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Portion Control


May 31st, 2008

Yup, I’ve been doing a good job of watching what I eat and controlling my food portions and calorie intake.  I only started last Monday and it looks like I finally got my mojo back.  And not once did I ever consider taking Leptovox!  I’m old school when it comes to losing weight. ;)   You can only imagine how terribly hard it is to look at and write about food when I’m on a mission to lose weight and not want to have anything to do with food.  Hee hee.  But I love food, always have and always will.  So on with the show. :D

Revisiting Seasons


May 31st, 2008

Seasons is the premiere buffet restaurant of The Manila Pavilion Hotel.  We had the chance to dine there in February last year a few days before Hubby left for the US.  I wrote all about it HERE.  However, I didn’t post photos within the entry.  It’s been a while since we’ve had a decent buffet…buffet as we know it from back home.  So join me as I torture myself with photos of what I look forward to having when we come home for a vacation…


Seasons doesn’t have a very extensive selection of fresh seafood.  But as long as there are shrimps, I won’t really complain. ;)


This is Oscar. :)  He was in charge of all the cooking at the seafood station.  He made us very yummy tempura and if I remember correctly, he also made me some shrimps in garlic and butter.   


Kebabs overload!  Oh why did I ever stop eating beef and pork? :D

 
Cookies and assorted chocolate goodies to tickle the kids’ tastebuds…and those of the kids at heart, too! ;)  You bet I was tickled silly.  Hee hee!


This is the part of any buffet spread which I will most likely skip so I can have room for the “dessert heavy weights”…heavy in sugar and heavy in calories.


The Halo-halo station.  That time, I skipped this one, too.


This is Melvin.  He made me my favorite buffet dessert of banana caramel crepe topped with vanilla ice cream.  *sigh*

The next two photos are of terrible quality but I just wish to show you how dessert was so beautifully presented…


Isn’t that the prettiest flan ever? 


And here are more uniquely plated desserts .  I can no longer recall what these are exactly but I’m guessing sans rival, chocolate mousse and strawberry cheesecake.

By looking at these pics alone, I think I’ve gained a few pounds already!  It looks like I’ll have to invite hubby to join me hit the treadmills at the gym tomorrow.  *cross fingers*

PH #12: Self


May 31st, 2008

Interesting theme for this week’s photo hunt…”Self”. :D  I have a lot of photos of myself on this site so there’s no reason why I should be, er, shy about showing myself.  Hee hee.  I chose to post the very same pic found on my “About Page” :

This was taken at the Austin Museum of Art in October last year.  I’ve featured this slice of bread in my edible art entry and I used the method behind decorating this slice of toast in last week’s photo hunt.

My other photo hunt entry is HERE.  You can visit other photo hunters here.

Have a great weekend, y’all!