July 15, 2010

I celebrated my birthday last Saturday, birthday number three-five.   I made myself a birthday cake on Friday night.  I make birthday cakes for friends and children of friends so I thought, I ought to be night to myself, too and make myself a birthday cake. 

I made a Mocha Cake with Italian Meringue Mocha Buttercream and opted for a very simple cake decoration.  Come to think of it, I have yet to make a fondant covered birthday cake for my immediate family!  That’ll have to change soon! Anyway, at least, for my cake, the decorations were fondant.  I actually had a more elaborate design in mind, but ditched the idea for one that was stress-free to make. I also didn’t want to stay up too late and risk looking like I desperately need the best acne treatments on my birthday!

It was a yummy cake.  You can even ask hubby and my daughter! Hee hee.

Cheers to birthdays!

My daughter and I went on an impromptu date, just the two of us, last Tuesday.  We watched Despicable Me at the Gold Class Cinemas as a post birthday treat for me.  Birthday celebrants get to have buy-one, get-one movie tickets, 3 days before or 3 days after their birthday between Monday and Thursday at the Gold Class Cinemas.  We took advantage of that deal plus the fact that on Tuesdays, theater chow are at a discount.

We enjoyed the movie, but I personally like Toy Story 3 more.

After the movies, my girl and I went window shopping for a while, until I snagged a very attractively priced pair of shoes. *winnk*  I love the Domain 2, because believe it or not, the shops there have stuff people can actually afford.  Some shops even have blac label clothing.

Til’ our next girls’ day out, Cheers!

If you have a sweet tooth and  are currently on a quick weight loss mission, then you are most likely going to hate me when you see the collage that goes with this entry.  You’ve been forewarned!

Just some of the dessert selection at Dulces

On Father’s Day, we enjoyed a most wonderful brunch buffet at Dulces, a newly opened restaurant at the Lakeline Mall.  As if the promise of up-scale Mexican fare was not enough, guests are welcomed into the restaurant by a carefully, not to mention, gorgeously, laid-out dessert table.  Now that’s enough of a lure for me to try a new restaurant!

Of all the buffets we’ve been to, mostly mediocre Chinese buffets, save for our favorite Italian buffet restaurant, Cannoli Joe’s, Dulces, by far, has the most attractive dessert table and selection.  It’s not very often that cakes are in single-serve portions, and not in tiny 2 inch x 2 inch slices.

But when we come back to Dulces for their brunch buffet, it will not be for the dessert but for the grilled meat and open bar.

Cheers!