Mirsbin’s Kitchen

Feed me, wine me, love me. It was usually what Micky told me when we would talk about good food, really good wine and good company (or should I say a good Man). My friend and I went to Cav last night, Cav is small restaurant and wine shop in Bonifacio High Street.

From the menu, you can choose if you want a 3 or 4 course meal. My friend and I agreed to have a 3 (Php 800++) and 4 course meal (Php 1200++). The 4rth was dessert so agreed that we can share since it was a platter of cheese. I had Yellow fin tuna with a salad and nori for my appetizer then my soup had caviar, for my main course I had different cuts of lamb. My friend had Arugula salad, I forgot what the soup was and for the main course it was Magret of Duck. I kept a mental note that the next time I’m going to have the duck. To finish the meal we had wine and cheese really good cheese with grapes and figs and some walnuts.

The fun part was we get to choose our wines. You have to option to pay for the glasses of wines that can be paired with your meal, but you have to try the wine vending machines. Upon entering the restaurant you will find bottles encased in glass. A person or a table will be given a card, swipe the card then choose from the different white and red wines. You can either choose from tasting, half or full. What’s nice about it is you get to see how much per glass of wine is. The wines ranged from P400 to P15,000. Tastings we are low as P25 to P150. I tried a lot, some I had in tasting portions that others in half glasses. I got to try Beringer, Hardys, Gago and the rest I forgot.

By the end of the evening I was tipsy and really glad that I met up with my friend. I surely want to go back.

I used to hate this guy, he was loud, obnoxious and he usually grabbed any food on your desk. But through the years he has proved to be a good friend with some quirks and a really funny side. Moby and I were groupmates for the service Mobile MYX. We together with Mario developed the ringtone downloads for Mobile MYX. During those years I learned to love this guy, I started to enjoy his company and finally saw that he too had a serious side.

So to celebrate his 30th birthday, I treated him and John Tan to a birthday lunch in Restaurant 9501. I noticed that he wore a blue polo and some khaki slacks for this event. He and John had Beef Rendang while I had Pan-Seared Lamb Chops. Happy 30th Moby! Here’s to the friendship and may all your dreams come true!

It’s a family project. We all decided to open a snack place near St. Luke’s, it’s called Egay d’ Egg Guy. We sell balut, penoy clean Kwek Kwek and Tokneneng. Soon we’re adding rice meals with eggs. But I still have to think about the menu for that. Our competitors are the manangs that sell really cheap ulam and rice. So I’m bracing myself for the tough competition.

I ‘m close to not having internet for 3 weeks already. I stayed in lovely Cuyo island where there were no TV, no internet connection and very bad mobile signal. When I got home our internet connection was busted. So I’m here in Burger King enjoying free Wifi Connection. Free battery charging and a hand massage, I’m just not sure if the massage is free

I hope to write about Cuyo, Cafe Juanita, Ate Bong’s Sit Down dinner in 9501 plus my new venture Egay d’ Egg Guy