Hip New Clothing Store in Town: SHANA!

RSSI, the same group that brought us Topshop, Topman, River Island, Miss Selfridge, has recently opened a new store!!!:) Fresh from Spain, SHANA (located at the 2nd floor of Rob Magnolia), caters to the young,hip & trendy fashionistas. The Clingys were able to check out the store and their new collections! We went cray cray. Took home a lot of sweaters haha. Photos!

Shoes, Scarves, Belts 

 spacious dressing room

 My favorite from the bunch! I'd buy this in all colors if I could!:)

 they have lots of Paris sweaters and shirts nabaliw ako haha

 for the sporty girls

SHANA is mostly about casual / urban wear -- sweaters, knits, leggings, shirts. Stylish, high quality statement pieces at low low cost! Shirts ranges from P200 - P600, sweaters P400-800, bottoms from P300-800, dresses from P600-P1,500, shoes from P900-P1800, accessories from P200+. You would seldom see items priced P1k and above!!! Sweeet. So if you're looking for some statement pieces or fabulous lazy day outfits, run to Shana now na.:) 

Here are my loots! All for P3,000:)

Thanks RSSI team for inviting us!:) 

Follow SHANA on Instagram! @shana_ph

New Year, New Muji!

Japanese lifestyle brand MUJI welcomes the new year with an amazing news for all its customers. This 2013, MUJI brings to you a treat in the form of a new store! If you’re a Muji lover residing in the north, you should know that last December 21, they opened their 5th branch in Robinsons Magnolia! I love Robinsons Magnolia. They have nice stores, peaceful ambiance while giving each of us a sniff of the past (I used to come here with my grandparents when it was still a huge Magnolia store!).


Anyway back to Muji! A wide selection of fine furniture, classic garment pieces, travel essentials, delightful snacks and popular Muji lifestyle items fill the 400 square meters floor. If you don’t know the brand’s theme or design aesthetic, then I don’t know what planet you’re from. Hehe. But seriously, everyone knows that Muji is all about minimalism, “no-frills” lifestyle, highlighting only premium quality basics that are necessary, brilliant in design and true to their function.

Acrylic Boxes, PP Folders and Booklets

Extendable Dining Table

Muji Health and Beauty – Start a new skincare regiment this New Year

           Housekeeping Items and Storage Boxes – Clean up your closet and sort your things with these Muji items.

Don’t forget to take a peek see and maybe buy a piece or 2 (or 3 or 10?) from Muji Rob Magnolia!

Muji is located at the Upper Ground Floor, across Krispy Kremes and Calvin Klein Jeans.

A Taste of Thailand: THAI BISTRO!

I think most of you already know how obsessed I am with Thai food. If I could, I would go to Thailand and take home a Thai chef to feed me delicious Thai food all my life. But of course this is just wishful thinking (haha), luckily I've found the next best thing... Thai Bistro at Robinsons, Magnolia! Together with some blogger friends, we tried out the relatively new resto to discover for ourselves  the reason behind all the positive hypes. Photos! 

with Thai Bistro's gorgeous owner, The Chef in Stilettos, Ms. Cecille Chang!:)

Love the interiors! These works of art came all the way from Thailand!

Chef Cecille welcoming us and giving us  a brief background.:) With her is my loves Shen who invited us!:)

Shen ordered for all of us. Then the food came one by one...

Tom Yum -

Soooo good! You have to be particular with the spicyness though. This was mild but it made me cough hehe. 1 bowl is not enough!:)

Soft Shell Crab Pomelo Salad

Made of green papaya, basil and soft shelled crabs.

Milk Tea

So goood! This is just perfect coz it soothes the tongue from all the spicy food!

Lemongrass or Pandan Iced Tea. Sarap!

 Mieng Kham

This is one of my favorite dishes from the bunch! It's just an explosion of flavors. There's shrimp, ginger, nuts, chili, basil, special sauce, and you roll the leaves when you eat it. Chef Cecille mentioned that she grows the leaves used for this since this could only be found in Thailand. Wow!

Prawn Rolls (minus the prawn coz this was made especially for the vegetarian Ana):)

This is very similar with Vietnam's fresh spring rolls. I love the sauce so much! It's made of patis, lime, chili. Super addictive!

Forgot the name but this is Fish in special sauce. Love it!

Pad Thai

I've tried quite a number of Pad Thai's and truth be told this one has got to be in my Top 3. I love how it was delicately wrapped in a cage like egg! Hehe. 

Black Soft Shell Crab

Ordered this again when I came back with Mich. It was cooked to perfection and I love the sauce!

Satay - so tasty!

I wasn't  able to take photos of the other dishes but they were equally good!!! DO NOT FORGET TO ORDER THE KAFFIR GARLIC RICE. Made it all caps coz that's how delicious it is. Haha! Rice lang ulam na! Swear. I could eat one whole plate. We were also able to try their Curry dishes--both red and green--and  they didn't disappoint! 

Then came dessert!

Thakoo Thai

Tapioca pearls with coconut milk. Wasn't able to try this out, ubos agad!:(

Pudding

Wasn't able to try this too but I'm sure it was awesome!

I wanted to try the Ice Cream but it was gone in 60 seconds! Haha.

ended up eating this Halo Halo-ish dessert. Love!

with Thai Bistro's supervisor! Thank you for being accommodating! He also attended to Mich and I when we came back to dine:)

Happy diners...

Mother Shen, our host for the night! Hehe

Beauty and Fashion bloggers unite! Over katakawan. Hehe.

with the clingys Ana and Sarah. Hehe! 

Marj, Earth, Paul and Shen

very very simple Iphone case of Marj. Wahehe. 

group pic! I had to face the camera coz I had a bad case of stiff neck that time! Can't mooove. Hassle.

I am never gonna be an expert food blogger. But I'm a certified foodie! Believe me. Hehe. And I could really say this has become my new favorite restaurant! Overall ha. Not just in the Thai food category. It was such a pleasant dining experience-- the food, the ambiance, the service, the prices, the servings-- complete package. I immediately came back a few days after and even Mich gave her seal of approval! Can't wait to go back!:) 

Thank you Thai Bistro! Thanks Ms. Cecille!

Thai Bistro is located at:

Ground Floor, Robinson’s Magnolia Town Center

Aurora Boulevard cor. Hemady St. Quezon City. 

Open from 11:00 am-12:00 am.

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https://www.facebook.com/TheThaiBistro