Fast Food False Advertising: Spare us some reality!

Thou shall not play with yer food! Below are different food advertisements of fast food chains (commonly found in the US) from the menu to the ones you'll receive in real life. Lo and behold! THEY ARE EFFIN DIFFERENT!

Of course you'd expect your BigMc Meal to be actually big but don't you ever wonder how come they fit on that itsy bitsy box?

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Takoyaki: You're so Yummy!

I'm not a real fan of Japanese foods mainly because I have this impression that most of their foods are raw (no offense meant). Aside from California Maki and Tempura, there's no other Japanese food that you can make me eat until Lesly introduced to me Takoyaki.

"Takoyucky? Tako what?" That's the first thing that came out from my hungry mouth and puzzled brain. "Just come with me and try it" she replied.

So what is Takoyaki? Takoyaki (literally fried or grilled octopus) is a popular ball-shaped Japanese dumpling or more like a savory pancake made of batter and cooked in a special takoyaki pan. It is typically filled with diced octopus, tempura scraps (tenkasu), pickled ginger, and green onion.

Takoyaki! Yer so yummeh!

So, we headed to Glorietta 4's Food Court and found this stall selling Takoyaki in 3 increments - 3 for 39 php, 6 for 69 php, 9 for 99php (?)

Potchi survived ParvoVirus

My post is totally out of line with the genre of my blog - food and gaming. However, I had this urge to share my experience with my dog catching the parvovirus. So what the heck is a parvovirus?

Parvovirus is a contagious virus mainly affecting dogs. The disease is highly contagious and is spread from dog to dog by direct or indirect contact with their feces. It can be especially severe in puppies that are not protected by maternal antibodies or vaccination.

Jan 13th, after spending a night out with my good friends I thought that I was spared from the "unlucky Friday the 13th". Well, I was but not Potchi, my Border Collie (mixed) 7 month old puppy. When I came home that night, I thought he was just too sleepy to play with me so I left him at his bed and said goodnight.

Jan 14th, my brother told me that Potchi didn't eat anything since Friday and he was vomiting and having some diarrhea. He was not his usual self, Potchi is the most playful dog to the point that he will literally drive you nuts but that day, he was too lethargic - just lying around and not responding to our calls. At first, I thought he just ate something that may have upset his stomach but later that night, I saw his stool giving out a foul smell and there were traces of blood.

Took a picture of my "baby" before bringing him to the vet

Global Gutz n' Krocodile Grill to fill our guts

Last Oct.29, our group decided to do some outdoor activity and thanks to Cash Cash Pinoy, a group discount site, we were able to purchase vouchers worth Php 250 each for a PaintBall adventure at Global Gutz. This includes 40 bullets and if you can't get enough (I bet you can't) you can purchase additional bullets for Php 100.

We opted to go to their branch at CCP and the place technically is just an open field with barrel of drums and walls that serves as your "shield" during the game. We were advised that they have a shower room and lo and behold, they did have but it's not as pleasant as you think it is. It's more of a bathroom with drum filled with water which I dunno if there's a monster lurking somewhere in the deep and there's no electricity (after 6pm). So much for their advice. Well, I haven't been into their branch at the Fort and the way it was advertise, I guess The Fort is much better.

We arrived there around 3pm and we had to wait for the group who came early to finish their game. The equipments amazingly doesn't smell that bad at all. The bullet hurts like hell when it touches your bare skin but the adrenalin rush, sweat and fun was all worth it.

Since we were all dead hungry, we decided to grab some food and continue the bonding moment at Krocodile Grill, Greenbelt 3. We planned to drink and eat our hearts and guts out. For a Saturday night, the crowd was pretty fair. The place is ideal for eating and drinking plus the prices was fair enough.

Kitchen Experiment: Baked Mussels Ain't Muscles

It's been an extremely long hiatus this blog has been to and yes, I'm back. I've been busy doing stuffs in real life and to make it up with my readers (if I indeed have one), I'll try to be more committed this time.

This recipe is quite overdue and I had to keep on taking pictures and eventually use it for my updates. To keep my mouth shut, here goes. Baked Mussels (Tahong, in our native tongue).