food trip – Page 7

My Starbucks Favorites

We were at Trinoma last Saturday for my eye check-up and to run some errands for my mom. After the check-up, we went to Smart Telecoms where we passed by Starbucks Coffee. We decided to use my gift certificate worth PhP200 (Thanks Atom and TM!). We ordered Chocolate Cream Chip Cookies in Venti and Cinnamon Roll. Ayex enjoyed it very much that she almost finished the pastry by herself.

Last Sunday, in a party that we attended, hubby won some more Starbucks gift certificates, 2 x PhP100, in one of the games. I was thinking of asking for them but I didn’t have to as he gave them to me. Thanks, be!

So today, I thought of giving myself a little treat and decided to have Starbucks for breakfast. Can you guess what I ordered?

My breakfast: A Cinnamon Roll and Iced White Chocolate Mocha (Decaf) in Venti.
I’m so full now. I hope you had a happy breakfast too! Remember, it is the most important meal of the day.

Dolci Amante

That would be Sweet Lover in English. This phrase perfectly describes a part of me. Actually, I think it is the culprit why I’m having a hard time loosing weight. What can I do, these stuff are hard to resist?!

Yesterday, after the long wait in the clinic for Maxyn’ vaccine, we went to SM North. We had a late lunch at Joey Pepperoni Pizzeria. I totally forgot that we just had pizza and pasta last weekend because I was so hungry already.

Anyway, we ordered pizza. They have an on-going promo, two 8″ pizzas for only PhP199. The little girl kept on telling me that she’s full and only wanted some gelato. Originally, she wanted strawberry but it was unavailable. She ended with Mint with Chocolate which I also thought of ordering.

While we ate, hubby left us because he has some errands to finish at Banco de Oro. When he came back, there are still some pizza but he wanted some pasta. I on the other hand wanted something sweet again. I ordered Frozen Cappuccino Mud Pie. It is made of layers of vanilla and coffee crumble ice cream in a tasty and delicious cookie crust. I super enjoyed this dolci. Its serving size is good for sharing for the price of PhP90. I can eat it over and over again.

I will surely go back to this place and will try their other desserts.

Mommy’s Night Out

Yesterday, I was able to leave the house ALONE to meet my girlfriends. Alone because for the first time, since I was on ML, I always have Ayex in tow whenever I go out. Anyway, back to the night out.

Megamall is at the middle of Ortigas and Shaw Boulevard MRT stations. That means, if I take the train, I would have to walk about 500 meters. I am lazy so when I reached the North Edsa station, I decided to take an ordinary bus, lucky me, Roval Transport was there. It has been months since I last rode the bus. However, when we reached GMA area, the cars were bumper to bumper. While I kept telling myself that I took the wrong choice, I still did not take the MRT. The traffic ended in Ortigas and I don’t know what was the cause. I’m just happy that I was not late, a few minutes before 5PM, I’m already with Grace.

I met Grace at The Faceshop and we walked to Amici. A few minutes later, Aika arrived. It’s been more than a year since I last saw her. Since her hubby left the country, she barely had a chance to meet us so we let her choose the food we’ll eat. That was my first time to dine there and I must say, their service is efficient. Their food is also delicious but not pricey. We ordered Fried Mozzarella Cheese; Meat Lover’s Delight and Seafood pizzas; Carbonara, Lasagna and Pasta in Garlic and Oil; Caesar’s Salad; and a 1.5L bottle of Sarsi. We were super full with food and stories. To top our dining experience, we got free 3 cups of Caramia gelato because our bill reached PhP1500. Actually, we made it reach that amount. Hahaha!

After ordering, Yana arrived. Nahuli pa siya ng MMDA! She was already in Megamall when she was apprehended. Apparently, when you took the tunnel, you cannot right-turn to Megamall, which she didn’t know. Gretel was the last one to arrive because she had a class in Makati, she’s taking Fashion School.

Our night was filled with food, stories and laughter that we didn’t realize the mall’s closing. Aimee couldn’t meet us at Amici because she’s currently on shift. Good thing she’s just a few blocks away from Megamall. After dinner, we went to her building where we had more stories and laughter. Yun nga lang nakatayo kaming magkwentuhan! Me and my girlfriends are the same crazy people we were back in college. That’s one thing I love about them. You can be like that without hesitations.

We hijacked Aimee from her class (she’s a trainor) for almost an hour. Nobody noticed the time until I declared I have to go because my boobs are already filled with milk and are starting to hurt. I better get home or else, I might end up with leaky clothes. That’s when we called it a night. We agreed that we’ll have an overnight at Yana’s place soon to have more catching up. Below are some of our pictures.