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Join us for a memorable family lunch at the Blackbird, nestled within the iconic Nielson Tower, where exquisite cuisine meets stunning panoramas.

Family was informed by their friends to try  Blackbird at the Nielson Tower  and asked Mom Violy if she has ever been there before. Mom Violy had no clue what it was asked Carmina to look it up and see what kind of food they serve.  Carmina gave the phone number to Mom Violy make a reservation for a family lunch. On the day of the reservation, we arrived early and were allowed to enter before the official opening time of eleven o’clock in the morning. We decided to stay in the lobby, where we were asked if we wanted anything to drink. Carmina took videos inside and learned about the history by talking to the staff. One hour later, people started coming into the restaurant and took their seats at the reservation table, browsing the menu to decide what to order. Our family members were running late, but we didn’t get bored thanks to the friendly staff. More customers kept arriving and placing their orders, and we couldn’t help but glance at their dishes, curious about what ...

Bamboo Shoot Recipe

There are a lot of vegetables to eat and when you are used to eating the same vegetables you get tired eating the same you have cooked it over and over again. You know if you’re boss doesn’t eat it you will get stuck eating it with your housemates. When it becomes a leftover, you know you have to eat it the next day and you too are tired of eating the same food. Bamboo Shoot Recipe Ingredients: 1 - Cup Bamboo Shoot (sliced thinly) 1 - Cup Sayote Tops 1 - Onion (chopped) 3 - Cloves Garlic (minced) 1 - Thumb size Ginger (peel and sliced thinly) 1 - Cup Water Patis (fish sauce) to your taste Cooking Instructions: In a pot pour small amount of cooking oil while it is getting hot add garlic, onion and ginger sauté together. Add bamboo shoot and sayote tops Add water Season with patis and it will be cooked for a short time. Optional Ingredients: Replace the water to 1 - Cup Gata (coconut milk) Add 1 - Cup Shrimp (peel remove skin and head) Add 1 - Cup Ground Meat of your choice NOT SPONS...

Alamang with Kamias Recipe

When you are tired of eating the same food and want to eat other than what you normally eat from your fixed menu sometimes we crave for food that are easy to make and a dish that you can eat with fried fish to combined it's taste with something else. What is Alamang? Alamang are small shrimp usually made for bagoong, ukoy and vegetables. This is one shrimp I cannot eat I get allergies but my family at home love the taste. What is Kamias? Kamias is actually a fruit and it looks like this in the picture. Alamang with Kamias Recipe Ingredients: 3 Cups - Fresh Alamang - micro shrimp (clean and strain) 2 Cups - Kamias (cut in cubes) 1 - Onion (chopped) 3 - Cloves Garlic (minced) Patis (fish sauce) to taste 1/2 Cup Water Black Pepper to taste Cooking Oil Cooking Instructions: In a pan add cooking oil add garlic and onion saute add fresh alamang and water let it boil Add patis and black pepper Add kamias Best to eat when hot. Ready to be served. NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyl...

Do you get tired eating the same food in your home?

Here in our household we have a fixed menu that consist from Monday to Sunday for two weeks a menu of A and B. Sometimes when you reach the third week of the month you get tired of eating the same old food from the first week. When you live in a household where the family have medical issues and need to eat on the healthy side and the fixed menu hasn’t been revised to their health issues what you end up doing. The cook ends up thinking of alternative food that can be cooked for her boss. Sometimes when you cook something other people are not fond of that dish there comes a time people argue over just on what food was cooked that day instead of thinking how hard the cook had put so much passion on her cooking to taste how it taste. When you live with a household of people it is hard to get any feedback in return and there are times you lose that inspiration to cook because out of your hard labor of love comes complaints from their mouths. I’ve been there and done that so I know how the ...