Three Reasons Why You Should Visit The Outlets at Pueblo Verde

Eyes here shopaholics! There's an all new spot in Cebu that sells authentic items at discounted prices!

A first in the Visayas and Mindanao region, The Outlets at Pueblo Verde is a new and exciting shopping destination featuring top brands at discounted prices complemented by mix of dining outlets and green open spaces.

Dagook Adventure Tour Experience Park

These days, what attract tourists are the recreation activities that are found in breathtaking sites. If you are searching for one in Bohol, it's time for you to head on to D.A.T.E. Park.

Dagook Adventure Tour Experience (D.A.T.E.) Park is a new tourism product in the province of Bohol located in Poblacion Weste, Catigbian, Bohol. It offers wholesome adventure activities like Canopy Walk, River Trekking, Carabao Cart Riding and many others.

Holiday Splendors at 5-Star Radisson Blu Hotel Cebu

Celebrate an unforgettable Christmas at the 5-Star Radisson Blu Hotel Cebu. At the lobby, share holiday cheers with family and friends around the most magnificent blue and white Christmas tree in Cebu.

For nostalgic Sunday afternoons of December from 3.00 pm to 6.00 pm, relive childhood memories and create new ones for the young and the young at heart in a scrumptious Christmas High Tea of sweet and savory delights with the angelic voices of the Christmas Choir.

FoodHunt with Kate

Amazing Cebu launched their newest television show last night at Radisson Blu Cebu coined "FoodHunt with Kate".

"FoodHunt with Kate" is a food and travel show showcasing the promise of Cebu. Rediscovering Cebu with a different palate in its landscapes and its timeless beauty. It highlights recipes deconstructed, familiar old and new traditions. The show demonstrates what Cebu has to offer to the world.

A Food Blog Is Born!

I AM SO HAPPY because finally, I have settled things right to open up a food blog which I always wanted to do over the last two years. Big thanks to everyone who crossed Adventurouslei.com. I am thankful to have awesome readers like you who score me overwhelming numbers of views and flattering comments.

Usually, things are made through inspiration and for the opening of my newest blog, I want you all to know that you, dear readers, are my inspiration. You all motivate me to create a Food Blog. Introducing FOODIECRAFT.COM - Food, Eating and Everything in Between! 

I will not elaborate more on the site because of course, if you want to know about it more, all you have to do is click the link and do the reading in the new page.

I hope that you will support my food blog the same way you support Adventurouslei. Also, I wish that you'll find reading my posts in Foodie Craft as enjoying and informative as Adventurouslei. Let's talk about food! Follow FoodieCraft.com now!

Acai Berry

Big things come in small packages - that is what Acai Berry lives up. What is Acai Berry then? How does it look and what can it do?

Acai Berry is a small, round, black-purple drupe, similar in appearance but smaller than a grape.  It is found in large palm trees in Amazon. It contains about 10% edible pulp and skin, and the remaining is the seed. Acai Berry tastes like a vibrant mix of chocolate and melted cocoa.

For years now, Acai Berry has gained popularity because of the effectiveness of its nutrients. The berry is proven to be extremely rich in antioxidants, essential fatty acids and amino acids. There are numerous benefits to Acai Berry. Here are a few:

• Improve vision
• Enhances memory
• Promotes weigh-loss
• Boost the immune system
• Boost energy and stamina
• Fight aging and inflamation
• Help maintain stable blood sugar levels
• Eliminate toxins and waste in the body

Apart from the benefits, the best thing about the fruit is that based on current research, scientists have not found any side effects due to the intake of berry. Truly, Acai Berry is small, yet powerful in so many ways.

Tentay Food Sauces

The Kitchen Helper

Being a mom is the toughest job in the world. It is somehow a collection of work into one. You have to check, care, remind, wash, clean and most of all, cook. Mothers want the best for their family and will do everything to make sure they get it. Good thing there is Tentay Patis. For more than 60 years now, it has been helping moms in the kitchen, show that great food like great love is all about trust and the right recipes.

Whether a working mom who spends most of her hours in the office, or stay-at-home domestic goddess, the root of motherhood is most basic: providing loved ones with the best care one can give. Perhaps this is what makes Tentay Patis the favorite partner in kitchen preparations all over the country.

