I was excited to attend the YUMMY Eats food fair at The Fort over the weekend, mostly because I knew the vendors would be among the best this city has to offer. Glad to say I wasn't disappointed. Thumbs up to the zoning of the event venue, the NBC Tent, on the big day because it wasn't crowded and stifling. The Yummy Magazine team carefully picked the 31 food retailers who would sell their products that day, with a little bit of everything to sample from each category - from drinks to cakes to the ultimate tummy fillers like lechon. I ended up buying the ... Continue Reading...
Archives for May 2011
Sebastian’s champorado & tibok tibok ice cream: Must. Eat. NAO!
Whenever I want to indulge in ice cream, I go local. Am through with my Ben & Jerry's phase, right now it's Sebastian's. I visit their Cold Comfort outlet at the Mall of Asia once every four months (maybe) but always there are exciting new flavors to discover. Like Fro-Ya (or Frozen Yakult), Frozen Taho, Butter Pecan, Chocoholics Anonymous and so on. Last week I went crazy over their blue cheese ice cream (P125 for a scoop) drizzled with Palawan honey. One good thing with Sebastian's ice cream, when they say blue cheese, it's really blue cheese. I nibbled on the ... Continue Reading...
Here’s our Katy Perry CD winners!
Congratulations to Kevin C and sparkle4709 for winning our most recent Katy Perry Teenage Dream CD giveaway. Just emailed you guys and your CD will be in your hands soon. Thanks to Hotmail and Warner Music for sponsoring. Yes, this picture is true. Katy's cover art for her hit single "Last Friday Night." Phewww! But the album cover for the Teeange Dream CD which our winners will be getting is this: ... Continue Reading...
MIHCA, Shang-ri La Makati team bag awards in HOFEX 2011
After a successful stint at the Food and Hotel Culinary Challenge in Singapore last year, the winning tie-up of the Magsaysay Center for Hospitality & Culinary Arts or MIHCA and Shang-ri La Makati did it again! This time, they reaped awards in HOFEX 2011, considered the most prestigious culinary competition in Asia. HOFEX is Asia's leading food and hospitality tradeshow with over 1,800 exhibiting companies and 35,000 professionals from all over the world gathered together at the Hong Kong Convention Center last May 7-10. Before an international panel of ... Continue Reading...
Unicef Auction for Action on May 25
Mark the date: May 25, 2011 - a Wednesday - is when the UNICEF Auction for Action goes live over at http://ebay.ph/unicef. What's at stake for bidding: works of some of the Philippines most outstanding artists in different fields. The stellar roll call includes Manny Baldemor, Michael Cacnio, Celestina, Seb Chua, Kenneth Cobonpue, Araceli Limcaco Dans, Kristine Dee, Janina Dizon, Mich Dulce, Tom Epperson, Accessory Lab, Ito Kish, E. Billy Mondoñedo, Ramon Orlina, Debbie Palao, Ling Quisumbing Ramilo, Benji Reyes, Popo San Pascual, Joey Samson, Vito Selma, Victor ... Continue Reading...
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