Mary Grace Cafe with Partner Iris

Natupad din ang wish ko! Nakakain din ako sa Mary Grace Cafe. You know kasi, I have been reading and seeing people posting photos or reviews about this cafe. Food looked yummy and the ambiance is sooo cozy. I have been asking my bestfriend, May, and hubby to go with me para makakain dito. All the time, fail. Imagine, ilang months ago ko pa gusto itry jan ha! Hehe.

Then early this week, my other best friend, Iris of Three Hand Star, told me that we can go out any time this month. Just tell her lang daw earlier so she can file for leave. So we set our date to Thursday, March 7.

So yesterday, no, it is 3AM na as I write this, and it is already Saturday, so 2 days ago, we met at SM Southmall. We met around 3pm na. Agad agad, we went to Mary Grace kasi gutom na kami pareho.
We chose to stay outside because I want to smoke. Yes! I do smoke. :)

So anyway, here's the entrance outside:

Outside Mary Grace Cafe.

I call Iris as "partner". It is like a term of endearment to each other. We came from an all girl school, St. Scholastica's College, Manila, so it's like a normal thing to us already. But we're not lesb or anything okay? Nothing against lesb, I have a lot of friends who are in that thing, I just want to clear lang that Iris and I are not. :)

Going back, the table outside was nice. Girly! Hehe. First, we ordered Mushroom Pate, Prawn Pasta with Mango Papaya Vinaigrette and Mushroom Cream Pasta. However, the waiter asked us if we're sure of our order. Kasi, mushroom na yung appetizer then mushroom pa yung pasta. He was kind enough to suggest a better option. Kesa nga naman maumay kami sa mushroom. Hehe. We didn't think of that.

I asked for their best seller. He suggested Cream Cheese & Artichoke Heart Dip and Onion Dip with Crispy Cassava Chips. Honestly, I was waiting for him to suggest Grilled Kesong Puti eh, nakakahiya naman, piliin namin yung hindi nya sinuggest. And may be, those two are really the customers' faves. So we went for the Onion Dip.

Since we are sharing for all the food that we ordered, the waiter told us, he can serve the salad and pasta separately na. Hahatiin na daw nila for us. Mas convenient nga naman. :)

Here's the photo of what we ordered:

Prawn Salad with Mango Papaya Vinaigrette.

Mushroom Cream Pasta

Onion Dip with Crispy Cassava Chips

They were all yummy. I'm an any food lover. So kahit ano, masarap! Wag lang atay! Haha! Cassava Chips were really crispy and it went well with the Onion Dip. The Prawn Salad was really flavorful. I'm not really a salad person but I liked it. Favorite ko kasi ang prawn siguro. Hehe. Lastly, the Mushroom Pasta was really creamy. Honestly though, it tastes like my Chicken Mushroom Pasta. Although mine doesn't have an essence of truffle. :D

I asked partner is she wants to order dessert. Parang ang sarap nung Mango Bene eh. I want that. And since partner told me na masarap yung Chocolate Cake nila, I wanted to try that too. So sabi ko, both nalang, if it's okay with her. 

Hanee: Anong gusto mo? Gusto mo Brownie Ala Mode?

Iris: Hmmm.. Pwede kaso mas mahal cya!

Hanee: Hmmm.. (Namimili...)

Hanee: Parang ang sarap, Mango Bene nalang. Pero gusto ko din ng Chocolate Cake. Dalawa nalang.

Iris: Sige! Sige!

Hanee (Tingin kay Iris, while saying) : Okay lang ba? Dalawa nalang ha. Para "magtikiman tayo". 

Iris and Hanee: (Tingin sa isa't isa sabay tawa ng malakas). Hahahahaha!!

Hanee: I will never ever say that to a friend ever again!! Hahaha. 

Iris: Haha, ang pangit pakinggan. 

Haha! Anyway, yes! We ordered both.

Chilled Mango Bene

Chocolate Cake

Both were a winner! Mango Bene is a sure hit for me. Mango balances to the sweetness of the whole cake. So saktong sakto lang, and malamig cya! Sarap! Chocolate Cake naman was sooo yummy. Soft chocolate chiffon plus caramel-y filling inside and chocolate-y outside. Nakakatakam ulit! :D

Took this pic. :D

From my ipad.

From partner's itouch.

