Food Trip: Amici

We went to DFA Alabang this morning to renew our passports. The whole process should have been less than an hour only since we were in the courtesy lane. BUT, a big big BUT, their system was down from the time DFA opened so we had no choice but to wait for a couple of hours until we finish STEP 3 (taking of passport photo and fingerprint scanning).

Our initial plan is to have lunch at S&R para medyo tipid. Yung tipong one whole cheese pizza lang and one refillable iced tea solved na kami. Since we have to return to DFA after lunch for STEP 3, we just decided to eat at Amici.

It wasn't our first time to eat at Amici but it was like a hundred years ago (no kids yet) since the last time we ate there and that was in their main branch pa in Don Bosco.

Anyway, here are what we ordered:

Trio Platter (Combination of Mozarella Frito, Chicken Tenders and Italian Chips)...

P488.00

Al Quattro Formaggi (Combination of Mozzarella, ricotta, parmesan and blue cheese)...

P385.00

Regular Spaghetti Ala Carbonara (Spaghetti pasta tossed in creamy white sauce with Parmesan cheese and bacon bits)...

P270.00

Slice of Banana Blast Gelato Cake...

P128.00
photo from caramia.ph

For our drinks, hubby ordered refillable rootbeer while I ordered refillable iced tea (P98.00 each).

Yes, Amici was quite pricey compared to S&R but quality-wise, it's incomparable. You know, you pay for quality ika nga nila. My favorite in what we ordered is their 4 cheese pizza. Hindi niyo naitatanong, my family is such a sucker for a cheese pizza. Whenever we go to an Italian restaurant, hindi mawawala ang cheese pizza. Kaya ngayon, Amici is now added to my Italian restaurant list that serves the best 4 cheese pizza.

That's it! Arouch na naman sa bulsa namin since tagtipid kami ngayon! Well, puwede nang iconsider na family Valentines Day date namin di ba? Hahaha!

Christoff's Passport Application

This is a super long overdue blog post. This experience was last April pa. Alam niyo naman, naging napakabusy ng lola niyo the past few months. Anyway, I think this is worth sharing pa rin naman. =)

So here it goes...

I applied Christoff a passport at DFA Alabang Town Center. Actually, ini-sched ko pa siya sa DFA website which hindi naman pala kailangan. Kapag infant pala, you can go to DFA anytime basta dala mo lang lahat ng requirements. Wala nang pila pila basta you can go directly to the Senior Citizen/Pregnant/Infant lane.

Well, I was at DFA Alabang Town Center wala pang 9:00am. Ayaw ko na kasing pumila eh (I thought kasi that time need ko pa pumila). I was there early pero eto na kaagad ang pila na naabutan ko...

Pero, like what I have said earlier, hindi na ako nakipila diyan since infant pa si Christoff. So by the time binuksan na yung gate, isa ako sa mga nauna na sa taas. Kasama ko yung ibang mga senior citizen.

Since nauna na nga ako, wala pang katao tao sa waiting area that time...

Kaya ayun, I went directly inside the DFA na...

I was not able to take pictures inside DFA because they don't allow it. Anyway, it only took us less than 30 minutes for the whole passport application process. Ang bilis right? Kaya guys, if you are planning to apply your babies (infants - less than 1 year old) a passport, I suggest first thing in the morning kayo pumunta para first kayo sa pila. As in walang ka-hassle hassle talaga!

Here's Christoff's passport picture...

Ang liit pa niya dyan ano? He was like just 4 months old that time. =)

By the way, before I forget, since I'm the one who processed Christoff's passport application, here are the only requirements they got from us (from DFA website):

• Personal appearance of the minor applicant
• Personal appearance of either parent (if minor is a legitimate child)
• Original birth certificate of minor in Security Paper issued by NSO or certified true copy of birth certificate issued by the Local Civil Registrar and duly authenticated by NSO.
• Marriage certificate of minor's parents duly authenticated by NSO
• Original and photocopy of valid passport of either parent (if minor is a legitimate child) / of mother (if minor is an illegitimate child) or identification documents

That's it guys! I hope nakahelp ako sa inyo. =)