Moms’ Day Serenades at the Power Plant Mall

Treat that special woman in your life – Mom, of course – on Sunday evening, this May 12 on Mother’s Day with classy and sweet Mother’s Day concerts at the Rockwell Power Plant Mall.

The renowned and innovative ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of Maestro Gerard Salonga, will perform their “Feel Harmonic” concert at the Concourse level at 7pm. Besides songs paying tribute to Mom on her special day, creative symphonies and renditions of classical music will delight her as well, as you treat her to dinner at any of the dining establishments at the Concourse level.

You can also choose an outdoor setting by dining along Lopez Drive. The Manila String Machine Quartet will treat shoppers to sweet ballads and love songs from A-Z, also at 7pm. You’ll be thrilled with the sweet versions of pop, jazz and rock & roll favorites played on violin, viola and cello.

The heart of fashionable Manila shows its big heart for Mom this Mother's Day. Catch these concerts at the Power Plant Mall and make Mom smile. For more information, visit  www.facebook.com/PowerPlantMall or call 898-1702.

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Wham! Burgers

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We all remember how we raved about different burger joints few years ago. In fact, Wham! Burgers was one of them. I first tried Wham! Burgers in their Katipunan branch. However, no matter how much I liked their burger patties, if there's no enough tables and chairs for a group of hungry customers, might as well check another place to eat within the vicinity, right?

Dessert at La Crèperie

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You have probably spotted this quaint French tea salon and pastry shop if you've passed by the second level of The Veranda at Robinson's Galleria. I won't be surprised if you already find it enticing just by looking at the facade. To be honest, I got completely intrigued and my eyes were glued to it until reaching the escalator area.

 

I'm happy that hubby and I spent a little date here one Sunday afternoon. Both the place and menu were excellent because all I really want is to sit down, enjoy our conversation and indulge with a toothsome dessert. After all  it's weekend, time to relax our minds from work. We owned the place for a few minutes and so I took as much photos as I could. 

 

They absolutely have posh design ideas inside. The entire place was properly lit and these long hanging lamps created an illusion of having tall ceilings. I see yellow, including my shirt, all over the place and can imagine blossoming sunflowers and golden honey. 

 

You can also see neatly pasted artworks on the glass walls, probably a few of the pastries they offer.

 

La Crèperie also offers boutique catering through Madeleine Boutique Caterer. Now I dream of English Breakfast tea in vintage little tea cups with the girl friends. The life!

Their menu offers a do-it-your-own set of crepes and have decided to try Mango Nutella with Vanilla ice cream for Php 235. I was swept over by the entire beautiful place that I missed to order my favourite Blueberries and Cream. That gives me enough reason to come back here very soon. My order however did not disappoint. It looked pretty thin from the outside but just as I was about to slice the sides, I realised how my crepe was overfilled with mangoes and yummy Nutella. Scrumptious until the very last bite.

 

My wide smile from ear to ear, unquestionably a satisfied customer! Sure enough will try the Le Gastronomiques and Toasts next time I come here. And if you plan to visit soon, make sure to bring that camera for some selfie happy snapshots!

 

La Crêperie 

The Veranda, Level 2 Robinson's Galleria 

EDSA corner Ortigas Avenue, Pasig City

Foodspotting: Don Henrico's

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After two hours of strolling in the mall one Saturday, we decided to take our late lunch slash merienda at Don Henrico's in Glorietta 1. It was past 2pm but all the other restaurants we've passed by were still full at that hour. I was advised that we were the third on the waiting list so I was kind of worried that it may take more than thirty minutes to get a vacant table. So while waiting, I took wacky photos of my Mom and daughter. Look how my cute little one posed like a K-pop wannabe! I also liked this 18th century-inspired ship wheel wall decor, for a while I've thought of Gulliver's Travels.

My eyes had a feast observing every details of the interior like this brick wall message board on my far left and how they used different shapes, colours and designs for tables and chairs. I feel and see "balance" more when some things are not uniform.