I definitely recommend Mary Grace Cafe to you guys. Food's great! Tamang chill lang since the place is so cozy too. People who serve you in Mary Grace are so nice as well. Highly recommended.  

Never ending ang chikahan. Good food + Good company + Chikahan = Good Vibes! Love it! We both decided to meet once in a while and try to explore other resto's in the South. :D Sama pala natin si Jane, para di magtampo. Hehe. Missed you partner! And missing you again! :) 

Next stop, Shi Lin! :)

Mary Grace Cafe, SM Southmall

Upper Ground Floor, Food Street Area

SM Southmall, Alabang - Zapote Road,

AlmanzaUno, Las Pinas City

Tel. nos.: 823 - 7746 / 823 - 3197 / 823 - 2954

Mon - Sun 10:00AM - 9:00PM

The J.Co Craze

I am craving right now! For donuts! Paano ba naman ako papayat neto? All I think about is food!

Last time, when I went out with my bestfriend, May, I told her that I want to try those donuts from J.Co. I have been seeing my friends' photos from Facebook and Instagram showing yummy donuts from J.Co. Aside from those good looking tasty treats on the photos, is the long line of people. They must really be good! So, I got curious, that I want to have that experience too!

J.Co

Since we were in ATC lunch time palang, we had all the time to catch up with each other, to eat lunch nang hindi nagmamadali, and to stroll around. Passed by Daiso Japan Home Center to buy some stuff and decided to buy donuts before going home.

With May

Waiting for our turn

And as expected, people are lining up waiting for their turn to order. Line was not that long compared to what I saw in my friends' photos. May be because it was still early, all the other peeps are still in school or office.

There were a lot of choices! Was not able to take more pictures because I was too busy thinking of what flavors to buy. Hihi. But I went for Alcapone, Oreology, Avocado and Jcoppuccino/Jcoccinno (I forgot). I like most was the Avocado. Too bad, I only ordered 1 of that flavor. Next time nalang!

Very nice packaging. 

Alabang, Muntinlupa is a no-plastic city already, so this packaging of J.Co is very nice and handy. I like it!

Avocado, Jcoccino/Jcoppuccino, Oreology and Alcapone

I love the donuts! I want to try the other flavors! Will ask John to go with me mamaya! Haha! Excited? #cravings

What I posted in my Instagram. Follow me!

J.Co Alabang Town Center

Ground Floor, The Gardens (Expansion Wing)

Tel. nos.: 403-0049 / 511-0540

Mon - Thurs: 11am - 9pm

Fri - Sun: 10am - 10pm

Lunch Date with Twin!

Hiyee!

Yesterday, my best friend/twin, May, and I decided to have a lunch date. It has been 3-4 months I think, since we last saw each other. Take note, we live in the same village ah! Hehe.. She has been busy with work, ako naman, been sick, been busy and our free time just doesn't jive. Buti nalang, we were both free yesterday.

That's my twinee May @ Chili's.

We had lunch in Chili's Alabang Town Center. It was our first time to eat there. Food was really great. We ordered Triple Dipper, it is like a platter that consists of Chicken Crispers, Wings Over Buffalo and Southwestern Eggrols. I am a whatever foodie so I loved all three! Hehehe. Then we also ordered Grilled Shrimp Alfredo Pasta with Mushrooms as added topping. I love anything with shrimp and mushroom. So yeah, I liked, no, loved the pasta as well.

Top Left: Triple Dipper, Top Right: Grilled Shrimp Alfredo Pasta with Mushrooms
Bottom Left: Logo, Bottom Center: BlodyMary, Bottom Right: Zombie

We wanted to make sulit of our lunch date and since we needed to go home just before the sun sets, we ordered alcohol/cocktail. Yez!! sa tanghali po yan. Haha! Mine was BloodyMary and May ordered Zombie. We didn't finish drinking it eh because we were sooo full already. We spent 3 hours yata eating and chikahan.

I had a great time kasi kwentuhan galore kaming dalawa. That's actually our usual naman so, nothing new. Hehe.

In the bus on our way home. Oily and ngarag na! Hehe.

Missed her so yesterday was a blast.



Chili's Alabang Town Center
LGF, Corte de Las Palmas Expansion, Alabang Town Center, Muntinlupa City
Tel no.: 846-2647