Go Greek!: Comfort Food Contender #1

Early on with this blog, I said I was looking for a new, and healthier comfort food to replace McDo's Cheeseburger meal in my tummy's heart. Here's one of my favorite frontrunners: Go Greek!

Go Greek! has the same owners as Cyma; and I like to think of the former as a cheaper version of the latter :) I am hooked on their Kebabs - specifically the Seafood one. I would regularly crave for their Seafood Kebab and I just find myself going out of my way to get it. They're on Glorietta's Food Choices, near the window overlooking SM.

I used to find their food quite pricey, given that it's foodcourt food. At Php195, don't you think it was quite pricey? It had a seafood kebab with tomatoes and onions, chunks of potatoes and vegetable salad on the side. It was good, but still, pricey.

Then one day, I brought my friend here and ordered the same meal, but instead of potatoes, she just had pita bread. And you know how much it cost her? Php 135!!! Sixty-peso difference for potatoes? Oh my, while I'm a potato lover, I don't think it's wisest to pay for potatoes that much. Since then, I just order my kebab with pita bread instead =)

Oh, and before I forget, their greek vinaigrette! It's my favorite - and simply one of the main reasons I go back again and again =) They used to give it endlessly, with bottles of their Greek and Fruitty vinaigrettes available outside the counter. But I guess people started getting too much, and then management started limitting their vinaigrette =(

Hmmmm, I think I'm craving for my seafood kebab again!!!

Go Greek!

Glorietta 4 Food Choices

Ayala Center, Makati City

Ang Babae sa Septic Tank

Was supposed to watch Septic Tank in the Greenbelt run with a couple of friends, but tickets were sold off before we could get hold of some for ourselves. So, it was such a pleasant surprise that it was shown commercially. And boy, was I glad to have gotten the chance to see the film. Wow, wow, wow. Brilliant, funny, witty, superb acting. Everything I want in a film. I am by no means a film critic, but I do enjoy watching movies, and getting something out of it when I get out of the moviehouse.

With Septic tank, even if you take out the brilliance out of the movie, it would still be hilarious!!! Eugene Domingo's timing and acting prowess is impeccable. I thought she would be overrated, but she is not. She deseves every accolade she gets because she is good. Very good.

But more than Ms.Domingo, what I love most about the film is how subtle it was. Subtle, without trying too hard. It was able to present a very serious issue, Pedophilia, without boring the audience. I haven't seen too many films, but for me, it was brilliant. Heck, I was even laughing at the musical part. Brilliant.

In addition, the movie was also able to showcase the difficulties of independent fillmaking. Showed how struggling producers and directors go about the challenges in making up a film, and more importantly, what their real motivation is. It's awards, no longer story-telling. Real.

Yes, I am taken away. And I was crying because I was laughing too much. And after that, it made me think, and ponder. What more can you ask for?

Be deliriously happy.

Meet Joe Black had always been one of my favorite movies of all time. I find the movie so complelling its simplicity, yet it captures some of the sincerest sentiments of my life. As with other things in have held dear in my life, I liked the movie because it spoke to me.

I guess a lot of people would remember the movie for these lines. And it's true, we should never settle. It's all or nothing - a fairy tale or not at all.

Love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without. I say, fall head over heels. Find someone you can love like crazy and who will love you the same way back. How do you find him? Well, you forget your head, and you listen to your heart. And I'm not hearing any heart. Cause the truth is, honey, there's no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love, well, you haven't lived a life at all. But you have to try, cause if you haven't tried, you haven't lived. Stay open. Who knows? Lightning could strike.

“There’s not an ounce of excitement, not a whisper of a thrill. This relationship has all the passion of a pair of titmice. I want you to get swept away out there. I want you to levitate. I want you to sing with rapture & dance like a dervish…be deliriously happy or at least leave yourself open to be.”

Maybe, people even remember this one, Anthony Hopkins as William Parrish delivered this on his *grand* party:

 I thought I was going to sneak away tonight. What a glorious night. Every face I see is a memory. It may not be a perfectly perfect memory. Sometimes we had our ups and downs. But we're all together, and you're mine for a night. And I'm going to break precedent and tell you my one candle wish: that you would have a life as lucky as mine, where you can wake up one morning and say, "I don't want anything more." Sixty-five years. Don't they go by in a blink?

But these lines from Allison, William's other daughter really gets to me every time:

Because I know that you love me.

I mean, it's not like it is with her.

Whenever she walks into the room,your eyes light up.

She always gets a smile from you,as opposed to me.

When I walk in,this look comes over your face, like,

"What does she want now?"

But you've never let either of us want for anything.

Oh, God. More than that, Daddy,more than that.

I've felt loved,and that's all that matters.

So, never mind favorites. You're allowed to have one.

The point is,you've been mine.

I guess I'm just touched as to how real it felt. How it's ok to be the non-favorite because you are still loved. How real and how easy people fall into the trap of having favorites, how it's nobody's fault and how everyone should never feel injustice to this little fact. It's so real. That is how movies should be.

X-Men: First Class

I've watched this film a couple of months back and I can remember that I enjoyed the movie quite well.

Directed by Matthew Vaugh, the movie dates a couple of decades back, when Professor X was still Charles Xavier and Magneto was still Erik Lensherr. It showed the 2 most iconic mutants as best friends rather than today's archenemies.

I remember being quite entertained by the main characters' "bromance". Hahaha. Nevertheless, though I'm not the series' biggest fan, I appreciate seeing a glimpse of its story and its beginnings. Always best to understand your past so we can all move forward, right?

My first ever Pesto Pasta

I've been learning how to cook in the past few months. It's such a nice discovery that I can do it, and that I can enjoy myself while learning the ins and outs of the kitchen. It's been really fun =)

One of my most recent concoction is this - Pesto Pasta! I have always loved Pesto and I'm just too glad I was able to make this one. Although, I only bought myself bottled Pesto; next time I'll try to do my Pesto from scratch!

I always have to have brocolli in my food! I also added in tuna and mushroom for my sauce for added taste and texture.

 My very own pasta *beams with pride*