Finally! After not going out together for eight months, we meet again. This time, they treated us to a nice dinner at Galileo Enoteca restaurant, located in one of the non-main streets of Mandaluyong. It's a nice, cozy place. Charming ambience, great food.




Adjeng and Rodrin, our friends





Menu. I like that the place also offers individual set Italian meals - an appetizer, plate of cold cuts, salad and the main course. That makes it attractive for first-timers to sample what the place has to offer.




Dex and me. Munching on cheeses, cold cuts, and bread, with wine





Group pic. As you can see, the dining tables are surrounded with walls holding packs and bottles of Italian food and ingredients. It made the ambience homey for me, a nice place to just hang out and talk with friends. Minimal, if any, background music, which I prefer on nights like this.





Porcini Risotto. It has truffle oil. I love the taste and texture. Creamy, but not too much, and the mushrooms were perfect.





Pasta with Porcini Mushrooms. (Adjeng, where's the pic of the Chicken Breast w/ Pesto? Nakalimutan mo ba kasi nag-dive ka na agad? Hehehe joke!)




Tartufo for dessert. Dark chocolate ice cream. Yum!





Panna Cotta for dessert, too.



Yehey!



Yehey! Thanks again Rodrin and Adjeng, the night was lovely. Let's do this again soon, and also try out places we haven't been to.

All photos courtesy of Adjeng.

We received these from them too:


For Dex



For me



For me from Adjeng


Thanks Rodrin and Adjeng!

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Photos by Jacky and Cocoy Sarmenta.

Pictures from the airport and shuttle, 1st day:

I was already lightheaded by this time after a week of sleeping only 2-4 hours a day.


















JD with his inaanak, Antonio








We watched rehearsals at the Tuen Mun town hall. This pic was taken outside of the hall.








2nd day (December 22)

My birthday! It didn't feel like it, as we postponed celebrations, but this was a happy day nevertheless.


We went on one of the packaged tours included with our travel package. A big, big, tourist trap (meaning you end up shelling out more than what you've planned for). Well, this warns us against packaged tours next time. But we did get to do a bit of sightseeing.


Me and Dex in the Sampan (fishing boat)




Jacky and JD. JD, we learned later, was nervous about this ride pala. He he.





Jumbo Palace, giant floating restaurant. There are three of these in the world, and one is in Manila Bay.






Jacky




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After those, we went to the TSL jewelry store where Dex bought me some jewelry for my birthday. Then we headed off to the Hong Kong Cultural Center to watch rehearsals. The orchestra sounded really good, they nailed a full length concert in just two short rehearsals, and I'm very happy to be part of this project. Lee Hom Wang is very talented as well - he can play lots of musical instruments well, he writes lovely songs and he's a really good performer all in all. (Google him to see how popular he is all over Asia)

Many thanks to Gerard for this opportunity!



Gerard!





Gerard Salonga and Lee Hom Wang











Me, Dex, JD, Gerard and Michelle






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Today is our first day here in Hong Kong. Had a blast watching the rehearsals with Gerard S. conducting the Hong Kong Philharmonic for Lee Hom Wang's show. They're really outstanding musicians! I was also happy to hear my arrangements this morning and afternoon. Tomorrow will be the start of the concerts. After that, we had super sarap dimsum. I forgot the name of the place - will blog about it tomorrow.

Too bad we weren't able to get pics of the orchestra during rehearsals. Tomorrow we'll try to do so during the break time.

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