Plant Pockets Bazaar at SM North

Plant lovers,enthusiasts, plantito, plantitas, halamamoms, plantiquarians will surely visit the sky garden bridgeway 1 and 2 area of SM North EDSA in Quezon City.

Plant Pockets Bazaar

The mini-plant bazaar will showcase some indoor plants, pots, plant stand, plastic decor, fertilizer and gardening tools.

The plant bazaar was organize by Creative Events and Exhibit Management by Joann and John Fuentebella, City Events Manila by Jov Flores.

Safety protocols set by IATF, Quezon City local government and by SM North EDSA management ensure that buyers and visitors to the plant bazaar area have an ample distancing.

Exhibitors included Pinky Spikes carrying Arids and Aroid plants, Kraft Nanay Planters Philippines Gerry’s Garden and Waterfalls, Airplantita Manila, Masitera.

Plant pockets is from September 11 and will run until September 27, 2020. Mall hours.

Photo courtesy of Director Claudio Toot Sanchez Mariscal IV and the organizer

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Sanib Pwersa Bonsai Exhibit at SM North

Philippine Bonsai Society Incorporated in partnership with several bonsai association,Natural Stone Society of the Philippines and Ikenobo Ikebana Society of Manila No. 61 will be having their bonsai exhibit at SM North EDSA from March 22 to 25, 2019 at SM North Edsa, The Block in Quezon City. The exhibit also marks the 47th anniversary of the organization.

The exhibit will include bonsai, suiseki and ikebana from their members.  The exhibit is open to the public with talks and lectures will be posted.

Great bonsai masters Like Master Kunio Kobayahi from Japan, Professor Amy Liang ( Taiwan) Master Yen Tzi Ying , Master Wu Jian Zhang ( Taiwan) , Professor Tom Elias ( Suiseki ) from the United States of America and Dr. Jun Balderama ( Philippines) for Ikebana are some of the speakers at the talks.

For inquires , Please try to contact +63 918-929-4153 Mr. Elvis Magadia

 

 

 

King of Dimsum : King Chef at SM North Edsa

King Chef is known for its sumptuous Cantonese dishes mainly dimsum , noodles , fried chicken , seafood.  There are 4 branches in Metro Manila and we have visited all the four branches.

We must say that King Chef is also dubbed by some foodies as” King of Dimsum “as there is a wide array of good dimsums and tasty foods.

different kinds of dishes at King Chef restaurant

In-House Specialties 

Among the specialties includes Beef wanton noodles , Hakaw, Malay kou or Malay cake, Bean Curd roll , Fried Chicken , Spring rolls , Siopao

L-R Malay Kou , Hakaw, Beef Wanton Soup and Bean Curd Roll

Dimsums

Ultimate Barkada Dimsum and Ultimate Hofan Set platter are ideal for sharing between 2 to 4 people .  The dimsum platter also had different kinds of sauces and chili paste.

New Dishes

Starting May 25, 2017 – There will be additional new dishes to be offered .  These included Crispy Beef and Shrimp Rolls, Taro Garlic Siomai , Shallot Stuffed Buns with Shrimp Paste and X.O Seafood Hofan Rolls.

Taro Garlic Siomai 

One MUST Try dimsum is the Taro Garlic Siomai , Fried Siomai with Duck Meat Asado in hoisin sauce and Bean Curd Roll.

Shrimp Salad with fried seaweeds 

spacious and clean 

The SM North EDSA branch sitting capacity is between 120 to 140 and for special occasions and reservations . Try to visit the link and the website

Address : King Chef SM North Edsa 

The Food Circuit, The Block G/F SM City North EDSA, Brgy. Bagong Pag-Asa, Quezon City

 Contact: 0933.009.9855

Website : https://www.kingchef.com.ph/

 

 

Eyeball and Eating at Mangan , SM North Branch

It was bright sunny morning  March 12, 2017 when we had some sort of eyeball and small salu-salo with small group of friends at Centris Sunday Market . It had been a while when i last visited the market.

