Been traveling and roaming around the Philippines and as much as possible, i would love to buy some souvenir for my self to place I’ve been to. I love collecting native locally made handicrafts. But sometimes the things I wanted to buy would create hassle to my trip. Luggage handling problems. Here are some luggage and handling problems that usually occurs during your trip. - the thing you’d like to buy is too big to bring it home. - too fragile - too heavy and expensive to bring it home. Good thing we have lots of kultura souvenir shops near my place. SM’s kultura got the widest...

Thai food! I’m pretty excited this coming cooking demo at the Maya Kitchen this May 25 2012. I know almost everyone knows what Thai food is and it’s one of my favorite cuisine actually. When it comes to Thai food, all I can think of is their spicy fragrant food mixed in coconut milk. From chicken, beef to prawns! I love them all! Anyway, renowned chef J. Gamboa of Cirkulo Restaurant puts on a different hat as he takes on Thai cuisine as guest chef of The Maya Kitchen on May 25, this Saturday, 10am-1pm. Chef J. Gamboa will be joined by Chef Malichat of Azuthai Restaurant. Cirkulo and...

Last April, I attended a monthly cooking demo at the Maya Kitchen. It really does make you learn something, something that you can prepare extra ordinary food for your party. Chef Myrna Segismundo of 9501 of ABS-CBN, showed her some of her secrets in cooking and gladly gave me an idea on what to bring on my next potluck party. Here is one of the recipes she (chef myrna) shared to us. Chicken Inasal Chicken Inasal is a native delicacy of Bacolod. This is a chicken barbecue marinated on locally made vinegar from Bacolod. You can buy them at major supermarkets. So far there are only 2 brands of Sinamak...

I was having problem with my time management lately. Physically and Mentally stressed due to work related circumstances. I live far from my appointments so I was thinking of a place where I can relax, and a place somewhat near to my meetings to lessen my travel stress. I asked a friend who lives around the place where my meeting will take place. Arpee Lazaro (a friend), told me that there is a hotel very near and very accessible to places. He told me to stay at One Pacific Place at the CBD (Central Business District) of Makati and he told me that there were lots of positive feed backs about the hotel....

This month, April, Maya Kitchen will be featuring Chef Myrna Segismundo as for Maya’s Kitchen monthly cooking demo. On April 27, 2013, at 9am till 1pm (Saturday), Chef Myrna will be showing her skills in culinary specifically on Filipino Dishes. She’ll be preparing some filipino fusion dishes like Boneless Lechon with Stewed Fruits and Brown Rice, Chicken Inasal with Fresh Ubod, Pomelo and Jicama Spring Roll and Ginataan among others. I really love attending Maya Kitchen’s kitchen monthly cooking demo. They feature famous chefs or a chef of a very known food establishment. I do also...

This coming Saturday, April 20, 2013, Bizu Patisserie will be celebrating their MACARON DAY! and they will be giving free macaron to every patron. You can visit Bizu Patisserie at Greenbelt 2, Greenhills Prominade, ALabang Town Center and St. Lukes at the BGC to avail this free gift. What is Macaron? Macaron is a French cookie that is crisp on the outside with a soft crème ganache and ground almonds in the middle. It is said to have originated in Italy in the 1500s then found its way to France. What was just a simple recipe of ground almonds, egg whites and sugar with no filling and flavoring was then...