My Sentro 1771 experience

Let me share with you my Sentro 1771 experience through this article I wrote for The Manila Times.

Pls see full article below.

If you’re looking for a restaurant that serves delicious Filipino food amid a more elegant ambience, and then some, you should head over to Sentro 1771. With the launch of its new menu, you’re sure to have a wide variety of flavors to choose from with more of the restaurant’s famous twists.

Who says you can’t have a little Chinese food in a Filipino restaurant? For Chinoy flavor fans, the Duck Pancakes is a must try. These are made from strips of native duck slow-cooked in beer, rum vinegar, soy sauce and muscovado sugar tucked into Chinese pancake pockets served on soup spoons.

Borrowing from nearby Macau, the Macau Chorizo and Cheese Tidbits give a burst of flavor that will surely excite the Filpino palate. The Naked Lumpia with Vietnamese Crepe, meanwhile, is Sentro’s modern version of lumpiang ubod with an Asian flair.

For those entertaining foreign guests, the B2b Sticks will save you—and them—from a bum stomach, as these skewers are Sentro’s version of good old Pinoy street food. Choose the grilled organic chicken gizzards cooked adobo-style for the adventurous foodies.

For the entrees, the winning dish is the Fish of the Day Pandan, a whole fresh fish stuffed with sautéed onions, tomatoes, miso and malunggay, and tied with ever flavorful pandan. This is then grilled bringing out a bouquet of flavors in an otherwise everyday dish.

The rest of the main courses in the new menu comprise of the Sinigang Corned Beef (prepared according to the diner’s taste as the waiter will come out with a cup of the broth to make sure its sour enough for you); the Two Egg Ampalaya,.

For dessert, Sentro does not disappoint with the Keso Flan! Imagine a rich cheesecake with thin slices of leche flan—double the delight. Then there’s Fried Suman and Mangoes, which perfectly marries the sweet crunchy sensation that is always a fun ending to a great meal.

All in all, Sentro 1771’s new menu is further proof to the restaurant’s proud reputation as the “first in Modern Filipino” cuisine. They’re still doing everything right.

Sentro 1771 is a member of the 1771 Group of Restaurants that includes Chateau 1771 in greenbelt 5, Café 1771, WineBar 1771 and Sidebar at El Pueblo Real de Manila, ADB Avenue cor. Julia Vargas, Ortigas Center, Pasig.

Let me add a few more pictures of the dishes I tried.

 

greenbelt branch

 

keso flan

Banana tart

Fried Suman and Mangoes

their coffee smells so good

More yummy dessert

my restaurant review wouldn’t be complete without a peak at the bathroom!

Let’s get organized

I’m getting the hang of doing some DIY’s lately.  This project I’m about to share is one of my favorites.  So simple yet so pretty and convenient.

I had a difficult time keeping my ribbons organized.  Couldn’t keep them in one place and just find them scattered all over.

One day I decided it was time for a change and do some organizing.

I got a plastic bin with holes at Japan home for88 pesos.  Then got some bbq sticks, cut the pointed ends, and stuck all the ribbons by size.  Then I put a couple inches of the ribbons inside the holes of the bins for easy access in getting them.

Here’s one of my bins, don’t they just look so pretty all lined up?

My next project is to have a craft cabinet…I’ll share it with you once its done 🙂

To the Dice Game we shall go

This game of chance is played during the Moon Festival in Chinese communities throughout Asia.  This year, the moon festival fell on September 19.  Chinese families normally hold their dice game around this date.   This game is so easy that even little kids can join.

The object of the game is to throw 6 pieces of dice and get a certain number combination (found in the chart below) then get a prize.

Here’s what you’ll need to prepare for the game:

• Wide-mouthed bowl
• 6 pieces dice with number 1 and 4 in red.
• Prizes, prizes,  and lots of prizes
• • 32 pcs   6th place prizes
  • 16 pcs   5th place prizes
  • 8 pcs   4th places prizes
  • 4 pcs   3rd place prizes
  • 2 pcs   2nd place prizes
  • 1 pc     1st place prize
• All family members young and old.

You’ll need to gather everyone around the table, and start throwing the dice in the bowl one person at a time.  Whoever throws a winning combination is handed a prize.  Prizes may be extravagant or simple.  It depends on the families playing.  The prizes are solicited from families joining or if its an event in school, they’ll look for sponsors.

Special rules:

• If any of the dice fall outside the bowl, you lose your turn for that round.
• If all the prizes for a given configuration have run out, then future appearances of that configuration win no further prizes.
• “Ultimate throw” – The best combination is composed of either 6 fours, or 6 ones.  If you get this combination, you win ALL prizes, even those already won.  Some families just give the 1st prize to ensure everybody gets to take home a prize.
• Other rules you can make up as you go along as long as it is fair and everybody gets to have fun.

WINNING COMBINATIONS:

Numbers face up on dice	This combination is called	Prize to get
one 4, plus assorted numbers	Xicuai	6th place
two 4s, other assorted numbers	Juren	5th place
three 4s, other assorted numbers	Tanhua	4th place
four of a same number, except 4	Jinshi	3rd place
1-2-3-4-5-6; OR three of a number and three of another number	Bangyan	2nd place
four 4s OR five of any number	Zhuang Yuan	1st place
six 1s OR six 4s	Ultimate Throw	Gets ALL prizes (even those already won)

Such a simple game right?  Simple yet fun!

I won 2nd prize this year! yippee!!!  Kids were in their chinese costumes to keep within the theme 🙂  Every 6th place combination, we got some money and hopiia (those small hopia balls on the left).  Kids won several times.  They said they have so much money they can go to Disneyland! hahahaa..wish it were true 🙂

 

 

Reference: childbook.com