Cat, Cheese, Cranberry Juice, and Chocolate

Around 9am yesterday I was awaken by my buzzing cellphone and on the other end of the line was jtt and Cat, they were apparently on conference call. My friend Cat just came home from France and would like to meet us. Cat was gone for almost six months and have been travelling from...hold your breath.... Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Germany and France. We agreed to meet around 5pm at the Galleria.

Around 6pm I came to the Galleria and we went to Starbucks and I ordered Cranberry Juice. My first choice actually was mango juice but they run out of it so I opted for cranberry juice instead. I heard it is good for my dear old kidney. Anyways Cat gave me an Eiffle Tower keychain and a box of cheese. According to Cat the cheese is best eaten as a spread on a bread. Cat have loads of stories about her travels. She described Argentina as similar to Paris but of smaller and less grander scale. Also, Argentina is a shopper's mecca because the merchandise are extremely cheap! In Peru she went to see the Machu Pichu and Lake Titicaca. However, the place she likes most in her travel was Paris, surprisingly though when she went to the Louvre she learned that they do not have a gallery for impressionist artists! Soon enough we are already hungry and all raring to have dinner. The two girls bought some things at the mall first before we go for dinner.

From Ortigas jtt suggested that we try the relatively new cafe in Katipunan "Casa Xocolat". I later learned that the owners used the X to replace the “ch” in chocolate as is done in Catalan, the language in Barcelona. The moment I stepped inside the cafe I immediately noticed the bohemian ambiance reminiscent of the old Malate before it became "hip and trendy." Aside from Chocolate drink, they also serve sandwiches (Panini) and pasta. I ordered Spicy Tuna Spaghetti and a large serving of their hot chocolate drink. And boy you should try their hot choco drink you'll definitely go loco me amigo. The pasta was also very good and the prices are not hurtful to a peasant like me. So we enjoyed the rest of the evening talking and eating and eating and talking until the cafe closed shop for the day.