Food Trips and More

ELEAT is famous for our food trips, loud voices, louder laughter, and never-ending bloopers.

Even before Lady went back to town, we’ve been to endless food trips! Let me recap all the foods we’ve had in the past 4 weeks.  ENJOY THE FOOD PORN! ;)

(1) Cakes Galore: Lachi’s and Sugar Munch

Frank and I were supposed to meet RB at 3PM but since he was super duper late, we decided to eat at Lachi’s. Frank had the (1) Unforgettable Baby Back Ribs and the (2) New York Cheesecake with Blueberries. I had the (3) Pasta with Red Pesto Sauce, and the (4) 5-Chocolate Torte Cake. While we were walking the roads of Marfori to supposedly burn the fats from Lachi’s, we dropped by Sugar Munch and had their (5) Strawberry Shortcake.

 
(2) Yellow Cab at SM

Frank, RB and I had dinner at Yellow Cab. The three of us devoured the (1) 14-inch Manhattan Meat Lover’s Pizza and (2) Sola Raspberry Drink.

(3) Al’s Diner

Frank and I went out to have lunch at Al’s Diner. Frank had (1) Savory Beef Rice (2) Al’s Happy Burger with Medium Crinkle Fries and (3) Mango Milkshake. I had Al’s Happy Burger with Medium Crinkle Fries and (4) Strawberry Milk Shake.

(4) Kopi Roti

After Frank finished his day’s transaction at the Med School, we both decided to eat at Kopi Roti. Frank and I shared the (1) Kopi Bun and (2) Kaya Toast. I had (3) 2 cups of their delicious Kopi, while Frank could only take 1.

(5) McDonald’s GMall

Lady was late for our 5PM. Frank was starving and so we decided to go with Frank to McDo while waiting for Lady.  Mostly, Frank devoured his Burger Meal, but Donna, RB and I shared the fries with him.

(6) Lachi’s

Went to Lachi’s in Marfori for dinner.  Frank and I had the Unforgettable Baby Back Ribs; Lady had the Mandarin Chicken; Donna had the Lechon Kawali; and RB had the Elsie’s Melt-in-your-Mouth Pork.  Dessert was on Frank and we had the most sumptuous cakes! We ordered the (1) Dulce de Leche Cheesecake [It was everyone’s favorite, I think.] (2) Black and White (3) 5-Torte Chocolate (4) Macadamia Bar and (5) Luscious Mud Pie.  The Peppermint Tea I had helped me digest these babies. Hahaha.

(7) Chips + Tequila

 
Donna, Frank, Lady, and RB went to my house for some bonding moments over Tequila.  We devoured (1) Clover Chips (2) Doritos (3) Lays and (4) Cheezy. When the chips were gone, my brother Klyde cooked us a can of corned beef while we finish off the 950mL Jose Cuervo Tequila.

(8) Sleepover

Being the ELEAT-ers that we are, we ate a lot during the sleepover with Frank and Lady. We had (1) KFC’s Box of 8 of their Original Fried Chicken for dinner.  And then there was the (2)Pastel and the (3)1kilo Spaghetti! Lady and I ate the extra cheese for snacks. Haha. And we had Frank’s pasalubong (4) Strawberry Jam and (5) bread for breakfast.  And to help us swallow all of these was the “kinutaw” Iced Tea. :)

Left Overs 

(9) Badminton + Window Shopping

I met Frank for lunch at SM’s Rai Rai Ken before heading out to our badminton reservation with Lady and her siblings.  Frank and I had the (1) Jurassic Maki, which was really really good (2) Chicken Teriyaki Don, and (3) Ebi Curry Rice.  After our sweaty 2-hour ‘game’, we all went out to check the bargain malls near the court.  On our way out, we all enjoyed some much-loved street foods! I had the (4) Kwek-Kwek, while the rest of them enjoyed the exotic (5) Proven.

 
(10) Penong’s with Ian

I wasn’t around for this one, but I know they had dinner at Penong’s with our high school buddy, Ian.

(11) Friday at the Fontilla’s

It is common knowledge that the Fontilla’s mountain home is well-stocked with delicious food! Frank, Omay and I went there to indulge our baboy-ish appetites. From 3PM to 9:30PM, we ate the following: (1) Strawberry Jam and Bread (2) Kalamay (3) Polvoron (4) Mixed Veggies (5) French Fries (6) Penne Pasta with the exotic tasting spaghetti sauce-ish with eggs and milk c/o Tita Bing Fontilla (7) Panga and Rice (8) Manggang Hilaw (9) Pretzels (10) Lechon Manok (11) Liempo (12) Fried Sword Fish (13) Double Dutch Ice Cream (14) Pineapple Juice (15) etc.

NOTE: The above items are stated randomly, as much as I can remember all that we ate that day.

