Lunch at Sofitel

June 24th, 2009 Food & Health, Going PlacesTags: buffet, Candice, hotels, lea salonga, restaurants, sofitel, spiral

Yesterday, Ninong Allan (Candice’s godfather) treated us to an overwhelming lunch at Spiral in Sofitel. It’s Candice’s first ever eat-all-you-can experience, so I thought to bring a camera and document everything.

As it turned out, bringing the camera was a perfect idea. An events officer tipped us that Lea Salonga was in the Davao function room for the launch of an age-defying Avon product. Ever the Lea fan, I waited with bated breath until she came out of the function room. I don’t know where I got the courage to approach her. I just calmly walked towards her, introduced Candice, and asked if my husband could take our picture. She was in a hurry to leave, but she said okay.

Wait a minute… I’m supposed to write about the lunch, right??

It was my second time to eat at Spiral. I do love everything that they have, and I wish I could try all sorts of entrees and main courses available. Unfortunately, I’m never an asset in a pig-out place and would only try whatever I feel like eating. It doesn’t matter if this or that food is something that I can’t have on an ordinary day. I will ingest what my tongue speaks of.

For the first few rounds, the food choice depended on Candice’s preferences. I got her tempura, fried veggies and lumpiang shanghai. After her finger-food delight, I introduced her to miso soup. She loved the bits of tofu in it! Then I let her try the soft cakes, the chewy chocolate chip cookies, the fruit-flavored ice cream, and the churros dipped in chocolate. Because Candice has the wonderful appetite of a Toddler One, she chewed on whatever stuff that got into her mouth.

For my last few plates I got slices of roast duck, a bowl of spicy beef and leek soup, this baked potato dish that tasted really good and with a name I couldn’t pronounce, pasta with pesto sauce, two slices of Italian pizza, and mediterranean salad in balsamic vinegrette. I nibbled on chocolate chip cookies in between meals. For dessert I had a cup of green tea ice cream with white chocolate chips (hindi sila bagay, eeww), cakes, and more chocolate chip cookies.

I didn’t feel too full when we got home. Bakit kaya? Maybe the excitement over meeting Lea Salonga made my body burn a lot of calories. Or perhaps everything went down to my bum’s subcutaneous fat. Or maybe because I didn’t eat rice. Whatever. I want to go back to Spiral and eat some more choco chip cookies. I just might spot another celebrity I like.

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