The Farm at San Benito was a dream local destination of mine for a long time already but it has this expensive branding that was keeping me from booking a night. Located two hours away from the metro, The Farm at San Benito is a luxury health and wellness retreat in the heart of Batangas.
Since it is summer, it is time to talk about one of the Filipino’s favorite dessert during this season. Halo Halo is a refreshing dish featuring layers of shaved ice and condensed milk on top of all sorts of ingredients like jellies, flan, macapuno, palm seeds, sweetened red beans, shaved ice, ube ice cream, fresh
After an exhausting month-end work, my mom requested for another vacay outside the province to alleviate stress. Of course, I always do the searching. As I look for our next destination, I came up with one constraint. Avoid A-frame houses. I agree that there is something charming about tiny cabins and sloping roofs and I
February isn’t just the season for Valentine. It’s also the month when we celebrate another heart-shaped and red-colored thing. Since February is also the harvest season for strawberries, we celebrate National Strawberry Day, happening every 27th day of the month! Strawberries have been around since the early 18th century, and ever since then they have
One of the best gifts we received from our wedding is a fine dining treat at Antonio’s from our friends. They totally know how my husband and I love to explore anything about food. But beyond that, it’s Antonio’s! It isn’t just a casual restaurant. It’s one of the top 100 restaurants in Asia since
Today, we have a leftover Mac N’ Cheese from last week’s Three Cheese Mac N’ Cheese Pizza and I’m planning to top it on fries. I thought of Canadian Poutine so I would like to add some gravy, too, but instead of cheese curds, we put the Mac N’ Cheese for that cheesy craze. It’s
Before the strawberry season comes to an end, I would like to use my leftover strawberries to make a different strawberry dessert this time. You know I always have stocks of these pink berries for the Strawberry Cream Cheese Sando and Strawberry Milk I’m selling. Today, I want my kitchen to see something new so
Cafe culture is huge in Vietnam, where you can grab coffee at the thousands of street stalls, coffee shops and restaurants located in every city. In fact, the country is known for different variations of iced coffee such as cà phê sữa đá, egg coffee, coconut coffee, pandan coffee and yogurt coffee. Cà phê sữa đá is their
Passing by any branch of Llao Llao, I rarely see their store having no lines of customers in front. Llao Llao has been in the country for eight years and I don’t think that its customers are diminishing. With this, you’ll immediately know that this frozen yogurt shop offers incredible frozen yogurt. I am honestly
Just like last week’s Noche Buena, I made sure to have my own contribution every Media Noche or New Year’s Eve feast. But it was my first time to run out of ideas. I created Aglio Olio at the last minute and I prepared a simple Buko Salad or the Filipino Coconut Salad. I didn’t
