Yearly Archives: 2012

Visiting Jaime at Starbucks

By | What's New at Starbucks? | 5 Comments

We visited Jaime during his shift at Starbucks in Power Plant Mall!! He is there every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  Come visit and look for Jaime and he will gladly serve you

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Busy serving drinks 🙂

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He made a special drink for his brother 

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And we ordered this sandwich! YUMMY!!!!

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Replenishments at H2H’s Favorite Things

By | Finds, Hearty Deals, Shopping | 6 Comments

 NEW ITEMS

We discovered this vitamin c drink which works like Airborne, so we have a few of this in the store in different flavors- Tangerine, Super Orange, Raspberry and there is a 3-pack with 3 flavors in it

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Snickers Squared in Peanut Butter flavor!! Hurry, there are only 18 bars left

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Hellmans Light Mayonnaise!!

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Replenishments

A few Nutella arrived- only 3 sets – so hurry!! I think there are still no stocks in the supermarkets.  These are 26.5 oz. so they are big and come in a pack of 2 

 

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Mrs. Dash ran out fast before so we have a few more that arrived

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This also ran out so fast, so we have replenished this

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Same with Old Bay

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And Tums Freshers is back.  Even in the States it is hard to find since it runs out fast as well

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 Comforter sets at very reasonable prices

20 piece comforter set which includes bed skirt, shams, pillows, sheets

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12 piece comforter set

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6 piece comforter set

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Store hours:  Tuesday to Sunday 12 noon to 10pm

Pls do not come on Mondays, the store is closed

Tel #:  854-7055

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FUN-PAGANA Salcedo Market Celebrates it’s 8th Year Anniversary

By | Proud to be Pinoy!, Shopping | One Comment

Congratulations to Salcedo Market on their 8th year Anniversary!  The beautiful ladies of the Salcedo Market Committee    

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There were Philippine folk dance performances  by the Manila Dance Foundation 

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I visited Des as always 

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And had Chicken Ala King in a heart shell! I love her heart pastry shell! And of course the chicken ala king is my favorite 

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And I bought all these from her!  I love the longganisa!!! 

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Beside Des is Simply Pie who has different quiches and mini pies

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Azuthai with some Milky Way goodies is at Salcedo Market!!  I saw Malu somewhere around the market but didn’t get to take her photo 

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MARGIE!!!!!!  I love your Filipiniana outfit on you!  Kay GANDA ng DALAGA!! 🙂  I love you girl! 

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Wow, look at that Black paella! 

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Hi Paco!!  Paco was selling Carmen’s Best ice cream and some Holly’s products!  I love it that everyone is wearing Filipiniana costumes!!! 

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Hi Ada!!!!  I love your shirt!!! 🙂

Previous entry:  Sabor Cubano Now at Salcedo Market June 1, 2012  

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Since Raymond was in China, her friend Sylvia Stoke was there to help out!   

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New dish from Sabor Cubano!  

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Other non Filipino booths 🙂  Moroccan 

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Swiss 

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Me and my sister always buy this siomai from the lady who sells dimsum products.  My son Jaime likes siomai and he gets mad at me when I buy siomai that is not good! 🙂 So I need to know good siomai

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Tita Remy Francisco selling chorizo!  She makes this herself and it tastes like the chorizo El Rey! Pwede na!!! 

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Herb’s Best 

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Interesting product 

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these look like the nut snack I bought in Bali – I was hoping they had samples for me to try 🙂 I’ll get some next time 

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Looks good 🙂 

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Many Philippine made products 

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 Everybody’s Cafe longganisa!!!!!

Previous entry:  Everybody’s Cafe Pampanga June 1, 2012 

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Candoys Proudly Philippine made by my friend, Soraya 

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NICE!! 

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I love these cute plants! 

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A nice day at the market, Thank you! 

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E. Murio On Sale

By | Hearty Deals, Homes and Interiors, Shopping | 5 Comments

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E. Murio is a furniture workshop that designs and manufactures fine furniture, built-in cabinetry, specialty floor and wall coverings, and home accessories. We specialize in natural materials such as tropical woods, fiber and grass weaves, rattan, and bamboo. We also work with iron, veneers, brass, leather, bone, and plastic weaves. We believe that the beauty of our pieces comes from both the design and the quality of the craftsmanship. Our methods are the result of years of experience as well as an intimate knowledge of the tradition of furniture making. It is the combination of our design and craft that results in exceptional furniture.

