Our company “Holiday” Party was held last night at the Embassy Suites. Since it is now January, they decided to call it the Winter Party. We had a great time!

Happy New Year to All. I am excited about 2012. Cheers!

Like most people, I have been busy with “Holiday” events and have not had time to post any blogs. Here are a few pictures from this month.

The Filipino community in my workplace had a Christmas party. We had a gift exchange where I brought a Leatherman Multi-Tool and received a nice Jewelry Stand.

Yummy Filipino/Asian food. I don’t make Filipino food that much so this is a dream come true for me

Filipino desserts – Sapin-Sapin, Leche Flan, Fruit Salad, and my creation Tiramisu Cake

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Getting ready to go downtown with Marcel the day before Christmas eve.

Omelet at Bijou Café

Tea at Tea Chai Té

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We made a simple Christmas Dinner of Roast Pork, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Green Salad, and Stuffing

Apple Tart

Chad came over to celebrate with us

One of our favorite things to do around Portland is to go on a DIY culinary tour, usually with our friend Chad. Here are excerpts from our last one on Saturday Dec 10th.

We started with lunch at Good Food Here On Belmont. I got some shrimp tempura hand roll and udon soup from Sushi PDX – comforting on a chilly day.

Marcel had the Hillbillie, a pulled pork sandwich from Rockabillies. He also ordered some fried pickles and a fried twinkie which was yummy.

Let’s not forget the fried twinkie!

We were headed to Tao of Tea in Belmont when we got detoured into Saint Cupcake.

Another detour was Stumptown Coffee where we experienced a coffee tasting or “cupping” as they refer to it.

We finally made it to the Tao of Tea where we got some Pu-erh Tea.

Another stop at Belmont Station where Marcel had some Hophead by Deschutes Brewery.

Finally it is dinner time at Frank’s Noodle House.

Braving the chilly weather so we can test out the food carts on Belmont.