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Celebrating Leah at Xiu

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 Celebrating with the Foodies for the Soul #h2hfoodiesforthesoul@talesfromtheheart @karenskitchenph@bakedbyanita @michbramos for beautiful Leah @leahddy

The birthday girl treated us for lunch !  Yum and fun but wishing we had more time. Til the next ! #h2hcelebrationsCelebrating Leah at Xiu (8) Celebrating Leah at Xiu (1) Celebrating Leah at Xiu (2) Celebrating Leah at Xiu (3) Celebrating Leah at Xiu (4) Celebrating Leah at Xiu (6) Celebrating Leah at Xiu (5) Celebrating Leah at Xiu (7) Celebrating Leah at Xiu (55)Birthday girl Leah Dy – Super nice, super generous, super supportive and super beautiful! I had an event after this and would not have gone to lunch if not only for this lady!  🙂  Only for her because she is also so generous with herself 🙂Celebrating Leah at Xiu (42)  Love her nail with diamonds 🙂 Celebrating Leah at Xiu (44) Yummy lunch!!! 🙂
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The Finest Rum Butter Cake from Flour Pot

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 The Finest Rum Butter Cake from Flour Pot

                Rhea Castro-Sycip has been baking since she was eight years old. “It was my aunt who introduced me to it.  She gave me a stove top steam oven, more of a pan, actually. I started with coconut macaroons and just followed the recipe at the back of the desiccated coconut pack,” she fondly recalls. That experiment was followed by baking lessons with Heny Sison and Dorothy Ferreria.

Chef Rhea Castro-Sycip

                “Techniques wise, I learned a lot from Jill Sandique and took classes with her when I was 15,” relates the Communications graduate of University of Santo Tomas who later took formal culinary education at De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde and Le Cordon Bleu Dusit.

                Encouraged by family and friends to turn her passion into business, she recently started to accommodate orders for some of her specialties. Topping the list is her signature Rum Butter Cake which took a year to develop. “I am very critical of my work. I want it to be perfect,” she says. The rich, golden ring-shaped treat is whipped up with free range eggs and artisan butter from Bukidnon then carefully soaked in rum sauce using local and premium small batch rum. Packed in a pine wood craft gift box that adds a huge wow, it definitely makes an impressive gift. It is available in two variants, plain original and nut crumble. There are two sizes to choose from, 7-inch bundt pan and 9-inch bundt pan.

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                Other items on her menu are the Hummingbird Cake (spiced cake made from sun-riped bananas and fresh Tagaytay pineapples in light buttercream frosting),2-Tier Hummingbird Cake Strawberry Shortcake (light sponge cake with pastry cream, dressed with chantilly cream and topped with Benguet Shoga Strawberries),

Strawberry ShortcakeTres Leches Cake (yellow pound cake soaked in rich milk mixture), Malacanang Roll (sponge cake with dark chocolate ganache filling covered in boiled icing frosting), and On the Fence Brownies (chewy and moist, topped with roasted walnuts)
The Finest Rum Butter Cake from Flour Pot.

                “I love desserts but I do not enjoy them overly sweet. A lot of those who have tried my cakes say they love it because they can have another slice,” she guarantees.

                For orders and inquiries, chef Rhea can be reached through Flour Pot. Email hello.flourpot@gmail.com or call (0917) 7892352. Visit their Facebook page and Instagram account, @flourpotmanila.

Birthday at Motorino

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 Thank you Leana @leanafcarmona for celebrating your special day with us your f?dcamp friends and giving us another reason to become closer and to have fun!  We celebrated also the bday of Lance @lance_box but we are waiting for his treat!! haha!! Yummy lunch at @motorino_ph because Leana insisted we ate at a restaurant that supported #H1?H#h1?hcard Looking forward to our Christmas get together #h2hbootcamp#h2hgroups #h2hcelebrationsBirthday at Motorino (1) Birthday at Motorino (2) Birthday at Motorino (29) Birthday at Motorino (8)Birthday at Motorino (6) Birthday at Motorino (5)Birthday at Motorino (12)Birthday at Motorino (17)Birthday at Motorino (14)Birthday at Motorino (13) Birthday at Motorino (3) Birthday at Motorino (23)Birthday at Motorino (18) Birthday at Motorino (22) Birthday at Motorino (21) Birthday at Motorino (20) Birthday at Motorino (19)Birthday at Motorino (16) Birthday at Motorino (15)Birthday at Motorino (31)Birthday at Motorino (11) Birthday at Motorino (4)Birthday at Motorino (9)Birthday at Motorino (24)Birthday at Motorino (27)Birthday at Motorino (10)Birthday at Motorino (30)Birthday at Motorino (32)

Desserts du Jour by Mara is A Labor of Love

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 One of the newest babies of Mara dela Rama Poblete of @dessertdujourbymara
Caramel butter cake bars which has 5 layers and then covered in chocolate and nut hard glaze !