The most rewarding moment in motherhood is when you see your children and husband enjoy the meal you've prepared, once appreciating the long hours spend preparing, cutting, mixing, boiling, and sautéing. The kitchen is what makes a home more than just a storage facility for furniture, and a dormitory to sleep in ever night.

Tentay Patis is the only Philippine brand that passedthe strict Japanese standard in sodium benzoate, with not more than .005% or near zero preservative reading, qualifying it easily for the U.S. Regulations on fermented foods.

It's no wonder that Tentay Patis is a kitchen tradition passed down from mother to daughter. Moms know who to trust when it comes to their loved ones' well-being in food preparation. If home is where the heart is, the kitchen is definitely its warmest and most special space.

Always use the best and the safest product when it comes to cooking for the family and you'll never go wrong. Try new dishes, be creative in recipes, and add more zest to your cooking.

Tentay Patis is available in all local leading supermarkets and is distributed in the Middle East, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, US, Hawaii, and Guam.

Tentay Food Products

Tentay Patis

Patis is the major product line of TFSI. The company boasts of 50 years experience in perfecting the fermentation and over-all production process to guarantee the highest standards in fish sauce preparation.

Patis is a healthy alternative to and equally matches the use of ordinary table salt. Patis sauce has less of the ’salt’ but more of the flavor and aroma that makes favorite dishes even more tempting.

Tentay Patis comes in three types: The Tentay Patis 100% Pure Guaranteed All Natural Fish Sauce. The Tentay Special Fish Sauce and The Tentay Flavor Fish Sauce.

Tentay Fish Sauces comes in different sizes from an econopet bottle of 350ml to a 20 liter pet-jug to suit the needs cf a greater number of users.

Tentay Banana Ketchup

Tentay Banana Ketchup comes only from the freshest, ripe bananas so Tentay Banana Ketchup’s sweet, tangy taste remains consistent in every bottle.

Tentay’s concentrated banana sauce comes with Tentay’s specially prepared vinegar and spices to capture the unique banana ketchup flavor both adults and children love.

Tentay Banana Ketchup with its sweet, tangy taste comes in 330gm to 4 liter bottles to suit the needs of various types of consumers.

Tentay Vinegar

Tentay Vinegar is fast becoming a favorite table condiment and cooking sauce in Filipino kitchens.

Tentay Vinegar comes in two types – TentaY Nipa Sap Vinegar (Sukang Paombong) and Tentay Cane Vinegar. Both types of Tentay vinegar are naturally fermented

Tentay Nipa Sap Vinegar is made from pure, naturally fermented nipa palm sap of the Philippines. Tentay Nipa Sap Vinegar is without preservatives.

Tentay Soy Sauce

TFSI takes its world-class processing technique that lowers the salt content in fish sauces a step further with soya beans. TFSI has two types of sauce – Tentay Soy Sauce and Tentay Soy Sauce Gold. Both sauces comes only from select soya beans.

For Tentay Soy Sauce, the soya beans are not only fermented but also hydrolized. The process combines both fermentation and hydrolization ensuring a flavorful sauce that is not too salty and even a bit sweet with a unique, delicious aroma when mixed with cooked food.

Unlike other soy sauce, both Tentay Soy Sauce and Tentay Soy Sauce Gold comes in a consistent dark brown liquid has the body, the sweet-salty flavor and aroma that comes only from the choicest soya beans.

Tentay Spiced Vinegar

Tentay Spiced Vinegar is a unique blend of specially aged Philippine nipa sap, black pepper, the choicest chillies, garlic cloves and onions.

The result is a unique vinegar sauce that livens up all types of dishes both as a dip and even as a mixing and cooking sauce.

Tentay Spiced Vinegar offers the convenience of high quality nipa sap vinegar minus the hassle of selecting and combining all the necessary ingredients to transform ordinary table vlnegar into a unique food condiment.

Tentay Calamansoy

Tentay offers a popular soy-lemon mix often hand-prepared and found in various kitchens and tables.

Tentay Calamansoy is a combination of naturally fermented soy sauce with fresh lemon juice extract.

