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Feb

On my last post, I shared about our family dinner last Valentines Day and to continue sharing foods from there…without further ado, here are the foods at the buffet table:

Deep fried fish with black bean sauce…

Deep fried fish with Thai herbs / Stir fried squid with salt eggs…

Vegetarian…

Green curry with beef / Stir-fried chicken with cashew nut…

Fish…

Stir-fried mixed vegetables with oyster sauce / Stir fried pork with oyster sauce

Fried Rice with Chinese sausage / Steamed Rice…

The above pictures was on one table they said Thai Foods. And sharing next are the foods on the other table, they said to us as an European Foods…

Poached Cod with Lemon Butter Sauce…

Raymond Blanc’s Cassoulef…

Baked Chicken with Cheese & Cream Sauce…

Summer Fish Stew with Quick Rouille

Pork Noisettes with Charcutiere Sauce…

While having all the foods from my precious post and the foods above, they also have these fresh ones for BBQ…

Prawns…

Meats, Fish and Satays…

And to make above foods more great they have sauces like White Wine Sauce, Mushroom Sauce, BBQ Sauce and Pepper Sauce…

Does it makes you hungry now? Maybe not…or still not enough, yeah? Well, watch out on my next post…its all about the desserts that they had then. See you around…

Oh, wait—before I forgot, let me share with you our family picture at the dinner table! *smile*

Father and Son…

Mother and Daughter…

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Feb

Dinner with Family…

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Few days before Valentines’ Day, K and I were contemplating if we will have Valentines Dinner offered by the nearest hotel in our area and leaving kids behind in our little room with a hotel staff to look after them…

But we decided not to go for that, for having the kids with us on that day will be more great. So, we just went to an International Buffet offered by Windsor Suites Cafe in Windsor Hotel. Last minute, I made a reservation for the four of us. Windsor is just beside our current place and we passed by to this hotel few times a week to go to the next street where some restaurants are also located, infact some of the staff there knew us already.

Anyway, we had family dinner…not so many people on buffet but many avail the Valentines’ Dinner.

So, we started going around the buffet tables and see international cuisine, sumptuous seafood and B.B.Q. with the full buffet…plus the desserts!

We had bread, soup and salad bar to start with…

Then they have mixed salad to choose from…

Chickpea Salad

Pork Salad

Chicken Salad

Coleslaw

Beetroot Salad

Smoked Ham

They also have, Boat Noodle with assorted Thai Spices, Dried Pork, and Fresh Green Leaves with Authentic Dipping and Condiments…

And yes, this part of the buffet area is the one we had most…

few Japanese delights, mussels, oysters and shrimps

All these plus the main course, bbq’s and desserts complete the dinner that night but I will be sharing more of it next time for now I need to go to bed…its late, really late. Lucky no school tomorrow, AISB’s having 2-days break making it long weekend.

Well, I actually never tasted it all…but we had great time having kids with us, complete the night! And thanks to CJ for taking some pictures! Here’s the happy kids of us…CJ and Isabelle!

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Feb

Our Valentines…

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I am not expecting any because a simple I love you will surely make my day but I got more than that…its started at night of February 13 when K came home with a roses and a chocolate, as simple as you think but its really special for me! And I am sharing it to Isabelle.

Then the next day, Valentines Day…I got an inexpensive vase, a simple one and opened the roses and put it in the vase! (We only have our luggage bag here in Bangkok, all our things are still in the container somewhere!*explaining*) Here’s my lovely flowers from K…

Well, the chocolate’s really nice…K knew that chocolates can make me really happy and he got me Nama Chocolate – Champagne (Pierre Mignon) from Royce.

I gave him nothing but a card…and my love, of course—that’s given! *winks* Thank you so much mahal for the roses and chocolates. And most of all, thanks for loving me always and for who I am, inspite and despite of everything! Thanks God for giving you to me, to us! I love you heaps!

Last but not the least, CJ made us both happy and proud of our kids, they made a card for us! Well, its CJ’s work at school but he let Isabelle wrote on the card while he is holding her hand the I love you Mum/Dad and signed her name! What a lovely kids we have.

And the message put me into tears…just lovely from a 9-year old boy and Isabelle excitedly gave this card to us. They also showered us with lots of hugs and kisses! The joy of having kids…

Daddy and I are both lucky and blessed to read these words from them, we love them so much and we are so proud of our kids! I thank God everyday for giving CJ and Isabelle to us!

Then we just had a simple family dinner…which I will be sharing on my next post!

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Feb

Greetings…

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Happy Valentines Day, everyone!

“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” ~Dr. Seuss

“Love greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.” ~Victor Hugo

“A life without love is like a year without summer.” ~Swedish Proverbs

And for my mahal…

I remember when we first met years ago, and the strong love that has grown between us since then. How full, yet short, the years have been. A large reason for this is because of you and your kind and giving ways. You have made us a home, warm with the joy which only family can bring. You have stood by me in the good and the bad, the smiles and the tears. I love you with a love that goes beyond what I can express. Thank you so much for being a bestfriend, my mahal, my partner and a father to my kids.

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I got flowers and chocolates few hours ago…early surprise from K!

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Feb

Sweets…

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Sharing some sweets for everyone…I sometimes get this for take-away!

Baby Castella…that comes in different flavours, I am usually getting cheese and custard cream, kids loves it! Available at 5th Floor, The Emporium…

They also love churros of Chu that come with Chocolate Sauce…available at Chu, 2nd floor, Exchange Tower, Sukhumvit Road..

They also enjoy having bavarian munchkins from Dunkin’ Donuts…

I also get this Japanese Sweet with custard and chocolate sometimes…its really yummy!

Mini-cupcakes is also one of my options…that comes in different flavours, just yummy!

