Truly TIVOLI-cious!!

I know I have blogged about this restaurant before but I just can't have enough of Tivoli in Mandarin Oriental. To me, it's just one of those places that make me feel so happy to be alive. Really!!! As soon as I enter, I feel as if I am automatically transported to Europe. It reminds me of Raffles in Montreux, Switzerland, where Steffie and I had breakfast one morning (that's another story).

My mom's favorite restaurant, this is where she takes her most favored friends and clients because she is sure that it will never disappoint.

The photos will show you exactly what I mean. 





For lunch, you will have a buffet of appetizers.









The main courses. 




The desserts.

The REAL desserts. 



The Chef de Cuisine, Remi Vercelli, Charisse Chuidian and my lunch gang minus CAR. She doesn't like her photos taken. (Tim, your bloggerina, Chef, Christine, Charisse and Dennis)


Tivoli, Mandarin Oriental
750-8888
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DAWA- what??

Here's my new drink....it's called DAWA.

The Dawa African Cocktail is said to be so potent that it will cure whatever ails you. Dawa means "medicine" or "magic potion" in Swahili. The recipe is based on a famous Brazilian drink that was introduced to Kenya. It is now one of the most widely consumed cocktails in Kenya and now by ME! 

Here's how to make it. 

Glass of crushed ice. 


Fill it up with your favorite Vodka.


Squeeze calamani or lime in. Dump the fruit in your drink.




A spoon full of honey makes the world a happier place.

ENJOY!!! 




Thanks to my YAP family who slowly but surely is trying to make me into a more experienced drinker. I think they don't like it when I start dancing on the table after one glass of Cosmopolitan. 

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Top Chefs in My Kitchen.

What did YOU do for the long weekend? Oh wait....Actually, I really don't want to know. I just want to tell you what I did.



Remember Markus?? He's my super good friend back in the days when he used to be the Chef de Cuisine here in Old Manila, Peninsula? Remember him now?? NO?? Not even a bit? OK, wait, let me check if I can refresh your memory.



OK, click here.



I was his official tour guide when he was a newbie in Manila. It is also because of him that I met AG. I keep telling him now how much he owes me because of it. HAHA.



Anyway, he's here for vacation with his GF. They stayed with me for 2 nights and the first night was payback time. We went to the mall and grocery where he bought all sorts of ingredients because he was going to cook for us that night. The fact that the Executive Sous Chef of a major hotel in Shanghai was in my house made me take advantage of the situation. I took it a step further by asking AG if he could bake a CCC for dessert!! What a life! Two white boys cooking for the Asian hot chick (yes, that would be me).



Goofing around like little girls in the department store.



He's not really happy with the selection of veggies. He says that they are all too small. Hello! We are in the Philippines! Everything is small here.



Posing with a DIZON product!

Gets down to business in our super chaka dirty kitchen.

Arugula salad with Feta cheese, tomatoes in balsamic dressing.

Iron Chef ba ito??

Tomato salad with apple cider dressing. Obvious ba that we are on a diet??



I would watch Keeping up with the Kardashians in the living room while they cook but what's that smell??? I snuck a peek in the chakitch (chaka + kitchen) and sees this!!!


I shouted, "What's going on here?? Why is it so smokey?? Are you burning the food? Aren't you a professional chef??!! Do you know what you are doing??"


He says, "Your kitchen has no proper exhaust. No, correction, your kitchen has NO exhaust at all!!"


"Oh ok...carry on and hurry, I am hungry!" I said calmly.

He's right....the pork and beef was cooked well so he wasn't burning it. It's really our chakitch.

He also hasn't had longganisa in a very long time and craved for it so he grilled some and poured beer over it!!

My honey's most famous CCC!

Life is good! Thanks boys!
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