Reunion at Mesa, Modern Filipino Cuisine!

My friends and their families decided that we meet at Greenbelt for a quarterly reunion. As we all know, Greenbelt is one of the nicest place in Metro Manila for its homey ambiance, nice place for chitchatting, and they have nice restaurants too. It is also known as one of the most expensive place for dining, but guess what??? There's this restaurant called "MESA". It is not the usual Modern Filipino Cuisine because they have a unique way on how to present it.

We ordered Kare-kare (Ox Tail - P280), Laing in Two-ways (Php120), Eggplant Salad (Php - 90), 4 pcs Pork Barbecue (Php120), and the Yummy Squid (i forgot how they call it but it's only Php280). I don't have the pictures now but I'm pretty sure we will be back again this week and I'll post some of it.

First, we do some 'window' shopping. Yup, that's really window and doors for you because the stores at Glorietta and Greenbelt are 'high-end'. There's the ever popular and eye-catching watch stores such as the recently 'broke-in' by holduppers 'ROLEX' stores and brands such as Omega and Philippe Patek. There are also famous bags and shoe store like Louis Vuitton, Prada etc. etc. So much for being brand-conscious but honestly its not the brand that made them popular but the quality of their product and the big money they invest in marketing this products. I bet Marikina can also produce quality stuff like the one in Italy but only if Filipinos put their heart to it. Anyway, after some strolling, we say a little prayer in the Church in the middle of the mall. The mass is already on-going so we just decided to come back after we are done dining.

The kids enjoyed playing at the water fountain near Cafe Havana (?) just outside Glorietta 3. Yohann, Eds' son had a wonderful time playing with water that after ten minutes, he was all soaked up. So her parents have to change his shirt and pants and diaper. The two little princesses also enjoyed walking and running around the fountain but we make sure that they dont get wet becauase they were not feeling well that time. Staring at them make us smile and tired. So we hit the Mesa for the sumptuous dinner.

Times like this really makes your life and day and appreciate all the wonderful things that God has given us. Consider this, we are around 10-20 percent lucky in this world to have internet and computer and even the basic necessities in life. We already consider this as luxuries. That's why we never forget to thank God for all his blessings.