Secret Gourmand
Chubbies Qcina Cafe: Favorite Sisig Found
L ilac street in Marikina is tantamount to Quezon City's Maginhawa street, Paranaque's Aguirre street, and Pasig's kapitolyo. I have always heard people from Marikina take pride of their food strip and they are right to do so as they offer an array of interesting quaint establishments that offer good comfort food. It was the talked about Barney's …
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Secret Gourmand
Ovn Bread Co. And The Famous Calamansi Muffin
The Shop The very first time that I saw this shop was during the Blogapalooza 2013 event, which co-incidentally was also the first big blogging event that I was able to attend to. Running low on energy at 9 in the evening after almost a whole day of talking to brands, tasting food and testing products, listening to and joining forums/seminars, and interacting with …
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Secret Gourmand
Maginhawa: Bookay-Ukay Book Thrift and Dorissimo Pastries Dessert
Bookay-ukay in Maginhawa, unlike major book warehouse sales, is a cramped space of stacked and shelved 'book finds'. But unlike those grand book sales, Bookay-ukay is a staple book thrift shop, one that bibliophiles need not gear up for, travel long and hard for, mark on the calendars for... a constant. (HAHA!) It was in their new location in…
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Secret Gourmand
Best Pralines Found at Sinfully Circles by Makati Shangrila
When one says sinful food, what instantly comes to mind is chocolate. And each time I am reminded of scenes from the movie Chocolat starring the sexy Johnny Depp and beautiful Juliette Binoche. Set in the beautiful era of the late 50s, in a quaint and utterly conservative french town, Vianne (Juliette) opens a chocolatier which becomes the purveyor of passi…
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Hot Star Now In Katipunan
When Taiwan's popular shop in Shilin Night Market- which is mainly known for its humongous breaded chicken fillet- opened its blue garage door in the country, Filipinos of course were more than curious to have a bite. And that include my sisters and I. Being that those two beautiful cray-crays have been on a strict no-pork food principle for almost over a year…
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Secret Gourmand
Ideal Movie Snack: Royal Caribbean Jamaican Patties
When my sisters and I were in our teenage years, one of our main bonding activities would have to be watching movies- horror movies to be exact! And one of our favorite moments throughout the movie-watching experience would have to be choosing the food we would munch inside the theater. For some reason, there's joy in movie snacks (or at least in eating one). …
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