I was accompanying my husband in HLURB in Quezon City when I saw a stand in the corner that said Farinas Ilocos empanada. What? Ilocos empanada here? Really?! Got to have one of those, I told myself. So I badgered…
Fresh from the success of its two previous outlets in Quezon City and Makati City, Mango Tree has finally arrived in Bonifacio High Street Central in Taguig, a mark of its widening popularity with foreign branches in Bangkok, Dubai, London, Tokyo,…
I haven’t tasted ginataang halo halo in a while. I would love to have some but it is a little daunting to make because I know it would entail a lot of chopping. I would have to peel and chop…
I’m not here to review Acuatico in Laiya, Batangas which is a photographer’s delight by the way, but to tell you about my new food find in this resort, their crunchy arrowroot cookies which was thoughtfully offered in the rooms.…
Dexter’s Shawarma Pizza could be one of my favorite pizza flavors. Honestly, I haven’t tasted something similar to this in other pizza chains. And since I love shawarma, this pizza flavor talks to me. Honestly, I’m not familiar with Dexter’s…
I recently attended the 8oth birthday of my husband’s sprightly aunt. It was held in Tanauan, Batangas. And because 80th birthday is quite an achievement these days we couldn’t miss that. Going there, I began to look forward to different…
One of the stops we have before heading back to Manila from Bocaue is this small panaderia, churning a different kind of pandesal, the malunggay pandesal. It’s open 24 hours so you can have your malunggay pandesal, warm and freshly…
I found myself in the northern part of Manila two weeks ago, going to Pampanga. It was my Mom’s birthday and we had to get to this restaurant she heard about. It was Bale she said, Bale Pampanga. I’m from…
It’s merienda time and I’m famished. I want to eat some banana cue, kamote cue, turon or some fried peanuts with Coke, yum! Then I remember, it’s a Monday and I will have to scour the neighborhood to find someone…
P99 for one appetizer, main course and one drink. Not bad. And it’s from Pizza Hut. Seriously? Yep. Passing by its poster in one mall, I was initially hesitant to enter during the lunch hour because some restaurants have similar…