Steak Dinner
Going All Chocolate-y
My favorite Filipina food blogger once wrote about a German Chocolate called Ritter Sport which I’d never heard of before. On my regular commissary run for that week, I chanced upon this same brand. I don’t know why I waited to try it until today. But I’m thankful I did.
The Swiss-made Lindt was always my favorite chocolate brand. No matter what the flavor was, it’s always consistently excellent. Flavor, texture, even their packaging is fine and tasteful. Whenever someone I knew was going to Switzerland, this was the best “pasalubong” to request. But now that I’ve discovered Ritter Sport, I’m tempted to change my mind. (more…)
Lee Iacocca’s Olivio Premium Spread and the Diabetes Connection
On our last visit to Younger Sister in Florida last Thanksgiving, she handed us a tub of Olivio Premium Spread for our toast at breakfast. I was first intrigued by the packaging because it carried Lee Iacocca’s name on it. But when she told me that it was made from olive oil, I got even more intrigued. My first taste convinced me that this was the one product I would always choose to have on my toast. No matter who makes it, or what it’s made of, IT IS DELICIOUS. it doesn’t hurt that it is also has 85 percent less saturated fat than butter and is cholesterol-free. (more…)
Ben & Jerry’s Peanut Butter Cup
Thank goodness for unpredictable Colorado weather! It got warm enough for Spouse and I to indulge in a pint of another untested flavor of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.
This time we decided to try “Peanut Butter Cup” and were not disappointed.
My first spoonful reminded me of “Choc-Nut”, my favorite Philippine sweet. Choc-Nut was the reward I got from the sari-sari store owner off 11th Street?in New Manila. My yaya would take the day’s pig slop from my grandmother’s household to the store owner who had her little pigpen in her backyard. I was just a toddler but remember accompanying my yaya and being handed a Choc-Nut or two when we said our good byes. I have always loved Choc-Nut. I found it in a Filipino store here once but was disappointed to find the Choc-Nut had gone old and stale. (more…)
Grateful Fans of Cherry Garcia
Spouse just read in some Yahoo group that Ben & Jerry’s ice cream was available in Angeles City, Pampanga. That’s a big surprise cause I thought it wasn’t available at all back home. I thought we’d have to go to Hongkong or Singapore if we wanted another spoonful of our favorite Cherry Garcia once we moved.
