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Carlo Rossi Sangria
Share Pairing Great-Tasting Sangria with Good Food Sangria is great to drink on its own because of its sweet, refreshing, fruity taste, but did you know that pairing it with the right kind of food makes it taste even better? Just as red and white wines complement certain kinds of food, sangria can also enhance the flavors of food to provide different taste sensations. This is because wine acts much like the way spices do, allowing acids, tannins and sugars in wine to interact with the food. … Read entire article »
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Real Leaf Green Tea with Honey
Real Leaf, a Coca-cola product, revitalized your drinking experience with the new taste of tea flavored honey. Real leaf now is not only made of natural green tea leaves but also with natural honey. Comes with three fruit flavors namely honey apple, honey lemon and honey lychee, Real Leaf sets a real deal for reviving your mind and body. The combination of green tea’s theanine (an amino acid found in green tea) and honey’s sweetness enables the drink to boost your focus and alertness. … Read entire article »
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Bag of Beans Coffee Shop and Bakeshop in Tagaytay
We were just looking for a good place to have our breakfast last Sunday before going to Paradizoo when we chanced upon Bag of Beans along the Tagaytay Road going to Batangas. At first we thought it was just a smal and simple coffee shop where we could probably get a grab of hot steaming coffee and probably some freshly baked bread. But when we enter the shop, the cashier told us that we can proceed at the “garden” downstairs. So, we obliged and descended into a short stair where a luscious garden awaits us. … Read entire article »
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Kaya Restaurant’s P99 Rice Toppings Meal
If you happen to pass by Kaya, Korean Restaurant and decided not to dine there because you think it might be too expensive. Well, yeah Kaya’s prices for its regular menu items are pretty stiff indeed. But thank goodness for the addition of a meal-type menu item. Now for P99 you can experience some of the best Korean dishes and side dishes topping a korean (or probably Jasmine) rice. And the meal even comes with a free soup, free beef stew soup (minus the beef). The side dishes include some kimchi, crispy, sweet and spicy fried mini shrimps, bean sprouts, and a fried veges which I don’t know what its called. The rice meals comes in various types. There’s the spicy chicken, spicy pork strips, spicy squid, and beef stew. And … Read entire article »
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Tea and Therapy at Serendra
If you have been to Serendra in Bonifacio High Street at the Fort, chances are you might have missed this neat little place called Tea and Therapy. Tea and Therapy is located at the end (near Market Market side) of the long stretch of post restaurants and signature shops lining up the Serendra Place. The place is a sultry little place that serves, well of course Tea. Tea and Therapy’s menu of tea concotion varies from the most common green tea to the more elaborately named wild lover pure passion tea. There were around 30 tea variations which you could choose from. Whether you’re ito fat burning, calming, senses inducing kind of tea, you’d surely find something in their menu that would suit your current mood. Aside from tea, they also … Read entire article »
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Free Breakfast Day at Max’s
I got an email from Max’s this afternoon. They are having a Free Breakfast Day this coming Monday, March 19th, to celebrate their new Power Breakfast line. You can get in touch with Blooey Singson at press_incorporated (at) yahoo (dot) com or landline (02) 729-4013 to request gift passes (which are required for the free offering). Kindly email your name, blog URL, email address, and mailing address where the can send the passes. Max’s has a limited number of passes, though, and they’re prioritizing bloggers based on reach and readership. But I was told they will try to accommodate as many requests possible. The free breakfast offer is only on March 19th from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. only (which discounts restaurants located in malls, given mall opening hours). Press release starts … Read entire article »
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Free Starbucks Coffee on March 15
March 15th is Starbucks annual Coffee Break day. They’ll be giving away free coffee to patrons. Next Thursday, March 15th, plan on stopping by your local Starbucks between 10am and 12 noon. During that time, Starbucks will be holding its 2nd annual Coffee Break. All company-operated and licensed Starbucks stores in the U.S. , Canada , New Zealand , Australia , Thailand , Malaysia , the Philippines , Indonesia and Greater China will be giving away free Tall (12-ounce) cups of coffee to anyone who drops by. Starbucks Coffee Masters clad in black aprons will be present during each of the coffee breaks to kick off the company’s spring brewing sale and to answer any questions you might have about the coffee or coffee brewing. Last year, many stores used the … Read entire article »
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Hizon’s Catering Grand Food Tasting Event
Hizon’s Catering and Oasis Special Events Venue cordially invites you to Life’s Celebrations: Grand Food Tasting Event. Hizon’s Catering is one of the top caterers in Metro Manila. They specialize in weddings, debuts and corporate functions and have been in the business for 19 years. … Read entire article »
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Heavenly Cupcakes at Serendra, the Fort
Last weekend, I was finally able to sample this new pastry shop at the recently opened Serendra at the Fort, Makati City. Simply called Cupcakes by Sonja, this pastry shop offers your old time favorite Cupcakes! It offers various flavors of cupcakes freshly baked with exciting flavors of whip cream on top, ranging from lemon, to mocha. The cake itself is soft and very refined compared to other ordinary cupcakes. If the long queue in the shop is not an indication of goodness, then queue up and find out for yourself how good those cupcakes are. Cupcakes is located at the north end of Serendra on the side nearest to Market!Market!. Price ranges from P60-up. … Read entire article »
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Gonuts Donuts Delivers
Donuts are quite popular desserts in parties these days, what with the whole Krispy Kreme vs Gonuts craze going around. In a move to increase their already relatively broad distribution network Gonuts Donuts now delivers! … Read entire article »
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