Yearly Archives: 2012

Adam’s Seriously Good Ice Cream

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Meet Adam 🙂

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Meet Adam’s SERIOUSLY GOOD Ice cream!! 🙂 

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I am serious, it is seriously good ice cream! I tried 9 flavors out of all these special and unique flavors!  It was my first time to have blue cheese ice cream ( Figgy Blue! )  Chocolate flame was really so good till the chili taste kicked in, a bit spicy for me but for those that like spicy you will probably like this flavor.  

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Wasabi was so so wasabi 🙂  All Adam’s flavors are very unique, the only one that is common is the Himalayan Salted Caramel, but that was good too! Green Tea Kitkat for the Green Tea KitKat lovers out there! YUM! Katie’s brew which has beer   

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Was hoping to try Baklava!  Will try this one day.

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Strawberry Buko

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Dulcinea de Manila

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The Ambassador’s Butter Cream – made especially for American Ambassador Harry Thomas.  This was so so good!

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If you don’t know what flavor to try, You can go to Rose restaurant located at the Ground floor Grand Hamptons Towrs, 1st Avenue corner 31st st, Fort Bonifacio Global City ( but only til December 21, since the restaurant will be closing )

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and order the tasting scoops which is P 200 for 3 flavors, P 395 for 5 flavors and P 425 for  8 flavors 

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 You can also order online through their website and you can even get a 10% discount if you buy online

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click below to go to their facebook page

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Bishnoi Village

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Another interesting tour visit!!  We took a jeep and crossed through the desert

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We drove quite far

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To visit the Bishnoi Village- here are the kids coming to greet us as we arrive.  I have heard many comments about Indian people and Indian culture, numerous of them negative.  However, do we realize that these people could actually live in a certain way yet they are happy and contented?  If someone chooses to live a certain way, shouldn’t we respect it?  I was truly humbled to see how the Bishnoi’s live.  They lived so so far from “civilization”.  There is nothing nearby to entertain or amuse them- no shopping mall, no TV, no phone,, no computer, no iPhone – and I am thinking – will I survive without all these? Yet these people were happy just playing with each other and living in a simple home.

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The grandfather of the family

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We have ten commandments, they have 29 Principles 🙂  

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Khejri tree

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Bindi 🙂

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The house is made out of mud 

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Kitchen 🙂

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Bedroom

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Tito Joe with the kids!  He is really so friendly and so kind to everyone!  What charisma he has 🙂

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Kids from other homes waving 🙂

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Mehrangarh Palace Jodhpur

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After a lovely night at the Palace,

Previous entry:  Dinner with the Maharajah of Jodhpur Dec 11, 2012 

we went back to visit it during the day and do the usual tour 🙂

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Beautiful how the doves were all sitting on the palace facade – i wish I had my SLR

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View from above

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Wow, this was tiring 🙂  Good exercise going up the palace

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Maybe now you will appreciate more the turban.  There were these guys in the palace demonstrating how to put on a turban!  The fabric is 9 meters long!!!

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Perfume bottle 

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The view of our hotel from this Palace

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Should you Eat that Bacon

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The BEST bacon is now available in the Philippines!! at Rustan’s Supermarket Makati, Powerplant Mall and San Antonio Plaza! It’s Applewood smoked bacon with a lot of fat which makes it really yummy! 

Previous entry:  Hobb’s Applewood Smoked Bacon December 2010 

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I saw this and thought it was a good idea – another way to eat bacon – Bacon Pancake 🙂

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Available also at H2H’s favorite things! because this is our favorite bacon!

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Dinner with the Maharajah of Jodhpur

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We were so thrilled to be invited to the Palace by the Maharaja!!!  In celebration of Diwali, His Royal Highness invited us to his Fort ( Mehrangarth Fort ) for dinner!!  Of course we accepted! 🙂

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Everyone got dressed for the occassion!  I wish we had a Saree to wear!

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I am so happy my husband is so GAME!  He wore a turban!  LOVE IT!  The Maharajah really looked at him and said ” You look like one of us!”  and he looked at James when we greeted him and when he said goodbye to us 🙂

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With our tour guide Raj!  His uncle works for the Maharajah so he has access too 🙂  We love Raj!  

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I forgot my bindi!

