Across Pangalusian is this beautiful island! A friend of ours is building there and we went to visit!!
Amy Alvarez picked us up and took us to their island
View of Pangulasian from the other side 🙂
View from the house!! NICE!!!
So far 2 years in the making. Amy has been going back every month to check on the construction. Looking forward to seeing it when it’s done. Once it’s done they will rent it out
Guest house which will have two bedrooms
We had a very good dining experience at Pangulasian
Previous entry: Dining at Pangalusian December 23, 2015 
From breakfast where you can make your own fresh smoothie
to the beautifully presented dishes
Malagos Cheese from Davao
Freshly baked pastries
Freshly cooked tapa, tocino, longganisa, etc
Here are the choices which they just cook as it is ordered – it is better so it is not wasted
Romy! Ever efficient and always there to supervise the meals
and Ferdz
We also ate by the Pool bar. Love the simplicity of the setting yet it is so elegant. They just tied a leaf 🙂
Pangulasian pizza – YUM!!!
Smoked Ham
Salmon which was very good!! I don’t really eat Salmon but all the salmon dishes in the island was so good!!!
Lunch at Amianan
Fresh crabs!!
Loved again this salmon dish 
Yum! I forgot the name of this dessert but it was good 🙂
Love the complimentary snacks in the room!!! Especially the Coconut cookies and the banana chips
They are known for their freshly baked coconut cookies which they serve when you arrive in the boat, in the room and while you go touring in the boat. They sell them too in the resort shop in a nice gift box 🙂
Amy Alvarez recommended for us to check out the beachfront of El Nido Town and so we did
It’s beautiful! Some travellers stay here rather than the resorts and it is like a mini Boracay 🙂 
Beautiful view from the beachfront
There are restaurants and shops by the street at the back of the beachfront
Funny sign 🙂 at a hostel
Amy said this was a good place for pizza
Tours being offered in several stalls 
Other offerings in the area
Amy suggested we try to have a meal here and we did – Mezzanine
Beautiful view from the second floor
Garlic bread
Pizza Veronese YUMMY!
Carbonara
Coconut ice cream
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Back in Paradise!! I called it Pangalusian previously and just realised it is Pangulasian
Previous entry: Pangalusian Island El Nido December 22, 2014
The mission is to spy and chaperone our son and his girlfriend haha Just kidding!! 🙂 We are happy to have Mimi ( from Brooklyn ) visit the Philippines. Jaime wanted to take her to Palawan …….. So we tagged along! 🙂
Had I not gone with them, who would have taken these beautiful shots!! 🙂
60 Ayala Executives are in El Nido on a planning session. Bumped into Rowena Tomeldan, Ayala Land VP & Head of Operations & Support Services of Commercial Business Group and Javi Hernandez Ayala Malls AVP,
Marc Cerqueda, Group General Manager of Ayala Land Hotels and Resorts
Al Legaspi, Chief Operating Officer of Ayala Land Hotels and Resorts Corp
and Bobby Dy, President and CEO of Ayala Land and Toti Bengzon VP & Treasurer of ALI
It is a nice touch that the staff greets you when you arrive and does the same when you leave 🙂 
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One of the stops of the Food Trip on the Malabon Tricycle Tour is Betsy’s.
Previous entry: Malabon Tricycle Tours August 13, 2015
Betsy’s is an institution in Malabon! It’s so old, it’s sign is already faded! 🙂 So I hope you don’t miss it when you go to Malabon
They are known for their birthday cakes. I miss these types of cakes, we hardly see them now in parties. I remember them when I was a kid 🙂
Inside Betsy’s
So happy to finally meet Betsy of Betsy’s Cake Center in Malabon with her daughter Besse. Betsy’s Cake Center was started by Betsy’s mom 40 years ago and was named after her being the youngest and the only daughter. She was known for her cake rolls and cakes and Betsy added more pastries and now the yummy Broas – must be eaten fresh and immediately which is why we know there are no preservatives in her pastries. People want to franchise and are also asking her to open in the city but she said she’s happy and content already
According to Betsy, when her mother started the business, they were known for the rolls
Now Betsy added so many other items and there is a full range of pastries here!
Behind the counter are the staff wearing pink headbands 🙂 My favourite colour 🙂 Spot Mommy Dionisia amongst them 🙂 
Heart2Heart got to know Betsy because of her famous Broas! My friend, Joy Ortega, gave me som and it was history! 🙂
Previous entry: Broas June 30, 2015
and this Taisan cake!!! It’s like butter cake!!! YUMMY!!! So soft and fluffy 🙂
Yum:-) Betsy made me taste this boneless dilis 
Many other items!!
Maple Bacon Doughnut!
Other freshly baked goodies on top of the counter
WOW!! Yummy freshly baked pandesal!!!!!! SUPER! We took home some too
There is hot food items!! 
