Soup and Salmon #3!

I'm tired of being TIRED of cooking after work. With my previous entries, i start to cook around 10PM, after work and overtime, and finish around 1AM, which is too much for a normal person after working for almost 13hours the whole day. So! For this particular entry, I decided to file a halfday off from work just to get enough time to prepare and rest after.

I love it that I’m learning a lot even though I’m just teaching myself how to cook. Like for this recipe, i met Paprika. Now, I've heard of this particular spice several times before but i've never given much thought how it's used.

Pizza and Panna Cotta # 2

I've been meaning to try to make a pizza ever since I came across this no-bake homemade pizza idea in a magazine several years ago. But since i've no drive and no determination, I always forget to do so. But while i was grocery-ing and saw this lovely pack of flour tortillas, I decided, what the heck? might as well;
And before i knew it, in my push cart along with the tortillas were ham, peppers, quickmelt cheese, button mushrooms, and ready-made pizza sauce!

weekend shopping.

While looking for a clean restroom in Megamall (for some reason I have to say this because the nearest restroom lead me to the plates) my sister and myself saw these posh - lookin' plates and impulsively bought them for future use. Buying them was not part of the weekly budget but I thought, what the heck, they are quite nice, and cheap too!



On a totally different level, while paying for the plates, the Cashier was strategically situated near the goodies and sweets section and something caught my attention. Or in this case, two somethings:


One is Royal Family's Mochi Choco Ball (imported from Taiwan, i think, wikied it.) which is actually a Japanese glutinous rice confection filled with strawberry jam! Okay, my one weakness is strawberry so I went ahead and tried it. How to describe it? Think chocolate-coated strawberry-flavored tikoy filled with strawberry jam coated with marshamallow. Beat that!

It's like a mini strawberry explosion, and to be honest, i couldn't quite understand the taste! It's like, it tasted sweet, then sticky because of the glutinous rice, then sweet again because of the jam, then sticky again because of the mallows... Yikes! Had me confused!




Another is Elsa's Story Lemon Pastry Bites. 2 words: HEAVEN-LY. One bite and a thousand (a bit exaggerated) flavors tickled my tastebud. I taste cinnamon, i taste lemon, a bit of pineapple, some raisins, some orange, some apples... I don't know how they were able to roll it all into one small bite size pastry but i definitely would recommend this treat. I only had one bite, there's still about 11 here. Let me know if you want one! :)

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Next up: Solo Pizza and Panna Cotta! Do you think i can handle it?

Watch out for the coming entry! =)

The Coffee Bean Experience

2 Things i absoluted-ly love :
1. Books. (Current reading: The Class by Erich Segal)
2. Teas. Teas. Teas. (Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf's -CBTL's whole leaf tea bags)

Why i love CBTL's teas: Its pyramid shaped whole leaf tea bags. Its mild taste. Its exotic aroma. Its calming effect on me.

Decided to start the week right by dropping by early @ BoniHi's CBTL with my Sony cam and ipod. Got off the BGC central route bus and walked from Fort Strip all the way to BHS. Got there all sweaty. Darn Sun. Darn Change in bus routes, had me confused.Met a few early joggers as well. Felt self-conscious while i snapped me some pictures,
Manong Guards were staring at me already. Got there around 7:39. Store opens 8am. Had to wait. Barista inside waved HELLO and gave an apologetic look pointing to his watch. Sorry! Not yet time! In return, i gave him a thumbsup It's okay i'm good!

Ordered my all time fave blended drink- White Chocolate Dream (with whipped cream and choc syrup).
and started my long day with Jason Mraz's Im Yours playin' in my ears.

Went back friday (for a perfect week ender) to have Chai Tea Latte (a must try!) and Banana Walnut Muffin. Yummy!