Huling Hirit: HALO-HALO!

Huling Hirit: HALO-HALO!

I know I know I’ve been fixated on the Filipino Food Festival for quite a while now. And I guess this happens to the best of us. When we are out of the country we start enjoying to an obscene degree – complete with eye-rolling  - things you never even ate in your country. This, in my case a few nights ago, was HALO-HALO.

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FILIPINO FOOD FESTIVAL today and tomorrow’s menu

FILIPINO FOOD FESTIVAL today and tomorrow’s menu

OMG, I want to have dinner at Millennium tonight! Last few day for the pinoy food festival! (It ends on the 26th) Anyone wanna go with me? I want the bistek tagalog, quail egg salad, manggo and shrimp paste, adobo lumpia and buko pandan. I’ll settle for tomorrow’s Bulalo! I loved it during the opening launch.  The complete menu for today and tomorrow after the jump! 

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WEEKEND ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pinoy Food Festival & Thailand Trade Show

WEEKEND ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pinoy Food Festival & Thailand Trade Show

Some announcements for Jakarta dwellers this weekend! Millenium Hotel is currently having a Pinoy/Filipino Food Festival from June 14 – 26 and the Thailand Trade Show is open to the public on June 18-19. More details after the jump!

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Better late than never ❅ Christmas Lunch 2010

Better late than never ❅ Christmas Lunch 2010

Okay I just realized that I didn’t even put up any posts on how we spent Christmas Day and New Years Eve! Somehow it got buried in all the other pictures I had and I never got to post them. Since my blog is my online journal, I am not doing a great job at journaling the holidays am I if I don’t put it up before January ends! So here goes! 

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Sunday Brunch Buffet at the Pearl Chinese Restaurant – JW Marriott

Sunday Brunch Buffet at the Pearl Chinese Restaurant – JW Marriott

Happy weekend everyone! It’s a very busy weekend for us. Brunch at Koi (again), shopping, Jakarta Kulinary festival, then tennis and dinner tonight with some wedding gift wrapping (hands don’t fail me now!) – just for today! And tomorrow we are attending a wedding for the very first time. It’s going to be the second Muslim wedding ceremony I’ve ever attended (the first when I was like 10 years old) so I am excited to see their customs and traditions here. We’ve been asked to come in our national dress so that’s a production in itself! 

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So many martinis, so little time…

So many martinis, so little time…

What better way to start the Martini lineup than the legendary Irish Wake Up Call?


What better way to start the Martini lineup than Lobo’s legendary Irish Wake Up Call? Made with whisky, Bailey’s, Tia Maria and espresso. 

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