I trooped to Pampanga today to attend a party hosted by Larry Cruz (he's the man behind Cafe Adriatico, Cafe Havana, Bollywood and Abe among others) in Abe's Farm, an emerging resort at the foothills of Mount Arayat. I tagged along my SSEAYP batchmate Noby who is celebrating his birthday today.
As expected, the food was fantastic, the best of LJC!!! There was just so much food from the menu of his different restaurants, I wasn't able to taste every dish served on the buffet table.
Nurture Spa was also opening a branch in Abe's Farm and there was a special rate for everyone today, P500 for all treatments, one day only! I finally got my hilot spa treatment. This spa features massages such as "Seseng-Ima," a Kapampangan-inspired massage, "Aruga," "Payapa," and the "Hilot Kagalingan" which was done as I described in my blog with coconut oil and banana leaves.
Of course, we met some VIPs and I told Noby he was lucky to meet Senate President Manny Villar among many others. We were back in Manila after three hours in traffic. Will someone please tell the NLEX to speed up their repair works in Balintawak. It's stressful and draining to drive in that area!
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Nice... I'm sure Noby had such a memorable birthday. :-)
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Paella! My favorite! :-) Noby should have these photos especially when he goes back home! :-)
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 | spanx wrote on Sep 15, '07 cabalen,
any other food bloggers invited? awesome anton and i are planning to organize another pampanga food tour. tayong tatlo na mag-plano, let's make Abe's Farm the highlight of the tour.
gusto ko nga overnight, since there's just so much to do and eat (!) in pampanga!!
text me your cp number, mine is 0928-5035137 |
| spanx wrote on Sep 15, '07 btw, i got your email and pic of your lola salud with my own lola salud ", dacal a salamat!
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 | Will definitely check this out when I come for a visit. |
| spanx wrote on Sep 16, '07 The Ivan Henares Scandal. hahahaha! |
 | ivanhenares wrote on Sep 16, '07, edited on Sep 16, '07  cabalen,
any other food bloggers invited? awesome anton and i are planning to organize another pampanga food tour. tayong tatlo na mag-plano, let's make Abe's Farm the highlight of the tour.
gusto ko nga overnight, since there's just so much to do and eat (!) in pampanga!!
text me your cp number, mine is 0928-5035137  No other bloggers. I think it was Larry's birthday. Yes, I'll help you guys plan. This will be fun! :) |
 | pochjorolan wrote on Sep 16, '07, edited on Sep 16, '07 i missed larry's birthday! sayang... |
 | dalsa wrote on Sep 25, '07 we missed this.. we were absent too! trivia: "seseng-ima" was andy alviz' idea :) |
| ivanhenares wrote on Sep 25, '07, edited on Sep 25, '07 we missed this.. we were absent too! trivia: "seseng-ima" was andy alviz' idea :) Hi Dalsa! Yup, Andy was there to claim it. Hehe! |
 | like you, LJC, is another Kapampangan that we can all be proud of! galeng! |
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