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Ika nga ni Marku, to start the month and the week right (October 1, Monday), aba e mag-Oktober fest na!

With my roomates, Ira and Shine, nilibre kami ni Marku sa Beers Paradise (Polaris St. Makati City). Ah andaming beers, 100 kinds of beer nga. Ang kulit ksi di namin alam kung ano ang oorderin.

“Miss, san ba dito yung hindi lasang beer?” hehehe. “E yung lasang sprite?” hehehehe.

Sabi na lang ng Miss, “Yung fruit beers na lang po. Yung Blackcurrant po yung best seller”. So yun ang inorder ni Ira. Kay Shine naman La Grisse (ba yun?). Basta masarap din daw.

Ako naman pumili ako dun sa column ng Other beers. Pangalawang punta ko na doon at nakatikim na ako ng 3 nung last time namin, Strong, Pale Pilsen at Monk Trappist Beers naman yung tinikman ko noon. Pinili ko ang Rochefort, yung 9% ang alcohol content. Wow, mas malakas pa sa redhorse. At mas mapait.  Buti na lang hindi yung 11% yung inorder ko.

Eto na ata ang pinakamapait na beer na natikman ko, liban doon sa mga beer na nainum ko mula sa pagkabilad sa araw. Ampait, pero bakit masarap ang tama. Parang pag-ibig, potah.

Napakinig tuloy ako ngayon ng October ng Evanescence — “Broken, Lifeless, I give up. You’re my only strength. Without you, I can’t go on, Anymore. Ever again.”

galileo enotica wines and deli

we were driving along pasong tamo last weekend and i spotted galileo enoteca. despite the fact that we were already gulping our avocado smoothies, we excitedly parked and ordered for their menu and wine list. it was around three in the afternoon, the sun was quite strong but we decided to eat al fresco.

i just had late lunch, the big chill avocado smoothie was actually my desert, so sadly, i coudn’t order pizza and pasta. so we ordered sardines, cold cuts and cheese platter and provolone. marco is a cheese monster so he ate most of the cheese platter and the provolone. i love sardines, we had two servings. and of course the wine, one bottle of wine was quite enough for us, it wasn’t really cheap. and it was barely 4pm. definitely, t’was not a good idea to order for another bottle.

i’ll be back there another time and i’ll be skipping breakfast and lunch before i go there. when going there, be ready to shell out a thousand bucks. but it’s all worth the delicious food and the commendable service, and of course, more wine.

the new gram’s diner

we had dinner at the new grams diner at rockwell tonight with our friends/old colleagues. the restos in the block where loft is were already trasferred to the block just across the street. it’s along hidalgo drive, at the back of powerplant mall. the place looks better, well except that brother’s burger is missing, but no more mosquitos, i haven’t seen the children’s sandbox/playground yet, i guess they didn’t put it back.the new grams still has marco’s pictures.