Midnight Mercato Food Market Comes to Late Night

***This press release together with the photo was sent to me by GeiserMaclang Marketing Communications Inc.

Are you looking for a place to indulge your late night food cravings on a Wednesday night? Or you can’t wait until the weekend to visit your favorite late night food markets?

Then Midnight Mercato, Metro Manila’s premiere late night weekend food market, will be open on Wednesday nights starting February 29 to answer your foodie call!

Indulge in the Midnight Mercato experience and enjoy an extensive selection of foodie favorites - steamed cheeseburgers, crunchy pork belly, wagyu steak on a sticks, deep dish pizzas, authentic Vigan empanadas, ice-cream filled mochi balls, specialty milk teas, dark lager beer cheesecakes – straight from the kitchens of home-based and specialty chefs, while enjoying live acoustic performances and free wi-fi. Wednesday Midnight Mercato is perfect way to celebrate the middle of the week!

Chicken House in Bacolod

Chicken House is one of the food places we visited the first time we went to Bacolod. We want to see if their chicken inasal is indeed more scrumptious than all the other versions of chicken inasal in the Philippines. 

The first thing we noticed when we got there was how jam-packed the place was. Perhaps because it was lunch time. This was after we had our brunch at Cafe Bob's. We were able to take a seat inside at a little corner and started ordering immediately.

Instant Cappuccinos and Lattes from Kopiko and Good Day

I used to drink brewed coffee before by the liter. It' really no wonder why I had GERD. Coffee is very, very acidic and if it's the only thing you've had in a 24-hour period, done over a prolonged period of time, you'd really get sick like I did. 

So it's been a while (since October last year) since I had coffee especially the brewed kind. But since I turned 34, I've been craving to have a taste of my favorite food and drinks once again. Perhaps if I do it in moderation this time, I'll be okay. 

So I started my forbidden adventure with instant coffee. But it's not just any other instant coffee, it has to be the cappuccino or latte kind. It's great timing that we discovered two instant coffee brands that seemed to be good for me (meaning I'm not experiencing any heartburn or acid reflux after drinking a cup) --- Kopiko's Kopiccino and Good Day's Vanilla Latte, Chococinno and Mocacinno. 

Calea in Bacolod - What's the Fuss All About???

I honestly don't know what the fuss is all about. My hubby and I have tasted better cakes than Calea's, well, at least compared to those that we've tried --- this dense 2-layered chocolate  cake, the Devil's Food Cake and the other one is the coffee-flavored cake or Cappuccino Cake. 

Maybe we ordered the wrong kinds of cake, I dunno. We had the rich (supposedly) chocolate cake as a benchmark for all the other cakes. 

Cafe Bob's in Bacolod

We only had a few days of vacation when we visited Bacolod a few months ago. We will be back there again next month to attend Jayvee Fernandez's wedding. Anyhoo, I'd like to share here the top food places in Bacolod that people keep saying we must try... so try we did with our limited budget and all. 

Going through these photos of Bacolod food places makes me want to go back there again right now so we can order more dishes. Hihihi.

Here's the first Bacolod food stop: Cafe Bob's, located in Lacson St. corner 21st St., Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. You may contact them at (+63 34) 434-2409 

Grilled Edam Cheese and Honey Sandwich

I've been eating a ton of green vegetables lately that I wanted to taste something different, even if maybe they're not really healthy for me. Cheese, especially Cheddar and Cream Cheese are a no-no for people who have acid reflux disease or GERD. But I wanted cheese! So the next best thing is to have cheese with low fat and skim milk and that's Edam cheese. Here's how I did it:

Conti's - MakanMakan - Harbor View (My Birthday Nomnoms)

It crossed my mind to eat whatever I want to eat on my birthday last weekend. I was definitely missing all tomato-based dishes, I wanted chocolate and mocha cakes, I wanted to drink coffee, I wanted ice cream, I'm always craving for oily foods. But after weighing the pros and cons of my condition (pros: satisfying my cravings and feeling good for a little while, cons: acid reflux, heartburn and generally feeling awful afterward), I managed to stay disciplined and just ate the right kinds of food. I was thankful that I was able to get dishes that are healthy for me on these three restaurants we dined in last weekend:

The Beluga Caviar Experience

February is such a month of celebration for some people, us included. Chinese New Year has just ended and people are gearing towards Valentine’s. When that's over, then there are still the birthday parties, prom nights, dinner parties, office parties and pre-summer celebrations. As for me, my birthday is coming up and I still have yet to plan how to celebrate it.

If you are in the midst of throwing a fabulous party and you’re thinking of getting fabulous dishes to go with it, why not try beluga caviar? Beluga caviar is one of the most expensive types of caviar in the world simply because the Beluga is one of our endangered species. It has a nice texture, quite delicate and smooth, and they say the flavor is very rich. I think I would have to taste one if I were to properly describe it. Although in the past, my husband and I have tasted caviar and it was exquisite. How much more if it’s the beluga caviar? 

Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Opens 42nd Store at Two E-Com Center

Attention CBTL Lovers!!! 

Specialty coffee and tea purveyor, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®, reinforces its claim as the preferred café chain in the country by opening its 42nd store right at the heart of Pasay City.