Eavesdropping and then some

Before i recount what I eavesdropped about, just want to share pictures of our orders in Myron's at the food court of Power Plant. Pity we forgot to take a picture of the pretty caesar's salad where Romaine lettuce leaves were arranged like a fan, each leaf topped with dressing, lots of parmesan cheese and a few slivers of bacon.

Following though are photos of the wagyu beef ribs an the paolo's rib eye steak. The former came with garlic rice, the latter with mashed potato. Sidings were similar: a slice of carrot, a slice of squash, several asparagus stems, zucchini. Both were very good.



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now for the eavesdropping bit. We thought of buying ensaimada from Diamond Hotel's outlet in Power Plant and saw some inviting cakes displayed. So my husband and I ordered Le Royale (sorry I forgot to take a picture) that was basically a dark chocolate mousse with crispy hazelnut crust and almond meringue. It was sinfully delicious. One slice which we shared cost P180 net. we had water to go with it and eavesdropping besides.

The tables at The Cake Club are precariously close to each other so that listening to the conversation in the table next to ours didn't take any effort. And where we sat was beside a youngish couple. The girl was dressed casually, her male companion had a bonnet. The girl spoke in English all the time. Then two of their Tagalog-speaking friends dropped by their table and joined them. The male arrival said, "you look tanned." The female English speaking girl said, "I just vacationed in Cayman Islands." (isn't it in Cayman Islands where the rich deposit their laundered wealth?) Oh, a rich girl, I thought. Rich and famous? Maybe but let's stop at rich. I'm not sure I've chanced upon her in the society pages. Then her male companion asked the two arrivals, "did you see the polar bears out there?" (I'm attaching a picture of those bears:)

He went on, "We thought they were for sale so we asked how much they cost. they weren't for sale though." Hello, those are huge bears you're talking about. They must cost tens of thousands of pesos. Oh but I'm sure those kids could afford them.








Anyway, richhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh these young people undoubtedly were. Then someone asked about someone else not present at their table and one of them said, "He owns a resort there." We failed to catch where "there" was, wow, but they also knew someone who owned a resort. Luckily for them, I wanted to go home but it was so entertaining to listen to the rich talk.

Moral of the story: Should you be in a public place and you don't want people to hear what you're talking about, speak softly. we didn't have to crane our necks or listen intently to these rich kids. They just spoke loudly enough for us to hear them.