I was challenged to explore more as soon as I held the menu. It was awarded Gold Brand in 2012 so there must be something great for a foodie like me!

After taking our orders, I was told that pasta and pizza will be served in 20-25 minutes. Oh, great! But since we were comfortable in our seats and my daughter started singing her ABC's again and again, I didn't mind another waiting time. I must commend that our drinks (two glasses of iced tea and 3 glasses of water) were served right away.

{ Bottomless Iced Tea Php70 }

Another commendation for having our meals served in less than 15 minutes! Here's what we got and you might think that these were plenty for two persons. Ha ha! I really intend to make extra orders as a take out for hubby.

{ Tutto de Mare Pasta Php290, to share serving }

{ Fish and Chips Php280 }

{ 10 inch California White Pizza Php280 }

The whole food experience was delectable! The linguine pasta was indeed al dente, even Mom agreed on that. And the taste was superb! I can absolutely taste the herbs plus I did not need to count the shrimp and squid in it. I should know since most of the time I prefer ordering seafood pasta. It truly felt like their chef did a home-cooked pasta just for us. Our fish and chips were perfect too, they were grease-less. The fish inside was that soft,  like it melted already even before chewing it. I wasn't sure if there's anything special on our pizza or I was just preoccupied with my Tutu de Mare. We made the right choice to dine here and there must be a next visit with family and friends.

Don Henrico's

Glorietta 1

2/F Glorietta 1, South Dr

Ayala Center, Makati

(02) 511-1542

Cookie Butter by Go Nuts Donuts

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I was purely impressed upon first seeing Gonuts Donuts' branch in SM Makati located at the Ground Level. They were adjacent to the mall's entrance/exit doors so they are strategically visible to a passing crowd of customers, but what makes them a head-turner is their market-wise product display.
Plus their clean window stands were packed with colorful and mouth-watering donuts, each smothered with a generous amount of toppings.

A selection of iced or hot coffee and non-coffee drinks will also greet you as you reached the counter, truly a perfect addition for your donuts cravings. And when I say "cravings" - let's excuse the diet memorandum in the meantime.

No wonder they even captured my little one's attention, who suddenly gasped "I love donuts!" as if talking to the tray full of colourfully sprinkled donuts. That was by the way our first time to hear her say those words. Awesome!

 

But this post is actually dedicated for the scrumptious and much talked about Cookie Butter donut. In the past quarter, we were stricken with the cookie butter phenomenon, flooding our Instragram timelines with Speculoos-stained-spoon  or unopened Speculoos jar photos. Everyone, all of a sudden, wants to hoard cookie butter jars  and I didn't know how or where to order, which is somehow fine because they say it's just overrated. That didn't stop the hype though! So when I was invited to finally try Gonuts Donuts' Cookie Butter flavor, I said to myself, THIS IS IT!

And.it.was.love.at.first.sight.

I took home a dozen treat of Cookie Butter donuts. 

Such a happy day for a rookie cookie butter monster me! Ha! 

Surprisingly, they accept deliveries too!

See the amount of thickness and the evenly distributed cookie butter spread on them. They were that thick and consistent but I did not experience that icky feel, like when you eat a spoonful of some greasy peanut butter from our local groceries. When I opened the boxes as soon as we got home, it was soft and quite melted due to scorching heat, so I preferred cooling it in the fridge for a few minutes (like the ones below) to avoid a messy one-on-one donut sesh. 

Check out this much closer picture. It is honestly more tempting when you see it personally. Though I believe it has the right amount of sweetness, I think it is best paired with a hot, dark coffee to neutralise the taste. Due to over excitement, I forgot to ask the price of the Cookie Butter donut but I'm guessing it belongs to their Prima donuts or the most expensive line.  

Gonuts Donuts Cookie Butter Donuts are available at these branches: Market! Market!, SM Mall of Asia, SM The Block, SM Makati, and Shopwise Arcade Araneta.

Thank you so much Gonuts Donuts for allowing me to try them. 

Will surely recommend it to dear family and friends.. 

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