I don’t know if this brandy is also available outside the Philippines, but here in our country, it’s very popular and known by all men, drinkers or not. It’s cheap price made it another reason for them or should I say “us” to buy the product. It just costs …

Recently I decided that one of the best ways of saving my money would be to bring lunch to school instead of buying lunch there. Therefore, I decided to go to the supermarket and get things to make sandwiches, and a tin of “American Pride Bacon Grill Luncheon Loaf” …

Lately I have been rarely buying flavoured yogurts, I mean, I buy those natural sour ones because I am trying to be on a diet but the other day I went in a shop and I saw Yogurt Carnia with coffee was on discount. I have never tasted this …

The first thing that I have to say about this product is that it is cheap but also incredibly good. I like cheap stuff and I usually try out new stuff only because it is cheap, sometimes, actually in most of the cases, cheap stuff are of mush lesser …

The McDonald at Quirino Avenue corner Taft (City of Manila) is the place where I and my office-mates mostly buy our food because there are no other fast-foods located near our office other than this one. When I am craving for pancake in the morning, I’d go straight to …

Hot Pockets Chicken Quesadilla is unfortunately a bad example of a Mexican classic. I felt like a good Mexican chicken dish and thought the hand held pocket size sandwich would be good. Boy was I wrong! The hot pocket comes with a crispy tool that you put the …

I bought a bottle of Bailey’s Original Irish Cream Liqueur as a birthday gift for my mother. She had mentioned trying and liking it during her trip to Europe, so I thought it would be a good idea for a gift. I found a selection of Bailey’s liqueurs at …

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 …

Jell-o Instant Pudding - Flan is quite a tasty treat that I enjoy having from time to time when I have a taste for delicious caramel flavor. The caramel flavor is quite rich and authentic. It tastes just as I would expect caramel to taste and that made me …

I absolutely love this candy. I found this a while a go from an Asian grocery store and decided to try it because to me it looked like one of the appealing preserved food items in the area where it was kept which also had other preserved fruits such …

Chick Fil-A is one of my favorite fast food restaurants. Their food is so tasty and the ingredients are so fresh that I decided to take a chance on one of their Southwest salads. I’ve had these in other restaurants, both sit-down and take-out. And …

The main complaint I had with the last Café Steamers entrée I tried was the angel hair pasta. I prefer heartier pasta shapes, like rotini or farfelle. I wanted to try Chicken Pesto Classico because the pasta was rotini and I love pesto. Also, from the …

A popular brand of bread, bulla and bun here is Purity, and even though I disliked their food a few years ago, I’ve come to like a few of their products just recently, and I’m not sure if it’s because they might have changed a couple of their recipes. …

There are quite a lot to choose from when it comes to ready to “eat” seasonings available in the market. These products are mainly distributed by only two known brands in the country. These are the Knorr seasoning products and Maggi products. I am not very familiar with the …

I am trying to modify my lifestyle to be healthier and I have been hearing a lot of things in regards to green tea being an effective antioxidant and being a good weight loss aid. That’s why I decided to get Gevalia China Mountain Green Tea and which …

Argentina Corned Beef is one of the popular local brands of corned beef here in the Philippines. It is very affordable of PHP 28.90 of 175g. Once you opened the can, you will smell the aroma of spiciness. The aroma is so strong that you want to eat it …

The Mexican Casserole Bowl is one of my most favorite dishes that Amy’s makes. It is very easy to microwave and is so filling. Personally I would much rather buy one of these then go out to eat at a Mexican restaurants. It is really that good. I like …

I love going to Dairy Queen and getting a treat once in a while. This weekend I decided to try the French Silk Pie blizzard and I am so glad that I did. It was delicious.
I ordered the medium size one, and it filled me up. …

Foster Farms Grilled Chicken Breast Strips is one of the packaged meat products that I have recently purchased for the first time. I am a little cautious about what chicken items I buy, and Foster Farms products are one of the ones I tend to trust if I …

I grew up going to Dairy Queen. It used to be everywhere, and it was just awesome food back in the day. One of my favorite treats as a child was their Dilly Bars. They were a little bigger back then and packaged differently than they …

The commercial of this energy drink was about a man helping a women with his car. The car lost it’s battery energy. The guy drank Sting Energy Drink and starts dancing with background music of “I’ve got the power”. After that he tested the car battery on his skin …

You know how sometimes with potato chips when you eat the first one, you think, hmmm, this tastes weird. And then you eat a few more just because, hey, the bag is open?
That’s how I felt about these potato chips. Only after I had eaten the 5th or 6th …

I was always fond of biscuits with chocolate, although I must say that when I was little I liked more cakes and similar stuff with creams but still I liked chocolates cookies and biscuits. Now when I got older I try not to eat too much sweet stuff and …

I am in the belief that frozen, micro-waved pancakes are an oddity. Often they end up cemented or soggy. While grocery shopping recently, these frozen treats caught my eye: Strawberry Fruit-filled Pancakes by Purity Baking Company.
The box is cheery. The setting on the picture depicts a home-like …

My family loves to eat pancakes. We usually get a box or two during our grocery run for breakfast or sometimes as a snack. Most pancakes (or hotcakes as we call it here) are made from white flour. There have been a lot of studies that show that it …

I tend to live a life on the go. I go to different events around the city and often eat my lunch and dinner at my desk at work or home. For that reason I was drawn to the Campbell?s soup to go. The soup comes in its own …

