After dropping off Mama Daku (lola ko), my aunt, nephew and niece, our next destination was Tiendesitas. I went to Tiendesitas around three to four years ago, I can’t really recall. I can remember calling it as a sosyal tiangge place. I didn’t think there was anything special about it, pero hindi rin naman sya pangit. I just don’t think it’s something that I should hype about. Sorry sa mga Tiendesitas fans dyan ha.
So last night, since it was on the way, we decided to drop by. It’s my first time to visit Tiendesitas at dinner time and I had no idea that it’d be so noisy. Siguro hindi lang namin feel talaga yung ingay at yung environment na inabutan namin. Most of the food stalls had grilled food–Tiendesitas is basically an inuman hub at night. It’s a good place for birthday salubongs and those “let’s go and numb the pain of our miserable lives” inuman sessions with friends. So konting ikot-ikot ang ginawa namin and then we later decided to look for a more quiet place to eat.
Buti na lang we didn’t settle for the inuman hub! Hahahaha. We had these for dinner:
Puttanesca + family platter + chef salad from A Venetto in SM Supercenter Pasig. Bago ang judgements, hindi namin naubos yung food. BEH! Every time we’d eat in A Venetto, I would really ask Dremon if we can order the family platter. Ganito lagi usapan:
Last night, walang ganyang usapan. Pinagbigyan na rin ako ni Dremon, yay! True enough, hindi namin naubos yung family platter, dalawa lang kami eh. Hindi rin naman kami matakaw. (Kidlat!) Na-realize na lang naming ang dami pala naming inorder nung nandun na lahat sa table. Again, hindi namin yan naubos. Ang daming take home, okay. Don’t judge. Thanks.
A Venetto is the place that we always go to whenever we’re craving for something Italian. Plus I love celebrating birthdays in A Venetto (Visayas Avenue branch) because the people there are really nice, tapos hindi pa sila nagagalit kahit gaano kayo kaingay. Wala pang service charge! Oha. For A Venetto virgins out there, I highly suggest that you visit A Venetto as a group, siguro around four to five people ok na, para mas sulit. Their pasta dishes are so tasty and the servings are generous. Their pizza is also really good–not too greasy and not too pricey. Again, visit A Venetto in groups, mas sulit. Tsaka masarap lagi ang kwentuhan sa A Venetto. With good food comes good stories and a lot of laughs.
Pagkatapos ng dinner, syempre kailangang ma-burn ang calories kasi mahirap na kung tumaba diba. Paano na ang figure? HAHAHAHA AS IF. Konting ikot lang kami sa Silver City (na hindi silver) at sa SM Supercenter. We also tried a peanut butter empanada, na sayang lang sa pera! Huhuhuhu. Sayang yung P19 because the empanada was too dry. SM Supercenter is nice ha, in fairness. Hindi kasi chaotic. Well, maliit lang naman kasi sya tsaka ang daming pwedeng puntahan sa Frontera Verde area.
I craved for iced tea so we made a quick stop sa aming forever happy place: Banapple! Kailangan din kasi naming bumili ng pie, para alay sa bahay. You know, para hindi kami pagalitan ng mga nanay namin. (Tip: Kung uuwi ng medyo gabi, magdala ng masarap na pagkain. Pangontra sa inis ng mga magulang yan.) Kaso nagkaroon ng konting change of plans kasi nakita kong available pa ‘to:
So yung take out na tuna pies at Banapple home made iced tea, nadagdagan ng isang slice ng Yo-Ho-Hope Cheesecake. Sa sobrang tuwa ko, sabi ko kay ate sa counter, “Miss tsaka isang slice ng Yo-Ho-Hope.” SMILE.
We were surprised with the Yo-Ho-Hope Cheesecake, actually. Parang hindi cheesecake eh, para syang malaking brownie na may pecan nuts na lasang pili, dahil candied. Masarap naman, kaya lang nagulat kami. It’s worth giving a try, habang available pa. Since it was kinda late already, we couldn’t really stay in Banapple to eat the cake, so we ate in the car. Something magical happened–hindi kami natraffic. Hindi rin namin inabutang red ang stoplight. Evaaaar. Napakachallenging palang kumain ng cake habang tumatakbo kayo ng 60-80kph along Katipunan at Elliptical Road. Challenging but fun. Hindi naman nakakamatay though.
Naisip din namin kagabi, ilang beses na kaming naipit sa traffic at nagutom. At hindi birong traffic yun ah. Mga two to three hours na bumper to bumper situations na ang naranasan namin before, tapos walang pagkain sa kotse. Bakit kaya ganon no? Kung kelan meron kaming pagkain, dun naman kami hindi pinatigil. Is this the universe sending us a message about our diet? Ito na ba yun?
♥ Dyosaimma
