reminiscing a dinner date at Gateway's Mandarin restaurant with former classmates in college

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up to this date, i still vividly remember the day my former classmates in college brought me to a restaurant at the heart of the complex of a certain mall named Gateway in Cubao Quezon City Phils.

it was during my 2007 family home visit when the invitation for dinner of these two close friends and classmates of mine took place.

my friend-classmates Atess and Winnie hooked me up that day to a dinner date in Mandarin Restaurant located at the center of Gateway's complex.

the food was great, the conversations between me and them were very enjoyable and the ambience of the restaurant was cool and the waiter service was superb.

i will surely visit the same restaurant the next time i go on my home visit...with our without atess and winnie.

a little bit more background about atess and winnie:
they were my classmates in college turned friends and then became my sisters, too!, in a college fraternity-sorority which i joined during my second year...Although, i was older than them by four years ( i started my grade one when i was already 10 years old, LOL), i used to call them 'ate' (-an elder sister in the family) simply because they were ahead of me by one year in our frat-sorority....the years that passed didn't stop us from our communications despite ,too, of distance and time constraints.....until the day i left the Phils for my monastic vocation...and i was grateful to sis atess' eldest son's blogsite because thru it , we were reconnected and reunited in spirits and finally in persons....the day i spent with them was very much enjoyed!

endless dining with a Filipino cuisine in a Filipino setting

my 2006 home visit to my country proved to be very successful not only in terms of visiting my family, friends and historical Sacred places but as well as dining out with delicious filipino dishes at a filipino setting. the following images will show you how i enjoyed so much these delicious nutritious full-of -protein kind of dishes served at table with my family and friends.



at Jolibee Robinson's Place, Ermita Manila


at Aristocrat resto in Roxas Boulevard Ermita Manila


at Cabalen's inside Robinson's Place at Ermita Manila



the following images are from Dad's-Saisaki in Glorietta Makati City



















at Aristocrat Roxas Blvd Ermita Manila

these images are at my family reunion banquet in my hometown Bikol Phils.













in KFC Mendiola Manila with my Bedan friends




in Cabalen's Harrison Plaza Manila



the following images are at Max's in Tagaytay City.














these images were taken at gerry's grills in a place which was my first time to visit, the place was just beside the newly built Mall of Asia along Manila Bay coastal areas.












these images were taken while at another dinner date with a bosom friend and her sons at Aristocrat restaurant Roxas Blvd. Ermita Manila.






this restaurant's inside the Shangrila Plaza Mandaluyong Manila


these images are at Dad's restaurant along Padre fauira St Malate Manila














the following images were taken in Gee-wan restaurant at Legaspi City Bicol Phils.




at a residence of my niece Judy who took us to dinner


at a public restaurant in Naga City with my bicolana friends and contemporaries




at a lutong -bahay restaurant in Magsaysay St. Naga City with Mike, Equi-PCI manager and my friend with his family


at a Floating resturant at Manila Bay - located at the back of Quirino Grandstand Manila Park Phase I.






at another well-known chinese resturant in Cebu City phils.