(12) MTS

Went to our favorite High School food trip destination, Taste of Home. Frank, Lady and I had the (1) Red Sauce Pasta. We also had (2) Buko Pie (3) Cheese Cupcake and (4) Chocolate Sylvanna’s. We went to Aling Foping’s and had (5) Special Halo-Halo and (6) Bibingka while waiting for our turn at the Paintball area.  After playing, we joined Mr. and Mrs. Fontilla at Taboan for some (7) Pica-Pica plate composed of Cheese Sticks, French Fries, Kropek, Mr. Chips, Green Peas, and Garlic ‘chips'.’ (8) and then had Fried Chicken for dinner! 

Now that Lady’s heading back to the mountains and seas of Dumaguete, and Frank will be going back to the war town of Pikit, the Davao food trips for the Summer ‘09 will now come to an end.

Hoping to see you guys in Manila in 2 weeks! Can’t wait to have more food trips with Frank, Lady, CHIC, and JUDE in Manila! And of course, Lady and I are on for more food trips in Hong Kong next month! Can’t wait to live the ELEAT life over and over again! :)

Sports Day

Another one of our impromptu plans.

We decided to go play badminton yesterday while we were busy Plurking.

Frank and I met at SM for lunch. Lady wasn’t able to go (as expected. Haha.) and so, as usual, me and my parter-in-crime in Food Trips had a date at Rai Rai Ken.

Frank and Telai: Partners in Food Tripping

We had a super delicious maki for starters.

Jurassic Maki at Rai Rai Ken SM

Frank didn’t know how to use the chopsticks and I laughed out loud when I was looking at him fork-ing the maki. Haha.

And for our main meal, I had the Chicken Teriyaki Don, while Frank had the Ebi Curry Rice.

Chicken Terriyaki Don

Ebi Curry Rice

In fairness, there was a big hole in my wallet after we left the Japanese Resto.

Afterwards, Frank and I headed out for Smashville for our badminton reservation.

Telai and Frank at Smashville. Pre-running around.

Lady and her siblings, Audrey and JB, came a full 30 minutes after our 2PM appointment. Haha. Translation: Played one-on-one with Frank for that same amount of time. Results: EXHAUSTION and MUSCLE PAIN.

Telai with the 30-minutes late, Lady.

We played for a good 2 hours. Audrey and I came out of the rest room looking like we just took a shower. (Oh honey, it’s just sweat. Haha) Since Lady didn’t run a lot while playing, she looked normal. Haha.

Eleat-ers: Frank, Telai and Lady

Lady, RUN!

The tireless Frank who played for almost the whole 2 hours.

Telai with Lady’s siblings, JB and Audrey

Before going our separate ways, we window-shopped at 168. Yes, Davao has our own version of Divisoria. Lady and I made plans to shop before she leaves for Dumaguete. We also had a great time devouring the street foods along Uyanguren. I enjoyed 2 pieces of Kwek-Kwek (Deep Fried Chicken Egg with orange-y coating. Eaten with Cucumber on the side and showered with vinegar) while the rest of them ate lots and lots of Proven. (Pig’s gizzard, or something, according to Frank.)

Frank, Lady and Audrey at the PROVEN stall.

In fairness, street vendors these days have evolved. The ad at the Proven cart caught my attention and I smiled at their marketing efforts.

Kakaibang Lasa! Kukulangin ang Isa!

While Lady and her siblings headed out to their mom’s office nearby, Frank and I went to Ateneo to get our yearbooks before we headed for our own homes.

What a day, I swear. Woke up this morning with my body in pain. Especially my “PATA” part and my arms. Next time, I won’t play with Frank for more than 10 minutes to avoid pain. Haha.

NOTE:
SORRY FOR THE PHOTO QUALITY. PHOTOS WERE TAKEN USING MY 2-MEGA PIXEL CAMERA PHONE. :) MORE PHOTOS AT LADY’S MULTIPLY AND FACEBOOK SITES, AS WELL AS IN MY FACEBOOK ACCOUNT [FOR CONTACTS ONLY]. -TELAI

Sleepover Madness

Frank and Lady decided to have a sleepover at my place on Friday, May 8. You could just imagine the chaos that we created spending the night together.

PART 1: DINNER
They arrived at around 8PM and I haven’t had anything since 10Am that morning. I was STARVING! They brought a Box of 8 from KFC. Frank and I devoured the dinner while Lady was pretending to be on a diet. Had a big laugh while watching May Bukas Pa because of a misunderstanding.

Lady: San pala galing si Santino?
Telai: Sa stork.
Lady: (With a BELIEVING look on her face.) SERIOUSLY???
Frank: (Looking bewildered but I think he also bought what I said)
Telai: (LAUGHS OUT LOUD AT FRANK AND LADY’S EXPRESSION. Almost chocked from laughing too much. Tummy ached. Couldn’t stop laughing for a long time.) OMG. Naniwala talaga kayo???
Frank and Lady: (Didn’t get why I was laughing so hard.) WHAT’S FUNNY?
After a while…
Telai: Binili niyo talaga yung “galing siya sa STORK” na story??? *laughs more*
Frank and Lady: Ahh.. STORK pala. Kala namin STORE! Now we know why you’re laughing.
Telai: (Still can’t stop laughing.)

