Unlimited Yum Cha for only Php600 at Jasmine, New World Makati!

I can't say NO to good food, so when Patty of Non Stop Babble invited some of the SoMoms for taste of Jasmine at New World Makati.

I love Jasmine's interior! Upon entering you'll see a big teapot(?) which I thought was for display only but it was really working (caution: HOT!). There's displays of tea on one side and of alcohol drinks on the other side.

Everyone was excited for the lafangan that was about to happen that lunch. I love Dim Sum and it was my first time to try this dim sum buffet!

Dim sum lovers are in for a daily mid-day treat from now until May 31, 2013. New World Makati Hotel’s fine Cantonese restaurant, Jasmine, is featuring unlimited servings of freshly prepared dim sum, handmade by the resident expert chef Wong and his talented crew. 

Have a fill of sweet and savory steamed buns, succulent dumplings, crispy fried spring rolls, and baked delights, plus a choice of tea or soda for PHP600* per person. On the weekend, diners can opt to indulge and match the dim sum feast with a glass of sparkling wine for a total of PHP950* per person

*All prices indicated exclude service charge.

Our very nice table setting

Menu for the day!

Patty of Non Stop Babble and Nini Icban, Director of Communications

Before we started our yum cha feast, we were able to meet the chef himself, Chef Wong Kam On. He was so nice and how I wish I know more Cantonese so that I could have talked to him more! :p

And now for some food porn! We were treated to some of their best seller dim sums!

"Nan Xiang" Xiao Long Bao

Spinach Dumpling

"Har Gao" Shrimp Dumpling

Feast your eyes! Super yum!

Shredded Radish Puff

Pan Fried Chicken Bun - super good!!!

Aside from the yummy dim sum, we also got to try Jasmine's authentic Cantonese creations by Chef Wong.

Bai Ling Mushrooms, Shrimp Mousse in White Sauce

Cod Fish with Ginger and Leeks

 

Wok Fried Beef Tenderloin, Ginger, Green Peppercorn and Spring Onions - this one melts in your mouth. O-M-G!

All of us are trying to not eat rice because we already ate so much but these dishes needs to be paired with rice! As in NEED! They're so good, seriously! I was shy to ask for rice but when the rice was served, kain din ako!!!

Egg White Fried Rice with Scallops

This was my plate!

And to cap off our sumptuous lunch, dessert was served!

Mango cream, Pearl Tapioca and Walnut Cookies - one of the best mango sago I've ever tasted!

Grabbed this from Michelle!

Michelle of My Mom Friday; Kris of OCMominManila; Neva of Manila Mommy; Tin of Manila Fashion Observer; Patty of Non Stop Babble, Karrots of Live Love Lolz; Me; Jackie of Go Jackie Go!

Thank you Patty and Nini for inviting us and thank you to Jasmine for serving us a very yummy lunch plus the take home Tikoy! It was super good too! I ate it all myself hihi!

For more information or to make reservations, please call 811-6888 local 3338.

Balik Bukid 3

I'm inviting all of you to this Sunday's Balik Bukid! Paper Chic Studio will be there! It's our first out of town bazaar!

You can see the schedule of activities for that day above! (I'm using the mobile blogger that's why the format is panget!)

See you there!

Beating The Heat with #SigeMoms and #SigeKids + A Giveaway From Breeze!

Oh Mr. Sun, Sun... Mr. Golden Sun, please don't shine on me.... :) Agree? I love Summer but I don't like the heat! I sweat like a pig! Plus the kids are kawawa too they're always irritated because of the heat! It's just too hot! That we bought our own inflated pool a few weeks ago!

I was super excited for the #SoMoms first summer #Sessions which happened last week! Our lovely sponsor for our #SigeActivities for the day was Breeze Philippines! I along with the #SigeMoms #SoMoms, some invited bloggers and their #SigeKids were in for a day of arts, yoga, play and swimming! It was my first escape from the city for the summer. Y was super excited to swim that she kept on asking "swimming si Yukie?" our whole drive to Nuvali! Good thing it was holiday because it was a breeze going to Sta. Rosa, Laguna from our house which usually take us 1.5 hours, but we were still late! #whatsnew Haha!

R who was fast asleep in his car seat

When we arrived, they were already doing yoga. Y and I hurriedly join, R and yaya even joined the yoga fun which was led by Teachers Anna and Kara of My Masterpiece Movement. 

Y is such a shy kid around people but she enjoyed the yoga session, she was even participating! :) (She still remembers what she did!) She even got the chance to be Ms. Blue Wave! Hihi. Then she got shy nanaman. :p

Then the kids had a painting session with Teacher Kara which was super awesome! They laid a plastic sheet on the floor, put some paint and let the kids go wild! It was fun to see the kids getting messy, even the moms joined in! I did!

After the painting session, a big sheet of paper was laid on top of the plastic sheet and TADAAAA!

The #SigeMoms and #SigeKids masterpiece!

And here we all are:

From L-r: Marc of The Fatherland, Elai of The Painter's Wife, Teacher Anna, Jackie of Go Jackie Go!, Belle of Cruisin’ Mommyhood, Janice of Mommy Mundo, Candy of The Corporate Housewife Mom, Patty of Non Stop Babble, Tin of Manila Fashion Observer, Christine of Mommy Journey, Jenny of My Mommyology, Kris of OC Mom In Manila, and Teacher Kara.

After a messy painting session, we were all ready to jump into the pool! Y and I changed into our new swimwears and head on out to the pool! Y loved it and doesn't want to get out of the pool na! Good thing I got to talk to her to eat lunch na.

Little girl ready to swim!

We then had lunch while Teacher Anna what is the story behind My Masterpiece and Breeze Philippines gave a brief talk about their campaign #SigeSaMantsa. It was then I realize that I needed to let go more, seeing how Y was enjoying getting herself messy and having fun! Oh and what made that afternoon more fun for us, is that we won the raffle for that day which was Php4,000 worth of GCs to Toy Kingdom!!! Yay! Y wouldn't let go of the GCs! Hihi!

We ended our day with our "Sige sa Mantsa, Sige sa ________" statements! I had a hard time thiking ha!

My statement was "Sige sa mantsa, sige sa pag-explore" I admit that I'm a protective parent, who isn't? But I want my children to be able explore and do the things they want and without me stopping or controlling them or telling them to stop.  So after that day, we bought some art supplies from the bookstore and started our "art sessions" at home. And as much as I want to tidy up the mess, I just let her explore. :)

And now for the giveaway! I'm giving away 2 Breeze gift packs to 2 lucky readers. Please read the mechanics!

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