Post-holiday melancholia and food porn
We graduated from grade school eons ago, but we’re no different from kids who feel melancholy at the end of a holiday. Aargh, the humans have returned to our city, which was so pleasant and restful with half its population away. With the humans come traffic, noise, smog, aggravation and thoughts of violence. Ugh the Xmas shopping season is almost upon us, and you know that brings out the worst in people.
Director Jeffrey Jeturian and production designer/art director/make-up artist/hairstylist/visual artist Jay Lozada.
The last day of the long holiday was also our friend Jeffrey Jeturian’s birthday. Attendance is mandatory at Jeffrey’s birthday dinners; we hardly see him the rest of the year as he is shooting his TV series. He is so busy shooting his TV series he hasn’t made a movie since Bisperas last year.
We suggested My Kitchen (at The Oasis Boutique Hotel beside Paco Park, Manila) because we keep hearing about how great the food is but have never eaten there.
We left the menu to Jay, who had no compunction about ordering red meat, cholesterol, calories and all the wicked things that make food so delicious. Dinner started with Chef Chris’s famous panizza
You can roll up arugula, roasted peppers and whatnot in the long strips of panizza, which seemed like a lot of effort to us so we ate the panizza by itself. Mmm mmmm mmmmm.
Then we had spaghetti with fresh salmon, dorado, snapper, prawns, mussels, sauteed with olive oil, tomatoes, olives and capers. Followed by this white truffle oil-infused parmesan risotto with salmon fillet, prawn tails, broccoli, mushroom and asparagus. Nnnnggg mmmpph.
When the food is this good you can dispense with vowels. Grilled home-made Italian sausage with caramelized garlic in red wine sauce, with lentejas and golden fried potatoes. Wwwww fffff.
And Snake River Farms American Kobe: wagyu outside skirt with rosemary garlic marinade on baked potatoes, olive-oil roasted carrots, pumpkin and broccoli. Bbbbbb gggggg rrrrrh.
At which point we ditched the picture-taking to concentrate on eating. So no photos of the whole slow-roasted chicken or the fantastic lemon and lime cheesecake or the decadent chocolate cake.
Our post-holiday melancholia had turned into naked satisfaction.
Happy Birthday, Jeffrey!
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November 6th, 2012 at 07:47
You had me at risotto. First time I heard of this resto, but the pictures made my mouth water. This place is going into my bucket list of new places to try.