Cafe de Manila: A Filipino Resto in Reno Nevada

They have been in Reno for quite a while now but it was only this trip to Reno that we were able to check it out. We had brunch last Friday and dinner last night. At brunch, we had Bangsilog, vegetable lumpia, Bulalo, Bistek Tagalog and Omelet. The foods were “so so”. We did not take picture that time. And I did not think I was gonna come back again.

A Pinoy co-worker of my son mentioned that he likes their kare-kare and sisig so I thought to give it another try, hence, the dinner last night. It was actually not bad! This time, we had Kare-kare and sizzling pork sisig of course, Pork sinigang, Pinakbet, vegetable lumpia and Pinoy french fries for hubby, Halo-halo and Leche flan.

The Menu

Pork Sinigang

Kare-kare

Pinakbet

The Garners plus two

Daughter is happy to be here. The resto has a very Pinoy feels.

Next time I will have pancit bihon and pancit canton together (Bam-i) and crispy pork belly. He said, “If I would get tired of their vegetable lumpia (the only food he likes so far), I can eat at the KFC nearby”. Poor hubby, hehe! He loved their Halo-halo though.

If you happen to be in Reno, Nevada and you want to try Filipino foods, visit Cafe de Manila! Thank you for dropping by.

Have a good one!

Japan Online Live Seller: Daisy Rallos

This screen shot was taken from one of her videos on Facebook.

 

 

 

 

Another Facebook live seller that I like and would recommend is Ms. Daisy Rallos from Choba, Japan. She is originally from Leyte, Philippines. She sells pre-loved high end brand of jewelries, bags/purses, wallets and other accessories. She priced her items very reasonably and I have bought a Spring themed Burberry umbrella which I have not used to this day and a Fendi scarf from her last year. The items came in as described and I love the "Blendy sticks" coffee she included in my package as freebies. 

 

Ms. Daisy has her fair share of viewers and patrons but she cannot give 100% time to her business because her husband and her daughter are her top priority. Whenever her husband comes home in the middle of her live selling, she would quit right there and then and bid her viewers goodbye at once and for that, she gained my respect.

As a seller, she is honest, she makes sure she mentions every flaw she finds in the items she is selling. She is funny and she laughs at her heart's content whenever something amuses her while doing live selling. Because we are also friends on Facebook, I have always loved her random funny videos and silly photos she posted.

She has a pleasant personality. She recognizes her mistake and apologizes for it. However, like any other online sellers or any other human beings so to speak, she can be mean and brutal too so to all the scammers, bogus buyers and joy miners out there, consider this a warning! Hehehe!

Thank you for dropping by at my blog.

Have good one!

Japan Online Seller: Marvi Joy Buico

This is a screen shot taken from one of his videos on Facebook.

 

It was Marvin Joy Buico and his mom Sheila Marie Ikema from Osaka, Japan who kind of introduced me to pre-loved items from Japan. I somehow bumped into them on Facebook and initially enjoyed watching them together. I got really hooked when I learned that they are originally came from Kitcharao, Surigao del Norte, a few hours from my birthplace Bangonay, Jabonga, Agusan del Norte. 

Marvin and his mom do not really look like mother and son. They look like they are siblings. They are really good entertainers because they can sing and dance. Their favorite background song is Material Girl by Madonna and eventually, Marvin indeed became a "Material Girl" and he doesn't deny it. We are friends on Facebook and I had seen the evolution of him in the material world.

At some point, I wanted to buy this fabulous Louis Vuitton bag from him but he always has too many buyers with high speed internet connection compared to mine so there was no way I could compete. I did not try again because I have had found several live sellers along the way. But whenever he is live during my free time, I still would watch him to get entertained.

If you wanted to watch his live video to see his high end items, just find him on Facebook. The last time I know he had reached 5K friends already and cannot add anymore, or was it his mom, I am a little confuse now. 

But hey, thank you for reading my post, I appreciate it a lot.

Have a good one!