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The Cake Monster

Posted on 14 December 2008 by Blogie [shortlink]
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Doc Jaime is an Apple fanboy, and is my go-to guy for all things iPod. On his birthday, his friends got him not a cake but a box of 20 cup cakes that looked like the home screen of an iPod touch. The cup cakes were created by Emily, the Cake Monster. On her site, [...]

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Kopi Roti

Posted on 30 September 2008 by Blogie [shortlink]
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As coffee shops go, Kopi Roti is a sure win. It has the benefit of having a franchiser who’ll certainly go to lengths to keep quality high and standards followed. And yet, it’s not a very expensive place in which to enjoy good coffee. Not cheap, but the prices aren’t like those of the more [...]

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Sugar Munch pastries

Posted on 16 March 2008 by Blogie [shortlink]
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Part of the Davao Food Appreciation Tour (“DavaoFAT”), an event I’d concocted to help promote Davao restaurants, was a showcase of cakes and silvanas by Sugar Munch. It was a perfect way to end Day #2 of DavaoFAT — a cornucopia of heavenly pastries! The bloggers were given several boxes of cakes and some rolls [...]

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Dulce Manos Café

Posted on 5 January 2008 by Blogie [shortlink]
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Dulce Manos Café. It’s one of those places where you can expect home-made cooking goodness. It’s a cozy affair — about 6 intimate tables inside and 4 larger ones out front (al fresco) — which adds to the homey ambience of this new café in town. When my friend Rochelle told me about it the [...]

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Lachi’s — only the finest ingredients

Posted on 11 December 2007 by Blogie [shortlink]
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Lachi’s has been around for several years now, but I’ve never been there until tonight. Thanks to Ria, who brought three of “the usual suspects” to dinner, I’ve finally sampled their exquisite cooking. Ria got an item on her Christmas wish list fulfilled when Mike & Melvin Aviles, proprietors of Lachi’s, invited her and some [...]

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Swiss Deli-cious

Posted on 23 November 2007 by Blogie [shortlink]
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Had dinner tonight at Swiss Deli, and I must say, it was a culinary treat! I know their steaks are a sought-after item there, but lately I’ve been sticking to a fish diet, so I went for their Fillet of Mahi-Mahi (P190). Mahi-Mahi is locally called pandawan, or otherwise known as dolphin-fish. Its meat is [...]