Happy Hour at Kona Grill

| March 23, 2012

I love happy hour, not for the drinks but for the half-priced bar chow. True, choices are limited, but that’s something I can live with. To be honest, I really couldn’t care less about the drinks. I’m an eater more than a drinker. I actually prefer to drink water  or unsweetened iced tea more than [...]

Kome Sushi Kitchen

| March 8, 2012

Hubby and I don’t do fancy Valentine’s Day lunches and dinners. It’s been that way since we got stuck in terrible Manila traffic one Valentine’s night 17 or so years ago. We were still in university then.  So for Valentine’s Day lunch this year, we stayed out of everyone’s way.  Hubby took me on a [...]

Sushi Zushi

| May 16, 2010

Mother’s Day Weekend turned out to be a huge binge fest for me and my family.  They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Well, while I’m positively sure that I’m not a man, I have to say that the shortest way to my heart is definitely via my tummy.  And [...]

Maki Monday

| February 23, 2010

Yesterday was Maki Monday here at home, an extension of our Sushi Sunday.  An extension was necessary because one, we are just plain crazy about sushi and two, I wasn’t quite satisfied with how I rolled our Sunday sushi.  I needed to redeem myself.  And redemption I got, if I may say so myself. ;) [...]

Nigiri Sushi and Sashimi Night

| February 4, 2010

We were at Costco on the right day and at the right time again!  That was last Sunday, January 31st.  We got ourselves some Fresh Wild (Atlantic?) Salmon and Fresh Ahi Tuna that were packed the same day.  You know what that means…Sushi Night!  And for the first time, I tried my hand at making [...]