5 layers
Milk chocolate whipped cream
Caramel mousse
Chocolate almond sponge
Caramel butter
Caramel butter cake
My favorite layer is the caramel butter which she personally and manually hand churns. Truly a labor of LOVE!  Yum !!  #caramelbuttercakebars#dessertdujourbymara #h2hdessertfinds#h2hdesserts #h2hbutter #h2hchocolateDesserts du Jour by Mara is A Labor of Love (1) Desserts du Jour by Mara is A Labor of Love (2) Desserts du Jour by Mara is A Labor of Love (3) Desserts du Jour by Mara is A Labor of Love (4)  Two other newest babies of Mara @dessertdujourbymara  Pineapple up side down cake made with French butter  #dessertdujourbymara #h2hdesserts#pineappleupsidedowncake#millecrepecakeDesserts du Jour by Mara is A Labor of Love (5) Malted milk gateau de crepes  Desserts du Jour by Mara is A Labor of Love (6) Desserts du Jour by Mara is A Labor of Love (7)

LUSH Holiday 2017

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A LUSH CHRISTMAS

Christmas is just around the corner, and everyone’s preparing—or have already started—buying presents for their favorite crowd. With the holiday shopping rush, LUSH is sure to win you over as they deliver the best treats and options for your lengthy list of what-to-buys.Zero Waste christmas (1)

THE NAKED LINE

A highlight of LUSH’s collection for Holiday 2017 is the Naked line that features its “bare-all” packaging approach, in which 80% of the seasonal range are offered in solid form without the use of plastic bottles or any packaging; thus, also called the naked alternative. Zero Waste christmas (6)Not using expensive packaging gives big savings that LUSH can invest into more team members and training. Products from the Naked line like body butters are formulated with little to no water and are therefore often innately self-preserving. This line aims to be a support for a better planet, too!Zero Waste christmas (13)Zero Waste christmas (4)LUSH Holiday 2017 Launch Post (14)

SSI’s Michael Huang, LUSH Philippines Brand Manager Ida Nones, LUSH International Business Development Manager Lauren Savage, and Haribon Foundation’s Arlie Endonila

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Janeena Chan, LUSH Philippines Senior Marketing Officer Kesh Tatlonghari and Associate Merchandise Manager Celine de Jesus, Pia Padre, LUSH International Business Development Manager Lauren Savage, and SSI’s Michael Huang

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Bath Bombs

New bath bombs are in this season. Sail away on a bubble gum sea of candy floss and fairy dust with the Snow Fairy bath bomb, or take a fizzy bath as you drop the hot and spicy Christmas Sweater bomb that contains Sicilian lemon oil, and powders of mustard and ginger to ease your muscles and warm you up after a busy day. Try out other bath bombs such as Shoot For The Stars with Brazilian orange and bergamot oils, Luxury Lush Pud which has ylang ylang oil and warming benzoin resinoid, and Butterbear that holds softening Fair Trade cocoa butter with creamy vanilla scent.Zero Waste christmas (10)

 
Bubble Bars

Welcome the main celebration of the season with Christmas Eve bubble bar. Take in the fruity scent when you have a go with Plum Snow that whips up a flurry of plum and Sicilian mandarin, or burst the Christmas Cracker bubble bar with uplifting lemon myrtle and lime essential oils. More options are in stores as LUSH also introduces The Snowman bubble bar with silky cocoa and Fair Traide shea butters for smooth and moisturized skin; or maybe test out the reusable ones like the Magic of Christmas made with cinnamon sticks and Fair Trade organic clove, and Magic Wand that creates clouds of pink, candy floss bubbles.

Shower Gels

Part of the Naked  line are shower gels offering a variety of scents, such as rose absolute and rose oil from damask roses for Rose Jam, wonderland of cranberry infusion and fresh blueberry juice for Berry Berry Christmas, and  malty blend of tonka and lavender for Twilight shower gel.

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Body Conditioners

Enjoy your bath time with some of the Naked body conditioners. Peppermint and menthol crystals of Christingle help awaken and stimulate the body; Brazilian orange and lime oils of Buck’s Fizz lifts your mood while murumuru and shea butters of this body conditioner helps moisturize; and Fair Traide cocoa, avocado, and mango butters of Snow Fairy that are magically blended together to flutter your skin.

