Pink Kitchen 2008

 

Bubba and I had an early Saturday as we head off to Antipolo at 6am.  October 18, 2008, it was the day of the Canon Photo Marathon and the venue is at MMLDC, Antipolo.  Upon arrival at 7am, we were just in time for the registration.  They looked for our names on their list.  The areas were segregated to Abueva-Castillo, Celeste-Diaz, and so on, which made it easier for the participants to locate where to fall in line.  But because of this organized process, there was no line at all.  They provided us with a race kit that includes a red Canon shirt (and vest to boot!  I like the black vest with pockets), Lipovitan and race guideline.

 

 

The program started at 845am which means we waited for almost 2 hours.  During the 2 hours wait, Bubba and I bonded in our sleepy state, laughing at ourselves while eating Lay’s Salt and Vinegar for breakfast.  So much for power breakfast.  As we look around the huge room of about 300 people, we can’t help but snicker at how ridiculous my guts are for joining.  Almost 90% of them looked like professional photographers.  I look at their long telescopic lenses and latest Canon Digital SLRs and softly caressed my small Lowepro bag, where my Canon 350D hide in shame.  Every time we caught a new person stroke his bad a** camera, we looked at each other with a glint of a smile.  I lean over and whispered in Bubba’s ear, “I really feel so insecure.”

 

 

Canon Photo Marathon officially started about 9am.  The first theme was Incredible View, where you capture nature’s most breathtaking scene/object.  30 minutes after (and 30 more high class lenses in sight), I raised the white flag.  Bubba and I sat in the car and thought, “Let’s go to Pink Kitchen”

 

 

1115am, we arrived at Rockwell Tent and registered.  It was only 35% full when we arrived but around 12nn, the place was packed!  There was no visible vacant seat for the new flock coming in.  Pink Kitchen is one of our more memorable food events  of 2007 and we were just excited to partake in IcanServe’s 2nd installment of this annual event.

 

 

For some reason, my mind was in a whirlwind from all the fantastic food spread in front of me that I might have chosen the wrong dishes this time.  Wrong in the sense that I have tried these dishes before and could have tried them anytime from their original location after the event.  We had Chelsea’s pumpkin soup with goat cheese, Café Juanita’s beef rending (which I just had 2 weeks ago), morcon (I forgot where, this is Bubba’s order) and 1 whole frozen brazo to go (from Dimpy’s).

 

 

The whole set-up was so much prettier this year!!!  Prettier set-up with bigger and longer tables.  I love the pink and white drapery that billowing from the ceiling and crystal viney chandeliers.   Even the huge white screen projector is prettified with a white framing.  The stalls are in a garden fence theme.  Tables are adorned with a pink table runner, a centerpiece of flowers (green apple and flower, stalk arrangement) and a vase with butterflies inside.  I felt sorry for the butterflies though.  I was glad that 2 were able to escape.  Gold chairs with white cushion was same as last year if I remember right. 

 

 

Pink Kitchen has really made a mark in our food calendar with the best cuisines from local chefs and the benevolent cause behind the gastronomic event.  Visit the ICanServe website.

 

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Pink Kitchen 2008

Pink Kitchen returns to Rockwell Tent for a bigger culinary event.  Food lovers await this “good food = good cause” weekend this October as the best chefs gather for the I Can Serve cause.  Whet your appetite with a world of flavors as 2008 bring vendors that include experts in Asian, Mediterranen and Fusion cooking.  From light snacks and drinks, to full course lunches and dinners and mouth-watering desserts.

 

Led by Bettina Osmena, Chairman of the Fund Raising Committee, her team includes Beth Romualdez, Chairman of Pink Kitchen, Libet Virata , heads the Marketing and Sponsorship team, Ina Vergel de Dios, leads the Logistics team. Ria Romero is consultant for entertainment and marketing. Via Reyes and Jing Racelis handle project management.

 

 

For more information, visit the website at http://www.icanserve.net/

 

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Pink Kitchen Related Entry

 

Pretty in “Pink Kitchen”

ICanServe in cooperation with ABS-CBN Publishing and the Lifestyle
Channel invite you to its benefit food and drink festival:

PINK KITCHEN
August 11 and 12 Saturday and Sunday
Rockwell Tent, Makati City
Entrance Donation: P200

Experience the country’s top private and gourmet chefs whip up their signature dishes!

All entrance donations go to ICanServe.
ICanServe conducts high impact information campaigns for breast cancer awareness,
and provides financial assistance for breast cancer patients in treatment

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Bubba picked me up at my crib to accompany him to his 1230pm haircut appointment at Ark Salon, Makati. I was already famished since I didn’t eat anything for breakfast. After his haircut, we went to Rockwell Tent to attend the Pink Kitchen event and grab lunch there.

Inside the Tent, dozens of food and beverage booths surrounded the perimeter area. I have to comment that it was extremely difficult to go from one booth to another, not only because I want to try all the gastronomic dishes, but also the walkway was too narrow to accommodate fellow foodies. The ceiling was glazed with pink and white layers of silk draperies. The tables and chairs were clothed like it was one huge gala of a catered social gathering. A bouquet of flowers garnished with bell peppers and cauliflower further accessorized the table.

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We had to exchange our money with chit/paper money by the entrance. The same idea was adopted during the 4th of July event (afternoon snacks) at Westin Philippine Plaza to probably avoid money’s contact with food. The chit/paper money that’s left can’t be reverted back to cash at Pink Kitchen’s event though.

Too bad we got there almost 2pm the food was almost out! We finally settled for the Chicken Tikka (Maza Masala), Beef Curry (the booth beside Gourmandise), Pollo Rancho Luna (corner booth next to the Dimsum booth) and Frozen Brazo Choco Banana (Dimpy Camara).

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Chicken Tikka. 2 sticks (P120) – seasoned chicken cutlets with green bell peppers and onions in a skewer. Served with 2 sauces, zesty tomato chutney and herbed cream. The chicken meat had an exquisite grilled flavor and the accompanying sauces released just the right heat of Indian spices.

Beef Curry. 1 cup (P120) tasted more like Malaysian curry and I couldn’t get enough of the thick sauce, which I used to coat my hill of white rice (Everybody’s Café. P20. They were the only ones left that still had rice).

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Roasted Chicken with tomato basted beans, banana chips and rice. 1 plate (120) -my LP wanted this. It looked yummy but I was skeptical about this order because I had a premo-dish-ion that the roast chicken will taste like an ordinary roast chicken. Omen revealed, it lacked flavor and the yellow rice was too little to compensate for the rest of the chicken. However, for only P120, it’s not that bad.

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Frozen Brazo Choco Banana. 1 slice 100 -because my Bubba boo and me were so excited to dig in, I forgot to take a picture first so the photo were only 2 bites left before we totally emptied the plate. Bubba really liked this popular item by Dimpy Camara and wasn’t able to speak for 10minutes savoring the bouncing coolness, sweetness, choco-gooey in his mouth.

The Brazo was the perfect ending to our piquant lunch. It cooled down our palate and comforted it from the different spices that it espoused.

For a flat P500 for two heads, it was worth every cent.

If the booth wasn’t too populated and I wasn’t too eager to dive into our mouth-watering choices, I would have staked it out at Gourmandise for Sunshine Puey’s tarte tartins with foie gras. It is so sweet to note though that Robert Pengson, Puey’s better heart (better-half, love partner, etc.), was there fretting it out with her. It was so quixotic to see their teamwork.

The Pink Kitchen event was truly a smashing hit amongst gourmands in the metro. I’m looking forward to more events like this in the near future!

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