With the hot weather, Filipinos love to eat and enjoy iced drinks or treats. Well, worry no more because Jollibee offers a new set of “Ice Craze” treats. They are a combination of crushed ice, milk, sundae ice cream, and tropical fruits, and rice crispies. Their flavors include Ube …

Mcdonald’s got a new offering for breakfast meals! This is a local version of the ham and egg sandwiches and is called “Hamdesal”. They can be bought ala carte or with drinks (your choice of softdrinks, coffee or iced tea, juice) during breakfast time from store opening to 10:00H. …

San Mig Coffee has 4 flavors (Mild, Strong, Extra Strong and Original) offered to coffee lovers. Contrary to the more famous instant coffee choice, Nescafe is more aromatic than the San Mig Coffee. I believe what makes a coffee enticing is the smell it leaves around you, the smell …

Samurai is another type of restaurant or food stall that has been around the country for years now. I remember buying the famous Takoyaki balls they offer and I loving it when I was a kid. I really did enjoy the fried Squid flavored balls topped with sweet and …

Ordering fried rice has never been easy before, prior to the offerings of the Chowking Food Corporation. They are a fast food, almost available anywhere so it is a lot more convenient for people to buy from them than from Chinese restaurants which will take a lot of time. …

I did not really enjoy much drinking the new Zero Cal sparkling water from Summit. Well, one, a tasteless soda water is senseless. Second, the water is crystal clear, but it is flavored and the flavor just seemed to make the drink all the worse. It did not help …

Another one of Cebu City’s (Philippine tourist destination) best is the pastry called OTAP. Many bakeshops and pastry shops have mastered this delicacy, but of course, Shamrock Brand stands out in taste. Shamrock is a much known product in Cebu and even in Manila City. Its product not only …

I bought 2 small packages of the Orange Swits by Super Brands. It is sold in 2 packages for Php10.00 each package is 5 pesos. Well that is too much; it used to be sold at Php2.00 per package. Prices have really gone up nowadays. I remember the same …

Trying out a treat I bought did not exactly satisfy my sweet tooth. It kind of left me feeling more depressed and deprived. I know I should expect the least from the amount I bought; but I am still expected it not to be that bad. I tried the …

I never really did enjoy eating spaghetti in pomadorro sauce. But my idea about this type of sauce changed with Yellow Cab’s Spaghetti and meatball. I only liked tomato sauced spaghetti meals but now I have changed my mind and have reconsidered. Each spaghetti order is good for 3, …

I don’t really enjoy chocolate drinks as much as I do enjoy iced teas. But Nestle’s new Creamy chocolate drink (Guilt Free) is a good choice for the chocolate lovers but are health conscious. This is another premium drink alongside other milk products like the melon flavored milk, and …

I have always loved the Tempura chips by Regent Company; I have made a good review about those specific chips already. I am here to comment and make a review about a new “Tempura” flavored chips locally produced by the company that gave us the all famous kiddie milk …

I never thought I would love to eat a lemon bar; I always see this in bakeshops and the looks of it does not entice me or get me even a little interested. I always go for the more famous crepes or brownies or even Sylvannas but not lemon …

I stumbled upon a fruit salsa recipe a couple of months ago and made it at my daughter’s first birthday party. I was impressed with the amount of compliments I received, it really went over as a hit. I made a couple of …

I wanted cinnamon gum a few nights ago, so I decided to get some Big Red gum. I grew up chewing Big Red, and I loved it, so I thought I’d try it out again. Here’s a summary of my experience with that.
The package claims that it …

If you have not tried Hershey’s Hugs yet, you definitely should! They are a branch off from the standard Hershey’s Kisses, only it’s regular milk chocolate “hugged” in white chocolate. What a way to dress up a regular Hershey’s Kiss! These are much better, and they …

I usually like to drink beverages from the Smirnoff Ice collection because they are more refreshing than drinking wine coolers. I will admit that their alcohol content doesn’t taste much stronger than the strongest brand of coolers I’ve had. In any case, I bought this flavor …

Nips Chocolate Parfait 30 calorie candies!
Finally, a candy that does not include 160,523,794 calories per piece! Okay, so maybe I exaggerated a little bit but honestly. Most regular candy will cost you an arm and a leg in the daily calorie department just by eating one piece. …

Equality Liquid Honey
I couldn’t figure out if the honey was real since it does not specify it on the bottle. Well, actually it does say that it is pure honey, but I don’t know if to believe them. And there are two kinds of homey anyway, one from …

I don’t think I can ever make a choice between Famous Amos and Beard Papa. Both are very sweet and most definitely amazing when it comes to satisfying my sweet tooth. Both of these snack outlets are really amazingly unique and I wonder where their originators come from. …

I am a big eater of ice cream and have tried many brands and many flavours of ice cream over my lifetime. My favourite flavour of ice cream is cookies n’ cream and I found the perfect compliment to this ice cream when I tasted Bluebell’s Cookies n’ Cream …

When looking at recipes some of them call for melted caramels and I never try those recipes simply because a whole package of caramels are pretty expensive here in my country sine this particular type is imported.
My grandparents had decided to come on vacation and one of the many …

Wheat Germ is a nice healthy addition to any dish and there are different varieties of Wheat Germ. I one day decided to go astray from my usual brand and tried a different Wheat Germ by the titale of Sharon Foods Wheat Germ.
Sharon Foods Wheat Germ already has …

It’s been a long time since I had a drink of Whiteway’s Peardrax. But yesterday while I was out yesterday the sun was extremely hot and I decided to get myself a drink. I choose a small bottle of Whiteway’s Peardrax from the cooling fridge.
As I opened the bottle …

