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Interesting Eats

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Have you eaten anything interesting lately? Share, share, fellow foodies!
This week, I tried leche flan with ripe mangoes for the first time. I thought it was an odd combination at first, but it worked! For as long as the leche flan isn’t too sweet, the ripe mango’s slightly tart yet sweet taste will [...]


Rowena’s Blueberry Cheese Tarts

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Think Tagaytay food and the usuals come to mind: buko pie, buko tarts, espasol, tawilis, coffee. Add this to your list: Blueberry Cheese Tarts!

We got a box of six from Rowena’s Cafe in Tagaytay. That place served a lot of delicious snacks! Turones de casoy, marzipan, all sorts of tarts, ube halaya, bags and bags [...]


Monday Picker-Upper: Strawberries

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Holy crap it’s Monday again. Are you looking forward to this week as much as I am? If yes, well, that’s not saying much. My weekend pretty much rocked so this week better be a million percent better.
But hey, there’s always a way to make ourselves feel cheerier. And you know what makes me a [...]


Mini Bibingka Love

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Bibingka is one of my favorite Filipino treats, but I don’t eat it everyday. It’s usually prepared in a size good enough for at least two people to eat. Since H isn’t big on bibingka, I hardly get to eat it. True, I could bring the uneaten part home and nuke it when I crave [...]


This giddiness is brought to you by…

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Different kinds of chocolate bring me different kinds of happy. A Kitkat bar gives me a relaxed kind of happy; Baby Ruth bar an indulgent kind of happy; M&Ms a playful kind of happy… and Meiji Strawberry Chocolate? A giddy kind of happy.
Thanks to my sister for surprising me one evening with a box of [...]


Craving: Comfort Food

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Image credits: 1. Mac ‘n Cheese, 2. First strawberries of this season…, 3. Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, 4. Popsicles


Thoughts on Top Chef S06E14: Toughest Season Ever

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

If you have not seen Top Chef Season 6 Episode 14, read no further. This post contains spoilers!

Image credit: eonline.com

How’d you guys like the recent episode of Top Chef Las Vegas? Here are my random thoughts as I watched the show. Would love to hear yours!


Thoughts on Top Chef S06E13: Celebrate the Grape!

Friday, December 4th, 2009

If you have not seen Top Chef Season 6 Episode 13, read no further. This post contains spoilers!
How’d you guys like the recent episode of Top Chef Las Vegas? Here are my random thoughts as I watched the show. Would love to hear yours!


Thoughts on Top Chef S06E12: The Culinary Olympics

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

If you have not seen Top Chef Season 6 Episode 12, read no further. This post contains spoilers! I realize I counted the Reunion Dinner as one Las Vegas episode, so… whoops. Anyway, this is technically Episode 12 of the Las Vegas run.
How’d you guys like the recent episode of Top Chef Las Vegas? Here [...]


Thoughts on Top Chef S06E12: More Nigella Please!

Friday, November 13th, 2009

If you have not seen Top Chef Season 6 Episode 12, read no further. This post contains spoilers!
How’d you guys like the recent episode of Top Chef Las Vegas? Here are my random thoughts as I watched the show. Would love to hear yours!