Complete Padua Family Bonding at BGC

After X number of years, the Padua family was complete again one Sunday afternoon because my brother-in-law, Juan Carlo or JC, went home for a week long vacation.

Our chosen venue for the afternoon is Bonifacio Global City. First, we went to Trion Towers where JC got a condo unit. And of course, we went there as one battalion! Just imagine all of us walking/touring around the amenities of the Trion Towers. Hehe.

After the Trion Towers, we were suppose to go around SM Aura but it didn't materialize. Since it is already late in the afternoon, my FIL decided to have dinner instead.

While hubby and my in-laws are looking for a place to eat, I let the Kulilits play first at Bonifacio High Street. I tell you, they really love playing in the grass. They run and roll here and there!!!

Here are the boys playing with their Tito Ninong JC...

Ian enjoying the grass...

The Kulilits horsing around...

We had dinner at Texas Roadhouse Grill...

And here are what we ordered (I'm sorry, I didn't get all the names of the food.):

Texas Quesadillas...

Crispy Chicken Tenders...

Parmesan-Crusted Chicken (my order)...

Roadhouse Red Chili Burger for hubby...

which he really enjoyed...

The Great Ribeye...

Wrangler's Pork Steak...

Country-Style Burger Steak...

Kid Combo: Spaghetti & Chicken Tenders (Sorry for the picture. Hehe =) BTW, kids eat for free here)...

And of course, our souvenir picture...

After dinner, the Kulilits played again. The boys are non-stop! I don't know where they are getting their energy. Take note: they woke up early that day and didn't take their afternoon nap but still they are full of energy until 9:00pm.

Then we went to Serendra for some Cold Stone ice cream.

Lots of ice cream...

Waffle cones and toppings...

Gotta Have It Cheescake Fantasy for us...

 I know... I said, I won't eat anything sweet again. But promise, I had few only. =)

Chocolate Devotion (I think) for Kuya Bimbo and Ai...

My MIL and FIL had Banana Caramel Crunch while my SIL had Coffee Lovers Only (I don't have pictures, sorry). For JC and Doms, I don't know what they ordered. Hehe.

After our dessert, we all went home happy and with a full tummy. =)

Cold Stone Creamery Opening Soon!!!

On my way to Market! Market!, I saw this...

Cold Stone Creamery will be opening soon at Serendra! I hope that this will be the real store like in the US unlike the Cold Stone Creamery Stall that opened before at Powerplant Mall in Rockwell.

Malamang sa malamang, magiging hype na naman ito. Abangan na lang natin...

Flavors of The Month: Cheese, Avocado and Nanca

For the month of January, I didn't buy any ice cream. Bakit kamo? Una, nauta kami sa flavors na nabili ko nung December which I blogged here. Di masyadong nagagalaw hanggang sa pinamigay ko na. Pangalawa, ang dami naming desserts nung Pasko. Lam niyo na, mga bigay bigay and gumawa rin kasi ako ng mango float.

For the month of February, I actually bought 3 flavors. Panghanda na rin dapat sa birthday ng mga kulilits. Pero in the end, for our own consumption na since my in-laws brought some ice cream for the kulilit's birthday.

I bought Arce Dairy Cheese, Avocado and Nanca flavors. Pansin niyo Arce Dairy lagi ang binibili ko? Swak kasi ang lasa for us. Tama lang ang tamis, hindi nakakasawa.

Cheese

Avocado

Nanca

I bought Cheese and Avocado since tried and tested na namin. Lalo na yung Cheese, love na love ko yung flavor na ito.

For the Nanca naman, I bought it para matry namin. So far, so good naman. Talagang may langka siya sa ice cream. Yum! Yum! Yum!

So patay na naman ang diet ko niyan and pihadong palaging hyper ang mga kulilits sa mga araw ng Pebrero. Hahaha!

O siya! Sleep na muna ako, mag 5:00am na. Night! Night! Este good morning na pala! =)

Flavors of the Month: Mantecado & Bubble Gum Mallows

I usually buy two flavors of ice cream every month para may instant panghimagas kami sa house. Pero this month, fail talaga ang mga napili kong ice cream flavors unlike nung mga nakaraang months. =(

Our ice cream flavors for the month of December are...

Arce Dairy's Mantecado (Manila Vanilla): Ok lang. Pwede na. But I'm not really satisfied. Mas masarap pa kasi yung ordinary vanilla ice cream eh. Ewan ko ba kung bakit ako na-attract dito sa flavor na ito. Akala ko kasi masarap yung "Mantecado" eh. Parang ang dating kasi malinamnam pero hindi pala. Hehehe.

