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My second’s daughter’s birthday fell on a tuesday. Since she lives in a dorm, my husband and I travelled all the way from Makati to celebrate her 19th birthday with dinner. Her restaurant choice was “Heaven n Eggs”. She’s never eaten there and has been dying to eat there for months. We chose the Eastwood branch since it’s closest to Katipunan. I know there is the Tomas Morato branch too but she intended to shop for shoes while waiting for the food to be served. The server said “15 minutes” wait. True enough, the food arrived in less than 15 minutes. We didn’t order waffles this time since it was dinner although the last time I ate at the Glorietta branch, we had some waffles. This time we had steak , omelet and steak. haha. The servings were huge that we didn’t order dessert anymore. Heaven n Eggs restaurant is great dining experience when you go there during the weekdays. It’s terribly crowded during weekends that you need to queue for your turn.

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Animal rights activist will create a fit when they see this roasted cow photo. The owners of “Wholly Cow” made sure to cover the face of the cow as it is roasting. One can find this “lechon baka” at the Salcedo Saturday market , well every saturday morning.

Prices are:

1/4 kilo- 300 pesos
1/2 kilo- 550 pesos
1 kilo- 1000 pesos

Quite pricey isn’t it?

Piyaya , a sweet biscuit is something that I always get to eat when a family member or friend brings home “pasalubong” from Iloilo. So when I visited the Salcedo Food Market, I was pleased to see freshly cooked piyaya for only 10 pesos each. The best thing is it’s warm and not too sweet . What a delight to savor freshly cooked piyaya . It’s quite different from eating it straight out of the plastic bag.

A college batchmate invited me and some other batchmates to a birthday celebration at the Casa Armas Tapas Bar located at 3rd floor of Greenbelt 3. He ordered paella valencia, humongous chili crab and angus beef. I was already full from a birthday dinner of my 19 year old daughter. Still, I tasted the paella valencia which was really tasty. The chili crab was also so good. I wish I wasn’t so full to savor the fine flavors of the spanish meal. The meal , the company and the restaurant was a perfect evening for a mini-reunion.