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Honestly, I’m not the most religious person out there so my idea of a Holy Week holiday well-spent is getting some work done with C (though 50% of the time we’re just playing Scramble and Words with Friends, haha).

While most malls and establishments are expected to be closed during Holy Week, there are (thankfully) those heathen-run restaurants that are open (if not for all days during the Holy Week Holiday, a lot were open yesterday). C and I first hung out at Burger King in Marcos Highway because they have plugs and free WIFI! They also have an impressive Holy Week schedule where they’re still open 24/7 for most days, and then for some days just half the day or closing at 9pm, but never closed all day.

That’s what you call business dedication. Haha.  Continue readingMaundy Thursdate at Saint’s Alp, Katipunan

My long weekend had basically been a period of pigging out. Saturday we celebrated Jaime’s birthday with some food and drinks at Ang Pulo. It was also my brother’s birthday, which he celebrated with the family on Sunday. That meant a whole day at Greenbelt of eating (Kenji Tei), movies, and then more food (Starbucks, Cibo). At that point I forgot that I had a buffet lunch scheduled with C and Cholo (Jaime and the others weren’t able to go) the next day — at Sambo Kojin. C and I went to the gym after (a story that merits a separate blog post) but even after that I still pigged out a bit. Not to mention my dinner with James yesterday, and another meet-up tonight.

Let’s just say I’ve been celebrating Chinese New Year with the rest of the other Asians by keeping my belly full these days. Which is probably not the best idea, but it makes my tummy happy.  Continue readingNew Year Pig-Out

As Raintree is now me and C’s default go-to place on Saturdays, I just wanted to share about our love for their Dessert Blends!

Before Raintree, I wouldn’t have considered buying anything that isn’t milk tea or tea. But their dessert blends have completely changed me. When we drop by Raintree, I don’t order milk tea anymore; I just simply prefer their dessert blends now.

I’ve blogged about C’s favorite in my last Raintree entry: Chocolate Truffle. But today, I want to share about how yummy the Strawberry Cheesecake and Banoffee Pie flavors are.

When I ordered Strawberry Cheesecake, I didn’t ask them to lessen the sugar and C found it too sweet. I added coconut jelly to it because I wanted to chew on something, but even without it the blend was still very good.

Meanwhile, yesterday I ordered a Banoffee Pie blend. I think it’s now our new favorite. Even with only a quarter sugar it didn’t taste weird and was still very yummy. I liked the crumbs (graham crumbs, methinks) at the bottom of the mix. I love banana a lot, and after letting C have a taste he said he’d start ordering Banoffee Pie instead of Chocolate Truffle next time.

I’ll have to try the other flavors too!

C and I dropped by Fully Booked at High Street for a book launch of a project which Kasey and Create.PH worked on. We were all hungry so we decided to grab a quick dinner and C wanted to go to Krispy Creme because, he said, they sell donut burgers now. He just saw one on Facebook. I wasn’t really keen on having donuts for dinner, so I was grateful they have this sausage and cheese baked bread. There weren’t any donut burgers though.

So in the car, I was asking him if he’s sure the picture he saw was an ad. I was even making fun of him, saying he’s gullible thinking just because there’s a photo there it’s an official ad already. Since there was no logo or copy on the picture. He showed me the photo on Facebook, and how the description said the donuts were from Krispy Kreme so he just assumed it was official.

After that quick dinner, we dropped by the Collective for a post-prod company’s Christmas party and lo and behold…

It’s so freaky-funny how all this happened in one night (looking for the donut burger, arguing at the existence of it, then finally Off Beat proving us that it exists).

Two weeks ago, C and I tried getting milk tea from Raintree Teapresso Blends near White Plains (exact address: 141 Katipunan Avenue, St. Ignatius Village, QC). It’s right before the intersection to Katipunan Ext., if you’re going towards Ateneo.

I got curious because Gail mentioned how she loved going there with her dad. I ordered their Jasmine milk tea while C got one of the dessert blends: Chocolate Truffle. And then because it was around lunchtime and I was really hungry, I got one of their vegetarian mozzarella sandwiches (I’m not vegetarian, but I’m not a meat person. I really love cheese and vegetables).

We both loved our orders so much, we went back in the evening of the same day. Great blends, yummy sandwiches (and desserts), and very friendly staff! They have Wi-Fi, comfy chairs and a pleasant atmosphere inside the cafe. It’s really a perfect place to chill out in the afternoons or evenings (they’re open from 10am to 12md!). Especially if you’re on the way home from work, if you pass by White Plains.

Continue readingTea and more at Raintree

Before going to C’s brother’s birthday at Salon de Ning in The Peninsula Manila, C and I first had dinner at Kenji Tei in Greenbelt 5. We were walking to DataBlitz to buy the gift (Skyrim, if that’s important) and I saw the words “ramen” on the window display of the restaurant so I immediately blurted out, “do you want ramen for dinner?”

So that’s how we ended up eating really good ramen that night (which, according to C, is quite close to the taste of ramen in Japan — authenticity points!). Continue readingDinner at Kenji Tei, Greenbelt 5