September Summaries

Sept. 3: This is my second cousin John's youngest daughter Althea celebrating her 1st birthday at Choi Garden. It's only my 2nd time to eat there, and the first/last time was also for a kid's party.

Chef's Table: A Brief Anniversary Party Foodie Tour

Without the restaurant in context this
 might be mistaken for a book cover.

My stock knowledge of Chef Bruce was limited to knowing he has a TV show on the Asian Food Channel (Tablescapes: Life on a Plate w/ Angel Aquino).  It was from Ana G. that I learned he had his own restaurant at the Infinity Tower in BGC, Chef's Table, and embarrassingly enough it was from a banner outside that restaurant did I learn that his last name was Lim.

Ana G. invited me to attend the 1st Anniversary party of Chef's Table, so this was my chance to partake of complimentary cocktails and hors d'oeuvres served ina high-end restaurant.  Other attendees included Fernds, shiny-skinned host Lucas Raven, Phoemela Baranda, Rovilson Fernandez and the cast of 99.5RT's The Disenchanted Kingdom.
Below is a gallery of said cocktails and hors d'oeuvres not to be found on the menu, so if you weren't there last Friday you really missed out.

Stomptastic

For as long as I could remember I loved doing percussion, even before I knew the word existed*.  From beatboxing to strumming my fingers to tapping my pencil or drumming on my desk.  My taste for aesthetic sounds lay not in tunes from strings nor the striking of keys, but the tap of wood and/or plastic.  I was also fascinated by tap-dancing, because it sounded cool and looked easy.  You didn't need to be accompanied by outside music, lug around tape/CD players or looked crazy if you were only hearing the song in your head, because w/ tap-dancing you literally made the beat up as you went along.  Watching Sammy Davis Junior or Gregory Hines in action was mesmerizing.

10 Thoughts on Real Steel

What: Real Steel, starring Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo & EvangelineLily
Who with: Lola
When: Oct. 16, 9:30pm
Where: Greenhills Theater Cinema 2, 2nd Row
Why: Birthday treat

*SPOILERS*

August Appendices

Aug. 24: Legazpi Boy Fernand held a birthday pool party at his apartment building in Asia Tower.  The scenario reminded me of when I held my birthday there several years back: relaxed atmosphere, way too much food, and no-one used the swimming pool.  Lookes like the Speedo trunks I wore were staying dry.  Familiar faces in attendance inlcuded CB, Ana G., Rosanna (whom I met w/ Aryn Cristobal at C.B.'s pool party where the pool was actually used, by the way) and Carlos Joaquin, who was still working w/ (or for ) Engelbert.  I was even more surprised when Fernds had to leave his own party early because he had to go to Pampanga.  I just took that as my cue to exit as well.