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Cheesy Goodness in Mary Grace Ensaymadas and Cheese Rolls
A visiting friend of mine arrived in Ilocos with boxes of Mary Grace ensaymadas and cheese rolls. I’ve been hearing about them from fellow bloggers. In fact, their ensaymada is consistently in, along...
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Date at Tribeca
There are more pastries to try at the Tribeca coffee shop by the Valdez Center. I chanced upon their monstrous slices of fine oatmeal cookies and brownies during the holidays, but they were not...
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Rice Coffee Providing Sustainable Livelihood for Women in Banna
The aroma of freshly roasted rice for coffee at 6 AM in my younger years is still evocative as ever. Not really coffee with caffeine, the rice brew is child-friendly and healthy. Rice coffee is said...
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Tunnel Vision
On a roadtrip to Abra in the Cordillera Administrative Region with Leehua and Marion, stopped by Vigan for maka-tulo-laway Filipino food at Max’s. You will see Vigan bagnet, kare-kare, tokwa’t bagnet...
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DIY Winter Melon Tea
I discovered a cheaper alternative to expensive winter melon tea from tea places. Approximately four liters of winter melon drink prepared at home can cost you only 80 pesos, the price of one winter...
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Revisiting a Favorite Cibo Pasta
Cibo opened at the Lucky Chinatown Mall and the thought of squid ink pasta runs circles in my mind no matter if space was sick. I had to walk around the mall for one hour, go fetch my sis-in-law at...
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Birthday Cha Misua Recipe
Cha misua, a traditional light-but-festive Chinese food as the first meal of the day for someone who’s celebrating a birthday, is believed to symbolize long life. It was my late mother-in-law who,...
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Discovering Banna Otap
True serendipity. If not for my uncle JBoy Abadilla, I wouldn’t have known Banna makes very good otap, a flaky sugared pastry. He served it at his home when we visited him today and I couldn’t wait...
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The new potato chips: Namnama’s camote chips
The underrated Filipino sweet potato has gained a lot of hype in the sphere of health and wellness lately. Known here as camote, the high in nutrients, zero-cholesterol and zero-fat root crop lowers...
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Dinner with My Two Boys
Shakey’s has left me with fond memories of my youth. In every summer, there was always a nice Shakey’s story. Ever since it arrived in the north, I’ve always known where to take my boys. The love for...
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You Ga Cha Go! Milk Tea
This is the tea place I told you earlier. Saw it on Ablan Ave. on my way to the SPA Rimat Recital and Exhibit last night. The young man behind the counter looks like two people I know. I was right,...
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Say hello to Alicia’s Empanada
Looking for a place to eat good empanada in Laoag? Here’s a find. Alicia’s Empanada was mentioned by celebrity chef Sandy Daza of Wooden Spoon and the Lifestyle Network’s FoodPrints, but I only...
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Estancia Roadside Barbecuhan opens at Shop and Go, Laoag
Pasuquin’s Josie Barbeque was part of an old post in the blog (here). It’s the yummy peppery sauce that’s made this budget barbeque popular with locals passing by the northern town. Good news, guys...
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Chocolates from the furniture store
A friend left me some bars of Ikea chocolates and I found it a novel treat. I haven’t been to an Ikea store in over a decade, so you can call me baduy. The packaging is straightforward like the...
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Best of Baguio’s Homegrown Eats – Part 2
I took the late night bus to Baguio to join the two men following the Norwesterniana speaking engagement. The temperature was freezing! At 5 AM, I needed something to wake me up. Good Taste was out of...
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Revisiting Candon’s Cafe Bossa
The heart of the southern district of Iloco Sur is the thriving city of Candon, also known as “The Tobacco Capital of The Philippines.” You’d still find several old houses like the ones in Vigan,...
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Finally, an Estrel’s Caramel Cake!
Friday was a break from the FoodPrints shoot. The whole day was spent with very good friends. It was not a break in the true sense of the word. I overate from morning til evening, capping the night...
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The Legendary Smokin’ Pig Out
I can’t bow out of food blogging just yet. As they say, live a little. My foodie best friend Alma took me for lunch at Smokin’ Pig in a refreshingly green and muted area in Quezon City. The rib joint...
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Mang Tootz’s Banana-rhuma
Passed by the University of Santo Tomas on my way home to the apartment and made an impulse swing to P. Noval for the celebrated Mang Tootz Food House banana-rhuma. Here’s another traditional Filipino...
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The Catch-Up at Hatch 22
I thank God for blessing me with friends who find time to eat with me. This date with Christy and Cathy was totally spontaneous. I didn’t know Christy’s office was right beside this Chinese restaurant...
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