Dendrobium Ceasar hybrids

I left past 8:00 am and arrived around 9:30 am at the market . There were a lot of buyers and some native orchids , ornamental plants , potted flowering plants still being sold . Bought a couple of Dendrobium Ceasar hybrids from a stall which sourced their orchids from Bulacan .  This orchid hybrid used to be commonly cultivated in our neighborhood along with Dendrobium Sonia Bom and Dendrobium University of Hawaii way back in the late 1980’s up to early part of the 21st century .  I have not seen them being grown except for a few houses within our neighborhood.

Dendrobium anosmum variety giganteum

There are a lot of new buyers , preferring orchids and blooming plants with flowers ( some of them prefer live potted plants) Bought  1  small clump of Dendrobium anosmum variety giganteum with flowers from Kuya James ( trader ).

Buyers must have a keen set of eyes to differentiate the varieties , for untrained eyes – those orchid species may all look the same. The said variety was collected somewhere in the mountains of Kalinga province . This variety had bigger flowers and larger lip compared to the ordinary Dendrobium anosmum and much longer canes ( pseudobulbs ) . Was lucky enough to buy the last one ! My friend bought Dendrobium sanderae variety major .

Our group also saw, Sir Norberto Bautista and Mr. Jayson Sahagun buying some colorful orchid hybrids and variegated vanilla orchid which will be exhibited at O.B. Montessori mini-orchid show .

Mangan SM North EDSA branch ( Annex building ) 

We then commuted MRT Quezon Avenue to Trinoma and eventually walked toward SM North EDSA via the elevated walkways . We saw two more friends Philip Reyes and Jose Juan Paraiso ( not seen him for over 1 year ).  We have a short chit-chat before our small group decided to dine in at Mangan restaurant and have some kind of Filipino dish for some change.

We are also lucky that we arrived around past 11:30 am , when there are few customers and our group was seated at the couch area.  The capacity of the restaurant is about 100 pax .

We ordered the following list of menus:

appetizer complimentary snack which is fried camote chips

Lechon Paksiw -which our group liked , Adobong Pusit , Ginataang Gabi with Dulong ,Fried Okoy , 4 cups of rice , 2 tibok-tibok and 1 halo-halo for our desserts.

fried okoy

We did not like the ginataaang gabi , since it had a different gabi leaves and not the aromatic ones and  there is not much gata , however we liked the crispy dulong fried fish. While not too fond with the halo-halo serve.

tibok-tibok

Mangan version of halo-halo with syrup

Overall , we liked the ambiance of the restaurant – the waiters are very courteous and there is a mini library where one can read the books while waiting for their meal to be served.  We paid about Php 1,500 bill which included the tax and service fees.

We left past 1:00pm on our way home and have a meaningful meal, happy with our Sunday Loot !

Address: SM North Edsa , Annex Building 

Contact : 332-2320

Note: All opinions express are from the author and his group which ate at the Mangan restaurant SM North Edsa -Annex branch . 

 

 

 

Make it Epic PH: Hot Wheels Toy Exhibit at SM Block Atrium

SM North , Block Atrium -Quezon City , Philippines

Toy Kingdom in partnership with SM opened a toy exhibit for children and toy collectors . The exhibit is dubbed ” Make it Epic PH ” . Most of the exhibtors are members of the Diecast Car Toys Collectors of the Philippines and some other toy car collecting groups.

poster

There are several hundreds of die cast toy cars exhibits , some of them are still in pristine or mint condition .

exhibition area

collection of several die-cast toy cars on display 

Ghost busters Ecto 1 and Ecto 2

Local retailer are selling this version at Php 1,099.75

Aside from the die cast toy car exhibition. The guest are treated to a play center where children can bring their die cast toys and play .

 

There is also a selling area within the exhibition area. One can buy the latest 2016 Hot wheel collectible series. 

The exhibit will be until this September 11, 2016 .

There is also an in-house promo where one can , Get 3 die-cast cars for the price of 2 when you buy at any Toy Kingdom (Official) stores until September 30, 2016.