Bus seat numbers now available!

To my readers who frequently travel by land between Cebu and Dumaguete, here's a little bit of good news!

In Sibulan's terminal where you pay for your short ferry trip to Cebu, you may now get your priority numbers or seat numbers for the air conditioned buses.

This is really neat - no more running to get a seat in the bus when you get to the island! :)

Squash Pie and Banana Bread

I fairly know a lot of people in the office because my job is to train new employees about our client's policies and procedures, and the expected behavior of these employees after training. One of the sweetest people in the office, Michelle Quirante, my former new hire trainee, recently gave me a couple of sweets to try.

The first one is Squash Pie, which is called Pumpkin Pie by some although it's definitely not pumpkin pie. The former is more orange in color (see picture below), while a pumpkin pie made with pumpkin puree is more brownish in color. Anyway, so I brought the pie at home and shared it with my family and it was a huge hit! It was hard to believe that the pie we were eating was a vegetable. It tasted sweet and creamy -- actually, it tasted more like the sweet toppings of cassava cake. Michelle told me that an order of one pie costs P90. If you want to try this unique treat, send her a message.

The next sweet treat is her banana bread. It was crumbly and crisp on the outside, while moist and chewy on the inside - just perfect. It wasn't too sweet and it balances perfectly well with a glass of cold milk. An order of one banana loaf bread costs P50. 

The prices are unbelievably low. Give it a try and let me know what you think! :)

squash pie - YUM!

Banana bread

You can order through Michelle/Miqui's Facebook page.

Theo and Philo

Over the weekend, I stopped by Human Heart Nature to get sunflower oil and mosquito repellent for my family and was pleasantly surprised to find Theo and Philo artisan chocolates in the counter, so we got a couple of bars. My li'l sister picked the 70% dark chocolate variety, and I got their 65% dark chocolate with green mango and sea salt. 

Theo and Philo is the only bean to bar chocolate from the Philippines and they have six varieties in their chocolate products, ranging from the usual (milk chocolate) to the unusual (dark chocolate with candied calamansi). 

My li'l sister's 70% dark chocolate was insanely good - it tasted fine and smooth that it can rival any European chocolate brand. It was clear that the chocolates were made with the finest cacao beans in the country; and if their 70% was good, then their green mango variant was even better. I loved how the tangy taste of green mango blended well with the bittersweet chocolate and salt. Eating it was like having an explosion of different flavors bursting all at once in your tastebuds. Try it, and you really won't regret it.



Dark Chocolate with Green Mango and Sea Salt - YUM!





Theo and Philo Artisan Chocolates

 
*Human Heart Nature information:
located in - Unit 3, The Strip, Osmena Blvd.
contact number - 032 412-9696
Facebook page: Click HERE