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Hastily Prepared Birthday Dinner

Dead tired as we are, we had our recovery nap after our very exhausting out of town run with a fixed plan of spending hubby’s birthday by dining out. However we woke up in the late afternoon with messages from our crazy lovable good old friends telling they are dropping by at dinner.  Counting my unstoppable friends, they are fifteen! Yay fifteen!

I pulled out my "near to vegetable body state" from the couch and stared intently at the fridge.  Scanning its content to what I can come up, plus mentally scanning restaurant menus choosing what we can grab from the nearby ones.  By the time I'm putting on my apron and  pulling the wok, I already have in mind what my remaining strength can muster that will please my self-invited (LOL) friends.

My smiling hubby patted me in the back telling that it’s time to use my special talent of coming up with “good tasting but quickly prepared food”.  I’d like to believe that this is one reason why  my lovable friends kept coming back on circumstances like this (LOL).  But it is somehow true.  Because these friends of mine in spite that you present them with home delivery such as pizza and the likes, they will still be asking like, “Didn’t you cook ____ that we ate on ____’s birthday"?”.  And each of them has their own favorite from my personal recipe I tell yah.

C’mon take a look at this hastily prepared food and tell me what you think!

Power food is badly needed over here so let’s start carbo loading with:

 Yang Chow Rice. Fried rice with chopped eggs, hot dogs, carrots, chorizo
(cooked by my talented young son :)
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Noodles: Miki Bihon in Sea Foods (ordered from a nearby Chinese Restaurant)
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Lechon Manok by Chooks To Go
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Menudo Giniling topped with Raisins (my cooking), and
Lechon Kawali from Andoks
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Boneless Bangus topped with Togue, and
Sarsiadong Tilapia (both my cooking)
Fish fo Pop
The fishes are special request by the birthday boy who’s a huge fish eater.  The boneless bangus is “due to insistent friends demand”.

Desert: Chocolate Mousse – The birthday boy’s cake and his favorite flavor
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If you noticed there wasn’t a photograph of the arranged dinner table.  Because there wasn’t one LOL.   We just put everything that is ready to eat and anybody can just grab a plate, sit anywhere, eat and talk a lot while we watched  the heavy downpour outside.  It was raining heavily and it powered more our appetite.  Good thing we didn’t go out for dinner because we were planning to dine in a restaurant by the bay.  It would be very disappointing to be caught up in that heavy rain.

Friends are real blessings in life and I thank God for them and for the blessed and healthy life for hubby.

Comments

  1. Belated happy birthday to your dear hubby. I bet they all enjoyed the food. You did a great job on last minute cooking. They all look so yummy.

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    1. THANKS a lot for the greet Sam! Taraletz kain na, kakasira nga lang ng diet lalo na yung carbo :)

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  2. Whoa, I'm starving. But no pork for me please. hehe

    extend my greetings to your husband... just wondering, is he blogging with Penoy Manila. lol, just kidding. have a nice weekend.

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    1. You can have the fishes and the chicken Lawrence :)

      THANKS for the greet! aha ha ha yes soon LOL. have a great week ahead ;)

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    2. and the chocolate mousse. lol....

      well, you must convince your hubby to blog with the Title Penoy Manila..... it would be a great compliment to your's... ahahaha

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  3. Wow! Thats a lot of food! If only those food can be eaten right here and now as I am staring at them, ill tell you what i think about it.. Especially the one that you personally cooked. Lol. But so far, they are mouth-watering and They make me hungry!

    Hubby birthday to your happy! Lol nagkabalibaligtad na tuloy yung greeting ko. Nagutom kasi ako sa mga foods mo. Nyahaha!

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    1. Very much thank you! aha ha ha nabaliskag na rin :)))

      Taraletz chibug na! forget about the diet for now bukas na lang. Araw-araw i-postpone mo ang diet sa bukas LOL

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  4. xarap nang handa un lng tlga habol ko sa bday parties ee hahahaha

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    1. Oist MEcoy alain ba dyan ang gusto mo ha? dali tikman mo na :) Salamat sa pagdaan, nawa'y nagutom ka LOL

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  5. Happy birthday kay hubby! Kahit konti prep time, dami pa din handa, yum yum! Fav ko din chocolate mousse ng goldilocks!

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    1. THANK you for the greet Joanne! dami kasi kakain eh LOL. hala para tuloy gusto ko rin ulet ng isa pang choco mousse ngayon, tempting :(

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  6. YOu are really a woman with many talents and your husband and friends are lucky to have you. And yong piritong tilapia, na miss ko na talaga yan. Happy Birthday to your hubby!

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    1. aaaw blushing naman ako joy (hiya). I am also so blessed to have them :)

      THANKS for the greet for hubby, pareho kayo ng paborito :)

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  7. May request ako, pag-uwi ko ng Pinas at napadpad akong Manila pwedeng paampon ng isang araw? Hahaha, nakakagigil sa sarap yang mga luto mo e. Tamang-tama diet ako ngayon, weeehhh temptation layuan mo aketch!

    Happy birthday kay The Hulk este kay hubby mo pala (patay ako neto, don't tell him ha). Just say happy birthday!

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    1. Ay naku Gracie kita mo naman hindi uso dito ang imbitasyon LOL! Wala lang kasi akong power na takbuhan sila kasi kakatakbo ko lang ng 10K sa araw na yun ha ha ha JOKE! Kalimutan ang diet pag kainan!

      THANKS sa greet for hubby! aha ha ha ok lang ang The Hulk wag lang "The Thing" LOL

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  8. Aw, ang sarap ng fried rice mo Balut..I love rice all the time...tama yong sinabi ni Gracie pwede pa adopt pag-uwi ko din dyan....hehehehehe.
    Anyway Happy birthday to your hubby.

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    1. Pinay ka talaga Mhie mahilig sa rice ha ha ha. Actually anak ko ang nagsangag nyan turo ko sa kanya kasi fave nya rin yan. THANKS for the greet!

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  9. LOL on the (SELF) invited friends. Wahhhh! Hahahaha

    Also LOL on this phrase: "near to vegetable body state" Wahhhh!

    Belated happy birthday to your husband, and may he celebrate more wonderful birthdays with you and your family. God bless him, God bless you and God bless your kids.

    Take care Ms. Balut!

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    1. hindi halatang nagrerelakmo di ba? ha ha ha

      THANKS a lot for the thoughts and wishes Myke!

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  10. Belated happy birthday to your hubby.

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  11. Me, Guyito, loves yan chow rice! May natira pa po? hehehe

    Maraming salamat po sa pagdalaw sa blog ko.

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  12. naku naman tagal mo humirit Guyito ubos na tuloy :( sa susunod na lang ha ha

    MARAMING SALAMAT din sa pagdalaw kalabaw! :)

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