STACY'S (shabby chic restaurant)

(A very late post.)

I just thought of making a review about this little cute shabby chic restaurant called STACY'S. 

I just looove the pastel-colored interior, the cozy feeling and the chic vintage theme. ♥

SO  INLOVE WITH THE PINK FRIDGE!

nice and affordable foodies! x

 The food was kinda like Banapple. Especially the one that I ordered, the homebaked chicken parmesan. But nonetheless, it was good! and the desserts were divine!! xxx

Free butter popcorn with pretzels and mallows!

It was my first time to visit here and I didn't actually know that there's a good restaurant like this in Capitol. It was Rose and kat's idea to visit here and we certainly had a really good time! :) 

With the two lovely ladies :)

with rose and my king.

I love this restaurant and I definitely must visit here again soon ! plus I need to know where they bought the pink fridge! hehe :p

P.S

Capitol Greenstreet Commercial Center,
Capitol Hills Drive, Quezon City
Tel. Nos. (0927) 326-2244, (0933) 442-7661, (0917) 847-2229

Uncle Moe's Beef Kebab! :)

We had a dinner last night with my cousin, her hubby and a friend @ Uncle Moe's. This has to be one of my favorite Kebab place! The last time I went here was too long ago.. and I remember leaving the place with my happy tummy. I suggest you guys should give Uncle Moe's a visit sometime this week. :)

Beef Kebab with Pita bread! (so yummy)

Winter Melon Milk tea! :) I love this.

Didn't bother to look extra stylish. Just my fave black top and roxy shorts and wedgies. lol

Anyways, I woke up extra early this morning and decided to email my boyfriend.. not for anything but to simply thank him for being such a good man and for simply being mine. I don't know why I've been having this great strange feeling lately to be thankful for everything I have in my life right now. Its amazing how God truly works in such mysterious ways. I know I made him proud for choosing a great man like king after His own heart. and it finally occurred to me why I chose to stay single for a year.. why I waited and made the decision of self-preservation for the man God has set aside for me, and I'm glad I did.

I guess, its just one of those moments when you sit still and smile cause you are just genuinely thankful and happy cause you know that everything feels right and everything you have is all you will ever need. :)

God bless everyone and stay happy! x

My tortilla Wraps.

So I did these wraps all by myself from scratch. This is actually one of my favorite. Its very easy to make and really yummy. Well for me, cause I'm obsessed with just about anything that includes pita wraps. From indian to greek cuisine. I love every bit of it!

Here's the recipe:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tbsp of lard or vegetable. Shortening
1/2 cup of warm water

Steps:
Mix all the dry ingredients. Flour, salt, baking powder. And then add the shortening, make sure to cut it in small pieces. Mix everything.

Then add the warm water and knead dough for 3mins and form it into a ball. Let it rest for another 5mins and cover with cloth or plastic. After 5 mins, form it into 10 small balls and let it rest again for 30 mins to relax.

After that roll each ball using a rolling pin into a flat round disc and toss it into a dry round skillet until it has brown spots or as soon as the bubbles appear. Then its ready!

Here I made some meaty wraps. Ham and beef patties with tomato sauce, honey mustard, cheese and fresh tomatoes.

Mean while, my sister baked some Jamaican Patties and this thing. I swear she's the best! I kinda wanna learn too coz I love jamaican patties but whatever, I'll just leave it to her. Atleast, I can bake delicious cakes! ;p

P.S
I am blogging through my blackberry phone and I'm kinda lazy so forgive my post hope you understand the recipe though.lol K thanksbye.

Baked Mac n' Cheese!

So here's my very own baked mac n' cheese! I used three different kinds of cheese here. So it's really awesome.. Its very easy to make and you can actually be the boss here when it comes to adding all the ingredients.

(taken via instagram)

Here are the easy steps..

•  First, you will need Flour, milk, butter, pinch of salt and pepper, ham (optional), and cheese. Here I used 3 kinds of cheese. Cheddar, mozzarella, and the cheese magic.

• Get a sauce pan and put the butter to melt, then add the flour to form a paste, mixed well then add the milk one bit at a time depending on how thick you want the white sauce to be, then add pepper and salt. (during this time you should dump the macaroni to boil in another pan)

• Then remove it from the heat and add a handful amount of grated cheese and allow it to melt.

 You can add a little bit of milk for desired sauce.

• Then combine the sauce and the pasta.

• Top it with mozzarella cheese and ham and put it in the oven until the cheese were all melt. :)

and wahh-lah! you got yourself a good baked mac n' cheese. ^_^

MY BIRTHDAY CAKE SHOULD ONLY BE TWO THINGS: classy and fabulous!

And so I decided to bake another fondant cake and this time, it's for myself. For our birthday! I realized that every girl has the right age she deserve and so with the cake. I go for Chanel cake cause I am a die hard lover of Chanel. and I've always wanted to bake a Chanel cake so here it is, not the best one but atleast I tried my best and I can honestly say that this cake iz Le' bomb!

I was actually of thinking of making this little cake too pinkish but I forgot to colored my fondant, too late when I realized that I actually wanted pink so I just painted it after. hahaha

My favorite part.. Covering the cake with fondant! :)

I also did some heart shaped Safari chocolate cake! :)

I just put some Betty Crocker chocolate frosting to make it more chocolaty in the center.