PART 2: SHOPPING
Went out to buy some stuffs for our sleepover. Our kitchen is embarrassingly under stocked since I had to do the grocery because my mom is out of town. (Read: BUDGET) Laughed out load at Lady’s bisaya terms.

PART 3: COOKING
Lady prepared us some Spaghetti for our midnight snacks. Frank and I were useless in the kitchen so we just accompanied Lady with occasionally helping lady stir the sauce, prepare the pasta, etc. Frank was soooo funny. I swear. He didn’t know how to cook the pasta. I can’t really explain it here. Plus, he got burned from the steam coming out of the pasta while he was pouring it into the strainer. Cooked a lot of food! There are still some pasta left in our fridge, but the sauce is gone.

Frank posed for this photo op and got burned in the process.

Frank and Lady: my house pest—err – guests. lulz

PART 4: SLEEPOVER PROPER
Lots of talks, laughs and cam whoring with Frank’s Mac. Got accompanied by our pseudo-housemate, RB, on the phone. We slept at around 5AM. The sun was already starting to come up by then. Woke up at around 10am. Had Pastel for breakfast, and left-over pasta for lunch. Frank and Lady left at around 3PM already.

Effort Photobooth-ing with Frank’s Mac

I really do miss hanging out with my best friends from High School, ELEAT. Wish we could do this again soon with more of us in attendance.

Tequila Night

Went out and had a fabulous time with ELEAT tonight.

Here's a sneak peak at what happened:

3:00PM

Telai: 5PM at GMall, right?

Lady: Yes. I'm going to ligo na..

Frank: Yep. Maybe I'll be late. I'm still at the Med School. I haven't been interviewed yet.

4:00PM

Frank: Bru, are you still at home? Can you google Swine Flu?

Telai: No internet right now. Ask lady. On my way to the mall.

Lady: Frank asked me to google something. I'm on my way to the jeepney stop.

5:00PM

RB: I'm on my way.

Telai: I'm in GMall already. Where are you?

RB: Wait for me. I'm almost there. About 5minutes.

Telai: Yeah right. LOL

5:30PM

Donna: Telz!!!

Telai: Donz!!!

5:45PM

RB: Donna! You're here!

Telai: 5 minutes, RB? Frank! You're back! Where's my strawberry jam?

Frank: I'm hungry. Let's go to McDo.

6:00PM

Lady: Bru!!!!!!!!!

*the rest is more screaming and talking in loud voices at McDo*

6:30PM

at Lachi's

Telai: I'll have the Unforgettable Spare Ribs

Frank: Me too.

Lady: I'll have the Oriental Chicken.

RB: I want Lechon Kawali... or the Melt-in-Your-Mouth Pork stuff

Donna: Lechon Kawali. But the Melt-in-your-Mouth Pork sounds delicious.

Telai: I'll have Peppermint Tea.

Lady: Hahahah. You're going to drink tea??? Hahahaha.

Frank: Dessert is my treat

After Dinner

Lady: I want to drink. Let's buy Absolut Peach. Where do we buy?

RB: Ha? I can't! I have to go home and study!

Frank: Go. Let's go to Telai's.

Donna: What??? Telai's???

Telai: I don't drink anymore! But you can stay at my house. The parents are not around.

We then went to NCCC Mall to buy Vodka.

But they didn't have Absolut Peach.

Frank and Lady decided to buy the Jose Cuervo Tequila instead.

While buying stuffs for the tequila night at Telai's,

ELEAT saw and visited with our High School friend Jewells.

She's now working at the NCCC Supermarket

as an Operations Supervisor Trainee.

Lady: Are we taking a cab?

Telai: Up to you guys. But we have to ride another jeep from here to get to my place.

Frank: Let's ride this Hop On Hop Off jeep instead!

RB and Lady: First time!

Donna: We always ride this one when we have community duty.

We were the first people to ride the jeep,

everyone was so excited and loud.

After a while, 3 people who have apparently went grocery shopping for fish

also rode the jeep.

ELEAT: *silence and knowling looks*

Telai: gets handkerchief from bag.

RB: Tel, I don't want to say anything. I don't want to sin! Karma! I still have to take the board exam soon!

Donna: couldn't take it and gets handkerchief also

Frank and Lady: continues talking

At Telai's

Donna: I'll use the CR

Lady: Let's slice the calamansi

Telai: I'll pour the salt

RB: How do you properly open this bottle?

Frank: Starts eating the chips

Unfortunately, booze induced conversation are slightly hazy.

Had so much fun teasing Lady about Mr. Surigao Forest and all our other private plurk moments.

ELEAT left Telai's at around 11PM.

Walked in the Rain. A bit wasted. Hehe.

Decided to sleep over on Friday!!!

Can't wait for another bonding moment with Eleat and Co.! :)

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(c) Photos in this blog are from my Cam Phone and Digi Cam. Sorry for the quality. Lulz.

xoxox, Telai