Up to now Dunkin' Donuts still remains to be the Pasalubong ng Bayan for most Filipinos. Whenever Gia's BF comes over at our house to for a visit, he will surely have with him a box of Dunkin' Donuts. Just like this morning, when Jeff arrived with this:

Playful Colors! So nice! :D

I also grew up having Dunkin' Donuts as a favorite. Aside from their Choco Butternut donut, the Strawberry-Filled donut is also one of my favorites. And its new look made me love it even more!

Pink is ♥♥♥!

The strawberry-filled donut used to be just plain looking before, with its white confectionery sugar coating. Good thing Dunkin' Donuts came up with this new look! :)


Now I'm loving this flavor even more! Yummy! :D

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I was accompanied by my mom, Jaoey, and Chino to The Medical City in Ever Gotesco mall in Ortigas for some lab tests and check up with my Gastroenterologist and OB-Gyne last Thursday.

We strolled around the mall after and saw this cute ice cream stand. Miguelito's Fried Ice Cream, well fried ice cream in general, has been out in the market for so long, but it was just last Thursday when I finally got to try it. :p

Here's Jaoey figuring out what flavor to get. :p

Just like any other ice cream, there were a number of flavors to choose from, the main difference is they come in powdered form. The powder is blended with water and then "cooked" on a cold pan.


It is then spread out into a large, thin round shape.


Once the mixture freezes, it will be scraped into rolls and placed in a cup.

Here's Jaoey carefully watching the ice cream being 'fried'.

You then get to choose syrup and toppings to go with your fried ice cream. We got the P25 cup which consist of 1 ice cream flavor plus syrup and a choice of topping. Jaoey loves chocolate ice creams so he chose chocolate flavor with chocolate syrup.

Jaoey's cup

I, being not so adventurous when it comes to trying out new tastes, also chose chocolate flavor with chocolate syrup plus choco candy sprinkles. :p

My cup

Chino chose the melon flavor with chocolate syrup and marshmallows.

Chino's cup

We all agreed that the fried ice cream was good. It was creamy and tasty (at least just for the flavors that we got) and, though it may not be very much like the ice creams that we grew up with (like Nestle's or Selecta's), Miguelito's Fried Ice Cream definitely satisfied our sweet tooth. ^_^

MIGUELITO'S FRIED ICE CREAM
G/F, Ever Gotesco Complex
Ortigas Extension
Pasig City

Graham Refrigerated Cake

Sunday is Family Day for us. Every Sunday, we would either feast over my daddy's specialties or go to malls to stroll and shop around. Just like last Sunday, after hearing mass, we went to a nearby mall, had lunch and did some early Christmas shopping.

After hours of shopping around, my mom decided to treat us for dessert. :) If there are two desserts that my family love eating the most, that would be ice creams and cakes. And it would be such a treat when we can have both at the same time. Thank goodness there's Bake and Churn ice cream cakes! :D

We each had their Black Forest Bar. It's an ice cream cake in a bar. :) The chocolate coated chocolate ice cream with chocolate cake and cherries was truly a delectable treat for all of us!

Black Forest Bar - Php 30

It was just amazing how the ice cream cake bar maintained its consistency unlike other ice cream bars which tend to melt easily. Even Jaoey was able to eat it without a single drip! And the chocolate coating, oh it was so yummy! Hmmmmm...and now I'm craving for it haha! :)



Another tasty treat from Bake and Churn is their Chilly Cup. It's like a mini version of their whole ice cream cakes. It was already late in the afternoon when we got there so there were only 2 flavors left for us, Coffee Toffee and Ube Classic.

If you're a coffee lover you'll definitely enjoy the Coffee Toffee Chilly Cup. But what I loved the most were the chocolate chips and toffee sprinkles. Yummy!

Coffee Toffee Chilly Cup - Php 60

The Ube Classic Chilly Cup was equally delectable! The moist ube cake blended perfectly well with the vanilla-ube ice cream. I'm not really into Ube cakes or ice creams, but I must admit that I enjoyed eating the Ube Classic Chilly Cup. :)

Ube Classic Chilly Cup - Php 60

If you want delectable yet very affordable ice cream cakes, try Bake and Churn's. It's one sweet way to spend some quality time with the family! We'll definitely come back for more!

My family, chillin' at Bake and Churn ♥♥♥

More photos HERE :)

BAKE AND CHURN
Level 2, Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall
Marcos Highway cor. Felix Avenue
Cainta, Rizal

I immediately fell in love with White Hat on my first try. And since then, I began craving for more! :)

But I don't always get to satisfy my craving for White Hat as much as I want since there aren't any branches near our home. And so I make sure to always give in to my cravings whenever I can. :)

Just like last Saturday, when I had a movie date with my friends Karen and Alvin at Trinoma. Karen and I decided to catch up while waiting for Alvin to arrive. And is there any better way to have it than having it over a cup of White Hat frozen yogurt?

