Feb's Belated Feast

Just when my medical is now just a couple of days away, all the February birthday celebrants in the office decided to buy tons of food for the whole project to feast on. *cries* We were told of what had happened with the previous batch's medical as they were checked right after the holidays; high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar levels, with chunks of cholesterol and other nasty stuff that's sure to prevent us from entering Japan.

Well I still have a day or so to normalize my body, so I dove in with the crowd and started grabbing anything edible within reach. I wasn't able to try all of the available dish laid out, but I managed to take quite a lot!





Clockwise from top left: Spaghetti, Pancit Malabon, Barbecue, Pichi-pichi, Sansrival Cake, and a Choco Roll in the center.




For those who aren't familiar with Pancit Malabon, here's a definition from Wikipedia: Pancit Malabon is a type of pancit, or stir-fried noodle dish, which originated in Malabon City, Philippines. It has a yellow-orange color due to a sauce that includes fish sauce and shrimp paste. Its toppings draw heavily from the fresh seafood that is available in the area and may include fresh shrimp, squid, oysters, and hard-boiled duck or hen eggs, as well as pork. Trust me, it's delicious~

And pichi-pichi is a sticky ball of sweet gooey stuff covered in coconut shreds. I only took two, hurrah for self-restraint!

It is obviously decided that I have to do a rigorous exercise just to lay off whatever fatty substances that crept into my body. I did a 30-minute crazy dance routine to the sound of the Hairspray movie's OST, but it probably just burned off only the spaghetti...

I wonder if a round-trip up and down the staircase would take care of those pichi-pichies~