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In this scorging heat, I crave for Halo-Halo. And my favorite is Chowking Halo Fiesta with 1 ice cream scoop.

Oh, where’s the ice cream scoop, I thought I ordered one. Nahhh..I think I forgot to tell the waiter I want an ice cream.

I love chocolates. Especially dark chocolates though thankfully, I don’t crave for chocolates now as much as before. Want to know how I did it? All you need to do is fill your refrigerator with chocolates and eat as much as you can, and tomorrow, you will see that you don’t have any appetite for them anymore. Atleast, that works for me. So, you may want to try it sometime especially if you want to stop your cravings.

But, surprisingly, dark chocolates have health benefits too. Read the article below:

The Health Benefits Of Dark Chocolates

It is rare that eating chocolate is recommended for health reasons. However, quite surprisingly, dark chocolate is said to contain antioxidants that benefit your body when eaten properly.

People often refer to dark chocolate as “bittersweet” chocolate. It contains roughly 70% cocoa solids and has less or no sugar added.

Since it has less or no sugar, dark chocolate is far less susceptible to heat than milk chocolate.

Some recent studies suggest that eating dark chocolate provides your body with essential antioxidants that could help with getting rid of free radicals that cause premature aging.

Other studies indicate that another benefit of dark chocolates is it could help with lowering bad cholesterol oxidation and reduce the risk of blood clots.

The primary reason why dark chocolate have these benefits is the flavonoids it contains. A flavonoid is a ketone that one can also find in the stems, seeds, and leaves of several plants. These flavonoids are members of a class of antioxidants called polyphenols, which are also found in red wine, tea, and certain fruits and vegetables.

It is estimated that dark chocolate contains eight times the levels of polyphenol antioxidants when compared with strawberries.

More studies have indicated that there are reduced benefits eating dark chocolate antioxidants if it were taken with milk or if milk were part of the dark chocolate mixture. It is believed that the molecules of milk adhere themselves to the epicatechins and prevent the proper assimilation of the flavonoids by the body.

Not all studies favor dark chocolates. Concerns have been raised about the possibility of dark chocolate inducing migraine attacks. However, data to fully support those concerns is still insufficient.

In addition to being a pleasure on the palate, consuming fifty grams of dark chocolate made of at least 70 percent chocolate solids could provide health benefits and supplement your diet with additional iron, potassium, and calcium.

More chocolate information and advice on using confectionary coating as a chocolate alternative.

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Atleast chocolates did good for my health

My second time to dine at Cream n’ Bake and I would say that I appreciate their food more now than the first time. They have this unique taste in their food, and even have the original taste of sisig. The kinilaw is superb too! Check out the pix below…

Yep, their food is almost perfect, but, their service is not. You have to wait for 89 years before they will serve your food. Exaggerated, but, more or less, you get it. So, they better improve their service, or yet, they will lose their customers. Actually, they don’t only serve dinner and lunch, but they are also known of their cakes, cookies, ice cream and breads. But, I haven’t tasted those products yet. But, their cakes surely looks tempting!

I was about to take pictures of all their products displayed, but, the staff said it’s not allowed. They are probably afraid that I am one of the spies of their competitor. Hehehe. But, when I told the staff that I own a website, and would love to promote their business, she then hurriedly gave me the brochure instead. I think the owner was just around the corner and heard our conversation.

A cozy place.. and I heard WIFI is also free!

Store Hours: 8:00am - 12:00mn , Monday - Sunday
For orders and resevation: (032)416-2025 /344-5376/ 0919-8248746
A.S. Fortuna St., Banilad, Mandaue City

Philippines is just simply blessed for the abundance of mango fruits. Many tourists knew and tasted mango only when they arrived here, and fell in love with this juicy fruit. And personally, this is my favorite fruit too. And since it’s summer time, my refrigerator is full of different juice flavors and of course, I wouldn’t miss mango juice for that. Though a mango shake would be great, but, with my on the go schedule, I doubt if I will have the luxury to make one for myself. And besides, I don’t have a blender in my apartment. Heheh. So, instead, I just buy those bottled mango juice available in the supermarket. And no, I just don’t pick anything. My favorite is the Mango Nectar of Drysdale though, it’s a little bit pricey for me. I also love the Mango bits in can.

Below is the picture of my stocks of Drysdale Mango juice, fresh from my refrigerator.

 It’s simply a refreshing drink! And you must drink it cold!

I know there are already ready-mix pancakes available in the supermarket, but, honestly, I don’t heart them as much as what my Sis’ mixture or my friend’s. And here’s a recipe from my chef friend, Stephen that you can try. Hopefully, I can try his specialty one of these days.. Paging: Stephen! Drop by here in Cebu and bring us food! Hehehe.

