COFFEE TIME!!!

...last nite, David came home with a slice of a chocolate cake from IKARI Coffee - it was BLAH!!! - but what caugt my eyes was this saying printed on the BOX the cake was packed in...

"COFFEE is the common man's GOLD, and like GOLD it brings to every man the feeling of LUXURY and NOBILITY"

- Abd-Al-Kadir 1587

Could not AGREE more.... no matter where I amy be or what time of the day it is... once I sit down for a cup of coffee I feel as if it is my most relaxing and luxurious moment of the day....

have you had a STARBUCKS today???

okay, since we do not have a JUST DESSERTS here in Taipei, I have to get my HOLIDAY goodies fixes at STARBUCKS... and already to brighten up the cold days and ring in the HOLIDAYS - Starbucks is offering Toffe Nut Latter & Dark Cherry Mocha drinks.... both are YUMMY....

Since they are available in Manila also, am pretty sure they are available all over the world... so you too, can get your Holiday Drink Fixes...

And to get you in even more festive spirits - you can take home one of their "oh-so-cute" Holiday Offerings for 2009 (Photo Below)...

look who's back!!!

yep, it is definitely a SWEET XMAS once more in Manila - with the SNOWMAN's reappearance at KRISPY KREME!!!!

Juliana: can you believe it has been a year since we had these babies??? Time really flies fast...

my kind of COMFORT FOOD...

-this last trip in Manila, I made sure I came back to Taipei, FULLY STOCKED on my kind of COMFORT FOODS:
FLAT TOPS

CHIPPY*PIATTOS*NOVA* BOY BAWANG

get ready to SKREMES....

KRISPY SKREMES are here - just in time for HALLOWEEN '09!!!Yep, everyone's tasty, sweet treat donut shop, Krispy Kreme, is wowing everyone once again with their Halloween Offerings: Aliens, Skulls, Spiderwebs, Pumpkin Heads, and lots more.... These are definitive treats for those trickster with really discriminating and ultra sweet taste buds...

Lu Wei : Taiwan Street Food Delicacy

"lu wei" (魯味) is a typical Taiwanese street food that has an assortment of vegetables and meat that are boiled and served with spices.

A casual nite out with Liya... we ventured out looking for something cheap and satisfying and of course, Taiwan has a great selection of street food... we opted for something filling, fast and a combo of many different things ... hence, Lu Wei, a smoregesboard of veggies and meat, thrown in together, and cooked in a nice broth... real COMFORT FOOD... in fairness, it is usually YUMMY but on this particular nite - Liya happened to pick a really bad resto... SAD SAD SAD... it was SOOOOO TASTELESS that no amount of spices added could save it!!! Oh Well!!!

SEPT FAVES...

...so the MOON FESTIVAL is upon us once again... and this means a few of my FAVE THINGS are back in season....
DRAGON EYES
POMELO

ASSORTED MOONCAKES
...and a new FAVE, Haagen Dazs Moon Ice Cream Cakes