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My name is Ryan and since I wasn’t able to before, I’d like to take this moment to say “Hello and Welcome to the site!” I hope you’ll enjoy our content as much as we enjoyed putting them together. We have a whole lot of posts waiting to be published, and a whole [...]

I remember the first time I ate takoyaki. It was my cousin who introduced me to “samurai balls,” a nickname that unfortunately stuck for this Japanese dumpling. Watching the lady behind the counter expertly flick the takoyaki on the takoyakiki (takoyaki pan, you perv) was mesmerizing, and my first bite unto the smooshy round dumpling [...]

As a kid I was fascinated with bentos since I first saw one on Japan Video Topics. If you are unfamiliar about Japan Video Topics, it’s a mini-program wherein they showcase things of interest about Japan and it’s culture such as tourist spots, festivals,technology, food, etc. These are shown on a daily basis during [...]

Summer in the Philippines is both an anticipated and dreaded season. Holidays, out of town trips and beach escapades are among the first thing that comes to mind when summer is mentioned, coupled with a surge of excitement of what’s to come. On the otherhand summer also means one thing: swealtering heat.

How do you like [...]

My apologies for the previous posting of this entry. This was originally scheduled to be published last Monday, but for some reason, Wordpress didn’t publish it. Then when it was published, I find out that the rest of the entry has disappeared. Here’s the complete entry.
I wouldn’t have discovered Dong Bei if I hadn’t joined [...]

I’ve been feeling under the weather the past weeks. While waiting for the Delusional Chef to show up, I decided to have brunch at the Landmark’s foodcourt. I wandered around, not really craving for anything. But I was hungry and I’m pressed for time, so I needed to decide right away. I came upon an [...]

Let’s start off with a little trivia I learned at the event: Tea is the 2nd most consumed beverage, next to water, world wide. And here I thought it was beer!
Moving on.
Cupping is the term used for what a tea taster does as he evaluates the tea. And at the Tea Appreciation Seminar, we got [...]

The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf invited bloggers for a night with tea connoisseur and Master Tea Blender David DeCandia for a session on tea appreciation.

Unless you count iced tea, tea drinking hasn’t caught on the same way coffee did with the influx of coffee shops all over the Philippines. Tea, however, is starting to [...]

My mom went to the supermarket the other day after a visit to the dentist’s clinic. She brought this treat home:

Eli’s Cheesecake Tira Mi Su Sampler
 
Tira mi su is a popular Italian dessert that means “pick me up” in English. It is made up of sponge biscuits or stale cake dipped in a mixture of [...]

I’ve been wondering what to write for my first food post for kainpinoy when I found out that Creamline Ice Cream was being sold in a nearby sari-sari store.

Creamline Choco Mud Pie and Emi’s panties
 
What’s so special about Creamline Ice Cream, you ask? I have to admit that it started out as a joke, our [...]