This ice cream is very good. The ice cream has a very good minty taste and the mint isn’t too strong. There are a lot of chocolate chips in the ice cream and they blend in nicely and provide a great chocolaty taste. They are great …

I went to the grocery store yesterday to pick up some egg rolls to have with dinner. While there, I came across a new brand (or, at least one I hadn’t seen before) called Chung’s.
I normally avoid new products unless I can save a great deal of money on …

Great Value Mandarin Oranges are sold in a 15 oz metal can that needs to be open with a can-opener (no convenient ring-opener attached to the lid). Segments of mandarin oranges come in light syrup; they are medium sweet, not very different from the taste of a fresh, ripe …

Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies have a good flavor to them. I find the oatmeal flavor to be authentic, although I will say the flavor is a little on the dull side. Nonetheless, I can taste the oatmeal and I was able to enjoy the box that I purchased. …

Caffine free diet coke is a product that finds itself in niche place in the market, its a drink that can be enjoyed by people who have intolerance to caffeine or those, like myself, who find themselves becoming addicted to the regular coke.
Before I talk about the most …

Obviously you can’t beat the taste of name brand chocolate wherever you may live, be it Cadbury’s, Hershey’s, Lindt or Nestlé but it isn’t always the case to say that cheaper chocolate is an inferior product. Often, I find we pay in excess for a “name” with some products …

I love eating strawberry shortcake, and even though I don’t know how to make the cake from scratch, I do know how to substitute one for a store bought cake. My main cake of choice: Sara Lee butter pound cake. People don’t really use pound cakes for strawberry shortcake, …

Libby’s Vienna Sausage is one of my kids’ all-time favourite foods. They could be my favourite as well too. Simply, they are ready to eat, and are very nutritious. Unlike other brands, Libby’s Sausages are made up of chicken, beef and pork. What could be healthier than that?
They …

When I started out with a new job, I tend to overwork. I usually have 8 hour work and sometimes I could not even squeeze in to eat anything at all. I feel that sometimes I am near to fainting and the only thing I could do is to …

My parents use only one brand of tea and they never want to change the tea, which they have been drinking since 12 years. The brand name of that tea is The Taj mahal tea. Which is very famous and popular all over India. I don�t …

Today I am going to be reviewing the Orignal Mustard Dog from Wienerschnitzel. It’s a pretty good hot dog, but it’s kind of plain. But if you are a fan of mustard then you will love this hot dog. I think the hot dog tastes pretty good and it’s …

The great taste of a coke without the calories. Coca Cola zero tastes just like a regular coke, but it doesn’t have the calories of one. Much better than diet soft drinks, or previous attempts as low calorie sodas. This one tastes like the real thing.
I tried drinking …

I like trying out new food and when I got the chance to buy a Blue Bunny Ice cream, I did because I really wanted to try it out first before buying a huge gallon in the supermarket. When I was at S&R I went to buy a cup …

These baked crisp snacks are no more impressive than the vegetable crackers also sold under the Walmart Great Value brand. Just like with the vegetable crackers, these vegetable crisps are mainly rich in pepper flavor. Now I love the smell and taste of peppers, so this pleases me. The …

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 …

Yummy. That is the best word to describe Smuckers Strawberry jam. It is delicious and tastes even better than real strawberries. This is an awesome product and I use it almost daily.
Jam is excellent with bread. I also add slices of butter along with the jam. This tastes even …

I like tacos on occasion, so I thought that maybe I’d like this particular Fiesta Side from Knorr. Turns out though that this Fiesta Side doesn’t really remind me of tacos and it also didn’t impress me all that much, either. What this Fiesta Side essentially is is rice, …

When my brother in law and his kids went for a vacation back to the Philippines from Japan, I notice that the kids are not eating much of the food being served on the table. Mostly are Filipino food like sinigang, tinola and sautéed vegetables. Instead, I saw …

Even though I’m a little wary of eating too much processed meat these days, one thing I like even more than pork bacon is turkey bacon, and so I was quite eager to try the “Butterball Everyday Turkey Bacon” even though it was the first time that we were …

For a clean, crisp drink of freshness there is nothing like the original 7-Up Soda to make you smile. I’ve had so many of the competitors over the years, from Sprite to Squirt, but none of them have ever come close to the purity of 7-Up.
As strange as …

Mission Tortilla Triangles Restaurant Style is a snack food that’s ideal for parties and gatherings, especially big day gatherings like for the Super Bowl, but also for individual snacking too. Although I wish that this snack food was shaped with dipping in mind, like the Tostitos Scoops! Hint of …

Nearly everyone likes chicken, but it takes so long to cook and not everyone has the time. Tyson’s Mesquite Flavored Chicken Breast Fillets are great for people in that position. The meat is extremely moist for breast meat and it’s all already pre-cooked. All you have …

A few months ago I bought some Jarrow Formulas Organic Coconut Oil and oh man does this stuff have so many purposes. I use it for cooking, as a healthy supplement, and for beauty purposes. It is wonderful stuff and I will be always keeping this coconut oil on …

McVitie’s Chocolate Digestives are a national treasure which has lasted since I was a boy, if not before. When I was recently in Spain, I bought the local make of chocolate biscuits. I thought I had bought something that would be a delight to the taste-buds and which would …