Destination: BAGUIO ( Part 01 )

We always start our Baguio Trips with lunch at Matutina's Seafoods. I can't remember a time when we went to Baguio without stopping over at this extremely cheap but absolutely good seafood restaurant.

Halla Restaurant at Angeles City, Pampanga

Whenever the siblings visit Angeles, they would always request Korean food. The best in town for us would be Halla Restaurant located at Friendship Road just outside Clark Area. The food serving is big and the prices are not bad at all. 

Christmas Party at RS Farm, Malino Pampanga

Hello everyone! Did you miss me? Hahaha! Why am I not blogging? Well, it's because I've been doing something new and that I just came back from a trip. You can follow me on my instagram @misslovelytan to see whats going on with me. :D Anyhoo these are some of the pictures I took during our Christmas Party with my mom's side of the family. As usual, after the food fest we had our yearly money raffle game. I won 5th or 6th place! Yippee! I used those to get make up haul from Hong Kong so stay tuned for that! Will be posting all my shopping loot probably next week. Hahaha ( If I'm not lazy! )

Christmas Party with the Yang Cousins

The Yang cousins spent our Christmas party same as last year. Everyone brought potluck food. Everyone told lots of funny stories. Everyone played the money raffle game after dinner. Everyone was merry!!! <3

Torch Restaurant at Greenhills, San Juan

The girls and I had our yearly Christmas dinner this time at Torch. I suggested the place because the food is like kid's food. They have all sorts of fantastic pastas, pizzas, steaks and burgers. Torch is also closer to their places ( but super far from mine ). Anyway Euni didn't make it because of an emergency :( but we will definitely go back to this place and have dinner soon! That's a promise! :D

Tsui Wah Restaurant at Hong Kong International Airport

Till our last hour in Hong Kong, food tripping was still on our minds. Our last meal choice to eat was Tsui Wah Restaurant. They have this amazing crusty buttered bread that you can dip into condensed milk and I love their noodles soups. 

Laduree in Harbour City, Hong Kong

On our last night in Hong Kong, we decided to just close our eyes and splurged on Laduree Macarons. :D This store is truly the nicest. Upon entering, one would smell the delicious desserts alluring your senses to buy them. The store staff were polite and ready to attend to customers. I prefer buying macarons here than getting them from Pierre Herme located at the second floor. I don't like their attendants there. Haha.

Haagen Dazs, Hong Kong

While waiting for our 4:30 movie time at The One Mall, we decided to hang out at some place because we were getting tired of walking from window shopping. We saw an afternoon promo sign of fudge brownies ala mode with a glass of drink at Haagen Dazs. There isn't a Haagen Dazs store in Manila ( boo! ) so we thought it was a perfect place to stay and relax.

Miso Cool, Hong Kong

Since we've been eating a lot of heavy and fatty food for the past couple of days, we decided to have a light and healthy brunch. Miso Cool was quickly suggested and since it was located at K11 Mall in Tsim Sha Tsui, the restaurant was just 2 blocks away from our hotel. Miso Cool serves Japanese fusion cuisine so I was pretty excited to try it.

Ebeneezer's Kebabs & Pizzaria, Hong Kong

For dinner , we went to Ebeneezer's Kebabs & Pizzaria. We actually got lost looking for the place and this line greeted us when we arrived. There was a 20 minute line up which was fine. The place was small and there was a mix crowd dining. We saw a lot of locals, a couple of expats and a handful of foreigners. This means the place is truly popular to all.

Universal Noodle, Hong Kong

For our first brunch in the city, Universal Noodle or Butao Ramen was on top of our list! Thousands have commented that this is the best Japanese ramen place in Hong Kong. I definitely had to try this restaurant for sure. Upon reaching Universal Noodles at 12 noon, there was a 30 minutes queue. That was fine by me because I was able to amuse myself by taking lots of pictures of myself and the place as well. I also went to the nearby 7-11 store and got myself my favorite iced tea drink VLT!

Tim Ho Wan, Hong Kong

Our first meal in Hong Kong was Tim Ho Wan. I have heard this restaurant from the mouths of famous foodies and yet I have never tried before. So on this trip, I made sure and planned it will be on top of my Hong Kong food trip agenda! We got there around 9 in the evening. The waitstaff said it was last call upon sitting down. I panicked and ordered all the things I fancy on the menu place mat.

Hong Kong Shopping Haul

I'm back! I was out of the country for about a week so that's why I was not able to update this blog for a long time. SO SORRY :D!!! Anyhoo, I will be making a quick photo blog of some of the things I got during my short Hong Kong trip! Since it is winter season now, all the stuff they are selling in stores are thick jumpers, coats, scarfs and other winter apparels. These are some of the things I got.

Destination: ASIA'S WORLD CITY HONG KONG ( Day 3 & 4 )

For our 3rd day, we started it by having brunch at Miso Cool located at K11. It's a modern Japanese fusion restaurant and what actually forced us to try it was the cool interior.

Destination: ASIA'S WORLD CITY HONG KONG ( Day 1 & 2 )

Last November 16 to 19, my sister and I went on a mini vacation trip to Hong Kong. We were bored and wanted to eat good Hong Kong dim sum lol ( I kid ). Anyhoo here's my photo diary of what we did on this trip.

A Lovely Thing For The Day: Things I'm Grateful

Another year of my life has passed and I, with both arms, fully embraced the new one coming. I can say that even though I had a lot of uncertainties, bumps and changes, my last age was still pretty awesome! Here are the few things I'm grateful for.

WINNER OF THE SPA WELLNESS CONTEST

Ladies and gentlemen, after a day of reading and rereading comments left by contestants, we have finally chosen one winner. I want to give all the contestants the free The Spa Wellnesss spa treatment because everyone truly deserves it! Sadly I can only pick one... :(

Without further ado, the winner is.....

The Sandwich Guy at One E-com Center in Mall of Asia

I visit The Sandwich Guy at least once a week. I usually drop by whenever I take yoga classes alone. The Sandwich Guy makes delicious, fresh and cheap sandwiches in less than 5 minutes. I love it!

Cafe Mary Grace in Robinsons Place Manila

One boring Saturday night, Faui called and invited me out for dinner! Whoopie! Since the nearest mall to both our places is Robinsons Place Manila, we decided to meet up and have our meal there. I told her to just pick any restaurant as I wasn't craving anything that night. She chose Cafe Mary Grace. I have never eaten anything heavy at Cafe Mary Grace as I usually just have hot chocolate and cheesy bread whenever I visit the place. Let's see if the food is any good!

Cafe by the Ruins, Baguio City

For our second day's lunch, we went to on old favorite of ours. My dad loves this place! He always request we have a meal here whenever we take our mini vacations at Baguio Country Club. His favorite is the Kamote Bread with Guava Jam. He would literally eat one whole loaf by himself!