Continuing the Palawan food adventure at...

Heavenly Desserts by Dorothy

Known for its calamansi (Philippine lemon) muffin.  I wonder if it's as good as the calamansi muffin of Real Coffee in Boracay.  Maybe even better.  I wouldn't know though because they were sold out that evening.

Eric had spaghetti with pesto...

While Bea and I shared a margherita pizza.  The crust was made of whole wheat flour and it was surprisingly good and healthy.  I had to put tomato catsup on it though as I was craving for something tangy.  I think it's Pinoy to add catsup in almost anything savory.

We all ordered yoghurt drinks.  Strawberry for Bea, blueberry for Eric, and plain yoghurt drink for me.  I hope that doesn't say something about my personality. :-p

And of course, the evening won't be complete without desserts.  The name of the place is Heavenly Desserts by Dorothy, remember?  So we had flour-less chocolate cake...

Tiramisu (doesn't look enticing but it was espresso-ey good!  I think they need to teach their staff how to plate their dessert)...

White chocolate cheesecake...

Heavenly indeed...

And tea... to cap it off.

Check out their website at

http://heavenlydesserts.multiply.com/

Kamarikutan Kafe and Galeri

Photos I took of the Kamarikutan Kafe and Galeri in Puerto Princesa, Palawan.  

As I mentioned in the previous post, I just saw the sign when we were on our way back to the hotel after lunch at Saigon.  

 I think we were meant to be there because it rained the whole afternoon and we did nothing but enjoy a cup of coffee and had the whole place to ourselves.  We just finished lunch so we didn't get to try their vegetarian meals. They had a vegetarian section in their menu and it looked interesting.  I didn't take note of what dishes they had though.

 They had free wifi so Bea was able to go online and did some work while Eric listened to his mp3 player, and I stared at the ceiling.

 They also had a pond with several humongous koi.

It was a nice afternoon except for the mosquitoes that feasted on us.  And only when I came back to Manila did I learn that it used to be that people who visit Palawan were required to take malaria pills or shots.  Good luck to me.

Read more about the cafe on Palawanboard.

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Saigon Restaurant Palawan

I didn't really had a plan other than attend the conference so I was simply happy tagging along my colleagues from Psych dept wherever they want to go.  We went to this place for lunch last Friday.

When I looked at the menu, there are 3 things that I could order - french bread with scrambled eggs, spicy tofu, and mixed vegetables.  I wanted to try the Vietnamese stir fry noodles but when I asked the waitress if she could ask the cook to make it vegetarian, she simply replied, "wala pong lasa yun (it will be tasteless.)"  Many Filipinos, I believe, think that in order for the food to be come tasty, it has to have some meat or seafood in it.  I think we lost the art of using fresh herbs and spices to flavor the food. 

So I ordered their spicy tofu, rice, and mixed vegetables.  I had to ask if they cook the mixed veggies with meat and the waitress said, yes, but it can be substituted with tofu.  Couldn't it be the same for the noodles?  I didn't argue anymore as I was already starving.

Interestingly, the spicy tofu and the mixed veggies were very tasty.  Maybe they used pork fat or beef oil in it, hahaha.  Nah. My taste buds is highly discriminating so I know if there's meat in my food.  It tasted clean and sattvic. 

On our way back, I saw the sign "Kamarikutan Kape at Galeri."  I thought it was an interesting place so I asked Eric and Bea if they wanted to check it out.  Will post photos of that place tomorrow.

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KaLui Restaurant in Palawan

Another lovely evening with friends from the Psych department.  

Went to KaLui Restaurant and ordered their vegetarian plate, and wheat grass in coco juice.

I didn't bring my camera with me but I borrowed Jay's to take a photo of my meal.  I'll post it next time.

The presentation was lovely and the taste was interestingly good.  There was crispy fried eggplant with teriyaki sauce, mashed kamote (sweet potato) topped with spicy guacamole, okra+squash+string beans with coconut cream sauce, and shredded raddish with tomato salsa.  I was happy and really enjoyed my dinner.

Check out their menu at 

http://www.kaluirestaurant.com/menus

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Successfully presented our paper, “Pampapayat, Para Lumakas, To Be Healthy”: Exploring Filipino Motives For Exercise, at the 47th National Convention of the Psychological Association of the Philippines.  Next step is to prep the paper for possible publication in the Philippine Journal of Psychology.

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