[The World in a Nutshell] WanderTales: Stories of adventures and misadventures
June 6, 2021
I keep seeing caviar cake pop up on my feed, but never seriously considered buying them. One, it looks pricey, and two, I’ve tried caviar before. I liked the texture – really smooth and explodes with flavor when you bite Read more…
Sweet Success is an online bakeshop specializing in customized cakes and desserts. My sister follows them quite religiously because she used to take baking classes from the owner of Sweet Success. My sister’s a phenomenal baker, so it stands to Read more…
My friend sent me this BEAUTIFUL letter cake from A2 Manila. It was so pretty, I almost didn’t want to eat it. Love the different shades of blue (it’s my favorite color), and the exquisitely shaped petalled flowers. You can’t Read more…
For my birthday, we opted to try The Lazy Susan MNL for my cha misua. It’s been getting rave reviews, and more importantly, it’s really near where I live which is important because we needed to pick this up the Read more…
I live near Banawe and was really saddened to hear of all the restaurants closing down ever since COVID happened. So when I heard a new restaurant had opened up, and that they were serving wanton mee and hainanese chicken Read more…
Who doesn’t love Ichiran Ramen? Every time we go to Japan, we always eat Ichiran Ramen. It’s just super no-frills, very filling and incredibly tasty. Of course, once you get back to the Philippines, you realize it’s impossible to get Read more…
A friend I serendipitously met up with recently, as we were attending the wedding of a common friend, told me that she had started her own empanada business. Curious, I asked for more details. Why empanadas? Funnily enough – she Read more…
Never been to Mexico. Never heard of Beef Birria before. But one time, I was craving for beef tacos and ever since then, Facebook AND Instagram keeps popping up with House of Birria ads. I swear, it’s scary how smart Read more…
When I was working in Vietnam, I pretty much had pho every single day. In part because I couldn’t read any of their menus and pho was really the easiest thing to say, but also because it was so damn Read more…