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Sharing Cadbury and Joy and Possible Boracay Trip! CONTEST ALERT

August 17, 2011 by Janey

Last Friday evening, I was at Bizu, Greenbelt 2 for the unveiling of Cadbury’s online contest, Cadbury Dairy Milk Joy Shots promo. Together with good friends, Richard and Irene, it was an evening of fun and laughter, and a bit of friendly competition too, as we were pitted against other trio of friends.

The evening of good food and side-splitting games was a perfect segue to the message of happy bonding moments. Sharing and bonding time are made more meaningful when you are with family or friends, or friends considered family. Share Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolates between those memorable moments and build up the happy vibe. Chocolates always draw out happy endorphins and with Cadbury’s delicious, creamy and smooth chocolate taste, it’s almost a guarantee.

Cadbury Philippines invites everyone to join the Cadbury Dairy Milk Joy Shots promo. Capture a natural happy bonding moment with your friends and you just might be spending an exciting round trip to Boracay! And THIS surely will be an unforgettable vacation that you and your friends will enjoy and remember together!

A Delightful Toblerone “Thank You” to Your Blockbuster Friend

July 28, 2010 by Janey

There are days in a year that were specially made to thank fathers, mothers, and even teachers. But we shouldn’t stop to thank them only during those specific days. On the same breath, when was the last time you showed sweetness towards your friend who have pulled through for you through thick and thin? If you haven’t, maybe it’s about time that you did.

Show how thankful you are to your blockbuster friend for being there for you, every step of the way.

Our friends turn our tears into laughter, they tell us the truth even if it hurts and we know that they’d take a leave from work just to help us through tough times or go with us through life’s many adventures. They are bonded to us, not by blood or by virtue of work, but by common interests, goals, passions and simply by unconditional love. We all know that special friends like these come rarely in a lifetime, and while our best friends ask for nothing in return for everything they’ve done for us, we know that we need to let them know how much we appreciate their sacrifices, their care and their love. We know that they are there for us 24 hours a day, seven days a week—so it makes perfect sense that we also thank them for their friendship every single day.

Toblerone, the legendary triangular Swiss chocolate, urges you to say “thank you” to your very best friend everyday through simple things that show your appreciation. You can start showing how grateful you are by telling the world about the wonderful story of your friendship. Talk about how you met your epic friend, the adventures you’ve gone through together and especially why you are thankful for your relationship with him or her. All you have to do is to “Like” the Toblerone Fan Page on Facebook, upload a photo of you and your epic friend, tag yourselves and TobleronePilipinas and then post your answers in the Comments section of your photo. Make sure that you get your epic friend to “Like” the post as well!

Ten winners will be chosen based on the number of people who “Liked” your post as well as the feedback from the Toblerone team and a special panel of judges. Winners will be treated to Toblerone gift packs and a full day of fun and exciting bonding activities, featuring body care treatments at The Spa, with their epic friends. It’s a great and unique way to start saying “thank you” to your best friend! The contest will run from July 5, 2010 to August 11, 2010—so hurry and tell the world how grateful you are for your epic friend.

Gratitude, like friendship, shouldn’t just be a one-day deal. Let this opportunity from Toblerone inspire you to think of many different ways to show your friend how much you appreciate all she or he has done for you. After all, each day is always a good day to say “thank you.”

For more information, please log on to www.toblerone.ph.

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Casita Xocolat Makes You Lick Your Lips

July 1, 2010 by Janey

June 1, 2010 –Friday night, it was such a busy week as any busy bee can be. We were off to La Union the following day but we had a great Friday night stop at Casita Xocolat.

Casita Xocolat is located near Calle Industria in Libis, Quezon City, somewhat a hideaway from the usual commercial complexes that people frequent. If you want a good break from all the crowded places, Casita Xocolat is your breakaway from the city’s rush and people stream. And not only is it a café for a quiet chat, it’s also a watering hole for all good things about chocolate and surprisingly, savory dishes.

