Lasang Pinoy, Sundays: One Fine Dining
This Sunday is revolving around dining in style and taste with higher quality materials like white linens, fine china, crystal wine glasses, candle lights, wait staffs in formal attire and of course glorious food. In this manner, we give special attention to ambience. On another note, fine dining is also highly associated with full course meals. This would include bite size fruits for starters, appetizers, soup, salad, the entree served with rice or bread and vegetables to dessert served with tea or coffee and lastly some cookies or nuts served with another drink.
As I have googled, there is no definitive meaning of the words FINE DINING. It is subjective as they say, depending on personal taste and can be guided by the quality of food, service and atmosphere. I cannot find any specific guideline regarding this. Hence, I am leaving it all up to you to help me come up with a more accurate description.
I myself, found it a little difficult to post my own photo, so I borrowed the first 2 from my sister, taken during her wedding. The fact that we rarely go to fine dining restaurants nowadays make up for this inadequacy. I am positive that most of you will agree with me that these would be over the top excessiveness and beyond reason if done on a whim during this dwindling economy. That doesn’t mean we cannot have one though. What we normally have are special nights of fine dining experience in the comfort of our own home such as this last photo. Once I am in the mood for making out of the ordinary meals, not necessarily luxurious, what follows is a nicely done tablescape wherein my finer china and wine glasses, add to that the silver chargers come into good use…as opposed to everyday plastic or paper plates and cups!
I do wish you all a fine Sunday and week ahead! Cheers!
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By Jay, March 21, 2009 @ 11:17 am
ang ganda ng setup.
and i love those capis candle holders
my entry is here
magandang araw ka-lasa-ista
Salamat sa pagbisita
Jay’s last blog post..La.Pi.S # 41: Fine Dining
By Pinky, March 21, 2009 @ 3:51 pm
I so love your sister’s table setting – very elegant! Yup, do agree that fine dining seems excessive especially during these times of global recession but yes, it wouldn’t hurt to indulge once in a while – especially when celebrating special occasions.
A fine Sunday to you! Mwah!
Pinky’s last blog post..LaPiS: Fine Dining
By Thess, March 21, 2009 @ 4:35 pm
Beautiful table setting on your sister’s wedding Ces, I like the color motif! I agree with you, fine dining can be done at home. Your setting is stylish…sooo you
I’m early this weekend, can you believe that? *lol* Happy Lapis, peeps!
my entry:
http://eetsmakelijk.thesserie.com/fine-dining-and-some-for-lasang-pinoy-sunday/
By Jescel, March 21, 2009 @ 4:55 pm
your sister’s wedding must have been really nice… yep, we can always have fine dining at home.I do this too for special occasions.
Jescel’s last blog post..Sweet Challah
By Zriz, March 22, 2009 @ 2:17 am
Wow Ces! Your sister’s table is so elegant! I love the flower arrangement and the favors! Too cute!
We can’t take out our fine china since all of them have been shipped to the Philippines so we don’t have fancy shmancy dinners here…lol but your table scape is glorious!
BTW I’ll email you the html file that I used for the gallery
By iska, March 22, 2009 @ 6:37 am
Wish I could do fine dining at home…
Food can always be a bit luxurious but the table setting never ends up fine with the kiddo messing around hahaha! (But we always use fine dinnerware everyday, my kitchen storage space is so limited whatever we have we use hehehe)
iska’s last blog post..Fine Dining at Philippe Starck’s Le Lan in Beijing
By raquel, March 22, 2009 @ 10:46 am
here’s my post:
http://www.cafenilson.com/2009/03/lasang-pinoy-sundays-fine-dining/
hope you all enjoy it. i couldn’t find any good pictures.
By maver, March 22, 2009 @ 10:58 am
huli na naman ako. hehehe!
here’s mine:
http://maver.wifespeaks.com/2009/03/lapis-39-fine-dining.html
By cakesandladders, March 22, 2009 @ 1:02 pm
here’s another take on the theme!
By something purple, March 22, 2009 @ 2:53 pm
ces, di ata bagay ang entry ko kaya di ko na tinuloy loL!
anyways gagawin ko na tag mo pero ikaw muna taya eto:
http://www.deviouslycreative.com/2009/03/i-am-mother-wife.html
something purple’s last blog post..LIGHTS OFF!
By Julie, March 22, 2009 @ 5:25 pm
Fine dining is fun but when we consider the expense, I guess we can have even more fun without parting with more moolah than we care to let go
Yes, it is subjective and is a personal preference.
And yes, we can do this at home once in a while
My post is up!
Have a great week,everyone!
By SOMETHING PURPLE's cucina, March 22, 2009 @ 6:15 pm
Ang aking trying hard na fine dining entry hee hee
http://www.elegancefoodandwine.com/2009/03/lasang-pinoy-28-fine-dining.html
By Rach (Heart of Rachel), March 23, 2009 @ 4:31 am
That’s a beautiful dining set-up. It’s nice to go to fine dining once in a while especially during special occasions.
Rach (Heart of Rachel)’s last blog post..Weekend Snapshot #66 – Five Cows Resto and Ice Cream Bar
By alpha, March 23, 2009 @ 8:28 am
i missed last sunday, sorry. here’s my fine dining. di ko alam kung fine nga to
http://bowloffun.com/2009/03/23/lasang-pinoy-sundays-one-fine-dining/
By FoodieJenn, March 23, 2009 @ 8:32 am
Late ang entry ko, pero nakahain na po! Sarap siguro kumain dito!
FoodieJenn’s last blog post..C’ Italian Dining
By Munchkin Mommy, March 23, 2009 @ 11:03 am
i’m sorry for the delay! i was away for the weekend.
your sister had a very lovely table setting for her wedding. and your fine dining tablescape at home could have very well been mistaken for a restaurant’s.
have a great week ahead, ces!
*mwah*
By Dexie, March 23, 2009 @ 10:05 pm
I made it, I hope.
Those are gorgeous tablescapes. Wow.
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By Dexie, March 23, 2009 @ 10:08 pm
umm, here’s my entry : http://www.feistycook.com/WP/?p=937, nto the truffles linked by CommentLuv
Dexie’s last blog post..Husband’s Birthday Dinner At Home
By JMom, March 24, 2009 @ 3:55 pm
I really need to learn from you guys about setting tables. I’m so unimaginative when it comes to prettying things up. Your place settings look so elegant.
I couldn’t find a schmancy picture to post this week
kasi pag lumalabas kami, we always forget to bring a camera. lol! You can tell we don’t get out much.
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By abby, March 24, 2009 @ 9:49 pm
what pretty photos! buti ka pa nakakapag-set ng ganyan ka pretty na tablescape sa inyo. that has never happened at our home, haha!
mine’s up, late na naman!
abby’s last blog post..Lasang Pinoy, Sundays: Fine Dining
By HDTV Calibration :, October 31, 2010 @ 9:21 pm
find dining with seafoods is great, it is very tasty and special `
By Encryption Softwares :, October 31, 2010 @ 9:46 pm
dining sets are great because you can actually save more money if you buy chairs, tables and dinnerweare in sets “
By Pretty Girls Picture Gallery ·, November 14, 2010 @ 7:55 am
amazon really have great collection of dining sets and you can always purchase it online ~–
By Pine Wardrobe , November 25, 2010 @ 12:54 am
there are dining sets come in wide variety and prices, i often get the lower priced ones “:*
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