My September

September has been one heck of an eventful month. So stressful and frustrating and draining--work wise. -.-


But of course, it's not all rainstorms and dark clouds.

SM North Edsa チュチュSCAPADE

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What was supposed to be a trip to have my beloved Kaoru's OS upgraded and hunt for a nice-looking phone case became another foodscapade... well, at least it was a yummy trip; and come to think of it, the phone case hunt was pretty successful. ^^v

Anyways, my friends and I had lunch at Papa John's. It's not really a newly discovered restaurant [for us] since you see it in malls, but it was our first time trying the food there. Fortunately, we did enjoy the food and got ourselves stuffed--my friends didn't even finished their orders, but meh, they don't really have as big as an appetite as I do. The price range is the normal ones for mall restaurants, P180-P200++.

Cafe Flora

Marikina Hotel
Pio Del Pilar St. cor. Tangerine St., Brgy. Concepcion II, Marikina City
Tel. Nos.: 612-53-27 / 494-08-00

entrance to Cafe Flora

An eat-all-you-can / buffet style of dining. For only P150, you can enjoy a variety of dishes--from pasta to pancit to rice meals and rice cakes to sweetened bananas, etcetera. They also offer bottomless drink--red iced tea or four seasons--for P50. I like how sweet the red iced tea is. v(^^)

I am not really sure with their operating hours, but I do know that they offer breakfast, lunch and dinner. 

I haven't tried the breakfast yet, so I do not know what food they serve. But as far as lunch and dinner is concerned, it's quite satisfying. 

I have gone here with my family for about four times now. We've even seen a batch of OJTs go and have new ones come. And quite frankly, I prefer the first batch, the one with lots of females since they were more accommodating and conscious of the customers' needs. But that doesn't mean the new batch sucks. They are also pretty nice and all, just that the batch before them were better. Maybe they just need a little more practice. 

My mom doesn't really enjoy eating here since she doesn't find some of the food somewhat bland, but my dad does. And for us children, it's also fine. And hey, if you're being treated and given free food, who are you to complain? XD

I think the problem lies with the buffet table being so near the AC. That is why some of the food are already a little hard/tough. But considering the price and the good ambiance, not to mention the free wifi, it's all worth it. 

Casa Feliz

95 Rainbow St., Hacienda Heights, Concepcion II, Marikina City
Tel. No.: (02) 933-6653
Operating hours: 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.


Well, since Angelica already wrote about how we wound up in Casa Feliz, I think it's unnecessary for me to repeat the story. [ Kada Meow @ Lilac Street: Casa Feliz ]

I'll just post the pictures of the pretty and yummy cakes we tried.

SPARTEA spa and bubble tea

In continuation of our “FOOD TRIP ADVENTURE DAY”, we went to Spartea—a bubble tea place [which is walking distance from Crazy Katsu] that offers spa and mani-pedi aside from their variety of drinks.

Their menu:

 

Crazy Katsu

Most of my friends and I are into Japanese Food, and so, when I discovered that there’s a Japanese restaurant around the city, we just had to see and try it.  

We went just this Sunday, September 9. And it’s quite funny how we all do not know where Crazy Katsu is exactly located and the fact that houses around the area have two different numbers is no help at all. But no biggie. After all, that day was declared as “FOOD TRIP ADVENTURE DAY” and so, walking back and forth just to find the place is not something to make fuss about.

Boyong's, the challenging conquering

This past few months, I seem to be more indulgent with food. I don't know if it's due to all the stress coming from work or just my innate gluttonous side climbing up another level; but either way, I'm craving for food and trying out new tastes more than usual. Thus, my new past time is to look up and read food blogs.

As of now I am focused with a particular food blog since it's centered with restaurants and eateries and snack places around Marikina, my hometown. [ Marikina Food Trip ]  

This August, I tried one of the places reviewed by said blog--Boyong's.

We Still Don't Know the Name of the Flower We Saw That Day

 あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない。

P L O T

At first I thought it would be all sad and tears and chest pains, but surprisingly—and fortunately—it's not. Ano Hana is more of nostalgia and melancholia. Well, I guess that makes it quite saddening too. But in a sense, or a different angle, it's not. It is a different kind of sadness.

I love how realistic this anime is. [Well, save for the Menma’s ghost part. But I guess, that’s a possibility as well.] The characters seem truly alive to me; and if events like these happened in real life, I guess people would react exactly—or almost like—the same. Others might find some of the characters annoying, but to me no one is. How they turned out and how they act is a product of the past that they just cannot escape from.