Last December, I held a Christmas Giveaway for Nikon Home Appliances on my blog. One of the things they gave me in exchange for hosting it was a Nikon Tough Mama Bread Toaster. Can I just say that prior to this we didn’t have a bread toaster? We would do all our toasting in an…
5 lessons learned from 5 years of blogging
This February 2014 marks 5 years of blogging for me, although I had been maintaining an anime website and an online journal of sorts years before. I’ve really learned a lot from the people I’ve met, things that have happened, and situations I’ve found myself in. I don’t know if I’m being repetitive because I…
Spatzle Euro Market Cafe at Shangrila East Wing
In the middle of gift shopping at the Shangrila Plaza Mall last December, we decided to try out one of the new restaurants at Shangrila’s East Wing. Green Pastures was our original target but the line was sooooo long we decided to go somewhere else. We ended up at Spatzle Euro Market Cafe. I actually…
Bono Artisanal Gelato at The Podium
Finally! I got to try the gelato that a lot of bloggers have been raving about. I’m not really swayed by popular opinion where ice cream is concerned because there is the basic fact that I’m not very much into ice cream. I’m more of a yogurt person. That said, ice cream should really be…
Hanamaruken Ramen in Trinoma
It’s undeniable that the Japanese food scene here in Manila is currently being dominated by two food items: tonkatsu and ramen. The recent slew of international tonkatsu and ramen franchises proves it. Just a little more than a week ago hubby and I tried one such franchise, Hokkaido Ramen Santouka in Glorietta, and well, I…