WS #44: Football Cake

| February 2, 2009

Yesterday was Superbowl Sunday, a good enough excuse to make a football cake and practice my star and zigzag piping skills.  ;)  And that’s exactly what I did!  I baked a football-shaped cake using a football pan and decorated it with stars and zigzags. The sun has already set by the time I finished decorating [...]

Fujian Grand China Buffet

| January 25, 2009

*This is entry #43 for Weekend Snapshot.* Chinese New Year is on January 26th, just a couple of hours away on our part of the world.  Back in the Philippines, we make it a point to join the Chinese New Year festivities even if we are not Chinese.  Once or twice, we even paid good [...]

Dimassi’s Austin

| November 16, 2008

Almost a month ago, Hubby, Abby and I had the chance to check out a mediterranean buffet place, Dimassi’s.  It’s been a while since Hubby and I had honest to goodness mediterranean fare.  Come to think of it, we never even got to try Meditteranean Cafe back home.  We thought it was about time we [...]

TMA #26: Dinner Out

| September 9, 2008

If you go out for a special dinner and service is very, very bad, what do you do?  Do you complain? Leave only a small tip, write to the management when you get home?  Or do you just suck it up and not do/say anything? It depends on how bad the service was.  If the [...]

TMA #25: Cookies

| September 1, 2008

What is your favorite kind of cookie? I have a lot of favorites!  I specially like chewy chocolate chips (Chips Ahoy or Keebler).  Oooh, and I also love the Pepperidge Farm cookies.  I like all their cookies but if I have to choose a favorite, it would be Milano and the Soft-Baked ones (anything with [...]