Right after our super delicious lunch at Santa Maria del Mar Restaurant we went in bubó, a pastry shop by Catalan pastry chef Carles Mampel, which was nearby. I’ve never seen so may different colors and unique flavors of marshmallows before. I wonder what gourmet marshmallows tasted like. I wish I bought some to try. GuimauveContinue reading “Barcelona: Sweet Treats”
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Jamba Juice & Slice at Bonifacio High Street
We didn’t have dessert at ‘Cue Modern Barbecue anymore because I wanted to try the much raved about choco yema cupcakes at Slice so that’s where we went to for dessert.While my friends went straight to Slice I made a quick detour to Jamba Juice next door to use a coupon that was given toContinue reading “Jamba Juice & Slice at Bonifacio High Street”
Fruit & Nut Cheesy Biscotti
I never liked biscotti. I always thought it was dry and uninteresting. That was years ago when my taste buds were still immature. My new love for biscotti began when I bought a chocolate chip biscotti at Figaro. I had a credit card receipt that allowed me to claim free goodies in Figaro and IContinue reading “Fruit & Nut Cheesy Biscotti”
Regent Soft Cookies
There’s a new product out in Manila’s supermarkets, Regent Food’s Soft Cookies. I was sent a basket of all the Soft Cookie variants. You can see which one I opened first. These cookies were inspired by popular Japanese soft cookies. There are three fruit flavors -mango, strawberry and melon plus chocolate which isn’t a fruitContinue reading “Regent Soft Cookies”
Dragonfly Desserts
The key to a successful diet is not to buy any junk food or sweets so there won’t be any temptation around you. This is so hard to do since I’m in the supermarket at least once a week for my food business.But when I received an email from a dessert company I’ve read aboutContinue reading “Dragonfly Desserts”
Sweet Lady Jane
After a healthy lunch at Lemonade we deserved the best unhealthy cakes and sweets Los Angeles can offer and that’s at Sweet Lady Jane. If Sweet Lady Jane sounds familiar to you it’s because they made the wedding cake of Ellen Degeneres and Portia De Rossi. I was really full from lunch so I couldn’tContinue reading “Sweet Lady Jane”
More Whole Foods Market Love
This post is another reason why I love Whole Foods Market. Bear with me as I show you pictures that will most likely make you drool. After our first seafood meal at Whole Foods my cousin La who’s an oenophile (I had to look that up – a person who loves wine. In my mind IContinue reading “More Whole Foods Market Love”
Chinatown Coffee
When I was in San Francisco there were specialty coffee shops and roasters everywhere. I didn’t even have time to try more than 4 shops. I didn’t think I’d find any independent coffee shop in DC but thanks to Yelp I found Chinatown Coffee.Look who I found? My silly cousin Sharon works around the cornerContinue reading “Chinatown Coffee”
Baked and Wired
My real destination in Georgetown was Baked and Wired. It took me a while to find it with only a picture from google map on my iPhone to guide me. But the lure of coffee and cookies made me even more determined to find the place. I finally found the place tucked along a streetContinue reading “Baked and Wired”
Dean & Deluca at Georgetown, DC
Having exhausted the suburbs in Virginia, I decided to spend the day in Georgetown, DC for a change. I went to work with my cousin La and she brought me to the Metro station nearest her office which was Federal Station SW. Luckily the rush hour was over so we took our time figuring outContinue reading “Dean & Deluca at Georgetown, DC”
Shoot First Eat Later 