Though our furniture has traditionally leaned towards more classic pieces, in recent years we have started to create more modern, ambiguous forms, while crafting them using our traditional techniques. We like to think of our work as intimate architecture for the body and for our lives that inhabit them – where a medicine cabinet can hold pills, or a series of mundane things, or a collection of items that connect to our dreams. Furniture, as objects that are scattered about, are also the objects around which we gather with family to celebrate, they are the objects in which we lay a sleeping child, and in which we suspend our bodies. As objects, they suggest their function, but we hope they also evoke a sense delight, an appreciation of texture, and a formal fascination.

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HPE H19 Phoenix and the HP Envy Spectre

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 Redefining the meaning of style and performance: The HP Envy14 Spectre and HPE H9 Phoenix

 MANILA, Philippines—In the digital age, computers have gone beyond being workhorse tools to becoming innovations that enable and enrich lifestyles. Catering to two different needs of users is HP, the world’s largest technology company. With its newest duo of mobile and desktop computers, the HP Envy 14 Spectre and HPE h9 Phoenix, mobile professionals and hardcore gamers alike will get their dose of pure technological bliss. 

HP Envy14Spectre: A class of its own

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As a premium Ultrabook, The HP Envy14 Spectre is HP’s testament to elegance and performance blended into one. Designed to be an astonishing device for style-savvy power-users, the Spectre features a magnificent Gorilla® glass finish in various surfaces of the notebook, such as the display panel, the palmrest and outer cover. It also comes equipped with a 14-inchhigh-definition LED screen for viewing movies, presentations, and stunning visuals for personal or business needs. 

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With its streamlined look and lightweight aluminum build, the Spectre exudes an air of style and readiness to perform anytime, anywhere.

 

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The sexy tech sensation is enhanced further with its premium Beats® by Dr. Dre sound system for an immersive sonic experience.

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With its own jogger dial for seamless volume control and hi-fidelity built-in speakers, it’s a guaranteed audio phenomenon.

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Built for the entrepreneur on-the-move, the Spectre lasts up to 9 hours with its high-capacity 4-cell battery1.Bringing a suave touch to business computing, it also boasts of a chic backlit keyboard, a smooth, highly responsive track pad, and a host of powerful features like an Intel i7 processor, Intel HD graphics, a 256GB Solid-State Drive (SSD), and up to 4GB of DDR3 memory for optimum performance.

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The gaming passion burns brighter with the HPE h9 Phoenix

Function and form blend into an extremely powerful combination with the HP HPEh9 Phoenix. Representing the pinnacle of powerhouse gaming, the HP h9 Phoenix is a true contender to earn the respect of champions. Built for the hardcore gamer, every piece of the h9 Phoenix is tailor-made to bring maximum performance and comfort.

 

At the very heart of the metal-and-fire inspired chassis is an Intel Z75 (Panther Point) chipset with a blazing third-generation Intel® Core™ i5-3570K “unlocked” Processor that can satisfy the needs of every gamer looking for uncompromised game action. Keeping the Phoenix at its optimum operating temperatures at all times is a state-of-the-art liquid cooling system to ensure maximum processing performance. Packed with impressive expansion capability via PCI Express Gen 3 which is twice as fast as Gen 2, and two USB 3.0 ports, the Phoenix guarantees ultra-fast data transfer. Stacked with a maximum capacity of up to 16GB DDR3-1600 memory, a 1TB SATA 3G hard drive, and the venerated Radeon™ HD 7770 graphics card with 2GB GDDR5 dedicated memory, the HPE-h9 Phoenix truly fires-up the gaming battlefield. Along with the HP 2311gt 3D HD LED monitor coupled with two passive 3D glasses and high-definition Beats® audio technology, it brings the gaming experience to a whole new level of reality. With all of its impressive features, the HPE h9 Phoenix will surely gear gamers up for victory.

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With the HP Envy14 Spectre and HPE h9 Phoenix, HP fulfills the needs and wants of today’s most discerning users, whether for fashion or passion.

 

Availability and pricing

The HP Envy 14 Spectre and HPE h9 Phoenix are now available at all HP partner stores and resellers nationwide. SRP are as follows:

HP Envy14 Spectre: Php116,990

HPE h9 Phoenix: Php74,990

 

About HP

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world’s largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com.

 

(1)                 Battery life will vary depending on product, model configuration, loaded applications, features and power management settings. The maximum capacity of the battery will decrease with time and usage.