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This was the old Fort, Mehrangarth Fort, where the dinner was held

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As you enter, camels welcoming you 

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Music

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More camels

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Wow, walking up the castle

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The view of the City of Jodhpur!  BEAUTIFUL!  Later on you will see lots of fireworks in celebration of Diwali

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Musicians on the roof

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The India group 🙂

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I am telling you, we are beginning to look Indian – look at Mom! haha

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What an honor!!! To have the Maharajah sit with us on the table

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Later on Her Majesty arrived so photo opportunity also!

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What a long buffet table!! with a delicious Indian spread!!

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Better Than New. And Yes, You’ll Need a Bigger Spoon

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Finally after a year of renovation in the mall as Shangri-la Plaza Mall was building their annex

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Golden Spoon reopens!!! 

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And with the reopening of the flagship store, Golden Spoon is the first to launch the new concept of weightless pricing.  When everyone else is paying by the weight, Golden Spoon allows you to fill your cup with as much yogurt and toppings as you want

Golden Spoon’s take on frozen yogurt has long ascribed the brand to be the “ice cream lover’s frozen yogurt” of choice, with its unique in-house developed flavors and premium yogurt formulations. However, it does not limit its innovations to its one-of-a-kind yogurt flavors that mimic a premium ice cream experience. With its 30th anniversary coming up in 2013, Golden Spoon has opted to take this year to embark on an extensive retail rebranding.

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Not only has the company continually launched new flavors; it has also updated the look of its stores, came up with a new logo, and revitalized the overall look and feel of its brand

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But above all, Golden Spoon has also introduced new and creative concepts that will transform and improve the entire customer experience. The company recently introduced a retail store concept that is sure to send shockwaves throughout the industry, CEO Roger Clawson says. “It is a highly innovative retail experience called ‘Weightless Pricing’.”

Weightless Pricing is the first-of-its-kind pricing and service offering that allows customers to pay in advance on a simple, fixed price, per cup basis. The consumer pays first and is given the option of the “concierge” or “artist” service options. Through the “concierge” option, the stores have retained the tradition of providing full-service for which Golden Spoon excels above all others.

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On the other hand, with the“artist” option, it now also provides an innovative self-service component.

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Weightless Pricing is the ultimate in healthy dessert bingeingIf you can pile it in, it’s yours at no additional cost no matter the weight.

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We have created a warm, clean and orderly environment in which our customers can do it themselves or where we can offer assistance or suggestions.  Our staff is trained in the tradition of Golden Spoon to provide information on calorie considerations, swirling of certain flavors and combinations with certain toppings.  

This is a far cry from the usual slap and clap experience in most food retail stores outside of fine dining. With its “Weightless Pricing” dynamic, Golden Spoon brings the “best value for money” ideal into true form.

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“One of the things consumers despise of the weigh and pay model is the ugly surprise at the end of the process,” Clawson said. “…The choice is now the customers’ and they seem to love having options that cater to their individual mood and needs.”, he adds. With Weightless Pricing, customers have the freedom to create their own dessert without worrying about the cost tied to the total weight.gs-launch-08.jpeggs-launch-04.jpeggs-launch-05.jpeggs-launch-06.jpeggs-launch-07.jpeggs-launch-09.jpeggs-launch-010.jpeggs-launch-011.jpeggs-launch-012.jpeggs-launch-013.jpeggs-launch-014.jpeggs-launch-015.jpeggs-launch-017.jpeggs-launch-018.jpeggs-launch-019.jpeggs-launch-020.jpeggs-launch-021.jpeggs-launch-023.jpeggs-launch-022.jpeg 

Golden Spoon’s famed take on sweet and creamy frozen yogurt blends and its superior execution of quality service has brought slews of avid frozen yogurt aficionados. It is now available in nearly 130 stores open in different parts of the world such as in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Colorado, as well as in Canada, Japan and Qatar. Check out any (or all) of their well-followed branches here in the Philippines – Paseo de Magallanes, New Port, Shangri-la Plaza Cineplex, Shangri-la Plaza Mall, The Podium, Greenhills Theater, Eastwood Mall, Trinoma, Glorietta 5, Ayala Triangle Gardens, St. Luke’s (Fort Bonifacio, Global City), Alabang Town Center, Paseo Center, San Antonio Plaza Arcade in Forbes Park, as well as its first outlet outside of Metro Manila, the store in SM Northwing (Cebu).

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Umaid Bhawan Palace Rooms

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Took a peek at a suite

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Living room leading to the bathroom, the master bedroom and another door to the dressing room

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Our room 🙂  A unique door which has a door before the door and then curtains for privacy 🙂

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View from the window of the dressing room

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