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A taste of Atlantis: Seafire Steakhouse & Bar

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One Friday I found myself at Atlantis The Palm on a food safari from the steaks of Australia, burgers and fries of USA, cheese and desserts of France and finally pizza and truffles of Italia. A big THANK YOU to Sally of My Custard Pie for organizing the event.

Entering the grand lobby we were welcomed by Amanda Chong, Public Relations and Tarik Kaddoumi, Manager/Online Marketing of Atlantis, Dubai. We first proceeded to Seafire Steakhouse and Bar restaurant and we were introduced to Chef Sasha Triemer, Executive Chef of Atlantis.

I have always been intrigued on what Seafire has to offer, yes I do know it’s a steakhouse but is it like any other steakhouse?

Behind those massive wood doors a warm interior welcomed us bunch of lovely ladies.

Did you know that Atlantis have their own beef? Atlantis cattle are raised in Queensland, Australia. They don’t even marinate their steaks it’s all in the beef just a little bit of salt and pepper, a good grill temperature and viola beef loving goodness mate!

The steaks are the best I have tasted here in Dubai! mmm…

next stop the Burger Joint

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Location: The Avenues – Atlantis The Palm, Dubai

Dinner: Sunday – Saturday 6pm-11:30pm

Seafire Bar: 6:00pm – 11:30pm

Teen Cake for Shiandra

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Shiandra like almost every teen I know loves Justin Bieber. I searched the www for a JB inspired cake but didn’t find any that suits my fancy then I remembered that Ate Shin loves to read book as well.

Teen Reading Cake

 

This is my first time to make a character out of fondant. I use Lorraine Mckay’s (of Extra Icing on the Cake)  tutorial on female character.

Moist Chocolate Cake

 

Underneath all that fondant is a yummy Moist Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Ganache filling.

The day I met Martha Stewart

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Kari posted message below on our group wall: “Calling Martha Stewart Fans!!! Martha Stewart is coming to Dubai! FIA is invited to the launch and signing of her new magazine at Tavola MOE. It’s on Saturday 18th June at 14:00. Please arrive a little earlier so to purchase a magazine and form a line for the signing. Magazines will be available at the store. Who is in?”

I got excited and was the 3rd one to reply and immediately called C announcing that Martha is coming to Dubai. We checked our weekend schedule and confirmed that the children’s party that Saturday will be at 5pm. Lucky me!

We arrived at MOE around 12:30 noon headed to straight to Tavola to make sure that we arrived before the scheduled time which was 2pm. Vierte by then has been asking where his friends are and why are we at Mommy’s place. Coy suggested that we eat something first, Vierte immediately announced that he’s hungry.

patiently waiting for Martha Stewart

It was nice to see that not only women lined up to see Martha Stewart, a few men with the newly launched Food and Wedding magazine in hand waited as well. I also met some FIA members Mishti of Stovetop Dancing and Kari of Chef and Steward.

Preparing our magazines for the signing.

Martha entered the room with a big smile on her face and apologizing that we had to wait for her. I didn’t realize that she was tall maybe as tall as I am, even Coy was surprised how tall she was.

She asked if we waited to long for her and how was my day. I already felt that we had a special bond.

A big THANK YOU to Tavola for bringing Martha Stewart to Dubai.

Family weekend fun and meeting Martha

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As mentioned here we had a busy weekend. Two of our family friends celebrated an important milestone for their little ones, Liam my godson celebrated his 2nd birthday and Terd had a Christian dedication.

Liam’s 1st Birthday Race Car Cake

I just realized now that I’ve been making Liam’s birthday cake every year. For his first birthday I made a cars themed cake and for this year a Mickey Mouse themed cake. Liam love Mickey Mouse and you would find him quietly seated in front of the TV whenever the famous Disney character is on.

This is just a simple cake using basic shapes. I used a circle cookie, flower and little bird cutters. I kept asking Vierte for approval if the cake looked nice and he would make a comments like “Ma put more here and here” and of course I obliged. When I told him I’m done he proudly declared “You did a good job Mama!”

Chocolate Cupcakes with poured fondant.

I made poured fondant by mixing water and left over fondant from the cake, melt it inside the microwave for 20 seconds. Initially planned to fill the cupcakes with chocolate ganache but was press for time since I had to bathe Vierte, prepare our clothes, and clean the house.

Over the weekend Coy and I realized that Vierte really is not a baby anymore (but I do insist that he still is). He actively joins party games without any help from us and interacts with other kids. He use to be so shy and would always stay beside us.

Vierte volunteered for the magic show

Vierte and his first FacePaint

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The highlight of my weekend was meeting Martha Stewart. She was so nice and even arrived 20 minutes before the schedule. I only have one picture with her a big thanks to Kari of Chef and Steward for taking the photo.

Ginataang Mais (Corn and Sticky Rice Pudding with Coconut Milk)

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This year I found several Pinoy food bloggers around the world which led me to a group called Kulinarya Cooking Club which aims to promote Filipino Food.

This month’s theme hosted by Adora from Adora’s Box and Diona from Tita Flips is “White Food.” For my first Kulinarya entry I chose something that I haven’t prepared before and a dessert that I’ve craved since last month – Ginataang Mais.

Ginataan means food cooked with gata (coconut milk) which is extracted from grated coconut milk mix with warm water. You will find various Filipino desserts made with coconut milk ginataang bilo-bilo, ginataan halo-halo, Bicol express, and adobo sa gata to name a few.

This dish suits the bed weather Manila is experiencing right now because of Bagyong Egay. Ginataang Mais is best eaten warm.

Ginataang Mais (Corn and Sticky Rice Pudding with Coconut Milk)

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup    glutinous rice
  • 4 cups  water
  • 1 can    whole corn kernel, 150 fl.oz.
  • 1 can    coconut milk, 14 fl.oz or 3 cups fresh coconut milk
  • 1 can    coconut cream, 150ml
  • ¾ cup  sugar

Procedure:

Combine 4 cups of water and glutinous rice in a pot, once it boils lower the heat. Add corn kernels, coconut milk, coconut cream and sugar let it simmer for 20 minutes and continuously giving it a good mix with your wooden spoon till you get the right pudding consistency you prefer.

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Check out what the rest of KCC foodies prepared:

Binatog

Cassava Cake with Lanka (JackFruit)

Embutido

Fish Balls

Mango Crepe

MilkFish Pate

Pancit Puti

Shrimp with Sawsawang Adobo sa Gata

Tofu Tiramisu CheeseCake

White Chicken Adobo

White Chocolate Mini SansRival

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Kulinarya was started by a group of Filipino foodies living in Sydney (Kath, Trisha, and Trissa), who are passionate about the Filipino culture and its colorful cuisine.

Each month we will showcase a new dish along with their family recipes. By sharing these recipes, we hope you find the same passion and love for Filipino Food as we do.

If you’re intrested in joining our Kulinarya Club, please feel free to drop by our blogs and leave a note. We would love to hear from you.

 

The moon is broken

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Luckily, we had a good view of Mr. Moon last night. Excitedly we told Vierte to observe the moon till it disappear. As expected when we said it would disappear he replied with “Ma it’s not sunny. The moon will stay cause it’s sleeping time”

 

Checking Mr. Moon every 10-15 minutes and showing him photos taken he then notice that  indeed it was getting smaller. Last night’s lunar eclipse is said to be second longest in century.

Vierte kept telling us that the moon is broken because the cow ate the moon.