270 – On Pandemic Breakfasts: UCC Park Café, Eastwood Mall

I have been able to leave the house ever since Metro Manila was placed under the more relaxed general community quarantine (GCQ) following a tighter fortnight lockdown in August. I also got a new job after a short tour of duty in Ortigas – and now I’m back in Eastwood! However, my current work is …

269 – THIS OR THAT 4: Healthy Options’ Pure Fit Peanut Butter and Chocolate Bar or Go! Salads’ Brookie

Welcome to the fourth edition of my This and That series. Today, I’ll be comparing two “healthy” bars I tried out – the Brookie from Go! Salads and the Pure Fit Peanut Butter and Chocolate Bar from Healthy Options. I’m not much of a health buff myself, but I tried these out of curiosity. I …

268 – THIS OR THAT 3: Banana Leaf’s Roti Canai Supreme with Chili and Spring Onion or The Roti Shop’s Roti Prata with Cheese and Onion

For the third iteration of my This or That post series, I’ll be comparing two roti snacks I tried out some time ago. The first one is from Banana Leaf which I featured in a full review back in December 2019. Meanwhile, the second one is from The Roti Shop, which I had been wanting …

267 – THIS OR THAT 2: Kumori Bakery’s Chocolate Chip Cookie or Scout’s Honor’s Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie

I'm back again for another "This or That" post, but this time I'll be featuring two chocolate cookies I tried out. I have the Kumori Chocolate Chip Cookie to start, then I’ll share my take on the Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie from Scout’s Honor.  Kumori Bakery: Honoring Japanese baking traditions The first cookie on the …

266 – THIS OR THAT 1: Banapple’s Creamy Chicken Pie or Casa Daza’s Chicken Empanada

Before I proceed, I’d like to give an introduction on this new post. As we all know, we can’t simply leave our houses anymore for non-essential travel so every venture outside ought to be planned. Leaving the house for supply runs puts us at risk for the coronavirus. With that said, most of us can’t …