Chocolate Ice Candy Treats

When I was still a child, me and my playmates would always buy ourselves some ice candy from the stores around the street. These ice candies, also known as ice pops, come in different flavors and are very popular all summer. What distinguishes Philippine ice candy from foreign made ice pops is that they are put in long and slender plastic bags made specifically for them, and they are eaten in

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My sister's baked green mussels

We had baked green mussels (also known as Baked Tahong here in the Philippines) for our meatless lunch for Good Friday. It is a well known tradition here in our country that every Lenten season we either fast or go meatless during Good Friday and Black Saturday. This is to commemorate the death of our beloved Jesus until Easter Sunday comes.Tahong or green mussels are abundant here in our country

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Missing my Happy Cream Puffs!

A lot of stores have been making cream puffs, but no one, not even those fancy stores in Greenbelt and Glorietta, can create the taste of authentic and luscious cream puffs like Happy Cream Puff can. I have been buying their eclairs and glazed cream puffs from their branch in SM Southmall, but alas, they had to move on to better locations as they expand their business, and closed their Southmall

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