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The Sexy Chef

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On December 5, 2009

The Culinary Arts Wellness Circle of our office organized this event for us. They invited Sexy Chefs Rachel & Barni Alejandro to talk about eating healthy. At the same time, they let us sample their food. Our company ordered 100 delivery meals from Sexy Chef at a discounted price.

I wasn’t able to attend the event but I was able to see a glimpse of the Alejandro sisters. My friend Jo also set aside one meal for me so I was able to try out their original dish. Let me get to that later.

My 1st impression when I saw Rachel Alejandro was “Wow”! She is indeed sexy thus the name sexy chef really suits her. This also applies to her sister, Barni Alejandro.

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The Sexy Chef is a fresh food delivery service that caters to people who are interested in weight management or improved health. The company is following the South Beach diet formula developed by Doctor Arthur Agatston.

The Sexy Chef caters to the South Beach diet in the 1st two phases:

Phase One – ample servings of lean protein, beneficial fats & a healthy amount of vegetables.
Phase Two – introduces healthy carbohydrates in the form of whole grains & fruits.

Sexy Chef’s 2-week premiere package consist of breakfast, lunch, dinner, 2 snacks & dessert. This will cost you Php875/day for the South Beach Diet Premiere Package. You can order by calling 911-SEXY or 0917-SXYCHEF.

Here’s a sample menu:

	Phase 1	Phase 2
Breakfast	Vegetable Omelette	Cereal w/ Low Fat Milk
Lunch	Shrimp Gambas Salad w/ Balsamic Dressing	Shrimp Fried Rice
Dinner	Stuffed Chayote w/ Ground Beef Onion Soup	Stuffed Chayote w/ Ground Beef Onion Soup
Snack 1	Vegetable Crudite	Apple
Snack 2	Chicken Salad	Chicken Salad

If you’re not into South Beach Diet, Sexy Chef also offers fit meals for Php 140. The one I tried was their Fish Salpicao w/ Garlic Mushroom.

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This tasted like Risotto all the way. I believe they used brown rice & canola oil to cook this. However, I felt that the mushroom in the dish was just too many that it overpowered the whole dish. Well, it’s still a healthy meal. You will not feel guilty when eating this 🙂

More pictures here.

I wish I attended the session. I heard it was a great interactive event. The Alejandro sisters even taught the group how to do salad making.

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Wheatberry Bakery & Cafe

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On November 27, 2009

Wheatberry Bakery & Cafe
84 Scout Castor corner Scout Tuazon, Baranggay Laging Handa, Quezon City, Metro Manila Philippines
(02) 374-8470 local 107

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Last Wednesday, I was able to catch up with a super long-lost friend. I was too hungry as I just finished my usual wednesday work-related conference calls. It was late and since there were too many cars along Tomas Morato Street in Quezon City, we decided to meet up at Wheatberry along Scout Castor Street.

I’ve been there before but only tried out their desserts then. I liked their desserts so I was a bit excited to find out if their meals were good as well.

Wheatberry didn’t disappoint. I loved their food! I’ll definitely go back to try out their other dishes 😀

Here are what we ordered:

Melon Shake (Php 85)

Looking at the shake’s color, I couldn’t believe that it was melon shake. I came late so this was already ordered by my friend. I said it definitely was either lemon or apple shake. Apparently, it really was melon shake! hahahaha.

Grape Shake (Php 85)

Of all the fruit shakes, I can say that grape shake has always been my choice. Whether it’s red grape or white grape, I just love it! I always order this every chance I get.

Poached Fish Fillet (Php 190)

I was definitely impressed & pleasantly surprised. This fish was served with sesame oil, soy sauce, leeks & mushroom. The serving was just generous and it tasted soooo good! 2 people can share this dish but I was able to finish it myself! That was how good it was. Healthy & Yummy! This dish is served with Plain Rice.

Brownies (Php 38)

Cupcake (Php 40)

As I’ve mentioned, I already know Wheatberry have delicious desserts. Cakes. Cupcakes. Creampuffs. Brownies. Heaven totally!

Chocopeanut Creampuff (Php 40)

Fruit Torte (Php 700)

This cake looked so yummy and I couldn’t help but stare. Later on, I just took a picture!

