Tajimaya Yakiniku Restaurant in SM Mall of Asia

As you all know, Tajimaya Yakiniku Restaurant is a personal favorite place of mine! I just love the beef and I used to eat like 3 to 4 big servings of those per visit. But lately, I haven't gone back to that awesome place. So one rainy night, after a good yoga session with Bernice, I suggest we had an eat all you can at Tajimaya. Bernice informed me that it'll be her first time to try the place so let's see if she would love the place as much as I do!

Weekend Haul

Last Saturday, I accompanied my good friend and now a licensed doctor ( I'm one proud gal!! ) Fauikins to go shopping for new hospital clothes and gifts for her cousins. We found out there was a bazaar happening at SMX Hall so we headed there after lunch.

La Petite Camille in Greenbelt 5, Makati City

After doing some window shopping with Eunice, we wanted to have a light dinner before going home. We ate a couple of pretzels from Auntie Aunts while walking around so we were not really hungry. She suggested this cute restaurant La Petite Camille. I always passed by this place at Greenbelt but never gave it a chance simply because I thought it was just another bakeshop or cafe. The name itself sounds French-y but the food they serve are Vietnamese. Confusing right?

Hokkaido Ramen Santouka in SM Mall of Asia

After yet another Yoga Sesh with my good friend Bernice, we headed to SM MOA for dinner. We were both craving for something LIGHT thinking not to waste the calories we just burnt after an hour of hard work. We decided to get ramen noodle soup at Santouka Hokkaido Ramen ( hihihihihi! )!

The Spa Wellness

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Good day my darling readers! Funny how things turn out sometimes. I was having a not so good week when suddenly I received an email saying they want to sponsor me a spa trip at The Spa. I was like, are they serious or is this just a sham? Upon responding, I found out it was a legit offer and the coincidental part was lately, I was thinking of booking an appointment at The Spa to cheer me up! My family and I have always been loyal clients of The Spa. Whenever we have free time, my mom and I would go to The Fort branch and have a relaxing afternoon spa treatment. I was pretty ecstatic with the offer and of course I gladly accepted it! Due to my busy schedule, I had to rebook a couple of times. On my third re booking, I told them I'll just cancel since I am causing too much inconvenience and would gladly just blog one of my future visits since I'm really about to go to The Spa sometime soon. They patiently worked with my schedule and finally it happened last week! Hooray!!! It was actually my first time to try their services at Shangri-la Mall so here's my photo diary of it!

Quick and Easy Apple Crumble

One of my favorite baked desserts that I often make is this super easy 7 ingredient Apple Crumble dessert! I like making crumbles because you don't have to make those neat pie crust. I like to just mix everything and dump them in one baking dish before baking. No muss no fuss! This recipe is pretty healthy because it has rolled oats in it so you won't feel guilty after having a serving or two. You can put vanilla ice cream on top and you may also put nuts like walnuts or pecans in the crumble mix too.

Big Bite! The Northern Food Festival

Last weekend there was a food festival happening at MarQuee Mall. My mom saw the event on television so before heading back to Manila, we dropped by and had lunch there. Big Bite! The Northern Food Festival was a weekend event to celebrate Kapampangan cuisine. Popular food found all over North had stalls so it was quite fun sampling and buying all my childhood favorites.

Lunch at Hwa Chong Temple Potrero, Malabon

For our grandpa's 100th day, all the family and relatives went to Hwa Chong Temple to do some traditional Chinese praying rituals. After, we had a vegetarian Buddhist lunch at the same place as well. The food wasn't bad at all. We had a total of 12 course a la carte meal.

Kerastase Nutritive Nutri-Thermique Systeme Thermo-Intense

Last August, a sweet reader commented that I have nice hair simply by looking at a semi blurred photo of me. Pumalakpak-tenga ko pati paa ko! I have, since then, planned on posting my simple hair care routine but it took me 2 months to post it because I'm one lazy blogger now... I don't really like spending money on my hair because I'd rather spend it on more important things like shoes. :D I go and see my stylist Rachele Aguila who is now stationed at Salon Privat Manila a maximum of twice per year. I don't like to do those chronologist hair treatment because I find them expensive. I, on my own, do my own deep moisturizing treatment at home using this fabulous product Kerastase Nutritive Nutri-Thermique Systeme Thermo-Intense. This was recommended by Rachele as well. I will write down all the tips on how to apply this miracle hair cream properly down below.

Lugang Cafe at Northeast Greenhills

After running around doing errands with my mom, we decided to have merienda at Lugang Cafe. We heard there was a Metrobank Card promo of 50% off. We noticed a couple of changes since we last dined here few months ago. The heavy hardbound menu was changed into light colorful plastic cover. It kinda changed the tone of Lugang Cafe that was once viewed as a  serious Chinese restaurant into this nice relaxing cafe type where you can order good Chinese food with your friends and hang out at the same place after.

The Royal Touch Cupcakes at SM Aura Premier

Lately, I've been craving for cupcakes. I currently have this obsession with those soft fluffy heavenly sweet treats filled with chocolate or smothered with cream cheese frosting.. AHHHH!!!! I heard about this newly opened cupcake store called The Royal Touch Cupcakes made by this chichi pastry chef who used to make cakes for the British royalties. We braved the road one super rainy weekend just to have those cupcakes!

Gavino's Japanese Donuts & More at Robinsons Place Manila

After doing a quick supermarket errand at Robinsons Place Manila, I passed Gavino's Japanese Donuts & More booth located  at the 4th floor of the mall while going to the parking lot. What makes them different from other donut stores is that they sell Japanese Mochi Donuts! I LOVE LOVE MOCHI so I definitely had to try them out! I got a box of 6 for P222 only. It's definitely a very decent price for quality donuts.

Tony Roma's in Glorietta 4, Makati City

Another Saturday dinner with my siblings and company. We choose Tony Roma's because it's everyone's favorite restaurant in Glorietta. I haven't dined here in months so I was craving for some good ol' fall off the bone ribs!

Angel's Kitchen in Connecticut Street, San Juan

Another family Sunday lunch at Angel's Kitchen. The restaurant is an old time favorite of ours but we don't go there often because it's always packed during weekends. But one Sunday lunch we were all craving for our favorites from the resto, we decided to drive all the way to Greenhills and wait for about 20 minutes to be seated!