I love this cake! and I have finally discovered how to make my fondant less sweeter. 

I guess, it's true practice makes perfect! :))

Anyhoo, nothing really happened during my birthday cause I literally spent half of my day in school trying to get my grades and then went back to house at around 5-ish and eat with my family and some friends who went over the house.

Just the typical Filipino food and I love love love this Pancit malabon! so I asked my mom to buy this for our birthday. I am addicted to it! This is probably the only malabon that I like.. and surprisingly the best malabon ever! well, I also like the Malabon in Greenhills though. But its like whatever. I love this one. :)

I think the best gift I have ever received on my birthday was when I got this surprise call from my boyfriend. Although I told him in my letters that he should call me on my birthday cause I made him this little scrap book wherein I wrote him random letters inside that he should only read every month.. and I told him no peeking but right after he checked in to the hotel he told me he already read the letter for December which is very stubborn and honest of him. but whatever, atleast he made an extra effort to call me earlier than I actually thought. He actually called me last Sunday before my birthday and greeted me in advance. He called me like 9x that day and just made me laugh the entire time. He's the sweetest! and he's basically the highlight of my year. He's one of the few best things that ever happened to me, and I can't thank God enough for having him. He's the only person that I can really be myself with, I mean, I can literally be me when Im around him. He makes me feel like I'm very much at home and that I can just practically laugh my ass off with him, be goofy around him and just eat till my heart contents without him judging me.

And I think that's what love is all about, when you're inlove with someone who can make you be the most "you" that you can possibly be, when you don't even love them for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they know exactly the melody to your heart, the music to your soul and can literally dance with it. Like there's this certain music that the two of you could only hear. and I think it's LOVE, or beyond it.. I think it's love at it's finest perfection. It's magical.

I don't even know how he could manage to make me feel loved eventhough he's nowhere near, but he was really that great to make me feel like I'm not alone. That he's still there, still inlove. That there's this weird invisible thread that brings us more closer to each other. It's like the more I miss him, the more he would make an extra effort to make-up with the times that he couldn't be here. He's an amazing boyfriend! and I couldn't ask for more. He's like the brother and the bestfriend I never had. He's my soulmate. There, I finally said it. and Eventhough at times he could really be such a huge pain in the ass, well,. he's MY pain in the ass, and I love him! :)

Tinkerbell cake! :)

Its summertime! and that means, I am officially broke! :))
But nonetheless, I always enjoy summer cause that means, more time for me to bake! yay.

So just this week I baked a cake. And this time, I didn't use a fondant. Just a royal icing.

 Its a very moist chocolate cake with yema and nuts filling! I did the Yema all by myself. :)

 and as you can see it's really fudgy! :p

I also used the excess batter to bake some cute cupcakes too! :)

They're too adorable right? so colorful! I love pastel colors. :)

 I love baking and I'm glad I have more time now to bake since its already summer and yknow I need to do something that can make me busy (somehow) so I won't have to spend my day thinking about my boyfriend. Which speaking of, he hasn't called me yet or even texted me since last Friday. I can't help but feel worried about him cause I just heard over the news today that there has been another hijacking news somewhere by Somalia Pirates. And it's not like he's working in a Luxurious Ship that has an Escort or whatnot. He's working as a Chief cook in a Cargo ship (carrying designer bags, perfume and stuff) and he's the only Filipino there. But I know God loves him too much, and he's gunna takecare of him.

But knowing him, he was just probably too busy and still adjusting his life out there. He's such a strong man and very hard working, infact you can't even make him sit in a chair for even 5mins without doing anything. He always have to move around. That's one thing I noticed about him. And I just love him more for that. :) I'm so proud of his success, thinking he's only 22  and yet he's done so many things, received so many awards in cooking. Featured in Lifestyle, etc. and still has a lot of potential. I am indeed a lucky girlfriend!

Anyhoo, he's gunna be away for a year.... so that means I need to have a lot (x 999999999) of patience if I want this to work. I trust our love too much and our pinky swears everynight that were gunna pull through this. lol

Oh welps. I will definitely miss him more and more everyday but my Life has to move forward though. and I probably need to get a summer job or atleast enroll myself in a summer workshop like maybe dance this time. I've always wanted to try Pole Dancing and I think I have to it this summer. Wish me luck! x

Gayuma ni Maria :)

Ever heard of this famous one of a kind restaurant? (Just along Sikatuna Village)

It projects a casual but romantic ambiance where you can hang out with friends and loved ones. A more of an  "aphrodisiac" restaurant kind of concept/theme. The food was okay especially the dessert with a very reasonable price. :)

 @The Adult Station. lol

 Cute random cheesy lines everywhere. ♥

 Me being so busy with my phone as usual. hihi

 My food. I think it's called, "Cross my heart, I love you."

His, the famous. "Chinoy in Seventh Heaven (P240)"

 My super favorite! I am not even kidding.
This is the best I've ever tasted and its called "Beats sex anyday Chocolate Cake"

Red velvet Cake. I'm not much of a fan of this one but it was fine, I like the chocolate better. :)

 At the second floor, an adjacent Japanese room with banig and pillow seats theme. That has a small fashion closet-type of store at the left side of the room.

Interesting Painting outside the restaurant. :)

Overall, the concept is very chic but a lot of improvement must be done, for a better dining experience. But nonetheless, I love it here! x