I’m such a big fan of chocolate. I used to be a bigger fan but decided to cut down a bit… check out the chocolate traces on this site:

Chocoholic Evidence 1

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But I think Casita Xocolat will get me started again with a happy habit of eating chocolates. Xocolat Cacao Mixes are made only from carefully selected premium cocoa beans harvested from around the world and they have incorporated the premium chocolate taste in different variety of drinks and dishes.

On the Table

Taza de Xocolat PHP 115

Rich dark chocolate

Hot Xocolat PHP

Chocolate chips in a tall glass poured with milk. Bubba wanted a second glass immediately.

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Croquettas PHP 115

Potato fingers with ragu and choriqueso sauce. Soft potato mash fried to perfection. Combine the quezo and salsa dip together and it’s a pleasant appetizer to start with or munchies for merienda talks.

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Xocolat Chicken Pasta PHP 175

Xocolat reinvents chocolate through new approaches of presenting them in savory dishes like their Xocolat Chicken Pasta, which are chocolate-rubbed chicken strips tossed in a light cream sauce topped with chocolate shavings. Bubba just had to make room for this dish.

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Pork Belly with Cacao Bagoong PHP 185

Partly crispy, partly tender pork belly served with potato gratin and cacao-bagoong sauce. This is definitely one of the must-try dishes for me. Imagine a spoonful of your favorite pork belly with white rice and smidgen with semi-salty semi-sweet bagoong or shrimp paste with a faint trace of chocolate that takes out any fishy taste and makes the flavor to a degree –rich and with a different layer.

Spicy Tuyo PHP 165

You’d be happy to know that Xocolat also has a Breakfast Menu for you folks who start your day early or those who just want to feel the start of the day with a breakfast meal. Spicy Tuyo in olive oil with capers and garlic rice topped with scrambled eggs is a breakfast winner –or at any time of the day for that matter (we had it for dinner). The sun-dried fish is mildly spiced and soft.

Xocolat Sunset PHP 125

Dark chocolate and cointreau

Service is fast, efficient and friendly. Prices are affordable while flavors are simple but interesting. I’ve already scheduled a next visit to Casita Xocolat this July. I can’t wait to try the cacao bagoong again and the spicy tuyo and I’d surely be licking my lips once more in delight! 😉 July 15 is the date in fact to celebrate Marge’s pre-birthday dinner. And Casita Xocolat is our destination.

Casita Xocolat

Topy’s Place, Economia corner Calle Industria

Bagumbayan, Libis, Quezon City

(632) 470 7563

Many thanks to Spanky Enriquez, Rosanna Unson and Tricia Avecilla for the invite! 😀

Directions: Along northbound c5, turn right to calle industria (after nuvo city), then left on the first corner (before gas station), 1st big gate on the left is casita xocolat (with signange). It’s across the karinderyas with tents on the other side of the street.

Other Xocolat Branches:

Casa Xocolat

172 B. Gonzales St. Loyola Heights

Katipunan, Quezon City

(632) 929 4186

Xocolat

Serendra

Fort Bonifacio, Global City

(632) 856 2146

Café Xocolat

Promenade Greenhills

San Juan City, Metro Manila

(632) 514 3862

Casita Xocolat Album

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Spread the Sweetness this Mother’s Day with Toblerone

May 6, 2010 by Janey

It’s that time of the year again where we celebrate the second Sunday of May to pay tribute to moms. It’s not only a day of moms but it’s also a day for those we consider our second mothers. We got a handful of those in our life –women who have shown support and quiet strength all those years we were growing up?

Over the years, we have encountered women whom we’ve come to regard as our second moms. And in its drive to celebrate the art of saying thank you –especially to the unsung everyday Filipino hero – Toblerone, the well-loved triangular Swiss chocolate, believes that Mother’s Day is the perfect time to give them something one-of-a-kind.