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Do away with packaging as LUSH brings you lip tints and lip scrubs from the naked line, that are sure to become your soon-to-be staples. The Sugar Plum Fairy Naked lip tint—also available in lip scrub—gives the super soft Christmas kisses with its Kalahari melon and organic jojoba oils, plus sweet wild orange oil to give you a happy lift. Sweep the Santa Baby lip scrub over your lips for a kissable pout as it’s packed with murumuru and illipe butter and accompanied by coconut and jojoba oils. You can also have this in lip tint.

 KNOT WRAPS FOR PRESENTS

With the approach of continuing to focus on packaging that goes for less and finds more use for recycled materials, LUSH is proud to introduce its much larger Knot Wrap collection. The wraps are made from recycled plastic bottles and organic cotton, and each of the reusable fabric comes in different sizes—great for wrapping all sorts of presents.

LUSH, in no doubt, helps shopping for the holidays easier. You can buy gift sets that will woo the person you’re giving it. Among others, they have Sweet Christmas (Candy Mountain bubble bar and Think Pink bath bomb), The Night Before Christmas (Shoot For The Starts bath bomb and Christmas Eve bubble bar), Rosy Christmas (Rose Jam naked shower gel, Rose Jam bubbleroon), Starry Night (Twilight sparkle jar and Twilight naked shower gel), and Christmas Bathtime Favourites (Golden Wonder bath bomb, Shoot for the Stars bath bomb, Never Mind the Ballistics bath bomb, Luxury Lush Pud Christmas Sweater bath bomb, Sherbet Dip bath bomb, Thundersnow bath bomb, and Butterbear bath bomb).

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With these new treats courtesy of LUSH, forget about worrying what to buy for the person you picked for the Kris Kringle or thinking what to get for your loved ones. Swing by the nearest LUSH store and take your pick!

In the Philippines, Lush is exclusively distributed by Stores Specialists, Inc., and is located atAlabang Town Center, Bonifacio High Street, Estancia in Capitol Commons, Glorietta 4, Greenbelt 3, Robinsons Magnolia, and Shangri-La Plaza, SM Mall of Asia, and TriNoma Mall. Visitfacebook.com/LushPhilippines or follow @lushcosmeticsph or follow @ssilifeph on Instagram for more information.

Teppanyaki Ginza

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 We had a nice Yakiniku dinner at Japanese style Yakiniku Ginza ( Hasegawa) #dejesusintokyo #h2htokyo#h2hsteaksTeppanyaki Ginza (1) Teppanyaki Ginza (29)Teppanyaki Ginza (11)Teppanyaki Ginza (12)
So happy to meet Yori @yoritera and Yoyet @yoyet_andaya who live in Niigata. Yori has a manpower agency and Yoyet runs their night club. They met in Japan and Yoyet is a friend of Gloria @its.gloriadiaz We had a nice Yakiniku dinner at Japanese style Yakiniku Ginza ( Hasegawa) #dejesusintokyo#h2htokyo#h2hsteaksTeppanyaki Ginza (17)Teppanyaki Ginza (20)Teppanyaki Ginza (21)Teppanyaki Ginza (9) Teppanyaki Ginza (8) Teppanyaki Ginza (7) Teppanyaki Ginza (6) Teppanyaki Ginza (5) Teppanyaki Ginza (4) Teppanyaki Ginza (3) Teppanyaki Ginza (2)The best yakiniku tongue i’ve tried ! Prime beef tongue- Wagyu beef black tongue ( root part) Thin sliced ( limited quantities) in Japanese style Yakiniku Ginza ( Hasegawa) They had 6 kinds of tongue. They serve it with fresh wasabi, salt and lemon  #h2htokyo#dejesusintokyo
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Teppanyaki 10

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 Yori and Yoyet took us to a teppanyaki place near the hotel in GinzaTeppanyaki 10 (2) Teppanyaki 10 – I saw they had a branch in the new Ginza 6 Mall!Teppanyaki 10 (1)  Melt in your mouth A5WagyuTeppanyaki 10 (10)  AbaloneTeppanyaki 10 (9) Teppanyaki 10 (8)  Garlic riceTeppanyaki 10 (7) Teppanyaki 10 (6) Teppanyaki 10 (11) Teppanyaki 10 (5)  Crab meat salad with avocadoTeppanyaki 10 (3)  Uni
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