Sunshine Snacks is a local company that makes all sort s of different snacks, from potato chips to corn curls to varieties of nuts in packages.
I recently tasted Sunshine Snacks Honey Roasted Peanuts when a friend decided to buy the whole gang snacks. I have eaten honey roasted peanuts …

Sprite is a product of Coca-cola company. These are my favorite drinks which refreshes me. Sprite is a drink that a drink when I have indigestion. It really works for me.
Sprite is a soda which has a lemon twist. It is a carbonated drink and doesn’t have coffeine so …

Another Filipino Pastry is the “Pilipit”; Pilipit means Twisted. This pastry is usually sweet and is often expected to be hard; more than crunchy, you have got to have a good strong set of teeth to be able to enjoy this pastry. I missed eating this one, and have …

Nissin Cup noodles are rally one of the best instant noodles in the market; a small cup is about 7 pesos more than the packed instant noodles; at least I don’t have to look for a container where I can cook the noodles with. Nissin Cup Noodles have chicken …

Quaker Oats now offers Q-Vital Cereal Drink. Cereal drinks were popularized by the Nestle Nesvita, and have made even more than one flavors that most health conscious people will love. I love cereal drinks and have thought that Q-Vital has the same taste as the Nesvita. Nesvita was sweet …

French Baker’s Cream Puff used to be the best of its kind when I was studying about 6 years ago. I buy the cream puffs all the time but I do not remember how much was it back then. I bought two cream puffs today, each priced at Php23.00 …

The new Magnolia Calamansi (Philippine Lemon) powdered juice that comes in a pack is really a good alternative to bottled juices (ready to drink). I bought one pack good for one liter a while ago in a drugstore, with mini supermarket on my way to work and one pack …

Buying a Sunkist Green Tea is a good decision not. I guess though it was just about Php13.00, or $0.30. This is how much it was sold in supermarkets; I just saw in some convenient stores they sell it for Php4.00 more. I just love trying out …

Its been a long time since I ate a true “Pinoy” food; Luckily as I went through some biscuits at the “snack section” of the Mercury Drug Store, I found a Rosquillos Biscuits. This is a simple biscuit made from sugar, wheat flour, margarine, and eggs. I missed the …

I love Fried Rice! Actually I really enjoy all Chinese food, except for some internal organ meals of course. Yesterday, I went to Chowking to eat the yang chow fried rice; I haven’t eaten a nice rice meal in a few days so I craved for it and the …

We were visiting my cousin recently and the only sugar free drink she had was cherry coke zero. I didn’t particularly like the regular coke zero, but thought I’d give the cherry one a try.
Much to my surprise I liked it! I haven’t had cherry flavored coke in …

Ohara’s Raspberry Jalapeno Jam is the very best jam I have ever tasted. I bought it at a craft show in Albuquerque for the first time and absolutely love it. It is actually made in Durango, CO, but the family goes to craft shows and fairs to allow …

Today for lunch, I had creamed peas as a side dish. The person who made it, showed me what to do. She said to take about a cup of milk, and heat it on the stove top, with a stick of butter. When the butter is …

We have cornflakes on alternate days in our breakfast. I used to have kellog’s cornflakes, primarily because of the fact, that I was not aware of any other brand, and the only ad on TV that I ever saw was of it and only it. Nut I always felt …

Having tea is a kind of ritual in India! People are addicted to it, and you can find millions of Indians, who would like to have one cup of tea every 30 minutes, like you have serial smokers, same way you can find serial tea drinkers. India is a …

I have been having Parle G biscuits since my childhood. They have been there when I was a kid, and now that I have children, they are still there in the market. Despite lot of competition, and new brands popping up like mushrooms everyday, there are certain trendsetters …

This is a great tasting wine. I gave it to quite a few friends at a party and every single one of them said they enjoyed the taste. It’s a tasty wine, and the alcoholic and acidic content is down to a minimum - indeed, it’s probably the closest …

I’m not sure why my parents insist on buying our daughter junk food whenever they go to the store. But, our house is full of various sweets that we rarely, if ever eat.
One of their most recent purchases for her were M&M cookies from the Recheks Food Pride bakery …

This fast food chain is a local counterpart of McDonald’s or Jollibee. Mostly of this company’s products are of similar in content and presentation of those famed fast-foods I just mentioned above.
When I was still new to this place and just …

I like Appy brand of artificial apple juice very much, primarily because of its royal taste. So when I heard about the new product by Appy Appy Fizz,, I decided to giver it arty as well. But this one tastes awful. It tastes more like a …

Mango Frooti is a very popular fruit drink in India. It tastes really good, and even though, they use added flavor to give artificial taste to frooti, still it taste very much like real mango. It comes is different packing, the old and traditional one comes in a small …

Maggie brand of noodles are very popular in India. Due to its unique taste, especially of that of its masala (spicy powder), that comes along with it, truly make is rule Indian noodles market. I have never heard of any other brand in India, when its noodles its always …

I decided to try the new Southern Style Chicken Sandwich from the McDonald’s in Fairfield, NJ. When I first unwrapped this sandwich I was surprised to see that there were no condiments. The sandwich looked like it was a descent size. The chicken breast on this …

I really like this cereal, it’s probably one of my favorite cereals that I have ever tried. It taste really good. The best way I know how to explain it is that it taste a little bit like honey bunches of oats but yet different in a good way. …

I received a coupon in the mail for a buy one get one free special k product. So I bought a cereal and these cereal bars. Overall they were pretty good, they could have been better though. I liked the chocolate and the cereal part together. I think it …

ACT is one of the leading manufacturers of microwave popcorn and I think they might be the biggest. I always ate their butter popcorn, but I had never even heard of kettle corn until a former roommate of mine introduced me to it. Since that day I’ve stuck with …