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I haven’t experience dining at Travel Cafe Philippines yet but I’ve been hearing praises about this travel inspired pinoy restaurant. A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to attend in the opening of Bratpack Greenbelt 5. Aside from the newly opened uber huge Bratpack store in Greenbelt 5, I think one of the highlight of the event was its delightful set of meals served by Travel Cafe Philippines.

Saranggani Smoked Fish Linguini

Travel Cafe Philippines was a pet project of The Philippine Department of Tourism together with Makati Skyline, Inc. as Food and Beverage Consultants. TCP aims to showcase food that is reflective of traditional Filipino cuisine. The restaurant has been known for its authentic pinoy dishes such as crispy squid, crispy ukoy, kinilaw, Pandesal Sandwiches, Lumpia and everyone’s favorite Halo Halo. Read the rest of this entry →

Year in and year out, party after party, the art of exchanging gifts has fallen into a creative rut as presents become more predictable, and recipients whittled down to a selected few.

Send FREE treats to your friends and loved ones!!

Luckily, trendy French cafe Delifrance is adding a dash of daring and a large dose of generosity to the usual kris kringle, turning it into a metro-wide phenomenon.

With just a click on the My Secret Santa website (www.mysecretsanta08.com ), Filipinos can shed off those tired Christmas hats and don, instead, a Secret Santa suit with a bottomless sack of freebies to give away. Read the rest of this entry →

The best of Samar’s food products will be brought once again to the Atrium, SM City, Cebu on November 12-16, 2008 for the One Town-One Product (OTOP) Visayas Island Fair.The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Samar along with the 25 participating producers and food processors are now mobilized for the preparations.

This OTOP Visayas Island Fair aims to generate some P 400,000.00 sales, DTI added.DTI Regions 6, 7 and 8 will join the 3rd OTOP Fair.Micro-Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMs) within the Visayas are joining in with souvenir items, novelty items, furniture, natural fiber, fashion accessories such as bags, headgears and processed food item and foot wear will be showcased in the fair. Read the rest of this entry →

I was invited a couple of days ago to try out one of Manila’s newest place for Wine and Cheese lovers. The restaurant was just newly opened that’s why they invited few food bloggers for wine tasting and to try out their Raclette Buffet.

Chef preparing Raclette for us

The restaurant’s décor was simple and the different sets of chairs is somehow surprising; the waiters were all friendly and attentive not to mention the Chef who prepared the Raclette for us.

Wide Selection of Wines @ Astralis

Wine is such a wonderful luxury and probably one of the worlds most favorite beverage. From the same names behind Diamond Hotel, this new epicurean landmark in the chic Rockwell area offers wine connoisseurs a venue to satiate their taste for this classy intoxication. Read the rest of this entry →

The WHITE HAT – Italian Frozen Yogurt company’s third CELEBRITY-FOR-CHARITY event resumes this October 25, 2008 (SATURDAY) with TV-PERSONALITY Patricia “Shaan” Bermudez-Hizon and EX-PBA PLAYER & husband Vince Hizon as their special guests.

Patricia & Vince Hizon

The famous couple will be wearing THE WHITE HAT uniforms as they serve customers for the day in an effort to raise money for their charity foundation called “EVERYDAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY FOUNDATION”. For almost 8 years, EIYBF has provided a way for people to share their blessings with the needy. It encourages people to celebrate their own birthdays not just through the usual way of splurging on a big party with friends & family, but to also share the greatest gift of LOVE, to the less fortunate. Read the rest of this entry →

Tahong is one of Bacoor’s major produce and one of the major sources of income for the town constituents. I first got the chance to taste it last week when we were invited to cover the first Bacood Festival in Bacoor Cavite.

Crispy Tahong Chips

I’ve never been a big fan of Tahong (mussels) but after tasting the tahong chips I guess I’m now converted. The popular crispy tahong chips are made of fresh mussels, flour, spices and salt. Tahong Chips taste like real tahong in crunchy chip form and is usually consumed as “pulutan”, snacks, and an excellent alternative for junk foods which kids may enjoy.

Adobong Tahong

After fixing a huge serving of Digman Original Halo-Halo, we visited the Ocean Fresh Tahong Chips factory to checkout how these chips are made and, of course, to submit to another gustatory experience. Read the rest of this entry →

Last week, Bloggers were invited in the Make Your Own Pizza event which was hosted by California Pizza Kitchen. It was rainy and vehicles in the streets are not moving so I decided to walk from my office in Makati Avenue to reach CPK Glorietta.

CPK’s to go box

Upon arrival, I was asked to choose a pizza flavor that that i like from among the more than 30 pizza offerings of California Pizza Kitchen. I personally chose the Jamaican Jerk Chicken since i havent tried it yet.

Garlic Cheese Focaccia with Checca

After few minutes Archie Rodriguez - the Philippine franchise owner of California Pizza Kitchen was introduced to us and a short presentation was played to familiarized us about how CPK started. Read the rest of this entry →