I also get bread/pastries from BreadTalk and one of it is Pretzel Strawberry few times…don’t yo love the pink of it?

And my current favorite…Mr. Cup T Milk Tea, I love Vanilla Milk Tea with pearl jelly!

All these plus more makes my kids happy…I always get something small for them each time I will be out, whether small or big, cheap or expensive as long as they will be happy! If I can’t get any of these, for sure I have something for them like a stamps, notebook or a small toy.

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Feb

Chesa – Swiss Cuisine

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We love to try different cuisine from time to time and our current location now is surrounded by nice restaurants of all sorts. And one of it is CHESA, its a Swiss Restaurant in a beautiful teak house with white-tone interior accented with red color that creates elegant but relaxed atmosphere that serves authentic Swiss Cuisine. They got Swiss Cuisine on their menu, no Thai food so diners can really enjoy the delicious Swiss food.

Photo: Chesa Swiss Cuisine

Anyway, to start with—we ordered Thurgauer Kase Fondue or Mild Cheese Fondue of Gruyere and Emmental Cheese and Kirsch (traditionally served with one day old bread)…

Then K got Capuns Auf Chesa Art or Swiss Chard Dumplings with bacons, onions, and cheese in a creamy sauce…

I got Gebratene Egli Filet Mit Mandeln or Pan-fried Perch Fish Fillet with Roasted Almond and Butter…served with rice!

While kids both got Penne Pasta with Tomato Sauce…

And here’s K and CJ enjoying their Cheese Fondue, Isabelle and I is not fan of it…

Cheese Fondue’s very filling, I almost got full even before my order came although they are really fast in serving dishes. And yes, there are lots of choices in their menu, from appetizers to desserts…Chef’s fondue specials, set lunch and they also have special menu, together with a wide selection of wines and drinks! I am sure you will find something you like.

All-in-all it was a great time, simply wonderful place to dine-in, relaxing Switzerland ambiance with great dishes was surely a memorable dining experience for our family….I just hope we can afford it always! Lol. We love the food and staff’s are friendly, its a family-friendly place…even the Owner/Chef (we not sure) are nice too, very accommodating especially for first timer like us! Hope to be back sometime soon…

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You can visit their website HERE for more!

CHESA – SWISS CUISINE

5 Sukhumvit Soi 20, Sukhumvit Road, 10110, Thailand
Tel: 02-261-6650

Open from 11 am to 11 pm

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Feb

Drinks with Ruthie…

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Ruth is a friend back in Philippines and after long years, we saw each other again last October 2011 (long overdue…)! Anyway, we decided to meet at Emporium, we had dinner with my family at Kalpapruek Restaurant and then K allowed me to still go out with her and he goes with the kids back home, lucky me?! Thanks K…

So, we walked around Middle Sukhumvit Area looking for Starbucks but we ended up going back to her hotel, she stayed at Four Seasons Hotel – Bangkok and we had some drinks at Aqua…

Aqua is an open-air dining and cocktail lounge that features home furnishings in a garden setting located in Parichart Court, Lobby Lounge of Four Seasons Hotel – Bangkok. Ideal for rendezvous spot or just having quiet time and long talks with friends. And we got these drinks…

Margarita Lychee for Ruth

Mocktail drinks for me…

I forgot what my drink is but I am sure it is one of the mocktails in their menu…its been 4 months since we met, so excuse me for being forgetful. And after talking for hours, we went for a walked around Amarin and ended up having coffee at McDo Cafe…it was a great night and I am so happy to see her again. Looking forward to see her more since she travels here often…

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Its a great day today and happy to meet a blogger friend and the host of this meme, thanks so much sis for finally we met and nice to meet your husband Joey and your little boy Roi. Also lovely to meet and to be introduced to your friend Lalaine and her family. We had great morning, my little Isabelle enjoyed being with the kids and we had a good lunch with you guys! Until next time, hoping its not the first and last. Thanks again for a lovely day…

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Feb

What can you say?

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Getting bored while waiting, two hour’s not a joke but yes, since I am excited to see them, I just kept myself busy by looking around, people watching and dog watching until I saw this one…she’s still shy to look at me?

Well, she doesn’t know I am taking pictures…I saw this colorful dog while waiting for my high school friends last January 6. She’s out with her “parents” and another perhaps brother! They are having dinner at Serendra in Fort Bonifacio Global City.

Finally, there she is…and she’s wearing a sunnies at night, maybe she has sore eyes? Lol. Well, she kept me busy during those waiting time since I was watching her as other people come close to her and took pictures! Owners, pretty great…they let people took pictures of her! They are proud parents, I guess!

Anyway, how about you, what can you say?! She’s one colorful, lovely and cool girl, isn’t it?

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Feb

Busy Weekend…

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Yes, busy weekend and I missed posting on those days! So, it is really busy and we are seriously looking for a place already. Thanks to Home Connect – Thailand for helping us to do the job easier…Fon’s been great agent plus a service to go around from one apartment to another is a lot of help! We are learning here and we are enjoying. So far, we got two favorites and will be doing the last check again later today, just waiting for Fon’s call. I am ready to do booking for the apartment. I cant wait…

Anyway, for now let me share to you what we had one weekend at Kalpapruek Restaurant in Emporium located at the 1st floor of the mall.

Pork Fried Rice

Steamed Rice and Pork Stew with Sausage

Fried Morning Glory with Oyster Sauce

Soft-shell Crab with Peppers…

Thai Milk Tea

I am sorry for I have already forgotten the exact name of some of these meals but the taste for sure we will never forget, its just perfect for us—simply delicious! This is the second time we ate here, the first time deserves its own post…and from then on, they got us come back again and again!

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