Super Bowl LII

It has become our yearly tradition to watch the Super Bowl. I haven't really blogged about it until now but if you're following me on Instagram, you should see my posts about this special event.


Tapioca was actually having second thoughts of whether to watch it or not. We had a long and tiring weekend before it even started. But I was glad when he changed his mind and decided to push through.


The Super Bowl always kick starts the birthday week of Tapioca and Valentine's day. What we do is we celebrate by going all out on a Super Bowl Sunday (Monday in the Philippines). It is our Superbowl/Pre-Birthday/Pre-Valentine's Day celebration rolled into one. We are happy this way and we think of keeping this tradition for as long as we can.


This year, we went again to Buffalo Wild Wings. It's the 2nd time in a row that we watch the game in this place. As I've mentioned in my previous post, there was no reservation required because TV 5 bought the rights of ESPN including this year's Super Bowl. Thank goodness we were early. We got good seats at the bar area.

. . . view from our seats

Sleepy and still feeling tired, all I really wanted was a good cup of joe. Buffalo Wild Wings got 2 options - an espresso and americano. Thanks, but no thanks. I got a mango shake instead.

my mango shake . . .

Please don't ask me anything about the game. I have absolutely no idea. I was just there to give moral support to Tapioca and of course, to eat, drink and watch the Halftime show.


I was so hungry that morning I did all the ordering and eating while Tapioca rooted for his team - New England Patriot. Here's our Super Bowl munchies . . .

. . . italian flatbread

I think I'm starting to have a love affair with flatbreads. They are like pizza only thinner and crispier, thanks to the flat bread crust.

ultimate nachos . . .

This is overpriced, I think. So little toppings, so disappointing. How can you name something "ultimate" when you can count on your single hand the number of ingredients. Tsk, tsk.

. . . buffalo wings with ranch dip

This is what they're famous for. I got the spicy garlic wings. The heat was there but not enough to tickle my buds. I think I should have ordered something more spicy. The next level or higher than the spicy garlic. They have different spice levels to choose from. I love the celery and carrot sticks on the side.


When I thought I was ready for a drink, I got my Hoegaarden Rose.

hoegaarden rose . . .

It's draft and it's diluted. Draft Gastropub's Hoegarden is better in my opinion. I also had an issue with the glass. I wanted them on a hex glass hahahaha. #artelang


Halftime Show with Justin Timberlake.

. . . photo from harpersbazaar.com

Justin's performance was good but somewhat bitin. I wanted more!


The Patriots lost. Eagles fans and anti-Patriots fans were rejoicing. It was a good game, Very close match. They said, if only Tom Bradey didn't have the hand injury they could have won. I say, injured or not if it's meant to be then they're going to win. But not this year, dear. Better luck next time.



Until the next Super Bowl.

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Draft Gastropub

Last weekend, Tapioca and I went out on a date.

We were supposed to check out sports bars in Makati Avenue where we can watch the Superbowl. But then we ended up at Glorietta a little past lunch time. It was a hot and humid day. We were hungry and Tapioca was no longer in the mood to go any farther away from Glorietta. We checked out Buffalo Wild Wings. This was where we watched the Superbowl last year.

They told us that they no longer take reservations. Apparently, ABC 5 got the rights to broadcast Superbowl 2018 and it’s not going to be live (read: delayed broadcast) therefore we can just go there on a first come first serve basis. Sucks.

Tapioca was in the mood to drink. I knew just a place to be drinking beer – my kind of beer.

. . . Draft Gastropub

 

Buy 1 take 1 – Whoa!!  Loveettt!!

For starters, Tapioca said I can only get 1. Either a soup or a salad. I wanted both and I prevailed!

. . . clam chowder

I chose the clam chowder and it came in a bread bowl. I was not so sure about the bread bowl or maybe I'm just used to the bread bowl of The French Baker. Anyway, Tapioca liked it and almost finished the whole thing. Talking about the soup, it was thick, creamy and was not deprived of clams – which a clam chowder should be. Yum!

Tapioca chose the salad. He does not like blue cheese so I was not sure what went on his head to pick this salad. I love how fresh the greens were. And the play of flavors from the dressing - sweet, salty, tangy. I kinda wish there was more dressing, though. Somehow the salad photo got lost. Sorry about that. But I have another photo showing that we did order a salad.

See? It's right there in the middle!

I told ya! Just so I have proof. Lolz

For the mains, I was having a difficulty choosing between pasta or risotto or rice meal. I ended up with the Fettuccine.

. . . fettuccine

So earthy from the mushroom and truffle oil. For some reason, it had an aftertaste like I was eating a very savory pancit canton.

cubano . . .

That's the Cubano sandwich for Tapioca.

Well, my guy is a sandwich loving guy. He can definitely live on sandwich alone. He liked this very much including the fries.

And the beer that won my heart - Hoegaarden Rose.

. . . hoegaarden for me and stella artois for him

We had a lovely time at Draft. We enjoyed our lunch paired with our beer of choice. If only it wasn't a workday for Tapioca, we could have stayed a little longer and watched the match between Germany and South Korea.

Australian Open 2018 on multiple TV screens . . .

. . . baked cheesecake to cap our lunch

destroyed!!!

Perfect ending. And the best part, I didn't have to choose between blueberry or strawberry. I got 'em both.

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Beers Paradise

8-25-2010

This is one of those aging posts. Photos that were buried and now finding its way here in the blog. Before TBT (Throwback Thursday), I was making blog posts I called Retrospect, which you can see here and here.

I was thinking of doing the same thing for the aging blog posts. But then I realized most (if not all) of them are in the same category! Like every-single-freakin'-one-of-them! So I'm erasing the idea and I will just post as I like as I always do anyway.

This is one of the problems when posting backlogs. I can no longer recall every single detail. I am just relying solely on the photos for memories. Well, at least they are still existing. Timelines just don't care. Not on this blog. Not anymore. But I am hoping I can fix that soon. I know I said that a million times but I sure will. This blog is like my time capsule so it is important to me that it gets fixed.

Moving on, this post was about the time when me and Tapioca were still dating. We realized that we were too old to go clubbing and we found out that we both love Jazz Music. One weeknight, we went out for some Jazz Music. Due to lack of research, planning and timing it was a total failure. We went from North to South without any luck. So we just settled for whatever place we could get something to drink and some good conversation.

store front . . . 

 . . . beers paradise

 

 coaster . . .

 

 . . .  Hephaestion and Tapioca

Hephaestion came along to join us with our failed Jazz Bar hunting. LOL!
 

 beers on display . . .

This place boasts of their wide variety of beers from all over the world. However, I do not recall trying out any imported beers. Based on the photos we just had San Mig Light. So sad when we have so many to choose from. I wonder what we were thinking back then?

 . . . pizza

 shrimp kebabs . . .

Food was just okay. Based on the photos, pizza looked pitiful. The shrimps looked yummy. Honestly, we were not really focused on the food. It was just simply hanging out and enjoying each other's company.

  . . . Hephy playing with the pizza garnish

time for some desserts . . .

Told ya, this post is so old I still have my braces on. 

Right across Beers Paradise, we saw a Korean convenience store. We check out the fridge for some ice cream treats. Here we are posing with our picks.

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