Here’s a list of some of the “other mothers” to whom we should all extend the sweetness of gratitude to:

The Lola

Your grandmother is the mom who always saw you as a child and never stopped giving you advice. She may still be sporting the same old flower-patterned dress and terry-cloth slippers, but your “Lola” never fails to amaze you with her wisdom and care. Put a smile on her face and show her how much you appreciate all her efforts throughout the years

The Tita

Those times you came home late, she would usually stop your mom from continuously scolding you and would then calmly talk to you about your mom just being concerned about your safety. Your tita always has been the mediator, always able to see both sides of the story and make a compromise out of any situation. And this Mothers’ Day may just be the ideal time to give something back.

The Motherly Mentor at Work

She may constantly put pressure on you and push you to be at your best all the time. But you know it’s for your own professional and personal growth. Those deadlines she set are for you to learn more about the value of time. Those bonuses you get are for you to realize that your efforts at work are highly appreciated. This Mothers’ Day, let her be the one to feel that all the hard work she has invested on you are worth it–-thank her for the relentless guidance she has given you be it inside or outside the office.

The Kindergarten Teacher

What about your teacher? Despite those times she gave you the hardest exam, it eventually paid off. You even swore you saw her eyes watering a bit during your graduation. She’s given you tough love and recognizing it is more than enough for her.

The Yaya

Remember how you used to run and look for her whenever you got scolded–wrapping your tiny arms around her waist and wetting her dress with your tears. Now that you’re all grown up and you still see her washing your clothes and preparing your meals, you know she deserves something special.

Though overlooked with their efforts mostly going unnoticed, anyone you’ve come to consider as a second mother has undoubtedly made an impact. Extend your sweetest Thank You’s to them – the same way that Toblerone will be honoring the unsung heroes of our everyday lives in a big celebration on October 20. And yes, your yaya, teacher and lola and all the other women whom you’ve regarded as your second moms —are invited to this event.

In the meantime, make Mothers’ Day extra special for them by thanking them with Triangles. Thank them with Toblerone.

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MOMS MOMS Moms, I love love LOVE YOU.

(And I know you won’t be able to see this unless shobe shows you or I show you..

since you don’t even know where the Power button is. Haha. 🙂 )

Almost Alike, Never the Same

Moms Elaine and Daughter Jane aka Achi

May 2, 2005

Shen Zhen Airport, China

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Bite One’s Tongue For Now – A Primer

March 11, 2010 by Janey

Something is nipping at the door (or more aptly, at the corners of my mouth).

I can’t wait to open it.

(From chocolates, crisps, cookies and clusters… Green is definitely in.)

Get a Wild Bite! 😉

And never forget.

On this space…

Soon.

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Say Your Sweet Gesture With…

February 12, 2010 by Janey

I’m not a big fan of flowers (maybe once in 2 years –and it has to be my favorite ones). Flowers wither and die, like seeing money shrivel. Yesterday after lunch though, somebody delivered “flowers in a pot” in the office. I love dark chocolate and if it grows in pots looking like flowers, I’ll put on the gloves and become a farmer.

I know what chocolates I’d be snacking on in the weeks to come 😉

HUGE.

*Thanks GM and Toblerone!

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There’s More to Love with Red Ribbon

February 8, 2010 by Janey

Red Ribbon recently launched its Roses and Kisses cake –that puts two Valentine iconic items in one delicious chocolate pound cake. This chocolate fudge and chip filled pound cake is decorated with beautiful sugar roses on top and creamy Hershey’s Milk Chocolate (PHP 330, Junior size) –what other Valentine gift can say “you’re special and sweet” at the same time? And it’s edible too! 😉

Wait, there’s more!!! You can also personalize your cake with your name and the name of your loved one. Simply place your order before February 9, 2010.

I love chocolates. I used to be so addicted to dark chocolates. I’m so glad that MS Word now reads chocoholic like it’s been included in the language since Wordstar.

I used to love Royce chocolates back in 2005, when it was still not that popular in Manila, but when friends started giving me this continually (particularly Pebbles from AFC), my Royce chocolate collection started building up in the fridge and I began looking for something else.

My favorite chocolate for 2 years now –Lindt Swiss Thins in Dark Chocolate.

