My Summer in Sydney: The Food (3rd of 5 parts)

Apr 24, 12 My Summer in Sydney: The Food (3rd of 5 parts)

Posted by in Food Tripping

Seduced by butternut squash, meat pies, sushi trains, lamingtons, caramel slices, gelato, ginger beer, scones, hot chocolate cafés, and discovering the difference between a flat white and a latte.

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Cupcake Luxury

Mar 22, 12 Cupcake Luxury

Posted by in Home Bakers, Makati

New cupcake flavors from one of my favorite cupcake makers.

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Christmas Gift List Purveyor #9: Jenny Silayan of Sugarbee

Oct 25, 11 Christmas Gift List Purveyor #9: Jenny Silayan of Sugarbee

Posted by in Food Purveyors, Home Bakers, Others

Her name might not be familiar to you at first, but that’s because there’s been a name change.Previously featured Christmas Gift List purveyors Sugarbee is the former Fudgies by Jenny S., maker of those tempting molten lava cakes in the shape of a huge flower, the result of baking them in those aluminum ensaymada molds. If...

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Small in Size, Big in Bang

Sep 02, 11 Small in Size, Big in Bang

Posted by in Home Bakers, Makati

These cupcakes challenge my notion of size and flavor.I’m deeply suspicious of miniature pastries, “mini me’s” of their more massively sized counterparts. For me, the allure of the undersized is in fooling oneself about the quantity consumed; before you know it, the box’s contents have been decimated. Which is why I’m...

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My Favorites At Escolta Restaurant, Plus The Peninsula’s New Cupcakes

Sep 01, 11 My Favorites At Escolta Restaurant, Plus The Peninsula’s New Cupcakes

Posted by in Continental, Restaurants

It’s a short list but these are exceptional, my favorites from the buffet at the Peninsula Manila’s Escolta restaurant.I’m not a fan of buffets or, as they’re called now, interactive food stations, which is why I probably haven’t been to Escolta at the Peninsula Manila since it opened quite some time ago. A special...

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