Tentay Calamansoy is very convenient to use compared to the tradilional way of squeezing lemons and mixing the juice to a few drop of soy sauce to liven up the taste of dishes as a dip. Tentay Calamansoy is perfectly prepared with just the right mix of soy and “calamansi” (a known philippine lemon). Calamansoy is fast gaining popularity both as a cooking sauce and as a table sauce.

Tentay Sweet Chili Sauce

Tentay Sweet Chili Sauce is a viscous hot and sweet sauce with visibie tidbits of freshly ground chili peppers.

It is made only from the choicest chilies to ensure the perfect blenci of spiciness and sweetness only fresh chilies can bring.

Combined with Tentay secret spices, Tentay Sweet Chili Sauce, with chili bits showing, is fast becoming a popuiar product that captures both the ketchup-and-hot sauce users seeking a better and more convenient way to spice up their meals.

Tentay Fishball Sauce

TFSI changes and directly addresses the needs of its consumers as their taste buds and culinary preferences change. One sauce that has quickly gained popularity is the fish ball sauce. It is the preferred dip to fried, hot “bola-bola” (fish balls) most commonly sold by street vendors and snack bars, now readily available in local grocery stores and supermarkets for retail consumers.

TFSI has even gone a step further from locally producing the first commercially available fish ball sauce. It offers three popular varieties of fish ball sauce – Sweet & Light, Sweet & Spicy, and Sour & Spicy to suit the varying tastes and preferencs of a wider range of consumers.

Give the best love you can and cook up a feast with Tentay Patis. For delicious recipes and complete details of the company's history, visit www.tentaysauces.com

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The Twister Fries is back!

Attention Foodies! McDonald's Twister Fries is back! Yup! You've read it right and you have to rush to your nearest McDo fast-food branch to have some of it because it's gonna be in the menu for a limited time only.

The McDonald's Twister Fries is made from high quality potatoes. Each twister fries' strand is perfectly twirled and curled containing the delicious taste and crispy goodness everyone would like.

Put a twist in your daily meals. Grab your very own order of McDonald's Twister Fries! 

Leona Cakes & Pastries

Nobody has ever asked me which pastry house in the city is my favorite. Well, I don't need to be asked to tell you what it is. As for my close friends, they probably know. If you guess it's an ordinary bakeshop, think again. It's nothing else but Leona Cakes & Pastries.

Why Leona? In a word, delicious. Of course, there are several pastry houses you can find elsewhere selling delightful goodies but Leona's products are simply unique in taste and moreover, affordable.

One of Leona Cakes and Pastries branch is located at the second floor of SM City Cebu's The Northwing. The size of the store there is not enough for its numerous loyal costumers who always rush to purchase its goods. (that's what I always witness every time I visit the place)

A lot of racks dominate the area: two long racks placed at the center, around six plastered on the one wall and some by the counter- all holding containers full of pastries. If you're asking where are the cakes showcased, viola!

Leona Cakes are very delicious. All have their very own unique design that even at first look, you'll be mouth-watering. Unlike most cake shops, in Leona, you can purchase a cake by slice- suitable for those who crave for sweets but don't eat much.

Pastries are sold from a minimum price of Php 22.00. Yup! That affordable! When you go and have a quick snack in the place, you can also have some fascinating drink finds. Tea lovers, here's for all of you..

Not only tea, cold and warm beverages are present in the menu: softdrinks, coffee, blended drinks and hot choco to name a few. What more can you ask for to have an elegant, quick snack?

Simplicity is beauty, as they say and Leona Cakes and Pastries live that line when talking about their interior. There's nothing much to expect. The top counter's ceiling is graced with wood embraced by vines, leaves and colorful flowers- showing a fresh atmoshpere.

There are not much tables and chairs in the eating area. It's one of the down side of the place. Whenever I go to Leona, I have to wait for a few minutes to have a seat for a lot of  costumers fill the store time by time especially during holidays.


The chairs are comfy. It's brown in color paired with green fabric. Also in brown, the table size is enough for your stuff to be placed. I usually waste my time their (study/eat) and I haven't encountered space problems when it comes to the tables.


Another thing that's part of the down side of Leona is its cashiers and cake servers. They are all rude- seriously. They don't greet you. They don't smile at you and they talk too serious that negative vibes fall into you-I felt it! I personally don't like the people working there. But hey! It's not them that we're in the store, we're talking about the food so forget them! Ha!

