Impromptu Coffee Date

We had an impromptu coffee date last Saturday after my work together with two of my ATF girls, Dialyn and Shiela. Parang last weekend lang magkakasama kami ah.We met up in front of Starbucks (haha, I know) before we headed to Figaro.

Figaro Coffee Company opened 2 weeks ago here in Lipa. Their branch is located in the newly opened building along Ayala Highway near Lipa Medix Hospital. Although a bit small compare to their other branch, they still managed to maintain that perfect relaxing coffee shop ambiance. Very homey.

love the splash of color.

Figaro cakes and pastries.

I was craving for pasta that time so I gave in to pasta Arrabiatta paired with my Blackberry Mocha frost and Blueberry Cheesecake. Yum! Shiela ordered the same thing then for dessert she chose Banana Espresso Loaf while Dialyn tried their new Pasta Ala Carlo (or something like that basta may Carlo sa dulo.hehe.) paired with her caramel frost and skipped dessert.

 you made my tummy happy! :)

 Dialyn's Pasta Ala Carlo

 

My blueberry cheesecake is A-OK!

Shiela's Banana Espresso Loaf

 with the girls.

 I look forward to try the Banana Berry Frost Delight next time! :)

Fri-date Night at Giligan's

Allan and I make sure that we also have some couple time every once in a while, like dining out or watching a movie then window shopping with only the two of us and the best time is of course Friday night before going home. So last Friday, I met up with him at the mall since he came all the way from Manila pa.

It's always a question for us where to eat so we chose Giligan's Island Restaurant and Bar this time. Giligan's is located at the extension building of Robinson's Place Lipa that's why when you're already hungry, you'll have a second thought dining there kase medyo malayo and since we don't have a kulilit kid in tow and di naman kami nagmamadali masyado, kaya go! By the way on our way to Giligan's, we saw youtube sensation Marié Digby at the mall's activity area together with some people after her promo tour. Pretty! :)

 welcome to Giligan's!

We tried their sweet and spicy squid and sizzling chicken teriyaki and plain rice. For our drinks, hubby ordered bottomless iced tea and coke in can for me. (coke again!) By the way,Giligan's uses Lipton iced tea and it tastes really good. We capped our meal with their leche flan. Love it, just the right amount of sweetness and creaminess, perfect pangtanggal umay.

 

It was a nice dining experience, very casual and laid back with only a few customers dining there that time. Bamboo and Ely Buendia's songs played at the background. sakto sa mga trip ni hubby. There are more seats available outside for some al fresco dining and drinking with friends.

'Til our next Fri-date night! ♥

 

The C's Sunday @ Bigg’s Diner

During our Sunday Family Day Out last time, we tried Bigg’s Diner in SM Lipa since they also offer kiddie menu at the same time its not as crowded as other fast food chains at the mall during that particular Sunday.

I read that Bigg’s Diner originally came from Naga pala with a very interesting story to tell.

Anyway,what I love about the place is their ambiance, Xian loves the car design in one part of the wall (which I wasn’t able to take pics since we're seated on the other part of the resto which they called Zone 3 where the car wall is not visible) Anyway,I’ll just borrow some pics in their website later.

Here's the little man while keeping himself busy with his toy while waiting for our food:

serious much?

While orienting daddy about his red car:

This is one of the rare times when we dine out that Xian enjoyed the food and place at the same time (other than his all-time favorite Jollibee). Most of the time kase we really have a hard time choosing our desired resto because of the little man in tow. But this time around,steady lang sya and busy doing his thing.He also enjoyed his moment too while waiting for our food.

These are the only photos of the place  I took from my camera:

Zone 3: The Sports Section

framed photos of famous sports personalities

Now here are some of the photos I borrowed from their official facebook page. 

Xian's favorite part! 57 Chevy in Zone 1

view from Zone 1 entering Zone 2

Zone 2: a recreated diner cab or train, complete with the poles

Since I wasn’t able to take pics because my hi-tech camera is battery low already before our food arrived,we ordered Spaghetti with Pizza Bread for the little man while the husband tried their Tenderloin tips plus Macaroni Salad top sider. I tried their Korean Pork Barbecue rice toppings and Halo-Halo supreme for dessert of course all-time favorite coke for our drinks. I was supposed to borrow the food pics from their website but unfortunately I'm having a hard time copy-pasting so here's the complete list of their menu for your reference, check this out:  Bigg's Diner Menu

I love you already Bigg's Diner.we'll be back next time, I want to try the Seafood Pasta!

