Monthly Archives: April 2014

April 24, 2014
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Mixies at The Beacon School Tech Fair 2014

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Max, Annika and Gabbi preparing for the Tech Fair in their school

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It’s a school project where they have to come up with a solution to a problem – hence a product which will answer that problem.  As I always say- a cookie is only good when it is freshly baked.  Buying cookies in boxes or in packages that has been sitting for more than a day will not justify the original goodness of the cookie.  So true enough Gabbi told me that they came up with Mixies which is an easy cookie mix which you can bake yourself and have the fresh cookies at your own time and convenience when you are ready to eat them!  
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The finished product!    With sister, Mischka as the mascot on the label 🙂  It comes with the instructions.  It comes in white Chocolate chip cookie and Malted Milk cookies
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Ready to go and sell!
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We bought some and had them bake it for us so we could taste it and they made them bite sizes and it was so good!!!  
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How sweet 🙂 
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Visit the Beacon School on April 28 if you want to see what other things the students came up with.  Many of them are food items!  
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April 23, 2014
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OTKB

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Heart2Heart is always happy to try new places with new offerings!  This is one of them.  And we like anything Chef Rob or Sunshine Pengson 🙂  This is a resto bar but we come for the resto but like ordering from the bar menu 🙂




























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April 23, 2014
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Battle Brew

By | Health and Fitness | No Comments

I met Mark Dee ( cell # 0917-538-3181 ) through Chef Alec Santos as they came by the house to inspect the kitchen.  Mark mentioned to me that he has this business called Battle Brew.  As he was explaining to me what it was all about, it sounded very familiar as I knew a few people following the same concept and have lost 30 pounds in 4 months

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See below to learn more
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Mark sells some products as part of this diet
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click here to see more

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 And he sells the meals under the Fed Wolf Meal Plan

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Click below to go to the website

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April 23, 2014
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Mudge

By | Yummy! | One Comment

Oh my gosh!!  Friends continue to make me fat! 🙂  I received this cookies about a month ago from Tita Rosa and Drea!  It arrived still wet and warm, meaning freshly baked!  So I just had to have some and could not resist !!! And wow it was so yummy!!  I dissected the top layer ( there are two layers in a box ) to see if they all had fudge and the amount varied per piece.  One piece had a lot of caramel!!  It’s Belgian chocolate, caramel and sea salt!!  Call Lingling de Jesus at 0917-847-8343




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April 22, 2014
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NamNam

By | Foodie, Proud to be Pinoy! | No Comments

Love love this Filipino restaurant!!!!  So NamNam 🙂  From the Moment group – Cue ( Previous entry:  Cue June 2, 2012 ), Burger Bar ( Previous entry: Burger Bar November 30, 2013), 8 Cuts ( Previous entry:  8 Cuts November 8, 2013 )and Phat Pho ( Previous entry:  Let the Pho Begin!  Phat Pho Opens in Manila February 11, 2014) !   

It’s right under Burger Bar in Greenbelt 2

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 Mango + Pomelo + Coconut Cream + Sago!  YUM!!! 

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 Pinoy version of Churros! Pan de Churros con Chocolate – LOVE! 🙂

 NamNam Halo Halo

Mais Con Hielo con Queso

Merienda menu!  So many yummy choices!!!

Pinoy version of chicken wings 🙂 

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Deep Fried Chorizo and Quesong Puti Lumpia! Everything is so good here!

The main menu!  This is a menu that is so well thought of!  For those who always think they can cook Filipino food at home, it’s not really that easy! 🙂  And NamNam made it even more complicated by giving more choices and more ways to make a dish!  I like it because it has the classics for maybe foreigners who want to try the classic Filipino dishes and for us Filipinos to have the classics with a twist! I want to try all the twists !!! 🙂

Not only that, you can choose the size!  When most Filipino restaurants come in big portions for sharing, Namnam allows you to order solo sizes in Small ( S ) to Medium ( M ) to Large ( L ) for family portions 

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I tried the Sinigang na Beef short rib and Watermelon that was a twist of sinigang na baby sa sampaloc.  And this is a home recipe of one of the owners, Eliza!

