Art's cooking: October 2009

AFPTA at Al Bilad Hotel

There was no way to contain our excitement when we learned that we were to bring Artscooking at Al Bilad Hotel.

Al Bilad is the venue for this year's All Filipino Players Tennis Association Awards (AFPTA) Night held last October 2.

Of course, we did not bring our complete set-up, otherwise we will look so amateur-ish compared to this very elegant and top-notch arrangement.

Our minds were groping for words as our eyes feast on the visual delight around us. You can tell, Al Bilad's will be one of our paragons as we dream for something big (haay! sana nga... cheers)!

We were able to take shots at the ballroom. It's quite big, and our guess is that it can accomodate as much as 500 pax.

The stage

The ballroom

Here's Artscooking menu during the event: Beef Hamonado, Mixed Veggies with Quail Eggs, Fish Fillet in Sweet & Sour Sauce, Chicken Rolls with Cheese, Chinese Fried Rice, Steam Rice, Lomi Soup, Buko Pandan.

The food we served were designed for 150 pax.

Beef Hamonado

Mixed veggies with quail eggs

Fish fillet in sweet & sour sauce

Chinese fried rice

Chicken rolls with cheese

Buko pandan

We would like to thank all the officers and staff of AFPTA for giving us the chance to cater during your special event. Congratulations and more power!

Our sponsor:

http://kapengarabo.blogspot.com

Carry-out Goodies

We would like to thank the following people who ordered from us various carry-out goodies:

Rhea Cristobal (October 8)

Relyenong bangus

Jun Terones (October 8 & September 19)

Bistik tagalog

Ernie of King Fahad Hospital (September 24)

Pichi-pichi

RJ Villaceran (September 20)

Leche flan

Lorrie Loyola (September 20) Buko pandan & Pichi-pichi

Buko pandan

Boyet of Coca-cola (September 20 & 10)

Pansit Malabon

Raymond Davis (September 26)

Pechos

Raymond De la Pena (September 24) - Kare-kare, Lumpiang shanghai, Pechos

Kare-kare

Lumpiang shanghai

Our sponsor:

http://kapengarabo.blogspot.com

Happy Birthday Francis!

Yes! It was no less than TFC correspondent and Arab News (Pinoy Extra) columnist Francis Salud's turn to celebrate his special day (Sept 20) by spending it with closed friends and colleagues at Obhur beach.

Artscooking was there and provided the special get-away menu for this occasion.

Lumpiang shanghai

Laing espesyal

Fish fillet in sweet & sour sauce

Chicken with cashew nuts

Our sponsor KAPENG ARABO would like to extend its gratitude to Mr. Francis Salud for his brief commentary on the book that appeared in his column Dec 29, 2008. You may wish to see the actual post here, but we managed to re-produce the text below:

KAPENG ARABO, librong tumatalakay sa mga naging karanasan ng OFW.

Ang librong KAPENG ARABO ay hango sa kwento ng mga naging buhay-buhay ng ilan nating kababayang OFWs. Hinabi ni Manny Garcia, may akda ng libro at editor at publisher ng e-newsletter na SAWALI, ang mga sanaysay mula sa kanyang sariling karanasan at pangaraw araw na pakikisalamuha sa mga kapwa Pinoy.

Tinatalakay ni Garcia ang kalungkutang dinaranas ng mga Pinoy na napadpad dito sa Kaharian at kung paano nila ito pinaglalabanan habang sila'y malayo sa kanilang mga pamilya.

Mabibili ang KAPENG ARABO sa National Bookstore (pati na sa Powerbooks at Fullybooked) sa Pinas at sa Jarir Bookstore sa Kaharian at iba pang GCC countries.

Happy Birthday Rosalie & Zarah!

Logistically, hosting a joint birthday celebration, for a mother celebrating the prime her fabulous years, and her daughter, attaining the start of her teenage life, could be fraught with so much considerations with perceived generational divide.

But this is the Perrard household, and the beauty of this occasion was the fact that this was a celebration of life, family and friends, and the bounties that the Almighty bestowed upon them. There really was no generational divide, but a melding with friends of both Rosalie (the mother) and Zarah (the daughter) coming together to celebrate in a special manner. And celebrate they did.

A garden set-up in their private home inside Saudia compound really made all the difference; but Artscooking was there to make it extra special. Here's the menu: Veggie rolls, Shrimp in Sweet & Sour sauce, Pansit Malabon, Chicken with Cashew Nuts, Beef Broccoli, Chinese Fried Rice.

Veggie rolls

Shrimp in sweet & sour sauce

Pansit malabon

Chicken with cashew nuts

Beef broccoli

Our sponsor

http://kapengarabo.blogspot.com

Get-together goodies

As a cheerful refrain at the end of seemingly countless hours of pressures at work, it the shared anticipation of stress-free socializing and good times with friends and plenty of delicious food that really perk up the otherwise mundane way of Saudi life.

And so, as you always look forward to your weekend get-aways, we promise to match your excitement with our menu suggestions.

Thanks to Bok of NCB who has become our 'suki' and who's always been considering Artscooking in every get-together events. Last time we heard, he brought the following in their Taif trip during Eid holiday.

Kudos!

Shrimp rolls