And Betsy and Bessie prepared a feast for us!!
The Malabon gang!! Wait…. the Happy Malabon gang 🙂
Everything was so delicious!!
We also came to try this Pinoy burger made by Betsy’s from scratch – everything from the burger to the bun to the mayonnaise – it’s a mini burger and people order this burger from her for parties and wakes – from 500 to 1,000 pcs per event!!
YUM! UKOY!
Fresh Lumpia
Pancit Malabon! YUM!
Fish Fillet! YUM! All yum! 🙂
Crispy lechon!!!! OMG!!! All the sidings are made by Betsy and she sells them in bottles too
My two favorite cakes in one!!! Branzival – Brazo de Mercedez and Sans rival 
Toblerone Sansrival
Mocha Cake
Betsy makes 4,000,000 pcs of this a month!!! 
Joy and Eric’s cute and smart daughter, Olivia, was so happy when Tita Betsy gave her candy flowers. 
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From Joy’s place, we went to Malabon!! We did the Tricycle tour!! Joy’s friend, Melissa Sison ( wife of Mayor Len Len Oreta ), is the one behind this project! And it’s a great idea!!!
We were not able to do all because of time constraint so hope to be back to continue where we left off. Thank you Joy Ortega for a great adventure!!
We were greeted by Carla and Michael from Malabon Tours. Their color theme is my favorite color 🙂 And Kagawad Arvin who is so efficient and attentive 🙂
All the tricycle drivers are registered with the PNP to assure the safety and security of the tourists/ passenger
We started in the beautiful St. Bartholomew’s Church! You board the tricycle here after touring quickly the church. It just celebrated it’s 400th year anniversary
Not only the Vatican, but we have pigeons too! 🙂 
Pretty dome!
Boarding our tricycles – Joy and Olivia. I am so happy I have adventurous friends, because I am adventurous 🙂 ( to some point haha!! )
Michelle and Nicole
First stop is Hazel’s puto which Michelle describes as CLOUDS or Cotton candy 🙂 We bought to take home
Since we had little time, we did a combination food tour and the tricycle tour which includes landmarks. We went to the Gallery and home of Angel Cacnio. This is where he lives and it holds a collection of his best paintings, sculpture works of his sons Michael and Ferdinand
Angel Cacnio is a recipient of awards and citations due to various art legacies including the design of the P 100 and P 20 bills and some coins circulated in 1982 and 1983. He also designed the Malabon landmark icon in Letre road
Our last stop was Nanay’s Pancit Malabon since we had to go already
I got a text from my husband telling me to come over! He knew I would love this place! 
LOOK UP!!!
3 floors of Restoration Hardware!!
The hotel recommended this restaurant since we were looking for Japanese in Boston
So nice to see Chef Ting Yen Owner and Chef of Oishii Boston- “My father owned restaurants, and growing up in different places I always witnessed my father teaching his employees that “you have to “use your heart to cook your dishes”, and the chef’s job is not simply just to “throw food on plate.” When I was 14, I remember helping him with the restaurant work after school even though he had over 20 employees in his restaurant. One day I told him that I wanted to be a chef like him and become his apprentice and he believed that I was being very naive.
He decided to put me into the kitchen and treated me like the other workers, because he wanted me to feel how hard this type of work was. As the economy began to get worse, as well as my father’s physical health at the time, it was a practical need for me to help him. By the time I graduated high school, I was thoroughly trained with all the culinary skills of a chef. The most important lesson that I learned as a chef growing up, in a time with little refrigeration and high expectations in the freshness of the ingredients, was the diligence in waking up early to get fresh seafood at the fish pier. In 1985, I landed in Seattle, Washington, From Seattle, I worked as a chef in a various locations such as Portland, OR; San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA; Chicago, IL; New York, and Boston. I wanted to open up a restaurant incorporating my particular multicultural background and style. In 1998 December 17th, I opened Oishii Sushi Bar.”
Sushi Counter
Checklist Meny for Sushi, Sashimi, Robatayaki and Tempura
When you order a bunch they fix it so nicely!!
My favourite of course was the Specialty Sushi – Foie Gras with truffle oil
More Sashimi
Ama Ebi! I like it that they serve the head also and it was so good! 
Since it was lunch time and we were quite a group – we made it easier by ordering from here
LOVE IT!!! I did not try this one but I love how big the tray is with all that food for US$ 20.00 Kasieki Lunch Choice A
Choice C Gyu Kaku Donburi was my order and I super loved this!!!
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Welcome to Oishii Boston Located in South End, Boston. Oishii Boston offers comprehensive sushi menu. Our friendly and experienced sushi chefs create contemporary and delectable Sushi selections for our wide range of customers. 1166 Washington St, Boston MA 02118
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