Pancake Recipe

Ingredients:

200 grams All purpose flour

2 tsps sugar

4 pcs eggs

pinch salt

1/3 cup melted butter (unsalted)

1 ½ cups full cream milk

Procedure:

1. Separate the egg whites from the egg yolks.
2. Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl and sift.
3. Mix all wet ingredients, except for the egg whites, in a separate bowl. Beat until well mixed.
4. Gradually pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients, continuously stirring until a smooth batter is formed. Let rest for 20 minutes.
5. When ready to cook, beat egg whites until foamy. Fold this into batter.
6. Heat frying pan and fry batter until done.

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Yummy picture above is also taken from Stephen’s blog.

Adobo is one of my favorite Filipino dish. And I want to share this recipe I got from Filipino Food Recipes site. And I hope I can cook a very yummy adobo someday.

Estimated cooking time: 50 minutes

 

Adobo Ingredients:

• 1/2 kilo pork, cut in cubes

• 1/2 kilo chicken, cut into pieces

• 1 head garlic, minced

• 1/2 yellow onion, diced

• 1/2 cup soy sauce

• 1 cup vinegar

• 2 cups of water

• 1 teaspoon paprika

• 5 laurel leaves (bay leaves)

• 4 tablespoons of cooking oil or olive oil

• 2 tablespoons cornstarch

• 3 tablespoons water

Adobo Cooking Instructions:

• In a big sauce pan or wok, sauté garlic and onions on cooking hot 2 tablespoons of oil.

• Add the pork and chicken to the pan. Add 2 cups of water, 1/4 cup of soy sauce, vinegar, paprika and the bay leaves. Bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes or when meat is tender.

• Remove the pork and chicken from the sauce pan and on another pan, heat cooking oil and brown the pork and chicken for a few minutes.

• Mix the browned pork and chicken back to the sauce and add cornstarch dissolved in water to thicken. Bring to a boil then simmer for an additional 5 minutes.

• Serve hot with the adobo gravy and plain rice.

Adobo Cooking Tips:

• You have the option to add crushed ginger to the onions and garlic when sautéing. Ginger adds a unique flavor to your pork/chicken adobo.

A new Filipino restaurant located at Wilson St., Lahug, Cebu City. The outside look of the restaurant will probably make you think that you can’t afford to dine here, but, I tell you, it’s just affordable. Don’t be intimidated with the classy look.

 bamboo rice

crispy pata

sinigang na baboy

bicol express

appetizer

My favorite is the crispy pata. As always.

Especially if you are having Yellow Cab Pizza as your midnight snacks, and not to mention, it’s for free! Good thing, we have a generous officemate who usually treats us during payday! And my favorite is New York’s Finest.

If you want to order Yellow Cab Pizza, you may call: 254-1111

Yellow Cab Pizza in Mango, Cebu is open 24 hours.

As what I have told you in my previous post, I really love Buko Pandan. Here’s a Buko Pandan recipe courtesy of Bohol.ph that I love to try one day.

Ingredients

8 leaves of Pandan - cleaned well
5 Buko (Coconut)not too hard, not too soft- Grated to strips
Water from 5 Buko (approx. 10 cups)
3 small cans of Nestle Cream
1 medium can of Condensed Milk
2 bars of Green Gulaman
1 3/4 Cups Sugar (more if you want it sweeter)
1 cup Kaong (optional)

Preparation

1. Boil buko water from 5 coconuts together with 8 pandan leaves that are individually twisted to break the fibers and expose the juice. Simmer for 20 minutes.

2. Before adding 2 bars of gulaman, make sure you remove the pandan leaves and check if the remaining coconut water is equal to 8 cups - 1 bar of gulaman is good for 4 cups of liquid. If it is not 8 cups, less will mean hard gulaman and more than 8 cups will result in mushy soft gulaman. Ensuring gulaman is well-dissolved stir well. Add sugar while mixing. Do this for 5 minutes

3. Pour through a strainer into cooling trays. Wait till it cools and hardens, then put in fridge.

4. Meanwhile, mix the grated buko with the 3 cans of cream and 1 can of condensed milk.

5. Add kaong if you prefer.

6. Get gulaman from ref and cut into 1 cm cubes. Mix with buko mixture.

Your buko pandan is now ready!

If you are a tourist in Cebu and craving for seafoods, I suggest, go to SUTUKIL, in short of Sugba, Tuwa, Kilaw located at Mactan Cebu, near Lapu-lapu shrine. There, you can choose on the different restaurants that serves fresh seafoods. Once you arrived in the place, you will be greeted with the staffs convincing you to dine in their restaurant. But, where to? I’ve been to SUTUKIL a couple of times and dined in different restaurants, but so far, MANNA SUTUKIL is the best for me.

So, are you hungry now?