 

© 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein

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Fine Pate A Tartiner Noisettes and Praline by Casino

By | What's New at Rustan's, Yummy! | One Comment

I was at Shopwise and Rustan’s two weeks ago and they had a sale on all Casino products- so I bought quite a number of items to try. Hmm… they even have Bloc de foie gras!

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I go crazy over the muesli cereals 

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My favorite buy is always this, the one with chocolate, so I bought tons on sale to stock up! 🙂

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It replaced the one we used to buy that was under Belle France

Previous entry:  

French products and other new discoveries at Rustan’s Supermarket Feb 16, 2009 

 

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And this is my latest discovery!!!!!!!!  

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 I bought one of the noisettes to try and I let the boys at home try it to get their comments and they all loved it.  They said it is like Nutella!!!  It’s a bit different though because it has some bits of praline nuts in it which I like! 

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Then I went back to buy some more – I noticed that there was another kind which was praline- I did not see it the first time!  After hoarding the Noisettes, I bought one of the praline to try and wow!!!  They loved it even more!!!  

It’s a good substitute for Nutella and I heard that there are no stocks of Nutella in supermarkets now. So you might want to try Casino!! Hoard them now before they run out of this too!  TRY IT!

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 Exclusively Available at Rustan’s Supermarket and Shopwise

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Charriol Heart to Heart Jewelry & Watch Collection

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HEART 2 HEART Collections

 Two hearts joined as one, as two souls intertwine and become one…

 Inspired by an original Celtic symbol, Coralie Charriol has created a new line of jewelry with necklaces, bracelets, and rings. To make the collection more unique, the CHARRIOL trademark cable comes in two colors – black and silver, featuring silver or pink gold-plated silverdecors.

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CHARRIOL CELTIC® Watches: Fourth Generation

 

The herringbone bracelets adorn the new collection of CELTIC® watches, representing the fourth generation of the original model which has become a brand icon. It comes in two sizes with a diameter of 26 and 38 millimetres and is powered by a quartz movement.

 

The smaller versions are fitted with a five-row cabled bracelet, and the larger ones with a six-row model, in both cases secured by a patented Charriol clasp.

 

The round cases, topped by a bezel featuring eight gadroons, are steel or two-toned with a gold PVD treatment. The cable integrated around their circumference is always in raw steel.

 

The hours and minutes, or hours, minutes, seconds and date, are displayed on white or black dials enlivened with Arabic or Roman numerals or hour-markers. Some variations in genuine mother-of-pearl are graced with zircon hour-markers.

 

The range also includes jewellery versions set with 32 diamonds.

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In the Philippines, Charriol is exclusively distributed by Stores Specialists, Inc. (SSI) with shops located at Greenbelt 4, Power Plant Mall, Rustan’s Makati, Rustan’s Tower, Gateway Mall, SM Mall of Asia, 158 Designers’ Boulevard Alabang Town Center, TriNoma, Robinsons Midtown, Newport Mall Resorts World Manila, The Podium, Rustan’s Ayala Cebu, Abreeza Mall Davao and Limketkai Cagayan de Oro

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Rougie Foie Gras Specialties at L’Entrecote

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I am always so happy to be at L’Entrecote.  This time we were here to try the latest feature of the restaurant which is their Foie Gras by Rougie! 

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As you enter, you will see a small chiller with Rougie Foie Gras products which you can take away or of course have at the restaurant  

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Chef Martin Kaspar is there to always take care of us and prepare all the dishes! 

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That lunch time, we tried a little of everything on the Foie Gras menu and Wow!!!  WHAT A TREAT!!!! We had wines to go with it and it was just perfect.  

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3 Duck Foie Gras Canapes 

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Homemade marinated Duck Foie Gras Pate 

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I liked this because it was sweet 

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I really liked this one, Award Winning Golden Duck,  because it was something different to have with the foie.  The combination of the mushrooms was just right 

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Duck Foie Gras Pan Fried 

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Then the main dishes 

Duck Breast Duo 

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Foie Gras Carbonara!! YUM!! I was so so curious how this would come out and it was really good 

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Farmer’s Meal 

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Grilled Angus Beef Tenderloin ” Rossini” 

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Grilled Angus Beef Tenderloin ” Rougie” 

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Hurry and come on over to try all the Foie Gras dishes at L’Entrecote 

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Pair them up with the regular items on the menu 

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