by Kenneth K. Ong
If there is one day where I forget to watch what I ingest, it would be on Thanksgiving especially when restauranteurs and certified foodies, Raffy and Carmina del Rosario are invaolved.
The Thanksgiving spread had five different cheeses, grapes, escargot, a nice and crunchy haricot vert salad, some fresh pasta by Mia Pineda and of course the roast turkey and stuffing by Raffy. Seriously, Thanksgiving dinner at the del Rosario home has got to be one of the best buffets in Durianburg.
And what is Thanksgiving without drink right? And did the wine flow! Many thanks to Carlos Lorenzana for bringing great Argentinean wines by Legarde. My personal favorite was the 2010 Altas Cumbres Torrontes which is crisp, fresh with a little metal tang.
Dessert was courtesy of none other than Mr. Johnny Cupcake himself with a pumpkin whoopee pie and a decadent seven-layer bar with so many different sinfully good flavors including dark chocolate, walnuts, and pecans; truly a weight watcher’s nightmare, but hey, I ate three! Since I can barely cook and would rather open my mouth to eat, I chose to bring a deliciously divine strawberry cream cake by Osvaldo’s.
True that Thanksgiving is not normally a Dabawenyo thing, but any excuse to gather great company together and share a meal sounds like a good excuse to me.
