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Having no time to bake for my big sis' birthday, we went to Cab cafe (beside Charlie' Grind and Grill). The display area showcased a line of specialty cakes and some pastries. we opted to buy the small pavlova with sliced almonds for my sis. Caught my attention was the rustic style of cake decorating for the Strawberry shortcake. No clean line... just natural-looking :) Strawberry shortcake  We bought a brownie and mamon (chiffon cake) for my granny. I loved the way they baked the chiffon batter over a pandan leaf to prevent it from sticking on the pan. It is such a creative way to present a pastries and shall i say... a very PINOY way! :) The brownie was OK. It lacks the gooey-ness, its more of like crumbly. Next time, we'll try the Strawberry shortcake with a cup of coffee. :) Ciao! xoxo

I'M BACK!! To celebrate my sis' 26th birthday, we head to Charlie's for some burgers. This is certainly a tasty come back to me as I share this burger for those who have enormous appetite. :) Situated in Brgy. Kapitolyo, Pasig city is a quaint burger store beside a car wash with no parking slots with it and yet serves motorists with delicious burgers and its 'colleagues', hot-dawgs, fries, smoothies, fish n chips, and more. the counter area with overhead menu First on our list was their take on a cheeseburger... Charlie's burger At a value of P175.00 (with fries) Angus burger, its already a meal for itself. You can have it shared. It's more burger-y than cheesy... hehehe :) There is an array of burgers offered at Charlie's that you can choose from. The most expensive one rates up to P200++ value. Another huge serving by Charlie's was the Chili-dawg! This will surely make you say, "What's up Dawg?!" :D Chili-dawg! The h

Browsing on my Facebook account, a click a link of Metro Deal . Live your City for Less... Metro Deal offer HUGE discounts for spa treatments, food buffets, hotel accommodations and may more. As they say, 50% discount is 'too good to be true.' Nevertheless, I gave it a try. :) I purchased two vouchers of the 53% for two large cup of ice cream in Cold Rock Ice Creamery. We went to their branch at the Trinoma Mall, Quezon city and we never failed. We got a cup of Very Strawberry + Aussie Vanilla with cookie dough and Dark Chocolate + Coffee with fudge brownie chunks. Aussie Vanilla-Strawberry cookie dough and Choco-coffee brownie smashing the Choco-coffee concoction The store is like a haven for ice cream lovers. Select your ice cream (can be in combination of many flavors) and choose your mix-ins (can be nuts, candies, frozen fruits, chocolate bar chunks, pastries, etc.) It is very personal. I think me and my sister found our new love!! wahahaha, uber tasty ice cre

Our family is a big fun of food expo's... :D We often visit the website of the World Trade Center , Pasay city for event updates. Last March 31st - April 2nd, the Philippine International Food and Beverage Expo was held.The Entrance fee was P80.00 and with 20% discount for Senior citizens.As quoted from the  biztradeshows.com, it opens the gateway by offering innovative business opportunity to reach decision makers and new potential customers on the latest in food & manufacturing manufacturing, machinery, equipment and technology related to food processing, handling and packaging. The articale on that site says it all... There were lesser participants compared to the other events we visited. The exhibition hall mostly have food processing equipment and machines. First stop was the classy red-white 3-tiered cake in front of the hall.  My sister is big fan of Ilocos empanada, every time she sees a stall, she can't help but have one. There was also a cocktail mixi

After having an 'overtime' at work, I received an SMS from my sister saying we have pizza for dinner. To my surprise, it was HUGE 0_0... It was a New York-style Pizza from S & R Membership shopping . The setup of this supermarket is more like with that of in the US. Great finds from breads to appliances; even food service (yes, you can dine in), they all got it. I'd like to share with you some pics of the pizza we enjoyed. The size of this pizza is almost the size of an 18-inch Yellow cab pizza. This cost much cheaper at P549.00 per whole pizza and P99.00 per slice. It comes in four flavors: Hawaiian, Garlic Shrimp, Cheese, and New York-style. The verdict... IT'S simply DELICIOSO!! not too salty, loads of toppings, crust is soft, not too oily... I'm surprised that the crust didn't got tough after staying in room temperature in quite some time. I badly want to have a glance of S & R. Uber-excited, YAY! xoxo tere :)

