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Maligayang Pasko sa inyong Lahat!

It's Christmas day and we had a day full of eating and fun... Sucat folks came late for lunch (as usual!!!) because of traffic. We were having a late lunch when Ellen and kids came. After lunch, we all went to Issa's house and chat with the LA folks. Cely, Jigs, Reggie, Marilyn and the kids were all there talking to everyone here at home. High-techonology is really amazing, we get to talk and watch the people in a different place. After the long chat and eating, we had our annual family pictorial! We have to shoot inside the house because it was raining the whole day...

Busy Kitchen!!!

It's almost Christmas and we are all on the move... Che and I are incharge in baking brownies, rhum cakes and baked noodles, Jay is in the stove area for the meatdishes, lumpiang ubod and shanghai, and Issa is in the quality control and take out area. Wheww!!! We've been like this for about 20 years na and there are still many customers who until now continue to order food from us. Check out how busy my kitchen is for the last 5 days...

Baking our famous GCA brownies, I now improve the taste of our brownies and changed some brands of the ingredients.

This is our Rhum Cake, my sister Linda gave her own recipe of this cake... really smells good because of the caramelized toppings.

Here's another famous dish we make... our Fish Fillet in Sweet and Sour Sauce.

Finally, our Baked Macaroni and Spaghetti..

Christmas Presents from Delaware

A balikbayan box from Delaware has finally arrived the other day. It came quite a little earlier than what I expected and making it exact for Christmas. Thanks to my generous sister Linda and brother in law Bill! I have lots of pans and serving dishes again, we got this from my recent visit to New York City and Lancaster. Can't wait to use them for our family get together on Christmas day...


Issa was asking if she can have this Christmas globe... what do you call this anyway?!

Greetings from the LB Family...

Happy Birthday UNCLE BILL!!!

Happy Birthday to our favorite Uncle Bill! We wish you many many more birthdays and wonderful years to come!!! Love from your Los Banos Family... Ate Dory, Issa, Dodo, Luigi, Chuy, Che and Jay

Issa's Birthday

It was Issa's 39th Birthday last December 1, but because of Hal's birthday party, we have to move our dinner on December 2. We had dinner at Baan Thai, a little resto at the corner of Sta. Fe Subdivision in Grove. We had Mixed Fried (platter of Spring Rolls, Dumplings, Crispy Kangkong, Okra, Tofu and Chicken Strips), Spicy Beef, Pad Thai, Bagoong Rice and Spicy Chicken Salad. Everything was spicy! But the chicken salad was really great, specially now that I'm on my second week of South Beach Diet. Try this new discovery... Baan Thai Restaurant!

Hal's 5th Birthday!

It's HAL CHRISTOPHER'S 5th Birthday! It was celebrated yesterday at the clubhouse of their new home in Taguig, Metro Manila. Hal's birthday should be on the 7th pa, it was just advanced because of the availability of the party place. Rene came with Rita and Rochelle, Elsa was with Gale and Angelo, Ronald and his whole family came, with Ellen's kids too. And of course the LB people were there except for me because I have a novena to complete. There were so much games and fun for all the kids! Check out my slide...

Another reason to indulge and eat your heart out! So much food like Beef with Mushroom, Chicken Teriyaki, Fish Fillet, Pork BBQ, Baby Back Ribs, Spaghetti, Chicken Lollipops and Fruit Salad. What caught my attention was the sauce of the Fish Fillet. It was cream sauce with fruit cocktails and sago, looks different! I wish I had the chance to taste it to see the difference!

Sharing Pictures...

I'm sharing some of my pictures taken during my trip to US last September-October. I stayed in Fontana, California for 10 days. I was able to visit Las Vegas this time with Reggie, my nephew and his family. We had a party last September 15, we celebrated Maggie's 7th Birthday, Jigs and Cely's joint birthday celebration too. Then I went to East Coast for 3 weeks to visit my sister Linda and my brother in law Bill Graham in Delaware. I was able to see my apos with Donna and Seth... Graham, Sadie and Gracie. I visited Mom, Bill's Mom. Met some family friends May Anne and Edison Aningalan who now lives in New Jersery, Mael and wife, my son Jay's friend who was a neighbor in Rhodas for quite a while. Had my Phili-steak of course! Had a great bonding moment with my family there specially with Dionne and Mike. And those hunting days for Issa's scrapbook stash in Joann's and AC Moore...


Here's my East Coast Escapades...

Angelo's 12th Birthday...

Last Thursday (November 22) was Angelo's 12th Birthday and Totoy's 8th year death anniversary and we celebrated it last night. We had dinner in their house in Katarungan Village, Muntinlupa. Christmas decor is everywhere in their house, meticulously arranged which give a nice Christmas spirit as a whole. The food is prepared ala super smorgasbord kaya hanggang leeg na tuloy ang busog ng lahat! There were freshly cooked fried rice, beef stew, pancit canton, beef caldereta, tuna carbonara, sweet chili alimasag (crabs) and huge prawns. Crabs and prawns are boiled with sprite or 7-up with a little salt until cooked, eaten with vinegar and garlic. It is very delicious but. . . for those people with high blood pressure beware of eating the "aligue" of the crabs and head of the prawns or else you know what will happen. Got a small serving of each kind and dinner is completed with ice cream and crema de fruta.

Tagaytay...

November 11, 2007: It's Sunday once again and it's family day for us. Luigi and Enzo are always looking forward to this day, where we would always have dinner after hearing the 5PM mass. This week was kinda special because Cheche passed her NCLEX exam and so we have to thank the Lord for this wonderful blessing. We had mass at the Pink Sisters in Tagaytay, such a nice and peaceful place where all you can do is reflect and thank the Lord. Then afterwards, we had dinner at Teriyaki Boy with Cheche's parents Mareng Gay and Pareng Jun. It's Jay and Luigi's favorite eat out place, they would order their favorite chicken teriyaki and kani salad.

Well, it's my first time to blog, so just watch out for my cooking escapades... and well all pig out eating delicious menus