Arceno’s Food Trip at Jang Ga Nae

I started craving for some Korean food upon seeing a TV show featuring Ye Dang Korean Restaurant in Meralco Avenue Pasig. I requested hubby if we could go eat at Ye Dang sometime, but since this restaurant is very popular and there might be lots of people he suggested eating at a Korean restaurant he saw at the back of the building where he works. One Friday night, we decided to eat at the Korean restaurant he mentioned. The name of the restaurant is Jang Ga Nae (formerly Minato Sizzling Steakhouse). Situated in a small community of Korean stores, this place is frequented by the Koreans and the residents nearby.

What I like about this place is that the banchan (side dishes/appetizers) are abundant and bottomless. At first we were surprised when the server placed it on our table. Apparently it comes with the orders. Appetizers like kimchi, bean sprouts, vegetable salad, kimchi pancake.

These are the dishes we have ordered.

Dolsot Bibimbap – Delicious flavored rice topped with egg, beef, vegetables and spicy red sauce. They serve it in a hot stone pot.

Yuk Ke Jang – It is a spicy beef soup with green onion eggs and yam noodles.

Samgyupsal – Meat barbeques are their specialty. You can cook your own meat if you order 2 servings. Since we ordered one serving only it was cooked inside. The meat comes with a basket of fresh lettuce and garlic. Upon observing other customer inside, here is how to eat it. Dip the meat into the special oil that will be served to you, but it in the fresh lettuce, add garlic, salty bean paste and other stuffs in the appetizer as desired. Wrap it up like lumpia and enjoy!

Don’t worry if you can’t  remember the name of these dishes, just ask the servers who are Filipinas and they will be happy to explain it you.

I like everything that we ordered, can’t wait to go back to try other dishes.

Jang Ga Nae is located at G/F 8137 Plaza J. Escriva Drive Barangay San Antonio Pasig City.

Watching our son grow before our eyes

Watching Migi grow before our eyes…

RC’s Birthday Cupcake

Now I know why fondant cakes are expensive, it is just so damned hard to do without machinery. My arms and hands hurt after all the kneading. And it really needs some artistic touch to be able to create something.

See the pictures of the finished product: Cheese cupcakes topped with fondant icing for Hubby’s Birthday.

2012 New Year’s Resolution

Happy New Year!

What better way to greet the new year than a resolution that will help make a great change to your life and family from years to come. So this year my new year’s resolution is about improving our finances for our future. Be it by saving money, doing some sidelines, or just finding a way to earn some passive income.

I will set up an automatic bank transfer to my savings account every month when I received my paycheck. This is what you call Pay Yourself First. I will spend this money to create some passive income for me.

Another way of saving money is by logging your expenses daily and reviewing it at the end of the month. Then identify expenses that we can do without.

Generally the formula that I want to have as a mindset is, I want to make money but work less and have a decent retirement for me and my husband. Is that possible? This is thru the power of passive income. Passive income is an income that does not require your direct involvement, like owning rental property, royalties, stocks dividend, and network marketing.  

We are looking into investing in mutual funds, uitfs and getting our son Migi some education plan. We are also considering dipping some of our funds in stocks.

Anyway these are just some of the initial ideas that we are thinking about. I am going to write more about our adventures and experiences in improving our finances. So stay tune..