Good food and great customer service is just an awesome combination! Thankfully Wheatberry has both. Kudos to the operations manager for having such great staff and not only that, they serve good food as well.

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More Wheatberry pictures here.

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John and Yoko

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On November 22, 2009

John and Yoko
2/F Greenbelt 5, Legaspi St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, Metro Manila
(02) 729-8698

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Yesterday, I met up with Christina. It is such a rare occasion for me to go and eat at Greenbelt 5. I’m so used to eat at Greenbelt 2 and 3. So sometimes I feel that whenever I go to Greenbelt 5, I’m always at a loss as to where to eat.

Anyway, so yesterday, we opted for John and Yoko. It was because I kept raving that their wagyu rice is soooooooo delicious! Definitely, this is a must try!

There wasn’t too many people dining because it was early evening when we entered. Would you believe that after an hour, the place started to fill up? Certainly, nice business for John and Yoko despite the expensive price of their dishes.

Here are what we ordered:

Tofu Cheese Melt (Php 178)

To be honest, I was hesitant to try this. I didn’t dare touch the food until we finished all the other dishes. hahahah!! I don’t know why, it was just that I felt that cheese with tofu doesn’t blend well.

When I finally tried it, I was pleasantly surprised. Tofu felt like it was wrapped in melted cheese. And wow! It was spicy!

If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile now, then you know how much i love tofu! This is simply one of the most unique Tofu dishes I’ve sampled. This is very good food and I recommend you do try this!

Wagyu Rice (Php 299)

I tried this before and I just can’t help but order this again. It is just consistently good! Our favorite Wagyu beef combined into our rice w/ common fried rice ingredients such as onions, eggs & soy sauce. I wish I could cook fried rice this good.

Bacon Wrapped Dory (Php 238)

From all the dishes that we ordered, this is my favorite. This is Fish with Bacon and wow!!! It was yummy!!! I don’t even know how to describe this dish but all i can say is that it was delicious. Every John and Yoko customer should at least try this on their next visit to the restaurant.

One other thing that I noticed in John & Yoko is the outfit of their female servers. They were wearing such short skirts that most guys (even girls) can’t help but notice. I know it is a strategy but I really hope that they don’t push them to wear something so short. The girls are pretty aloof as well.

The male servers, I found to be more friendly & service-oriented.

More pictures from our dinner here.

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Thousand Cranes Shabu-Shabu

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On November 15, 2009

Thousand Cranes Shabu-Shabu
2/F Greenbelt 3 Legaspi St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, Metro Manila
(02) 729-8640

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The only shabu-shabu place I know is located at Greenbelt 3. It has great ambiance. Even if you’re eating something hot, you won’t feel uncomfortable.

Service though is a bit blah coz there were only 4 staff that day. So there was only 1 manning the kitchen, 1 manning outside area, 1 manning the inner area & 1 manning the counter. How could they serve customers with over 15 tables & they were undermanned? tsk tsk!

Before our order arrived, the staff helped setup the cooking area and ingredients for sauce. I lovvveeeeeee sate sauce.

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For those who don’t know how to cook, no worries!!! It’s easy! You just need to put the ingredients on the boiling soup, wait for a few minutes for it to be cooked and then you’re good 🙂

Here are what we ordered:

Shrimp & Meat Shabu-Shabu (Php 570)

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With Shrimp & Meat Set, you could choose chicken, fat beef or porkloin as your meat. We have chosen porkloin. By the way, you need to be attentive when you start putting your shrimp and meat in. To cook shrimp and meat, don’t let it stay more than a minute in the soup.

All Balls Set (Php 400)

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Different kinds of balls in this order: shrimp balls, squid balls, meat balls, even crab sticks! 🙂 If you just want pure & simple shabu shabu meal, then this is for you.

Fresh Buko Juice (Php 70)

I still prefer Shabu-Shabu places that offer eat all you can. I think those are more affordable and we have more control as to what we’ll eat. For me, I would have preferred more porkloin and more shrimps!

And also, there will be less waste for those ingredients that we don’t like (or eat).

More pictures here.