If you're in SM City Cebu, don't miss the chance to drop buy and try some of Leona's cakes and pastries. Believe me! You'll love it!

Yo-Go Boy: Made for Kids. Loved by Adults

Yogurt is all over town. Stalls and stores are filling out the sides and centers of our favorite malls with them. With different colors and brand names dominating the city, who hasn't tasted one?

Yogurt is good. It's delicious, healthy and affordable- and oh yea, -easy to find. All yogurt in the world are the same except, usually, for it's taste. When talking about a yogurt's taste, it mainly talks about how delectable is the ultimate star of the snack- the cream. Creams come in different colors; white and pink to name a few.

With Yo-Go Boy, Yogurt Cream is fine. It's a bit sweet and a bit salty. Like other stores,  Yo-Go Boy offers various flavor toppings anyone could choose from. Every Yo-Go order can have a dressing of Choco Syrup and Strawberry Syrup. *slurp*

 

Yo-Go Boy is located at the lower-ground floor of SM City Cebu. It is quite small yet enough to welcome happy costumers. The place is very clean. The side walls are painted blue, the front walls are glasses with printed Yo-Go Logo, the materials and machines are arranged well but the seats are quite are only two.

Everytime you visit the yogurt store, a happy and approachable cashier  and caterer will serve you. It's one of the good things Yo-Go Boy has compared to other yogurt stores.

Yo-Go Boy frozen yogurt is a healthy dessert that both adults and kids love. Aside from being insanely satisfying, Yo-Go Boy helps boosts the immune system, and lowers bad cholesterol for a healthier lifestyle. Try it and surely you will love it :)

Oh yum! I really love the syrup! It's so sweet! The next time your taste-buds look for great really cold yogurt, head on to Yo-Go Boy.

Starbucks VIA Ready Brew

Today marks a level shift-up for Starbucks Philippines as it introduces Starbucks VIA Ready Brew. For sure, Starbucks patrons and coffee lovers will flock to their nearest Starbucks branches to try out the new product.

What actually is this Starbucks VIA Ready Brew?

Starbucks VIA Ready Brew is the powdered version of Starbucks brewed coffees. It is available in three tastes namely Colombia, Italian Roast and Decaffeinated Italian Roast. 

Starbucks VIA Ready Brew is not instant coffee as you know it. It is made with 100% natural roasted Arabica Beans. It is rich and full bodied like the fresh-brewed Starbucks Coffee a Starbucks Patron loves.

I frequently slack at Starbucks and buy their delicious coffees. A while ago, I had the chance to partake in the Starbucks VIA Taste Test with a friend. The result? The new Starbucks VIA is truly of the same taste with the usual Starbucks brewed coffee I order during weekdays.

Trivia of Starbucks VIA

• VIA is an Italian word meaning 'road'.
• Aside from Colombia, Italian Roast and Decaffeinated Italian Roast, Starbucks VIA Iced is sold in the market but it has not yet arrived in the Philippines.
• There is no one thing that differs our usual Starbucks brewed coffees with Starbucks VIA Ready Brew.

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Ila Puti - Asian & Fusion Cuisine

Dinner Time! To spice up the night, my friends and I went out for a scrumptious dinner in Asia Town I.T. Park, Lahug. No restaurant was planned to be visited so we made an on-the-spot choosing of which eatery we will be dining in. Ila Puti was in front of us so we choosed to dine in it. Haha

Looking at the restaurant from the outside, it looks like a Chinese-oriented eatery. It looks attractive and formal. Whether you enter or not, you can see its wonderful interior because the front wall is made up of glass graced with a glass door as well.

A large bulletin of menu is placed up above the counter’s wall. I love it like that. It’s clean and unique. The lights decoration is nice. There are white lights on the ceiling but yellow ones dominate the entire place- making a ‘royalty & intimate’ atmosphere.

The chairs are in gray color that compliments the black tables. One of the wall is made up of piled bricks, the other is plain painted white and the other one, as I have mentioned above is plain glass. The counter is clean and the staff is really approachable-adding more points in making costumers come back to eat in the restaurant.

I like their Grilled Liempo. It tastes so good. The overnight marinated slab of pork belly with herbs and spices is paired with garlic-shrimp fried rice –making it taste spicy and delicious. It is sold for Php200.00 only!

