Brussels BE: Mesa Eurasian Filipino Restaurant

One of my Filipino friends in Brussels informed us that there is a new Filipino restaurant which opened recently. The Filipino restaurant is located in Ixelles. We went to visit one Friday night and I was just stunned to see a place fully packed with Filipinos. They have a live band playing ballads during Fridays and Saturday.  The food is not exceptionally great but is good enough to be enjoyed for a dinner. The service is quite slow as we had to wait for 1 hour for the food to be served but I heard that they are trying to improve it. Price of food is very affordable with huge serving.

Do be prepared for a dinner with sound-surround noise just like in Manila with all the Filipinos chattering and a good music in the background.

Quick and delicious dinner

Pan-fried hamburger patty topped with sauteed bottom mushrooms and onions. Champignon cream sauce and sauteed spinach on the side. All cooked in one pan! :)

Guess my favorite color?

Pia's back in town!

Pia is back in Brussels! To welcome my dear friend, who makes staying in Brussels even more fun, here's a welcome dinner for her. Carbonara, oven-roasted chicken, with some salad. 

And here is Pia enjoying her food! 

The trouble of learning a new language...

I have been residing Belgium for almost a year and it just doesn't make sense that I can't understand French or Dutch. So, I told myself "Cindy, you gotta learn a language before you leave!" After a few consults with friends, I decided to learn Dutch. So today, I was browsing at BBC and learning the basics of Dutch and stumbled across a website that helps you learn Dutch. It shows you videos with Dutch and English subtitles. So I told myself, "Not bad at all.."
Then, I saw Sesame Street and told myself, "Okay, this would be easy. I know you hated Sesame Street when you were a kid because it's just so slow! But this will let you learn the basics." and Click... and this is what I understood...

Ja, ak? ik? bla bla bla Bert

Nee, Nee, bla bla Ernie

Bla Bla bla Bert

bla bla bla Ernie

which translates to

Yes, ak? ik? bla bla bla Bert

No, No, bla bla Ernie

Bla bla bla Bert

bla bla bla Ernie

and so what did I understand? Nothing, they talk so fast! I only got Yes and No, Bert and Ernie and practically Bert, Ernie, Bert, Ernie...
*sigh* This is so difficult...
To add, I'm enrolling myself in a language course and I have to take an oral exam, so how do you take one if you practically don't know anything besides Ja and Nee... Hmm..

New Bedding

Look at my new bed linens... c/o IKEA

I've been eyeing this bed linen for a while now. I finally bought it last Saturday. The violet geometric patterns complementing the violet stripes fleece blanket. It was almost perfect! The only thing wrong? I bought a violet fitted sheet which supposedly should cover the bed, unfortunately, it was the wrong size... Ooopss...

Amazed how mothers could always do it so perfectly... Now, I have to have the fitted sheet exchanged in IKEA in Breda, Netherlands... Goshes...

Nevertheless, still so nice! I'm sleeping 8-9 hrs ever since I have my new linens!