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Eating my way through the holidays: Crisostomo in Eastwood

When Pinoys get together, they eat. When friends who live abroad are in town for teh Christmas, we take them out to eat out at Pinoy restaurants. We’d already done Kanin Club at the Ayala Triangle a couple of weeks before, so we decided to eat at Crisostomo (Eastwood) next.

Crisostomo not only served Filipino cuisine, but it was — you guessed it — Jose Rizal-themed. Menu items were named after characters in the national hero’s life and his books.

Crisostomo - Tinapa ni Tiburcio - PhP 200

Tinapa ni Tiburcio

Their version of the smoked fish (Tinapa ni Tiburcio – PhP 200/$5) made for an excellent appetizer. I could eat this with rice (come to think of it, I think I did). It was an unusual way of serving tinapa, so I recommend you order this if you eat there.

Crisostomo - Bracken Tofu - PhP 198

Bracken Tofu

I’m generally not a tofu person, so I think I didn’t try this. But, look, I took a photo! I suppose it’s called the Bracken tofu (PhP 198/$5) as a reference to Josephine Bracken, Jose Rizal’s girlfriend, and not named after the fern. (Wait, are they inferring that she was bland and uninteresting?)
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Eating my way through the holidays: Romulo Cafe

So, the holidays happened. That meant a lot of get-togethers with friends and family. I had planned to try to find new places to dine, and document each meal in a blog post, but there are only so many hours in a day, and those Dexter episodes aren’t going to watch themselves, y’know?

Fortunately for you, dear readers, I was a good blogger. I did not forget my camera (I almost did) and I made sure to take photos before we fell on the food, and even took (mental) notes for this blog post.

Romulo CaféA couple of friends and I went out to meet two of their friends for dinner. To protect their privacy, let’s call my two friends Lee Min Ho and Park Min Young. The initial plan was dinner at the Ayala Triangle, but to get there, we had to drive through ten miles (I exaggerate) of traffic. Young Min took one look at the line of vehicles queueing outside the parking lot and decided we had to go somewhere else. We headed towards Romulo Café at Jupiter St. Read more…

The London post

I got another postcard from R. a week and a half ago.

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I imagine you’re just going out of town for a bit and we’ll go hang out over coffee in a couple of weeks and I’m making you a cake on your next birthday the kind you like with the cream cheese because you don’t like chocolate

Tania, Dek, Ian
Dek and I at the office despedida for her the other day. (And that’s Ian photobombing us.)

See you soon, babe. Remember us when you’re all famous and stuff. One day, we’ll get Sho his litsun.

The Singapore brunch bunch

Finally recovered a bit from the Korean Music Wave concert last Friday night (nothing like standing in the moshpit for 5 hours to remind yourself that you’re no longer a spring chicken, and that maybe you need to go back to hitting the gym) to have brunch at Epicurious at Robertson Walk on Sunday. I had the Full Monty, below, which included beans, bacon, sausage, eggs, mushrooms and toast, and was served with fresh orange juice and coffee.

Epicurious at Robertson Walk

D had the breakfast burrito. Will try that next time.

Breakfast Burrito

Met some lovely new people who had brunch with us: D’s friends who used to live in Sing and are also visiting for the weekend. (That’s me on the left.)

The brunch bunch

The brunch bunch

Epicurious was apparently a really popular brunch place, because it had a sign that said you could only have your table for an hour and a half, and by 11.30, the place was packed. When we got there at 10.30, there were something like three unoccupied tables. It was along the river — I forgot to take a photo, sorry — and other than the people there for brunch, there were also some joggers and people riding scooters and bikes with their kids. Perfect brunch place, except D and I kept squinting because we forgot our sunglasses.

Goodbye, Singapore! Will come back as soon as D is willing to put up with me in her flat again. LOL.