Why Retire in the Philippines/Marinduque Vacations: My Father's Day Outing at Rudy's Hideaway LobsterHouse

Planning to Retire Soon!

If you are planning to retire in the Philippines soon, I suggest you visit several excellent websites on pro's and cons of retiring in the Philippines. However if you want to retire in the provinces, where life is simple, standard of living cheaper, less traffic congestion and pollution, availability of fresh seafood and vegetables compared to the big cities, my island province is the place for you! If this is your first time in my site, welcome. Some of the photos and videos on this site, I do not own. However, I have no intention on the infringement of your copyrights. The photo above is the front yard of Chateau Du Mer- Our Retirement Home in Boac, Marinduque, Philippines

Monday, June 21, 2021

My Father's Day Outing at Rudy's Hideaway LobsterHouse

Yesterday was one of the happiest Father's Day Outing I have experienced in my aging years. It was the first time in 12 months I was out of the house without mask and saw more than 50 people inside a restaurant without social distancing. Ditas treated me for an early dinner to a 4.7 Star Lobster House( see photo above) in Rancho Cordoba only about 5 miles from our house. We had an early dinner reservation at 4:15PM. When we arrived at the restaurant, the parking lot ( around 100 cars) was almost full. We were seated right away and served our order in 10 minutes. Below is the menu for Father's Day.

The food was excellent, but after the Boston clam chowder and the Calamari appetizer, I was so full, I was not able to eat my entry. However, but we took it home. The soup was delicious and SF sourdough bread was warm and taste perfect.

Besides my first post -vaccination and without mask outing in the crowd, yesterday's is the Father's day, I will always remember- because all my children called me and extend their greetings.

The Rudy's Hideaway Lobster house reminded me of Spangler's Sea Food Restaurant in Berkeley that Macrine (RIP) and I used to patronized in the 1980's when we were still residing in Pinole, California. Ditas informed me Spanglers is now closed.

Here's a brief description and Customer reviews of Rudy's Hideaway Sea Food Restaurant for your information. https://www.opentable.com/rudys-hideaway Home Food Delivery is also available via Door Dash. The regular menu is not as pricey as the Father's Day menu above.

Meanwhile enjoy Hauser's cello rendition of Meditation by Thais- one of my favorite classical piece.

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Fruit Trees in the Gardens of Chateau Du Mer

The Mango Tree-I have three varieties in my Garden-The Indian, Guimaras and Carabao Mangoes My caretaker/gardener informed me last month that due to the El Nino drought in Marinduque, two of my Durian trees died in spite of his vigilant watering. One of the tree was attacked by insects that looks like a big fly but yellowish in color that sucks the sap of the seedling. The roots of the other tree was attacked by ants residing in the soil. However, my other fruit trees, the rambutans( 2), the lanzones(2) and the jack fruits ( 2) trees are doing well. The above eight fruit trees were given to me by Retired General Recaredo Sarmiento of Boac and Lucena., about three years ago. General Sarmiento is the “atid” of my wife. “Atid” is the colloquial term for brother. Evidently, Macrine's father, the late Bernardo Jambalos was the Godfather of General Sarmiento during his baptism and comfirmation. Gen Sarmiento's hobby is orchard planting, reforestation and farming. The other fruit trees in my garden are guayabanos, cashew, avocados, starapples, duhats, ates, guavas, mangoes( 3 varieties) and papayas as well as several varieties of bananas . Of the above fruit trees, my favorite is the guayabanos, also known as soursop tree known for its anti-tumor and anti-cancer properties . The following are photos of the fruit trees. The Durian photo is from the web. Note that it almost look like a jack fruit tree, except that the leaves are bigger and shiny. My desire is to have a passion fruit tree in the near future. You are welcome to visit my orchard and flower gardens any time, if perchance you are in the vicinity of The Chateau Du Mer Beach Resort and Conference Center.

The Rambutan Tree and Fruits

The Lanzone Tree and Fruits

The Jack Fruit Tree

The Durian Fruit Tree