Big Scoop's Bubble Gum Mallows: Eto talaga, big FAIL!!! Parang nasusuka ako habang kumakain nito. Para ka lang naman literal na kumakain ng bubble gum. Sabi nga ni hubby lasang Bazooka. Kaya ko naman napili ito kasi gusto ko talaga ang bubble gum flavored ice cream. Kasi yung mga natitikman ko naman before, masarap naman. Pero this one, hindi na talaga mauulit.

Pansin niyo konti pa lang ang bawas ng mga ice cream? Hindi kasi talaga mabenta sa amin eh. Hehehe.

Kayo guys, what are your favorite ice cream flavors?

Sundate with My In-Laws

EXHAUSTING!!! That's the word that could describe my day last Sunday (I'll tell you why later). Though tiring, I find it fun and enjoyable since we got to spend time with the whole family.

We arrived at Alabang Town Center at around 2:00pm and we met Lola Es and Lolo Em at Luk Yuen to eat lunch. Since we are already starving, we did not manage to take pictures of our food anymore. Anyway, we ordered Deep Fried Taro Puff, Fried Rice with Chicken and Salted Fish, Fish Fillet in Taosi Sauce and Braised Beancurd with Mushroom. Healthy right?

After lunch, we went to Rustan's Department Store and shopped a little. My FIL kasi has a new Citibank Rustan's Card. They have a promo kasi right now for new cardholders eh. New cardholders are entitled to have a Lacoste Bag as long as they use their card at Rustan's within the promo period.

We went to Lacoste to claim the free bag after meeting the minimum spending requirement at Rustan's. Unfortunately, we weren't able to claim it. May procedure pala. We called Citibank hotline and my FIL was advised to wait for a sms from Citibank informing him that he could already claim the bag.

Then again we strolled a bit and had some White Hat yogurt ice cream. I had it plain lang. Masiyado kasing matamis kung may toppings pa eh.

While eating the ice cream, yung mga kulilits medyo naghyper sa loob ng White Hat. Ginawang playground yung ice cream parlor. Takbo dun, takbo dito. Lambitin dun, lambitin dito. Akyat dun, Akyat dito. Nung medyo nakakahiya na ang kakulitan ng mga kulilits, niyaya na kami ng FIL ko maglakad lakad.

At the new wing of ATC (where Metro Gaisano is located), we rested for a while. Siyempre nagphoto-op ang lolo't lola with their apos.

Lolo Em and Ian

Lola Es and Chris

Ang mga kulilits tila may mga nunal sa kanilang mga paa. Hindi mapirmi sa isang tabi. Ayaw ng nakatambay lang. At yan ang simula ng kalbaryo ko nung araw na yun. Daig ko pa ang nag-gym sa Slimmer's World sa kakasunod, kakahabol at kakakarga sa mga kulilits.

Eto ang ilan sa mga pictures na nagpapatunay ng kalikutan ng mga kulilits...


Oh di ba? Feel na feel ng dalawa na pinagtitinginan sila. Tila pang nag-eexhibition sa gitna ng mall. Laking tuwa siguro ng janitor ng mall dahil nalampaso na nila ang mga sahig.

Si Chris dito sige ang lakad habang si Manang panay sunod sa kanya. You can see naman sa face niya na go na go si Chris sa paglalakad.

Dito naman, si Ian masyadong maligalig. May kasama pang tili at palakpak habang naglalakad ng mabilis. Wait! Tignan niyo, you can see Chris at the background. Ano ang masasabi niyo? Sa magkabilang direction pa sila naglalakad right? Sino ba naman ang hindi mapapagod sa dalawang ito? Parang nakawala sa hawla. Hehehe.

After ng ilang minutong habulan, we went inside Metro Gaisano at napadpad kami sa toy section. Again, nagmistulang playground ang toy section.

Chris here is playing the mini drum set. Gigil na gigil ang bagets sa pagpukpok ng drumsticks. Buti na lang at matibay tibay yung drum set at kung hindi todas kami! Hehehe.

There are rechargeable vehicles around also. Hindi pa rin pinalampas ng mga kulilits yun. Buti na lang at mababait yung mga salesladies sa Metro. Nag-enjoy din silang laruin yung mga kulilits.

