Cafe Carusso

Cafe Caruso at Nicanor Garcia st. ( Reposo st. ) is one of the best Italian restaurants in the Philippines.  They serve good food and their staff are well trained.   I love ordering their freshly made pasta.  When pasta is fresh - not only does it tastes better - it's also soft and al dente at the same time.  

Garganelli ai Funghi Porcini dell'OssolaHome made garganelli in mushroom porcini sauce

Tagliatelle Alla Crema di Tartufo e Parma Ham
Home made tagliatelle with truffle cream and parma ham

Freshly Baked Bread

Olive Oil Dip for your Bread

Ravioli in Brodo di Pollo
Home made ravioli in chicken broth

Panna Cotta 

Zuppa Inglese
Chocolate, pastry cream, biscuit and marsala wine

Bag Holder - A Detail that sets them apart from other Restaurants

Clean Linens and Great Service - Great for Business Dinners

Italian Pizza are also served - equally a good choice as their main dishes 

Chewy Ears

Hello.  I'm Char Siew the Shar Pei.  I live in the House of Queens with four humans and another dog - Midori the Beagle.  Midori is my sister.  I love her dearly - but she thinks that my odd habit of chewing on her ears is annoying. 

Midori has her agreeable moments.  These are the times when she will allow me to corner her so I can go after her ears.

Wrinkles are to Shar Pei as Floppy ears are to Beagles.  When we play - I go after her ears - Midori then goes after the wrinkles on my neck.

Sometimes - I have to try to hold Midori's whole head.  I can't bite hard - because my lips fold into my teeth.

This last picture is the best moment - I've got the whole ear in my mouth.

Kong Toys

We got early Christmas presents from Daddy.   Apparently - there's a story behind these toys.  He turned in  a broken scale to True Value.  They offered an exchange of merchandise for the broken scale.  He beelined for the Kong toys which he thought was a bit too expensive for us - but since these are technically free now - he got us three toys.

My favorite is the Kong Braidz.  Char Siew seems to like it too.  Who wouldn't want to wrestle with a squeaking monkey?

Daddy is using the Kong Tug Toy - in channeling our prey drive.  He plays tug of war with us - and every time he says - Drop It - and we let go - we get either a treat or we continue the game.  

Char Siew seems to be drawn to the Kong Wubba.  He likes playing fetch - and it's a great fetch toy.

Anipals - have you received your Christmas presents?

NOTE: A guest post by Midori the Beagle.