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Kubong Sawali and My Attempt for A Last Summer Hurrah

Come to think of it, I didn’t really go on any kind of summer get away this year.  (Not that that matters.  There’s always rainy season, dry&cold season … and the beauty of that, we’ll get the resorts all to ourselves. *snickers) To make up for it, Race and I decided to have foodstuff that has a summer quality to it.

Xine and friends summer vacays (Isdaan Tarlac, Fontana Pampanga, Sumaguing Caves Sagada; Marlboro Country Racuh-a-Payaman Basco, Sabtang, Batanes; Pagsanjan Laguna, Lucban Quezon, Majayjay Laguna)

Summers come and gone in the Philippine Islands … (upper right photo, with Charlie’s angels, Midland Courier. Shout out to you all! =D)

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It Takes a Ketchup Food Community to Make a Happy Tummy

Or is it the other way around? ^^,

No matter.  But just so you know, before any of the other eating places at the Ketchup Food Community came to be, there was Happy Tummy.  A Thai restaurant opening for business at the most opportune time (when people became more receptive to Thai cuisine), they serve pad Thai, chicken pandan, fried tilapia in tamarind sauce, som tam salad, Thai iced tea and more.  What with the mega flavors that their offering of Thai dishes have, you can order up something as simple as eggplant salad and eat it viand-like with bagoong rice or maybe the more downplayed salty flavor rice – Thai rice.  A good and filling meal for a happy tummy.  (“,)  That’s what Race and I did the first time we visited this restaurant.  Hanging out in one of their dining tables in a hut, we had happy tummies in no time.

Happy Tummy scene, eggplant salad, bagoong rice, pad Thai and drinks

View from our Happy Tummy hut, eggplant salad, bagoong rice, pad Thai and drinks (Thai iced tea and tamarind juice. ^^,)

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Achieve Inner Peace through Lotus House Chinese Food (Ohhhmmmm)

Chinese restaurants abound in the city of Baguio (and in the Philippines).  And why shouldn’t there be lots of them when Chinese food is so good?  (“,)  As promised, we’re doing a feature blog on the Lotus House restaurant at the old Hotel Supreme.

It’s right where the old Ivy’s Grill and Restaurant used to be and they’ve renovated the place so that it’s not as ominous looking as it was the first time I saw it.  *shyeeew.  Ivy Grill has been transferred across Lotus and it’s also known as Café Palmera.

Ivy Grill and Restaurant/Cafe Palmera

Ivy Grill and Restaurant/Cafe Palmera

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