Ian here is trying out the Mini Cooper. Ang ganda sobra ng Mini Cooper! Sana pwede itrade-in yung Ferrari car  nila with this.

After playing around the toy section, nahirapan kaming umalis dahil ayaw umalis ng mga kulilits. As in nagwawala ng sobra. Ayaw tantanan yung mga toys. Yung Lolo Em nga nila parang gusto nang bilhin yung nilalarong toy dahil nakakaawang tignan.

Ngayon ko lang naexperience yung ganito sa mga kulilits. Marunong na silang magmanipulate talaga by doing tantrums.

Moving forward...

Dinner time na and naghanap kami ng makakainan. We were suppose to eat at Friday's. Sinuggest ko yun kasi may nabasa akong 50% off sa mga Citibank cardholders. Pero when we got there, may particular date pala which is bandang November pa. Kakahiya talaga kasi di ko binasa ng buo yung promo mechanics. Then we checked Recipes. Pero parang ordinary lang yung menu so they decided to eat na lang sa Pepper Lunch. Nung nandun na kami, waiting pa. Eh tomjones na ang lahat kaya hubby suggested Abe na lang. On the way to Abe, my FIL spotted Xoi Vietnamese Kitchen and checked out the menu. Mukhang ok naman kaya he decided na dun na kami magdinner.

That ended our day. We all went home full and happy.

Korean Ice Cream Hoarding Ba Kamo?

I went last week to my favorite Korean Grocery at BF Homes and guess what I did? I just hoarded my favorite Korean Ice Creams - Melona and Red Bean Ice Cream.

Natawa nga sa akin yung saleslady eh. She even asked me kung para saan ba raw yung mga binili ko. Sabi ko, wala lang, stock ko lang. Lagi kasing na ou-out-of-stock eh kaya nanigurado na ako.

 O siya! It's time for me to enjoy my ice cream...

Food Discovery: Korean Red Bean Ice Cream

One recent Korean Ice Cream discovery is their Red Bean Ice Cream. Promise, ang sarap niya! Just imagine our Ice Buko na maraming monggo on top. Di ba yun ang sarap na? This one puro red bean siya na super creamy. Mura lang din ito. It's only P25.00 each.

I can't wait to go back to the Korean Grocery at BF Homes. Maghohoard ako!

S&R Loots

We went to S&R yesterday after going to Church to buy diapers for my kulilits. Diapers lang talaga ang dapat bibilihin BUT hindi talaga maiiwasan ang mga tukso lalo na kapag kasama ang mga boys (hubby and kulilits).

Here are some of things that we bought aside from the diapers:

Again, a big can of Royal Dansk Luxury Wafers. Favorite kasi ito ng kambal. Take note, marunong ng magturo ang Ian ko. Siya kasi ang bitbit ko while browsing the grocery. He recognized the can and hindi ako tinantanan hanggat hindi ko dinadampot ito. He immediately asked me to open it at nakakain kaagad ng 2 sticks. What is good about this big can is that it has all the flavors inside - chocolate, vanilla and cappucino.

Kiddie table and chairs. I really wanted to buy table and chairs for my boys para dito sila kakain and gagawa ng activities namin. So when I spotted these at S&R, dinampot ko kaagad. Ang ganda eh! Actually, may blue chairs din kaso the creative side of me made me choose the green chairs. Boring kasi kung all blue. I want some contrast kasi para mas masaya ang dating. Maganda naman ang color combination di ba?

And for my hubby, ang parati niyang kinukulit sa akin na Blue Bunny Ice Cream. Wala kasing bukang bibig every time magtetext sa akin is "I want Blue Bunny!" o di kaya "Pa-Blue Bunny ka naman diyan!". We chose White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie flavor para maiba naman. We usually buy Cookie Dough or Bunny Tracks kasi.

So that ended our day yesterday and we all went home happy =).

Food Trip: Cold Stone Creamery

When we were in L.A., our cousins made us try Cold Stone Creamery. What is special about this ice cream store is that you can create your own ice cream mix. I got a cheesecake ice cream with graham crackers and some mallows. What I can't forget about this ice cream experience is that I ordered and finished a "Gotta Have It" size of ice cream. Biggest size kasi yun. Just imagine how much calories I ate. LOL!

I would like to share to you some of the pictures that I took...Too bad I forgot to take photos of my ice cream =(

The store's facade

Their Signature Creations Menu

Inside the store

Ice Cream

The Add Ons

Waffle Cups

I'll miss this =(