Red Ribbon’s latest offering raises the bar high when it comes to delivering the best chocolate cake. Chocolate Heaven (PHP 500 – regular, PHP 335 – junior size) is everything the name promises to be –it’s all the favorite chocolate components rolled into one. Brownie, mousse, icing, and curls, is there room for more? It’s the most chocolate-y ever!

The chocolate is not overly sugary sweet, which I really like because too much sweetness just doesn’t cut it out for me. Taste the lip-smacking chocolate flavor in different levels. 4 kinds of chocolate goodness in one cake! Pair your Chocolate Heaven with Red Ribbon’s choices for hot brews –and get the right bitter and semi-sweet combination.

Ooh, sweet dreams are made of this! Let’s just see if Bubba gets me one, he knows how high I can get with chocolates – the uncontrollable giddy-ness starts!!! …and he gulps 😉

Both cakes are available in selected Red Ribbon stores beginning February 7, 2010 and nationwide beginning February 9.

Red Ribbon Album

*Big thanks to Jonel of NomNom Club and Let’s Go Sago for the invite to the launch! 🙂

X-tras:

Photo Contest

Check the Red Ribbon photo contest at NomNomClub site

http://nomnomclub.com/red-ribbon-chocolate-heaven-photo-contest/

Submit your entries here =>

Submit Your Photo

Please read full mechanics here =>

Mechanics

Fan Page

Join Chocolate heaven’s Facebook Fan Page 🙂 =>

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Ribbon-Chocolate-Heaven-Cake/290916372887

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Melty Kiss Rum

June 25, 2009 by Janey

My colleague and good friend KZ is back in town. She was in Macau, Hong Kong and Shanghai for 2 weeks plus the company policy of 7-day quarantine made me miss her all the more. Of course, she doesn’t miss the work.

She loved Shanghai. She beat me to it. I’ve always wanted to go. I guess a trip to Beijing is first on the list, that being more a cultural trip. But Shanghai is definitely the next stop in China.

KZ brought home a favorite of mine again, Meiji Melty Kiss. A lot of people grope about how good Royce chocolates are (including me!) but it was Meiji that started my affection for Japanese chocolates. The thin Meiji Black Chocolate bar was my first Japanese sweetheart.

It’s my first time to try Meiji Melty Kiss Rum and it is so sinfully good. It reminded me of this blueberry-flavored melt-in-your-mouth-chocolates that I bought in Japan (I bought two bags of chocolates from Japan, cocoa addicts raise your hand!!!). I didn’t realize rum could taste similar to blueberry.

Thanks KZ!

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Mejie Melty Kiss

January 9, 2009 by Janey

My officemate Karen was in Macau during the long holiday break… I am so envious since I want to return again to Macau soon after our August trip there last year. To ease the pain, she brought home some goodies for me.

Thanks Karen Z! I missed Mejie Melty Kiss! I brought home a bunch of chocolates from my trip in Japan (2006) and this was one of the brands I really liked.

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Delifrance and a Secret Santa

November 13, 2008 by Janey

Log on to: http://www.mysecretsanta08.com/index.html

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Royce Nutty Bar Chocolate and Camp Rock Mic

October 2, 2008 by Janey

After a week long break in Singapore to watch the F1 night race, Karen is back at the office and she brought home Royce Chocolate Nutty Bar. Any friend who goes to Sing always comes home with a pack of Royce. Bubba complains that I don’t get to appreciate Royce as much since I don’t run out of these premium chocolate supplies. Tee-hee.

I am so loving Karen today! She just handed me a Disney Camp Rock vocal training kit and told me to give it to Joyce. Aaw… Joyce will be ecstatic to the core!!! She loves microphones and the Disney channel. Yay! Yay! Yay!

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Royce Choco Mallows

July 30, 2008 by Janey

Pebbles of Asian Food Channel is in town! And you’d know she’s in town when I’m munching on Royce premium products. This time, she brought chocolate covered marshmallows, both in dark chocolate and milk chocolate. Ooh yummy!!! Breakfast of chocolates is my kind of energy upper.