Friday Night at Shakey's

Just another TGIF night with my sister Sol and her soul sister Gracie (yes,that makes her my adopted sister too!) just like our previous Friday bonding.

I went to the mall two weeks ago after office to buy a new Mc Queen stuff for the little man as promised when my sister texted me that they're also in Lipa that time and probably we could meet up so we could go home together.And since we're all hungry already,we met up at Shakey's. Here's what we had:

Caesar salad.I love their creamy caesar dressing.

garlic bread

the oh so yummy spaghetti platter

Manager's Choice Thin Crust Pizza (Large)

oooops, bottoms up! forgot to take a pic of our iced tea :D

with sissy na bagong rebond and me in my office uniform.good thing I bring along my trusted cardigan.

*soul sisters*

 testing lang ha! calling the attention of the husband!  *ehem* lapit na birthday ko!

here's something for my little Xian

Looking forward to another wonderful Friday night with Sis and Gracie! 

 

Who Wants Goto? This is the Place to Be.

I received a text from hubby one Saturday that he's going to pick me up at the school where I'm working since we also have some important things to attend to on that same day after my half day of office work (yep,we have work every Saturday too, that's the downside of working in the academe)

We had our lunch first at hubby's favorite "gotohan" 10 minutes away from Lipa Proper called Gotohan sa Barangay. Actually, this place is well-known for having the best tasting Goto in town and they were already featured in some regional magazine shows. After all,they've been in the business for 30 years already.Because the parking lot is small, some of the customers just parked their cars at the highway including ours just to have a taste of their "goto". Growing up in Batangas, “goto” is one of our province well-known local dish. We discovered about this place 4 years ago and since then, this became one of hubby's fave place.

 no available parking space :(

those cars are all customers of GSB,people from different places flock to this restaurant.

As soon as we enter,there's also no available table at the ground floor that's why we opted to occupy the second floor which I like, because of the fresh air plus it's not crowded unlike at the ground floor. This gave me the chance to take some pics of their simple yet homey feeling "gotohan".

hmmm... hubby's still thinking what to order.

Some of their famous menu includes Homestyle Fried Chicken, Sizzling Grilled Tuna, Sizzling Seafoods, Seafoods Curry, Crispy Pata, Caldereta, Inasiman, Rambugis, Severasky, Braised Litid and their wide-ranged of Goto menu and snacks at a very affordable price.

Because we're hungry already,we order Goto Mien and Sizzling Pusit plus extra rice (PG mode) hehe!

 their Sizzling Pusit is to die for.nag-extra rice ako dahil dyan :)

Goto Mien (soup containing beef tripe,egg and noodles) served hot which goes very well with...

fish sauce, onion, calamansi and chili.

eating time!

 smile of satisfied customers :)

for the best tasting goto here in Batangas, this is the place to be. Definitely we'll always go back here.

 

Lovin' Weekend

What I love about weekend is the fact that my husband prepares our food and he's the one in-charge in cooking most of the time.hehe! He always asks me what I wanted to eat or anything I'm craving (parang buntis lang!) just like the last time, we're too lazy to go to the mall after attending the Sunday mass so we decided to head straight to our home and have our lunch in the comfort of our home with our all time fave inihaw. 

After thawing the meat and preparing all the necessary things as part of my participation, hubby grilled the meat just in time for lunch. We had these gastronomic Filipino food with matching unlimited rice on the banana leaf. Pinoy na Pinoy!

these are the best photos I have so please bear with me :P 

 Inihaw na liempo

Inihaw na manok

What's inihaw without the yummy "sawsawan" composed of soy sauce, onion, tomato and siling labuyo

steamed talong and bagoong Balayan

I love green mangoes! *drooling*

We capped the superb lunch with a double dutch ice cream!

 

After that, we had a dvd marathon together with our little man.I just love our laid-back Sunday with my family.If only weekend stays forever.

How about you, how did you spend your weekend? :)