3 birthdays and a blessing

yesterday we had dinner at jason's house. our friend, chef rudolf, cooked us a feast. everyone loved the food especially the 3 birthday celebrants: tito benny, tita clary and justin. we started with prosciutto, olives, brie and camembert cheeses. then we had seared tuna salad with sesame cilantro dressing.




followed by the main course which was grilled tenderloin with red wine & shitake mushroom sauce and a little bit of balsamic reduction. it was served also with roasted garlic mashed potato and crispy taro strips.



for dessert we had mango flambe in puff pastry with pistachio ice cream on the side.



we also had sans rival by ozzie and tiramisu by tita nette...both were absolutely amazing! the dinner was perfect.

out of the blue somewhere in the middle of the steak and dessert...tita nette told jason's dad that we had something to tell him. she wanted us to tell him about our plan to get married next year. in short,"magpaalam na kayo sa papa nyo." and we did...we have their blessing! jason was relieved too. it wasn't so hard telling his folks. his siblings, cousins and titas were there too and they were all smiling when we made the announcement. tito benny even teased us and said,"it's about time."

now we still haven't asked for my papa's blessing but he does know of our plans. jason has yet to formally ask him. and he will soon...