I had the classic house crispy sisig – YUMMY!!!!
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The twist version of sisig

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NamNam

Ground Floor, Greenbelt 2, Makati City

Landline: (02) 625-0515   Mobile: 0917-5399661  Facebook: www.facebook.com/NamNamPH

Operating Hours: 11AM-11PM Merienda Menu is served from 2PM-6PM 

Their latest branch is in Ayala Terraces in Fairvew

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April 22, 2014
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Recyclable Bags 2014

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Heart2heart loves recyclable bags!

Previous entry:  Recyclable Bags April 22, 2009

More Recyclable Bags April 21, 2010

Especially those that give back or have a good cause behind it!    Here is a new one from Rustan’s Supermarket!

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What 1 bag can do

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To add to my collection 🙂  

Bobble

Previous entry:  Look Good, Feel Good and Do Good with Bobble December 7, 2012   

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Baggu

Previous entry:  Baggu Dec 19, 2012 

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From Happy 2 Help Charity Group

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And from VMV Hypoallergenics

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April 22, 2014
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It’s Wellworth The Wait

By | Shopping, What's New at Rustan's | One Comment

Last  month, I went to the blessing and soft opening of Wellworth in Ayala Fairview Terraces!  

Wellworth was a brand started by my grandmother, Gliceria Tantoco.  It was a house brand in Rustan’s department store.  And now I am happy to see this revived into a bigger scale and into a full department store.  My Lola will always be alive and her spirit will reign in everything we do

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 It’s a beautiful mall!!

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 Bobby Dy, Chief Operating Officer and Board of Director of Ayala Land and my cousin, Anton Huang, President of SIAL.  Wellworth is a department store partnership of the Rustan Group with Ayala Land under the company, SIAL Retailers Inc.  Congratulations!!!!

Renato, M. Donnie and Lolo Benny were there for the blessing and soft opening

My cousins, Mike and Catherine Huang, Frances Yu and some managers from Rustan’s

Interiors by Maja Olivares Co of Sonia Santiago Olivares and Associates ( SSOA) and display and visuals by Leonardo and Stephanie from Germany 

I love this store!!! Please open in Makati!

4 Floors

You can get a bag, a shopping basket or a cart with shopping baskets.  I think I need a supermarket cart! 🙂  There’s so many things to shop for!!!!

Children’s floor

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Beauty

Dashing Diva inside!!!

Men’s


Dekada Filipino restaurant on the first floor
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Banapple on the 2nd floor by the women’s and teens floor

Plus sizes
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Wow! A wide section of flip flops!! So colorful!!


I love this section! Organizers and traveling stuff

I call this the muji section 🙂  
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F & F from the UK!  Value for money!  Even cheaper than M & S and Debenhams!
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Candles!!

Love all the knick knacks!!!



Religious section is always a must in Rustan stores!  I love it 🙂

So colorful at the Home section!






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More stores from the Rustan Group opening

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April 21, 2014
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New Menu at Tivoli Mandarin Hotel

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This is becoming Heart2Heart’s hang out 🙂  Third time in the same restaurant in three months is a lot for me!  It’s hard to repeat 🙂

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I love passing by the appetiser buffet but have not had the chance to try it.  It’s part of the business lunch and an option on the degustation or you can also have it on its own because it has a lot of choices and can be a meal in itself 
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French Chef, Chef Remi Vercelli
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We were so lucky to have gone to Tivoli on the first day of the new Degustation menu.  It was a great way to celebrate a special occassion 
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I love the bread and butter at Tivoli!! The butters change all the time and the breads are so so good! 
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Prawn Carpaccio, Avocado, caviar! YUM!!!  The chef made us try this and wow! Delicious 🙂 
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The Business Lunches change all the time and this was the business lunch which was ending that day we went
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 For reservations, please call 750 8888

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April 21, 2014
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Black Sheep at the W

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I had an event at the Black sheep in the W building


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We had cocktails so we got to try the bar bites which were all yummy! 🙂  Heart2Heart loves Bar menus!  
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Chicken croquette
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Poached Egg. Wagyu Scrathings, crispy onion!  YUM!

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Lamb Skewers

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Fries

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Bread plate

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They also have a degustation menu which is their dinner menu already
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