Friday, December 16, 2011

Top 10 World’s Best Christmas Shopping Center/Place

Christmas is coming. This year, where do you want to go shopping for your presents to your love ones? Follow me, let’s go to the top 10 shopping centers to have a Look.
1. New York
Bloomingdales, NY
You can stroll around Nolita andSoHo, you may find some classic clothing and unique things. In Bloomingdales, you can view all the fashion designer’s shops, such as Saks and Tiffany. On Canal Street you can bought some good counterfeit, they disturbed your eyes. If you want to buy some quality guarantee good, please pay attention to Chelsea strict, the discount art work are always very attractive!
2. Dubai
Here you can enjoy the luxury Shopping mall; also you can view many local hand-made shops. Maybe you will buy a hookah tube in Al Karama, or buy a few pieces of clothing by fashion designer in the boutique.
3. Paris
You can walk around FaubourgSt-Honore and Montaigne, which are the international advanced customization boutiques.
busy shopping area of Montaigne, Paris
4. London 
Portobello Market is the best place to pick out the antiques and old gimmicks. Selfridges and Harrods also are the best choice for customers.
5. Hong Kong
The busy Stanley Market in HongKong
 In Stanley market, you can buy some Chinese traditional artwork, such as traditional jewelry.
6. Milan
The famous Via Montenapoleone shopping district in Milan
The first place we should take into consideration is Via Montenapoleone and ViadellaSpiga.
There are numerous boutiques and discount stores (such as Marnie and Prada etc stylist brand offer a 50% discount). If that is attractive, just go ahead!


7. Tokyo
This modern city is the best place for new fashion designers; they can find a chance here. If you want to buy some Japanese traditional goods, the fleet market is your best choice.



8. Los Angeles
Rodeo Drive and Melrose Avenue is full of high-level advanced boutiques. You can find some counterfeits on Santee Alley. The Grove offer a lot of brand items with reasonable price. If you like some competitive products, Santa Monica is a good place for you.
9. Salzburg
Christkindl at night

Christkindel market always open five weeks before Christmas day. In the cathedral (Dom) and the Residenz Squares, you can taste some hot chestnuts, hot wine with spicy in it, heart shape gingerbread etc, both of them are special foods prepared for Christmas.


10. dinodirect
Different shopping center may have different characteristics. If you feel tired to go shopping outside, you can take dinodirect into consideration. Here you can find many different kinds of products. You only need to click your mouse and keyboard, and then the items will arrive to you soon.
Enjoy shopping and don’t forget to buy a present for me :)  

Monday, December 5, 2011

My 5 Finest Restaurant in the Philippines

MY Top 5 Finest restaurants in my home country, Philippines…. 
1. Antonio’s
Warm smiles from the staff welcome you as you enter chef Antonio Escalante’s one-hectare property that has evolved from home to private dinner venue to full blown restaurant.
A doorman will lead you in where guests may appreciate portraits of the Escalante family as well as other family memorabilia while waiting to be seated on a busy night.

But the service here is excellent and the wait is never long and within minutes you are seated, handed a menu and offered the restaurant’s signature dalandan, or a local orange, juice. 

The house specialty is a dish called Spanferckel, a roasted boneless 40-day-old weaned pig stuffed with herbs and fennel and served with sauerkraut, horseradish cream and homemade applesauce. The whole piglet is presented to the table, so it is recommended that you enjoy this with at least nine other guests. This dish should be ordered a day in advance.
Purok 138, Barangay Niyogan, Tagaytay City, Cavite,Philippines
www.antoniosrestaurant.ph/
2. Aubergine
For a new kid on the block, this barely two-year-old French restaurant catapulted itself into the ranks of Miele’s Top 20 with impressive aplomb.
Aubergine was established by the International School for Culinary and Hotel Management (ISCAHM) in Manila to give senior students a chance to hone their skills in a fully functioning professional kitchen.
Founded by chefs Hansjorg Schallenberg and Norbert Gandler, Aubergine seems to be quickly fulfilling its purpose of educating and training a new generation of extraordinary culinary talents.
In the kitchen, executive chef Stefan Langenhan and sous chef Samuel Linder deliver an expansive menu of French dishes that boast classical roots, yet, it is clear that they are challenging their apprentices to push the historically accepted parameters of the cuisine by playing with flavors and ingredients while teaching them to revere the refinement of French culinary technique.
32nd and 5th Building, 5th Avenue, corner of 32nd Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, Metro Manila
www.aubergine.ph
3. Mamou
When Malou Fores opened Mamou, she declared it her “home kitchen” and made it a point to serve only the kind of food she would serve her family.



In turn, that philosophy has served her well. Diners flock here for the wholesome and generous servings, including a brilliant beer-battered fish and chips that is fried to a lovely crisp with a subtle boozy flavor.
The house specialty of roasted pork and chicken served with rice, buttered onions, saba bananas and black beans is also immensely satisfying. At brunch, regulars always order the steak and eggs.
GF 1C-15 Serendra Plaza, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, Metro Manila
4. Abe
Abe is the jewel in the crown of the successful LJC empire established by the late celebrated restaurateur Larry Cruz. Meaning ‘friend’ in the Pampanga language, Abe’s warmth shines through in its sincere service and homely Kapampangan fare (food from the province of Pampanga, highly regarded as the most delicious variety in the Philippines). Fantastic dishes to order are the kare-kare, a delicious stew made with oxtail, vegetables and peanuts; pastel de lengua, a superbly cooked ox tongue wrapped in crusty puff pastry; as well as the lamb adobo with garlic. Reservations are essential.
GF Serendra Plaza, McArthur Avenue, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, Metro Manila
www.ljcrestaurants.com.ph/abe
5. Sala Restaurant Manila
Executive chef Carlo Miguel has put together a spectacular menu that draws business types at lunch and well-heeled bon vivants at dinner.
 
 There are dreamy twice-baked soufflés with prawns, feta and dill, topped with a gorgeous cheese crust; tender duck breast with potatoes indulgently roasted in duck fat, and other amazing offerings that could easily distract you from the restaurant’s stylish decor.

The place is appointed in warm, neutral shades and smoked mirrors to create the illusion of a more sprawling space.
Podium Level LV, Locsin Building
6752 Ayala Avenue
Makati City, Metro Manila
www.salarestaurant.com