Category Archives: Breakfast

Taipei Day 2 – Breakfast at Hsuan Mei Hotel

Our stay at the Hsuan Mei hotel included a daily breakfast buffet of Asian and Western choices. There were lots of vegetarian dishes and traditional Taiwanese fare. fruits, dessert salad bar cereal my travel mates We were initially excited to see an automatic coffee maker until we tried it’s super weak coffee. After trying theContinue reading “Taipei Day 2 – Breakfast at Hsuan Mei Hotel”

Food on Philippine Airlines

Here’s another installment on my homage to Philippine Airlines’ (PAL) fabulous inflight food. This was taken on my trip to Hong Kong last February. Mnl-Hkg breakfast menu As usual the bircher muesli was excellent. Despite several attempts I couldn’t get my muesli to taste as good.  I suspect they used heavy cream instead of yogurtContinue reading “Food on Philippine Airlines”

Breakfast Spotlight – Yogurt with Cereal, Cranberries and Honey

This is what I’ve been eating for breakfast for the past 2 weeks. Elizabeth and Rochelle told me to buy plain, unsweetened yogurt instead of the fruity yogurt I always buy because it’s healthier. So when I saw this low fat creamy yogurt from the Rizal Dairy Farms stall in Market! Market! I bought aContinue reading “Breakfast Spotlight – Yogurt with Cereal, Cranberries and Honey”

Pantry Favorites – Bottled Tuyo

I’m starting a series called Pantry Favorites. These are my favorite Filipino products that I always keep in stock in my pantry. Today it’s San Sebastian’s Dried Herring (Tuyo) with garlic in olive oil. Herring fish is salted and dried under the sun that’s why it’s called Tuyo (dried) in Filipino. Tuyo is then friedContinue reading “Pantry Favorites – Bottled Tuyo”

Singapore Day 12 – Breakfast Buffet at Cafebiz+ Traders Hotel

photo from traders website The breakfast buffet at Cafebiz costs S$34.70. Good thing breakfast came with the room. I’m not a heavy breakfast eater but with the abundant choices offered it was hard to resist. They had choices for every nationality and . photo from traders website fresh and canned fruit assorted cold cuts JapaneseContinue reading “Singapore Day 12 – Breakfast Buffet at Cafebiz+ Traders Hotel”

Perth Day 7 – Part 1 Restaurants in Fremantle

On our second day in Perth we drove our rental car to Fremantle. It’s supposed to be a 20 minute drive but we got confused with some exits in the freeway so it took us a bit longer than that. Fremantle town hall There were so many restaurants and shops in Fremantle. We could spendContinue reading “Perth Day 7 – Part 1 Restaurants in Fremantle”

Margaret River Day 4 – Part 1 Wild Thyme, Candy Cow, Margaret Riviera, MR Nuts & Cereals

No caves today. Yehey! We started with breakfast at Wild Thyme Gourmet. Just like Blue Ginger everything was pre-cooked already. The display looks good and it took us a long time to choose what to eat. pies, pies, pies Overall the food was mediocre. Maybe we ordered the wrong thing? kids full breakfast A$8.50baked beansContinue reading “Margaret River Day 4 – Part 1 Wild Thyme, Candy Cow, Margaret Riviera, MR Nuts & Cereals”

Margaret River Day 3 – Part 1 Sea Gardens, Jewel Cave

Day 3 starts off with the best breakfast we’ve had in Australia. It was a short drive from MR to Prevelly where Sea Gardens restaurant was located. view from the restaurant the beach looks so near The brekkie (breakfast in Aussie) wasn’t cheap but it sure was good and unique. We ordered 3 entrees andContinue reading “Margaret River Day 3 – Part 1 Sea Gardens, Jewel Cave”

Margaret River Day 2 – Bushtucker Winery & Brewery Tour part 1

On our 2nd day in MR we joined Bushtucker Winery & Brewery Tour which costs A$80 for adults and A$30 for kids. We went to 4 wineries – Churchview, Knotting Hill, The Grove, Fermoy Estate – The Margaret River Dairy Co., Margaret River Chocolate Company, and the Duckstein Brewery/Saracen Estates. I’ll be breaking this downContinue reading “Margaret River Day 2 – Bushtucker Winery & Brewery Tour part 1”