Whenever we are having a road trip to Pampanga . We never failed to get some Turrones de Casoy (nougats with cashew nuts wrapped in melts in your mouth paper-thin wafer). The edible wrapper compliments the sweet honey nougat candy and the roasted chopped cashews on it. Before, we even concocted a Mango-turrones cake, very yummy! The layers of chiffon cake has chopped Turrones de Casoy and Mango-whipped cream. The crunch from the nougats had character to the soft chiffon and sweet mango, too bad there no pic. :( Not recommended for diabetics. This sweet pastry is originally made in Pampanga. However, Turrones de Casoy is now well available in supermarkets that showcases Filipino delicacies. The prices ranges from P75.00 - P200.00 depending on the weight per pack. It comes in 2 packaging: (1) in styrofoam plate wrapped in clear plastic contains roughly 25 pieces; and (2) in shallow tin can that has almost 50 pieces. xoxo tere ;)

Browsing my Flickr account, I found some old pics and of course found a Christmas goodie that can be enjoyed whole year-round. Filipino Yuletide celebration is not complete without savoring some oldie but sure an all-time favorite Bibingka and Puto Bumbong.  Bibingka is a composed of rice flour, coconut milk, and water. It is often topped with margarine, sugar, sliced cheese and salted egg. There is an old store named Felimar's Bibingka located near Tayuman Station of the LRT line 1. It's a humble store, with a quite dark ambiance, filled with several pugon (stone stove) and ceramic round pans. People from all walks of life often visits this store anytime of the day (yes! they can satisfy your late night craving :) ).Their best seller is this Bibingka...(i'll update the pic to a more vivid resolution once we have visited the store again.) The texture of their Bibingka has a perfect combination of a fluffy pancake, hint of the salty-ness from the melted cheese, slig

During summer what else will quench your thirst but a glass of 'something' cold. Many people around the world have their own concoction of smoothies, shakes, and ice cream to beat the summer heat. In the Philippines, Halo-Halo (mix-mix in English translation) is a truly Pinoy cold dessert. It has a combination of more than a dozen of sweetened fruits such as saba bananas, coconut sport, jackfruit, sweet potato, cassava, sweetened beans(kidney, chick peas, mung beans), tapioca, sweet nata de coco, sweet sugar palm fruit, and cubed gulaman/jelly. The combination of a spoonful of each sweetened delights, is topped with crushed ice and evaporated milk with pinipig (roasted popped rice), leche flan, ube halaya (sweet purple yam)... phew! That's quite a lot, right?! The MIX-MIX action is when you have to mix all the ingredients first to combine the flavors and enjoy every spoonful of the dessert. :D I'd like to share with you an INTENSE Halo-Halo we enjoyed in NathanielS,

I often visit the World Trade Center 's calendar for some expo's whole year-round. This February 24-27 is the 10th PhilFoodEx Food Expo. This event showcased everything about FOOD... Most of the participants are Entre-Pinoys (Filipino entrepreneurs) from all places around the country. From Bagnet of Ilocos Norte to Durian candies of Davao... all foodies gather on this event not only to buy but also to inform everyone what Filipinos CAN offer in the fast developing Food industry. For an entrance fee of P 50.00/ person and with 20% discount for Senior citizen, its worth it! First stop: eat with your eyes first at the Food Styling and Photography Competition on the entrance of the hall. Below are some shots of the mouth-watering entries: Next, if Batangas have their Baracco coffee that will make you say "Ala eh!", here is the proud Musang Coffee of Ifugao, Mountain province. Too bad, no free-taste this coffee is very expensive at P800.00 per pack, phew! If Italy have th