Rediscovering Megamall, My New Favorites

Feb 21, 12 Rediscovering Megamall, My New Favorites

Posted by in Cafés, Continental, Filipino, Japanese

Megamall, you will be forgotten no more.There was a time I practically lived in Megamall, all throughout college (it opened when I was a freshman) and for one year when I was working in the Ortigas area. I was there so often that I actually counted how many steps there were in the staircase leading down from the MRT to Megamall...

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A Food Blogger’s Big Birthday Appetite

Birthdays are the best.Note: This is a lengthy, possibly manic hunger-inducing post. Read this when you have the luxury of time, and possibly something edible close by. I’m someone who welcomes each birthday with an open heart and a fork in each hand. I regard each birthday as a gift and so I treat it as such: I’m alive and...

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Peanut Butter & Purple Pleasers

Feb 02, 12 Peanut Butter & Purple Pleasers

Posted by in Cafés, Restaurants

Have a happy purple day!It’s a triumph when I finally make it to Subspace. I hear about it in early December and I mentally play out many machinations trying to fit it into my schedule. But I blame the craziness that is Christmas and so I don’t make it there until mid-January.Subspace’s motto – nay, manifesto, is “The...

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My Milk Tea, Bubbles Optional

Jan 31, 12 My Milk Tea, Bubbles Optional

Posted by in Cafés, Restaurants

This is my favorite milk tea place, but for other reasons than you might think.Manila is currently afloat in a bubble milk tea mania, and the options are mind-boggling. This is made evident to me in last year’s MIYO Monday question asking readers: ”What’s Your Bubble Milk Tea of Choice? At 108 responses, that’s a lot of...

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Christmas Gift List Purveyor #18: John Sta. Cruz of Cake Planet

Nov 10, 11 Christmas Gift List Purveyor #18: John Sta. Cruz of Cake Planet

Posted by in Cafés, Home Bakers, Restaurants

At Dessert Comes First, it’s about making sweet wishes come true.Previously featured Christmas Gift List purveyors . My feature on John Sta. Cruz’s Cake Planet is one of this year’s most popular and commented-on posts. Even now, I have people telling me that “… I’m from the south and I didn’t know until I read...

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Sandwiches To Savor

Sep 13, 11 Sandwiches To Savor

Posted by in Cafés, Continental, Restaurants

Some people call sandwiches “sammies.” In that case, I call these super sammies to savor. Right now.The Bread Bag Pandesal Bar The Burgos Circle store is fast becoming my go-to place when I want an early breakfast. I’m usually there by 7am when they open, so early that the aircon hasn’t even been turned on yet and...

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