Finally... Natuloy din ang part two ng aming team building for Q4. The first part of our team building was a mystery game at Mystery Manila, Century Mall Makati. All of us were there (Pas, Jo, Ids, Harvey and yours truly) except for madam Jocelyn (proxy nya si Brian, hubby ni Ids). Kaya naman we made sure na sa kainan, which is the second part of our team building, kasama na si madam. Nga pala, we did not make it out of the mystery room within the alloted one-hour playing time, pero super fun sya at magandang team building activity nga. Too bad I don't have much photos that time, separate post sana kung sakali. Di bale, next time na maulit yun, I'll write about it.
We originally scheduled our team lunch Friday last week. Unfortunately, hindi nakapasok si Ids dahil may sakit si boss (junakis) kaya nag work-from-home sya. We were choosing between Vikings sa SM Jazz and Dad's sa Glorietta to have our team lunch. Since mukhang lahat sila na-try na both (ako kasi sa Dad's pa lang dun sa dalawa), mas okay ang feedback nila sa Dad's. Sabi nila mas sulit. Critical din yung pag-schedule ng team lunch namin because habol namin ma-apply yung birthday discount ko. Sa Dad's kasi, three days before/after, and on the celebrant's birthday free ang kanyang lunch/dinner as long as accompanied sya by one paying adult (well, turns out not totally free kasi yung kasama nyang paying adult has to pay P888 vs the regular buffet lunch rate na P688). And today's the last day na pasok kami sa criteria na yun (phew!).
Lahat kami sa team sooobrang excited kumain sa Dad's (except for our manager na si Pas dahil kumain na sya dun earlier this week hahaha). I can't remember the last time our team had a buffet lunch/dinner (na free! hahaha). We usually get invited to buffet lunch/dinner kapag may bisita from US.
Nauna kami nina Pas at Jo sa Glorietta dahil may dine-deploy pa sina Ids, Harvey at madam Jocelyn. Medyo strict kasi ang mga buffet restaurants ngayon pag dating sa reservations dahil peak season. We we're only given 15 minutes allowance sa pag dating sa restaurant to confirm our reservation (we booked for the 11 am to two pm lunch so we were expected to be there between 11 to 11:15 am). Pag dating namin dun, we saw madam's name written on the reservation board sa may entrance (wrong spelling pa nga, "Ms. Bryde, Joselyn" vs the correct spelling of her name "Pryde, Jocelyn" na ini-spell-out ko pa sa phone when I made the reservation. hehehe). We were seated near the Kiddie Treats table (katapat mismo ng pintuan ng CR, hahaha, pero keri lang).
Naka-ugalian ko na na dumiretso agad sa Saisaki area kapag kumakain sa Dad's (siguro mga pang-lima or anim na beses ko na 'to kumain dito. hihihi). Ewan ko ba, mukhang isa sa mga favorite dishes ko ang sushi. Here's what I got for my first plate:
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| First Plate - Sushi for Appetizer |
I don't know all the names of the items in my plate but some of my favorites are: crunchy dilis (center, medyo maanghang), egg (yellow), crab sick (rectangular orange), and octopus nigiri. I also picked tasty-looking maki, and it was the first time I saw sa Saisaki area yung mung bean sprouts. Right-most side of the photo is a smuck of wasabi (not in the picture is the toyo-mansi for sawsawan [conyo?! hahaha]). Every bite of all the food in this plate was heaven!
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| Second Plate - Assorted Main Dishes |
A few steps from the sushi area is the barbecue/grilling station. Mukhang sa "Dad's routine" ko ito ang pangalawang pinu-puntahan ko. From there, I got quail egss on sticks, pork barbecue, beef-something with sesame seeds, chicken-something. I don't know the names (can't remember even if there were labels on each dish), basta kuha lang ng kuha ng mukhang masarap, hahaha. From the asian-cuisine area (I think), I got jap jae (korean noodles), some kind of fried rice, lechon macau, beef-something with baby potato on the side and gyoza.
When Jo and I got back to our table to dig in our second plates... on the first bite we both said, "ang sarap!" Hahaha. At that time, dumating na sina Ids, Harvey and madam Jocelyn. After finishing clean my second plate, I went straight to Kamayan's (Filipino food area ng Dad's). I had a hard time deciding on what to get next because all the food were sinfully good, lalo na yung mga malalaking tipak ng meat sa carving station. Undecided, I settled to get puto bumbong.
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| Kuya manning the Pinoy Desserts station, preparing my puto-bumbong |
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| Two-piece puto-bumbong smothered in brown sugar, grated coconut, topped with butter (or was it margarine?!). |
I wasn't able to take pictures of my fourth (palabok and another pinoy dish), fifth (assorted desserts) plates pati rin my last plate (another two sticks of quail eggs, a stick of pork barbecue, hot tofu soup [yung parang sa Tokyo-Tokyo], coffe-jelly shot [dessert]) and drinks (I ordered watermelon and green mango shakes. Sobrang tamis nung watermelon tapos sobrang asim naman nung green mango). Dahil siguro sa kabusugan, tinamad na mag-picture. Hahaha.
Of course, di nawala ang mga istorya at tawanan over lunch. We also got to see and hear yung super awesome restaurant performers who played and sung christmas songs and even current hit songs like Adele's Hello (san ka pa?!).
We left Dad's suuuper busog and happy. Syempre, di mawawala ang group pic.
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| PSG Release Team |
Sabi nga nila, "The team that eats together, gets big together!" Hahaha.
I really hope someday I can bring my whole family here. Pamilya kasi kami ng matatakaw, may baon pang maraming kwento. I'm sure we'll have a great time.
In the meantime, stay tuned muna kayo sa susunod namin team foodie adventures. #PSGReleaseYummyAdventures