The Sisig Sizzler is the bomb! It’s so spicy and hot in the mouth! It’s said that it’s made in the Ila Puti way of making food really spicy. It costs Php180.00.

Only one of our friends ordered something that is eaten with plain rice. He ordered Ila Puti’s Plato Sizzling Burger Steak. It’s a quarter pound burger patty with mushroom gravy and white rice. It costs Php150.00

My friends loved the Pasta Puti. It is the restaurant’s best-seller. It costs Php180.00. It is Penne coated in rich white sauce with mushrooms and bacon with two bread sticks. Yum yum yum!

For our beverage, the gang ordered canned softdrinks and some bottles of Saint James Mineral Water. I for one ordered the Chocolate Milk Shake which melted me. Haha! The beverage that costs Php100.00 melted my intestines away! It is so delicious I want to have another round.

Flame It! Burgers and Sausages

Burger stalls and stores are present all over the town. You can see big branches in malls and small ones in the corners of the streets. All these offer various kinds of burgers but never do they offer grilled ones. That is what Flame It! Burgers and Sausages are proud of.

Tired of strolling around the interiors of Ayala Center Cebu, I treated myself with my friends a different kind of dining experience only found in Cebu City-Grilled Burgers. At first sight, you could tell that the restaurant is foreign because of its unique look. The entrance at the same time, exit door is framed with real yellow, black and orange bricks making the store look attractive and nice to visit.

The walls near the walking area of the mall are mainly glasses with the restaurant’s logo in transparent print. On the other hand, the rest of the walls are covered with food illustrations paired with bricks at the bottom part. The floor is tiled with red-orange tiles.

More than attractive entrance, walls and floorings, the restaurant embellished their eating area with comfy seats and spacious tables. White tables were paired with black seats and black tables were paired with white seats- a color tandem of restaurant chair & table I’ve never seen so far. There were tables inside and outside the restaurant. The whole interior design is really nice to watch at.

Reading materials of all kinds are present for costumers to kill the time while waiting for their orders. Beside the rack is a tray of sauces and spices for everyone’s need. It’s now my turn to order and I barely wait for my snack. My friends and I ordered five different kinds of food and Coke soft drink for beverage.

In Flame it! Burgers and Sausages Restaurant, you get to see your food prepared for your satisfaction. Only a glass wall barriers you from the grilling area which is in front of your table- assuring the costumer’s food is done with proper handling sanitation. What other grilling burger stations in Cebu can you find food preparation like this? None!

In less than ten minutes, our food was served. The grilling factor is the key to the quick cooking because of the strong open fire in contact by the patties and buns. It is also the key to healthy eating because the restaurant needs not to use product oils but instead, make use of the natural fats stored inside the patties. Something really good to know!

Now is my favorite part- eating time! I tried the Onion Rings first that costs Php40.00. It tasted good. It is crispy but it’s better eaten with catsup. Their French Fries costs Php 37.00 and it tastes just the same as other restaurant’s fries. I made a few bites with my friend’s Bacon Mushroom & Cheese Flame Half Pounder costing Php145.00. It was terrific! I love the sweet taste of Cheese mixed with the Bacon Mushrooms inside the elongated buns. And finally! I ate my Frankfurter Sausage with Garlic Mayo costing Php 127.00. It’s delicious. My tastes buds liked it, I ordered another one and took home. Haha!

The same with other restaurants, Flame It! Burgers and Sausage’s Burger Steak tastes good. It has no difference with the taste of other eateries offering Burger Steaks. Simply Delicious!

Cebu has never experienced a dining scene offered by Flame it! Burgers and Sausages until it came out of the market. What‘s so unique about this restaurant is that it is the only one that made Cebu taste Grilled Burger Novelty food.

The restaurant offers gourmet burgers on a healthy oatmeal bun, wherein costumers have the option to choose any epicurean toppings listed in the menu. For those who don’t like burgers that much, the restaurant offers German Sausages at affordable prices alongside pasta and rice meals. They also have an array of menu items from rice meals to desserts.

Flame It! Burgers and Sausages dining experience was fun and flavorful. You might want to consider dropping by any branches of it whenever you visit Cebu.