No matter how I dress my hat--may it be just plain yogurt; or topped with cheesecake, blueberries, and almonds; or with my favorite toppings: kiwi, mangoes, and strawberries--it just never fails to take all my sadness away. :)

My Favorite Hat: Large Frozen Yogurt with Kiwi, Mangoes, and Strawberries

And now it got me all craving for White Hat again! *drools* Good thing they will soon be opening up a branch at Gateway mall, which means that I'll get to enjoy my favorite hat very often! Yipee!

THE WHITE HAT
Italian Frozen Yogurt
2F Trinoma North Avenue
Quezon City

Aside from my family's love for great tasting food, we also have a sweet tooth. :) And Brownies Unlimited is just one of stores that cater to our craving for sweets.

i ♥ brownies

You can choose from a variety of brownies and buy a single piece for Php 15 or have the pre-assorted packs which come in boxes of 4's, 6's, and 12's. My family usually gets the 12-pak pre-assorted brownies. I must say that all of the variants taste good, but Walnut Swirl is my favorite! :)

12-pak pre-assorted brownies - Php 142

(Choc 'o Chip, Rocky Road, Pebble Beach, Walnut Swirl, Kiss Kross, Double Fudge)

Another family favorite are the Silvanas. These meringues with butter cream icing coated with vanilla butter cake crumbs are really a heaven for me. I can actually eat up to 3 Silvanas if I'm not on a diet haha! :p

Silvanas - Php 27/pc, Php 150 (box of 6)

Gia enjoying her Silvanas

And the best way to eat these sweet treats is to match it with their iced coffee. I love their iced coffee! ♥♥♥

Iced Coffee - Php 55

Still haven't tried their cakes and cup cakes but I bet they're yummy as well. ;)

BROWNIES UNLIMITED
3F SM City Taytay

I've been dying to know how ice scramble tastes like. I never got to taste this very famous treat because most people say that street foods are dirty. My mom would also not allow us to buy street foods especially after my siblings got sick of Hepatitis (when they were like 5 or 6 years old) after eating barbecue in some barbecue stand in the streets. And so I grew up not having to experience eating ice scramble and well, street foods in general.

I remember how envious I get every time I see kids piling up whenever they see the ice scramble vendor coming. My mom would always say that there's nothing really special about it, it's just crushed ice with pink food coloring, powdered milk, and chocolate syrup. But it seems that children and adults alike are drawn to it so much.

And so when I found out that ice scrambles are now being sold in malls, I immediately told Mark that we should try it. He was able to find one stall at SM North but we never got the chance to get there.

We were in SM Taytay to buy some presents for my mom's birthday, when I and my sister came across this cute pink food cart with people in a long queue. My eyes sparkled when I learned that it was an ice scramble food cart!

We ordered the large cup and had all 4 toppings added haha! I immediately fell in love with it at first my scoop! It tasted like bubble gum and vanilla and I just love how refreshing it was. *drools*


buzBox Scrambles come in 3 sizes: small for Php10, medium for Php14, large for Php 14; with powdered milk and chocolate and strawberry syrup; plus Php3 for every additional topping of chocolate sprinkles, candy sprinkles, rice crispies, and marshmallows.


I finally got to taste ice scramble! Yipee! :p I also bought one for my brother and my mom and they loved it too. My mom said that it's just like the ones sold in streets but a lot tastier because it has more milk and toppings. :)

Here's my sister Gia loving the buzBOX Scrambles!

BUZBOX SCRAMBLES
3F SM City Taytay

After our lunch at Super Bowl, Karen still has not arrived so we decided to roam around for some window shopping. We passed by The White Hat stall and immediately grabbed some dessert. Since yogurts are generally healthy, we thought it would be a great way to balance out what we had during lunch.

We had a hard time choosing from their toppings since everything looks yummy, so we just settled for their Hat combos. For Php 150 (large) or Php 120 (regular), you'll get to enjoy The White Hat's Italian Frozen Yogurt, with 3 best-seller toppings plus a free sauce drizzle! *drools*

Mark chose the Cowboy Hat, while I chose the Baker's Hat.

Cowboy Hat (Large) & Baker's Hat (Large) - Php 150 each

The Cowboy Hat has toppings of homemade brownies, a choice of cocopops or barquillos, and dark choco chips.

The Baker's Hat has homemade cheesecake, a choice of blueberries or red ruby cherries, and almond cluster as its toppings. Each combo also comes with a choice of caramel or chocolate sauce drizzle for free!

I love that their froyo was 98% fat free, but I guess the toppings were not. Well I don't care! Haha! Hmmm..I sense some additional pounds! Haha! ;p

Mark and I both enjoyed our hats and we will definitely try out the other hats next time. :)

THE WHITE HAT
Italian Frozen Yogurt
2F Trinoma North Avenue
Quezon City