Katsu Cafe with Aleron

After the wedding, Aleron decided to eat at Katsu Cafe for late lunch/early dinner. Rumor has it, Katsu Cafe's Katsudon is close to Yabu's. This piqued my interest, hence I ordered the Katsudon Set, which was only PhP 195.00, easily a third of how much this would normally cost in Yabu. 

Like in most katsudon-specializing restaurants, you had to grind for your own katsudon sauce. They also had those small sauce containers with the little grooves to make grinding easier.

The Katsudon Set came with Miso Soup:

And unlimited Japanese rice. Very delicious Japanese rice! It costs PhP 60.00 normally if you purchase the unlimited rice ala carte. Unfortunately for some of the choir members, like Arkel Mendoza, he ordered a donburi which didn't come with unlimited rice. Naturally, we begged the butihing ate to allow us to give a bowl of their yummy rice to him, since not all who ordered the sets were able to get 2nd bowls of rice.

Kenneth Lee and I decided to split an order of Ebi Furai, ala carte.

And Ryan Garcia was so generous in treating everyone to a round of Asahi, which is the perfect pair to their Katsu! Thank you Ryan!

Katsu is an affordable alternative to Yabu. I guess the price of the katsudon doesn't necessarily mean that it's good, Katsu Cafe's offering is proof that even for a fraction of the cost, the taste, and quality of the meat shouldn't suffer. Plus, tucked away in this side of the metro, you don't have to brave the horrendous human traffic of Megamall or a mall, just to be able to get a good katsudon meal. If ever you do get to chance upon this restaurant in the Katipunan area, feel free to stop by and order their katsudon because it is very filling indeed.

Katsu Cafe
329 Katipunan Ave. cor. B. Gonzales, 
Loyola Heights, Quezon City

Santuario de San Jose and Wedding Songs

I attended a wedding yesterday with Aleron in Santuario de San Jose. saw a very unique idea for flower arrangements during the wedding.

I couldn't decide whether I liked it or not. Deal breaker for me I guess is whenever I look at the arrangement, the song "Paper Roses" comes to mind.

I love stained glass windows in churches. So here I go taking pictures of the stained glass windows in Santuario de San Jose. 

Aleron was the choir singing for the wedding. Of course I wouldn't want to miss the opportunity to hear their wedding repertoire, hence, with my lumbar support and walking stick and all, I braved sitting on the hard pew to hear them sing love songs. Of course my favorite would be Ikaw Lamang while the bride was walking down the aisle. That song always manages to send shivers down my spine, in this case, even if the lower part has a slipped disc.

As with all weddings, there are some quirky songs that must be sung, because they are requested by the bride and groom. In this case, I ended up wondering whether they were John Lloyd Cruz fans, because they requested A Very Special Love, and Now That I Have You (I dare not tell you who John Lloyd was paired up with in those two movies lest I be accused of being jolog as well.).

So after the wedding, Aleron decided to eat out, which will be the subject of my next post. Keep you all posted where we ate!

Aleron - The Winged One

One of the things keeping me busy last December was Aleron.

No, I don't sing for the choir - I'm just one of their huge fans.

I attended their Nativity Concert last December 8, held in UP's CRL Chapel. They're mostly composed of alumni and current members of Ateneo's choirs - ACS and the Glee Club. I sort of helped out during the concert, made sure that they were able to record the entire concert - so I had to run up and down the stairs leading to the choir's loft in CRL every 12 or so minutes, so that I could reset the camera.

Here are some pictures from the concert.

I'm sure you'll be hearing more from this group. If you're planning weddings, I would suggest that you try contacting them so that you can hire them to sing during the mass. I'm actually planning an event sometime March for Easter and if approved I'll be getting them to have an Easter Cantata after the mass.

If you need to get in touch with them, just feel free to call or message Miggi Angangco 0920.9055175 or Mari Gutierrez 0917.5026698.