my mom wants me to be flawless white lol

See picture below 🙂 me and the girls love playing around different places.  We don’t need to worry about the sun ^_^

Playing along the stairs of Sta. Maria church in Sta. Maria.

 

But before that, we stopped over Bauang (or Bawang) Bridge :)  This is just right after Vigan.  The view is spectacular and it was so cold and windy!

Inserted portrait photo of me taken by Jeck… I love the green background! I’m one nature 🙂

This is outside the Bencab’s (Ben Cabrera) gallery in Baguio.

Nikki, me and Ada outside our hotel in Vigan – Hotel Salcedo de Vigan.

I was about to sneeze… then the shutter clicked LOL

Jump shot on Bauang bridge

Outside Sta. Maria church.  It was beautiful… The sky was perfect blue.

Lunch at Midway!!! I was so happy we dropped by here… I missed the baby back ribs ^_^…

I always eat here when I have surf trips in La Union

Really friendly dog outside the Bencab museum… He’s very friendly, I wanted to take him home.

I was WOW-ing :P  The individual paintings looked like Chinese characters.

We kissed Ada 😛

Trying to imitate the statues behind us 🙂

We love stairs for some reason lol

Bencab Museum / Gallery

Session Road – most famous road in Baguio

Time to kiss Nikki

Ukay-Ukay madness wee!

I will definitely miss this trip… I will miss the girls, the crew and everyone involved in this trip… it has been one great adventure 🙂

Wake up in the morning feeling like P.Diddy…

grabbed my glasses I’m out the door I’m gonna hit Vigan City.

Before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of positivity

‘Coz when I leave for Vigan, I ain’t comin’ back (yet).

Applyin’ Vaseline on my skin, skin…

Getting ready for the road trip to Vigan!  Of course, I have to take care of my dry skin by applying Vaseline Healthy White lotion.  It has triple whitening effect with an SPF24 which is super enough to protect your skin from harmful sun rays while touring 🙂

Anyway, I woke up early to view the sun rise 🙂

I was the only one up at that time 😛

I love sun rise more than I love the sunset 😀

Road Trip from Pagudpod to Vigan

From Ilocos Norte (Region I), we headed for Ilocos Sur (Region 2).  It took about 2 – 3 hours of road time.  All is good and fun when you are with cool, happy awesome people!  All the time, in the car, we just talked about many random things.

Two places at the same time

When we saw the Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur, we stopped by to take pictures!  Talkin’ bout being at two places at the same time :D  Also, Philippine soldiers were deployed on the border and they were in charge of watching over the boundery.

Pottery Making

I really had lots of first time here in this trip!  Another first I did today was Pottery Making!  When the store owner demonstrated how he shapes clay into pots, it was amazing.  It looked so simple, so peaceful, so elegant.  When I tried to shape my own pot though, I had a hard time.  You probably need steady hands, inspiration and probably some music to get in tune with what you are doing.

Vigan – Calle Crisologo

This area is a very famous tourist destination.  The old houses are preserved, thus, putting us in another awesome time capsule!

All we did was take pictures and more pictures :)  The city is so photogenic 😀

Breakfast, Golf, ATV, Fort Ilocandia

Lunch at La Preciosa

Malacanang of the North and Paoay Lake

Paoay Church

Marcos Museum

Dinner at Sitio Remedios

 

Breakfast, Golf, ATV, Fort Ilocandia

It was a beautiful morning.  I love bread and that’s basically what I had at breakfast at Fort Ilocandia.  I knew that this day is going to be a blast!  And indeed it is because I just had two “first-times” just in the morning activities.  Our first activity for the day was to ride the All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV).  It was fun and hot.  I applied Vaseline sunblock in the morning because I knew we might be fried under the sun.  I was introduced to Vaseline sunblock last on March last year.  They had promo girls roaming around the beach who offered to put sunblock on us.  We loved the scent of the sunblock!  It didn’t smell like sunblock or the pool at all lol.

Riding the ATV is awesome!  It is a bit slow as compared to riding a Go-Kart.  But still, anything automobile – I love!  I couldn’t count how many times I roamed around the track.  😛 I still enjoyed cam-whoring and I had an awesome panning shot taken by the photographer.  The view while we were ATV-ing was just breathtaking because we were riding by the beach 🙂

It was my first time hitting balls on the golf range.  :P  I learn fast and the staff of Fort Ilocandia were very kind to help me improve my form and my swing lol.  I don’t really like watching golf on TV.  It looks boring.  You wait for people to hit their balls.  That’s it. T___T so boring… Zzzzzz… One thing I learned from today’s experience though is that golf needs practice and concentration.  It’s also all about the form.  For the first time, I was super conscious of how I bend and the level of bending involved.  I was also taught how to do a very suave swing 😛

Lunch at La Preciosa

The locals said that people in Ilocos are very frugal.  Their lifestyle is also very very simple.  They rarely go out to eat at restaurants.  Therefore, those who go to restaurants in Ilocos are usually tourists.  The owner of the restaurant was there to greet us and explained every dish that was served.  My favorite was the Pukui Pukui and their Carrot cake is so good in this place – it’s a must-try!

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Malacanang of the North and Paoay Lake

Ilocos Norte is known to be the place of Marcos.  Their family’s involvement in the government started here with his ancestors as Ilocos’ congressman.  The Marcos family really built landmarks and it included this place of theirs – Malacanang of the North.  It’s a house made of wood basically and you will see the Spanish influence in the architecture.  The Furnitures are also something that you must observe.  Most of the furnitures were are made of wood.  You will see how old the furnitures are, but they still look sturdy.

Overlooking the terrace of the Malacanang of the North is Paoay Lake.  It’s a natural lake that stretches to 450 hectares area.

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Paoay Church

It was just breathtaking.  I usually take my camera and shoot immediately when I travel and see a nice landmark… but when I saw the church, I just had to stop, pause and relish the moment.  It was breathtaking… The church combined Baroque architecture and Filipino/Chinese craftmanship.

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Marcos Museum and Sony Bloggie Stills

We were not allowed to take pictures.

I stepped inside the dark room.  It was cold… then on the spotlight, lies the body of Marcos, coated with wax.  His body lies inside a glass coffin.  It reminds me of Snow White.

I had goosbumps when I saw Marcos.  His body was only 3 meters away from me.  It was so close… I felt a strong aura or a strong mood when I saw his face despite the fact that his body was preserved for 21 years now.

My Nikon D40’s Kit Lens is dying.  The Autofocus is not working anymore :(  Using manual focusing on the kit is just a pain to me so I had to resort in alternatives.  I took out the Sony Bloggie and tested out the stills.

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Dinner at Sitio Remedios

The ambiance is really something.  It somehow brought me to a different time.  Like that place was put in a time capsule and here I am now, visiting.

The story of the houses and rooms that you can rent inside the Sitio Remedios resort is very interesting.  They are really old houses from different places.  They were taken down, one-by-one into pieces and brought to Sitio Remedios Resort and reassembled one-by-one.

The houses tell so much story even if you just stare at it.

I was also at awe when I saw the chapel at the center.  The first thing that came to my mind when I entered the small chapel was “I think I want to be wed here.” lol not that I am planning to anytime soon :P  The church stole my heart.  It’s by the beach as well.  A perfect tropical-ish wedding (with a hint of reggae theme) would be perfect here for me…  It matches my personality

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Anyway, that’s it for now… gotta rush for our next destination!

What a day-ender!  We sneaked in some beach time to explore the area of Fort Ilocandia.  I documented my reaction whenI heard the waves.

The camera crew followed us and they were also there to capture that awesome moment.