Happy Birthday Julie Ann!

We, at artscooking, hope that a very special little girl has a year that's filled with fun.. and a lots of nice surprises.

Happy birthday Julie Ann!

And here's the special menu we prepared for the special occasion: Mixed seafoods fried rice, shrimp rolls with cheese, beef hamonado, chicken with cashew nuts, mixed veggies with tofu, sapin-sapin.

Mixed seafoods fried rice
Shrimp rolls with cheese
Mixed veggies with tofuBeef hamonado
Chicken with cashew nuts
Sapin-sapin






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Happy Birthday Edith

Our hearfelt happy birthday wishes to Ms. Edith who ordered the following last July 23 as part of her celebration.

We wish you more happy birthdays to come!

Fish fillet in sweet & sour sauce

Relyenong bangus Sapin-sapin



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Little Mr. & Ms. Bicolandia 2009

No matter what happens, a child will be the fairest to his/her family and to people who love him/her. This is why although other people may see beauty pageants for little people as something petty, it could be a big deal for these kid contestants themselves because they want to showcase their best to people who care for them.

This, we feel, is the emphasis of this project held by the organization Bicol Saro-Jeddah. Prior to the coronation ceremony last July 17 in IPSJ, we had the opportunity to attend to one of their preliminaries (counting of ballots & talent portion), and we personally witnessed how the committee did a very good job of taking into consideration the feeling of each contestants.

There were tantrums, coyness on the part of the kids. But we were all praises to the handlers for manifesting patience and understanding in dealing with the kids. They did not really force the contestants to proceed strictly with the program. Rather, they let the kids do their stuffs, and made them feel that everything was just in the spirit of fun and play.

Congratulations to the grand titlists, Mariah Nadeem M. Amberti and Joshua Y. Aguila, Little Mr. & Ms. Bicolandia, respectively, and kudos to the organizer. Great job!
Here's the menu we served during the special occasion: beef with cashew nuts, chicken garlic, camaron rebusado, chopsuey, pansit malabon, spaghetti, cream of mushroom soup, sapin-sapin & bico.


Pansit malabon

Chopsuey
Chicken garlic
Beef with cashew nuts Camaron rebusado Chinese fried rice Spaghetti
Sapin-sapin

Millet's Shower Party

This is the first time we used our new set of pink skirting, albeit because of Ms. Millet's expected baby is a girl. We would have glady featured her (Ms. Millet) here, but she refused on the belief it's bad to have yourself portraited (meron ba salitang ganon?) when you're preggie. Anyways, we feel our table set-up complemented the family's cozy set up.

We wish Ms. Millet the best of the period of her baby rearing, and best wishes!

Here's our menu for the July 16 occasion: mixed veggie with tofu, chicken casserole, fish fillet in sweet & sour sauce, beef teriyaki, chinese fried rice, cream of mushroom, and pichi-pichi.

Mixed veggie with tofu
Beef teriyaki Fish fillet in sweet & sour sauce
Chicken casserole
Pichi-pichi


Happy Birthday Andy!

Our last stint in ALJ Recreational Center has been nearly a year ago. Indeed, we had euphoric feeling when we saw familiar faces; our 'long-time-no-look' friends who have been very supportive of our small business.

Our heartfelt gratitude to Mr. Andy Layugan who gave us the chance to visit the place once again by catering to his birthday celebration, though on a very short notice.

We are hopeful we can fully set our tables and our newly set skirting in the garden once again.

To Andy, dude...happy 54th birthday! (oops...buko na b ang age?)

Here's the menu:

Mixed Pansit Bihon/Canton
Beef Kare-kare
Chicken with Cashew Nuts
Mixed Seafoods Fried Riced

Ube Cake

"Calm down, yo people! All yo got to shush now!" (oopss..just mimicking radio RX93's voice over).

Anyways, it's a pleasure to present an addition to our food collection. To all you "sweet tooth-ers" out there, we bring you 'Ube Cake'. Our medium size is about the size of regular plate, around 2.5 in tall. You can have a bite of this sweetie and share with your loved ones at SR50. The large is SR90.




This weekend, we also served of the classic Pinoy Kakanin specials, the sapin-sapin. Bon apetit!

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Full House Thursday

It was a full-packed Thursday with two simultaneous caterings in Al Hamra Ville, and another for pick-up. These people are all "repeat customers" and we could not say 'no'. What we did however was to beg off for an hour or two, or how we say it.... "pwede later" (with matching grin of our face).

We were just toying the idea that if we only have a choice, it would be nice to have one on a Thursday and the other one on a Friday. That way, we could have stayed a while with the celebrations, and made "chika" to our new-found friends who, we heard, felt we're snubbing their parties. But let us be clear: "we are NOT snubs. We were just SO exhausted."

Not that we are complaining, though. We loved it. In fact, it was a case of "eustress", you know, that feeling of stressed out but in a good way. Anyways, here are the events that transpired July 3, 2009:

Event 1: Criselle's Birthday


The lovely girl on the picture is Criselle. At the age 7, she is slowly showing her charms as a woman. Hala! Pareng Boyet, prepare for a long-line of suitors when she grows up.

The party was held at their humble abode at Al Hamra, with an expectant guests of nearly a 100, we wonder how they fit. Here's the menu we prepared during the occasion: Hamonado, Fish Fillet in Sweet & Sour sauce, Chicken with Cashew Nuts, Chinese fried rice, Cream of mushroom soup, assorted Pinoy sweets composed of empanada, pichi-pichi, tarts, & kutsinta.

Hamonado Fish Fillet in Sweet & Source sauce
Chicken with Cashew Nuts

Chinese Fried Rice

Assorted Pinoy sweets: Pichi-pichi, Kutsinta, Empanada, Tarts


Event 2: Freddie & Louie's Birthday

Here's the other one: birthdays of our two buddies, Freddie & Louie. (Nagtitipid kaya nagsabay na lang daw sila ng celebrations. Joke! Hehehe!) Nevertheless, what is more important is that you both guys celebrate life, and we wish you continued success!

Kampay!


The event was also held in Al Hamra ville. And here's their menu line-up: Chicken Teriyaki, Kare-kare, Pansit Malabon, Relyenong Bangus, Fish fillet, Lumpiang Shanghai, Sapin-sapin, and assorted Pinoy sweets.


Chicken Teriyaki
Kare-kare
Relyenong Bangus

Lumpiang Shanghai

Sapin-sapin


Event 3: Pansit Malabon pick-up

We also had two take out orders of our specialty - Pansit Malabon. One in the morning, and another one at night. And this one, we guarantee will take you to heaven (asus!). You should really try our version of Pansit Malabon. Call us now to book your order: 0509473258.

Pansit Malabon
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