Pinoy Hubby

A busy week and one that I know is going to be terrible on the diet front! We have a double celebration for my boyfriend's birthday and I'm off to Paris for work for two days (I love my job!). As well as meals out the office is just a few doors down from Laduree, home of the most amazing macarons! Monday breakfast yogurt lunch chicken sandwich Dinner prawn linguine for me, chicken fajitas for the other half Tuesday Breakfast yogurt Lunch baked potato with prawns Dinner takeaway for my boyfriend's birthday followed by chocolate cake Wednesday Breakfast either toast at home or I will take a cereal bar with me as I'm off to Paris Lunch probably a sandwich on the Eurostar Dinner in a Parisian restaurant Thursday Breakfast at a breakfast briefing so whatever is provided Lunch probably a sandwich or in a cafe on the way back to the gare du nord Dinner back home but later than usual so I will want something quick for dinner and will probably have pasta if my

Restaurant name: Wagamama Location : Mansion House, London Description : Casual Japanese-style dining. You sit on long benches - often sharing tables with strangers - and have a paper placemat on which the waiter scribbles the number of your order. Dishes range from huge bowls of soup and noodles to salads and bento boxes; there's also a nice range of fresh juices to drink. Reason for visit : Lunch with work colleagues when our manager came over from America - he likes this kind of food and it was a chain he had never been to before. It's also quite cheap and quick. I ate : Chicken katsu curry - chicken goujons in breadcrumbs with a spicy curry sauce and a mound of rice, £9.50. I had a very nice fresh juice with it from the seasonal menu that was printed on my paper placemat. My companions ate : Kare lomen - ramen noodles with chicken - £10.25 and wagamama pad thai with chicken and prawns, £9.75. The food was : Very good; Wagamama is a successful and popular chain and with goo

I enjoy cookery lessons and had a great time when I went to the Atelier des Chefs near St Paul's for my boyfriend's birthday; we had a private lesson making burgers and potato wedges. I worked near to the venue so when I knew I was leaving my job back in February, I decided to go there one last time. As well as 60 and 90 minute evening courses, they run a lunchtime session called "cook, eat and run". The idea is that you spend thirty minutes learning to prepare a dish, then you can either sit down and eat it or take it back to the office with you - so the whole thing fits neatly into a lunchbreak (as long as you work nearby!). Best of all, the whole thing - the lesson, and the meal that you get to eat - only costs £15. The classes each focus on cooking one dish, so I had a look at the calendar and chose a date that suited me but also a meal that I liked the sound of. I chose a French dish of chicken with tarragon and creme fraiche. When I arrived, there was only o

Restaurant name : The Ramblers Rest Location : Coulsdon, Surrey Description : Traditional pub with roaring fire and excellent restaurant area Reason for visit : I've been here many times with my boyfriend and his family, and we went recently for dinner with my parents and his mum when my folks came to visit. It's not far from where I live, and on this particular occasion there was an England rugby match and I wanted a pub that wouldn't be showing the game! I ate : Ale battered haddock, frites, minted pea purée & homemade tartare sauce £11.95 My companions ate : Three of us (the ladies) had the fish and chips, while my dad and my boyfriend had the West Country beef burger, £11.95 (other toppings extra). The food was : The fish and chips was lovely - pretty much what you would expect. I liked that the chips were chunky (rather than fries)and served in little metal buckets. The burgers were pronounced good; the toppings you can choose from include cheese and bacon but al