How was your Christmas celebration? Let me share something while you’re busy with your post-holiday activities as well as preparing for another event- New Year. Just two days before Christmas, I went with Bloggers of Iloilo Group ( BIG) for aday of food tasting […]
Days Hotel Iloilo’s TEMPTATIONS: Chocolate and Dessert Buffet
Days Hotel Iloilo added more to diners’ culinary experience with their recently launched dessert buffet called, TEMPTATIONS. Beware. You will be tempted. This is a new twist to their dessert buffet with most of the sweet treats made from chocolates. If you are […]
Caught by the Cronut Craze
Fat people like me obviously love food. We don’t care about food fads but cronut got me crazy. It started when I tasted one great doughnut, which is one of the rarest food that I don’t like. Doughnut is not a staple in this […]
7 Ilonggo Specialties You Shouldn’t Miss
Frequent visitors can attest how rich Iloilo is when it comes to gastronomy. You often think of batchoy, talaba and seafood but there are more Iloilo specialities or Ilonggo dishes to enjoy and should be the focal point of your visit here. When you […]
Orchard Valley: Organic and Local
My job as a travel writer exposes me to organic farming. It still fascinates and impresses me on how much labor it demands among those who push for this healthier way of providing food. Yesterday, Bloggers of Iloilo Group (BIG) had a tour in Orchard Valley, Inc. , […]
Healthy Drinks at Rapha Valley
Technically, this is the second installment about our trip in Rapha Valley, one of Negros Occidental’s wellness destinations. Click here to read the previous post. Join me as I enjoy one of the perks of being a travel writer tasting something new creating great experiences. Carrot-Langka Juice Carrot is […]
5 Foods I Ate (For the Fist Time) in Rapha Valley
Negros Occidental is one of my favorite destinations. When I attended the Panaad sa Negros Festival 2013, your travel writer had a chance to visit a wellness destination that is more than just an organic farm. Owned by the Jo family, Rapha Valley is located in Don […]
Cilantro: Bringing the Flavors of Vietnam to Iloilo
A couple of years ago, I had a little argument with a friend of mine over Facebook when he left a comment that “there is really no good resto there (Iloilo)”. Yes, the exact phrase. I have a degree in History so please give me credit. Last night, your […]
Attractions in Guimaras Island: Guimaras Wonder’s Farm
Nice beaches and sweet mangos – these equate to Guimaras. An island province sandwiched between Panay and Negros. Thought to be barren, it has become an agricultural island with mangos, cashews, calamansi planted in its land. Interested farmers ( global definition, not the Filipino impoverished picture) grabbed the opportunity to […]
The Garden Cafe
Just when I needed a different environment to think for a magazine feature, I learned that one of the my favorite coffeehouses in the city is closed. Yikes! Hopefully it is just temporary. I’m planning to include them in my Iloilo feature middle this year. You may think […]