Manila

Dresses....not good....not a success...disappointed....oh well...lets hope tomorrow is better for the dresses....the dinner...excellento.....Went to High Street....would have thought u are in a first world country and ate at a spanish tapas place....really good...we just ordered a few, then more and later more, really slow casual dinner....believe it or not before dinner i found shoes....now anyone that knows me well knows how i hate shoe shopping or should i say really disslike it and i can never find shoes....well never say never....hardly ever i manage to find shoes....so what a surprise when i...out of us three woman....was the one that found a pair of heels...wow...anyway...back to the food....loved the gambas...they came in like a tomato chilli butter sauce...amazing....and also the cheese was fab.....whole meal great...but those two were my favourite...sangria went down rather well...so a successful dinner place....here some pics

Next day....successful dress shopping....first a stop at the coffebean and tea leaf for yes, some cappuccino and a choc macademia cookie.....

Like i said....dress shopping successful....my sis loved the one dress and both my mom and i thought exactly the same....amazing....but she still loves the one in Hong Kong....so soon she will have to make a decision.....rather her than me.....i know which one i prefer...but its her dress...so her choice......lunch was sushi.....yummy....we sat outside...i really dont like aircon....my sis almost died....my mom and i loved it....we shared ahi tuna carpaccio, spicy tuna roll, soft shell crab roll, salmon sashimi and uni sashimi....uni for those who dont know....its sea-urchent.....all very good....here some pics.....man....im getting hungry.....but soon we are going for drinks and dinner...so i guess ill survive...actually while i am writing this i am eating a fresh mango....never had such good mango before, and we are spoilt in south africa...but this....unreal....anyway back to manila....But first some lunch pics.....

After lunch some attempt to shoe shop, of course i found a chocolate shop.....wow....my mouth just opened in awe.....truffels..... desserts....the shapes....amazing.....they were made by the Shangi La pastry chef....so i guess one could expect them to be nothing less than WOW! My sis and i chose 6 and said we would shaRe them.....in order....Green tea, dark choc, white choc with raspberry, caramel and salt, pistaccio and passion fruit and caramel....so now.....lets guess which ones i chose.....hmmmm.....anyway....ill let u know how they tasted when im done with trying all of them.....here are some pics....

And guess who found another two pairs od shoes....yes me....but one i didnt choose...cause its the shoe that im wearing as a bridesmaid at my sisters wedding.....the other one...i did choose....After that...time to get our luggage at the apartment and leave for Cebu......here is a pic from the view over Manila....what a view...amazing....cheers.....oh....and im also gonna add a photo of me....just for fun....

 

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