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Dampa Sa Libis Dining Experience

Libis is one of our favorite place.. Starbucks drive thru, milk tea, our favorite restaurants and not to mention Shopwise…driving along C5, we would always pass by Dampa sa Libis. Having experienced Dampa in Macapagal, we’re kinda curious what Dampa sa Libis has to offer..not that much though because the facade was not very inviting. Finally, after some hesitations, we got to try Dampa sa Libis last weekend.

Dampa sa Libis is a bit different from the Dampa in Macapagal where you choose the restaurant first and you buy fresh ingredients at the wet market. Dampa sa Libis has a centralized payment system. When dining at Dampa Sa Libis, here’s what you need to do:

Shop for fresh seafood at the back. Fish, shrimp, crabs, you name it and the price are almost the same as it is in Farmer’s
Shop for marinated meat if you want. There’s a ref for marinated pork and chicken.
Shop for other ingredients such as vegetables and fruits.
Line up at the reception for cooking instructions and computation of your seafood, produce and meat. Cooking charge is not included yet
Pay at the cashier.
Get a table and wait for your order. And while waiting, order for rice, desserts and drinks.
Eat, enjoy then pay for your food.

Here are the cooking charge:

Our dining experience was really pleasant. We bought crabs, pusit, tanigue, lapu-lapu and liempo at the wet market. Here’s the wet market:

Our bill for the seafood and pork was 1000+ (not more than 1200) we proceeded to the reception where our cooking preference were noted: Chili crabs, grilled pusit, griled tanigue, sinigang sa miso lapu-lapu and grilled liempo. They say our orders would be ready in 30 minutes. While we were waiting for the food, I got the chance to look around.

There are two dining areas at Dampa sa Libis, one is air conditioned and the other one is not (obviously haha). Aside from the two kitchens that prepares the food, there’s another kitchen that offers short Chinese orders. Also, there’s a small tiangge in the area where you can buy toys and some clothes.

There’s hand washing area, comfort room and an area where you can order for drinks. There’s a two door ref where desserts are displayed:

We got two Blueberry Cream Cheese, 2 Fruit Salad and 2 Mango float. We also ordered 7 rice + 2 coke in can and 4 bottled water.. then the food arrives..

All the food were great.. the pork limepo was grilled just right and the taste was really good, it didn’t disappoint me. The grilled pusit, however, was not to my liking. I like my pusit well done.. but husband said he loved how the pusit was grilled.

The sinigang sa miso was OK too, not too sour but the miso taste was very distinct, never thought that Lapu-lapu can be used for sinigang sa miso. The grilled Tanigue turned out to be better than I expected. But the star of the show is none other than Chili Crabs!

Winner! The kids really really loved the spiciness + sweetness of the sauce.

The desserts we ordered were also good, considering how cheap it was (100+ for Blueberry, 60 for mango float and fruit salad if I am not mistaken).

Our bill was 1200+ which includes the cooking charge, the desserts, rice and drinks. Total bill is 2300+ not bad for a group of 7.. went home with a happy tummy and a lot of leftovers!

Till next time Dampa sa Libis!

and yes, this place is highly recommended by your truly.

Nutrition Month Celebration and Costume Ideas

Our country celebrates Nutrition Month every July and the Department of Education (DepEd) advise all schools to participate in the celebration of Nutrition Month by engaging into activities that will promote the importance of health and nutrition. “Gutom at Malnutrisyon, Sama-sama Nating Wakasan.” is Nutrition Month 2013 theme.

Every year, my kids’ school celebrate Nutrition Month with a parade where in the kids wear anything with vegetables or fruits followed by a simple program. A nutritionist or a doctor speaks in front of the students and tell the importance of good health and nutrition. Also inline with the celebration, a dental check up is scheduled for the students.

They also have poster making contest, short cooking contest and sometimes singing and dancing contest. I’m sure a lot of schools are looking for Nutrition Month Celebration Ideas, so here are some that I can think of:

Dental Check Up. You organize a dental check up for the students but aside from the usual check up where the students line up, you can make this activity an opportunity to discuss proper tooth brushing, how sweets affect the teeth and the diet (with a little background on the food pyramid).

To keep the dental organize and to ensure that all the students can hear the discussion, you can do this by Grade Level. While the other section lines up for the check up, the next section can attend the discussion. It would be better to have the discussion in a smaller group of students.

Poster Making Contest. Ask every students to create a poster from the said theme as an elimination process. In this case, every students get to participate on the activity. Choose 2-3 students per Grade level to represent their level to the contest.

Talk from a Nutritionist. Make sure that you will get a Nutritionist that can capture the students’ attention and also make sure the Nutritionist talks about things that can easily be understood by the students. You can also ask the speaker to talk about a certain topic, like the food pyramid or the Go, Grow Glow food.

Class Report. You can ask the students to prepare a report about Nutrition. Prepare a simpler topic for lower grade level. You can assign this as a project and include it in Values subject or HELE.

Cooking Contest. If your school does not have the facility to hold this kind of contest, you can still have one by choosing ingredients that does not need to cooked. You can have a sandwich making contest, salad making contest.

Acrostic writing contest. This contest is best for higher level students. Ask them to form an acrostics from the word NUTRITION, here is an example:

N- nuts are important! a great source of protein!
U-ube or purple yum for carbohydrates!
T- tomato makes your skin glow!
R- Rice to give us energy!
I-Ice cream is good but not too much!
T-Tuna is a fish and we can eat that!
I-Ice pop is another treat, but too much will break your teeth!
O-Orange, the fruit we need for Vitamin C!
N-Nachos with lots of veggies and some cheese makes a good meal!

For Nutrition Month Celebration Costume Ideas, here are some:

For girls: white blouse and skirt and let them carry a small basket with fruits or veggies.

For boys: white shirt and shorts with a hat decorated with fruits or veggies.

You can even create vegetables or fruits costume.

Good Fight Kuya, Good Fight!

Let me just share my happiness over my first born son. He run for treasure last week for their school student council, he lost but the support of his friends and other students are just overwhelming. Three students run for the said position, Grade 5, Grade 6 and him, Grade 4. Today, the results was out and the Grade 6 student won over him for just 4 votes.. Imagine that? only 4 votes! To think that it was a Grade 6 student and he even had more votes than the Grade 5 candidate.. I am just debunking the idea that higher year always win hahaha

It’s a good fight and more than that I am very thankful for the chance given to him. I am pretty sure it’s another plus points to his character and personality. And though he lost, he gained a lot from that experience. I am one happy mom and super proud of my first born. Next year again!

Here’s one of his campaign material during the election:

Treasurer di ba? kaya dapat all about the money! I got the idea from the super awesome Mr G (best friend ko yan si G eh hihi). He was suppose to rap/sing the chorus line of Price Tag (with a few play on the lyrics) “I care about your money! money! money! I care about your money! money! money!” kaso naunahan ng hiya hahaha (ayan lesson learned din sa kanya, si mommy ang laging tama! woohoo mahat-0, mommy-10 points!)

Another idea I got from my best friend, the awesome Mr G, was how to write a speech for the school treasurer (link).. he asked me to help him write his speech the night before the presentation of the candidates, kumusta naman ang cramming kuya? Kaya si Mr G, awesome na awesome talaga yan! Here’s a summary of what we learned on how to write a speech for the school treasurer:

Treasurer’s responsibility includes handling the finances of the student council. He/ She is responsible for accounting the money and making sure that the money is well spent on projects and other school council expenses. Given that, when writing a speech for a treasurer, one should establish his/ her credentials in order to convince the students that he can perform the said responsibilities.
In writing a speech, one should give an utmost priority to the greetings, common courtesy. Greet the teachers, the staff and of course the students.
Introduce yourself, your grade level, your section as well as your adviser.
Present your credentials and achievement as well as your plans when you win the seat.
Lastly, tell the voters to vote for you: VOTE FOR ME (then your name) and end your speech with a catchy slogan.

My first born, who is running for treasurer, used the slogan: Your Money is safe with Mahat (his second name) and I care about your money. His speech was short, talking about his achievement in the Math department.

I know he enjoyed campaigning and though he was a bit disappointed he did not won, he is happy with the votes he got.