Hello Again! [ Mini Pancakes with Almond Butter, Bacon Bits, and Honey Recipe ]

It is my first post here at YedyLicious for 2015 and already I am talking about this easy breakfast recipe of Mini Pancakes with Almond Butter, Bacon Bits, and Honey. Not to get ahead of myself, but I have the option to start this year writing about recent restaurants I have been to or to share this recipe.

I choose the latter with paltry justification that this simple breakfast finds its way to my routine during the blog sabbatical I took recently.

I choose the latter because it feels right to remind myself to stick to my guns for the shape of things to come.

January of last year I almost bid adieu to blogging. Explaining would only lead to long narratives peppered with unspoken regrets and unrealized truths, so let us just leave it at that. All I know that is that everything seems crowded with forced art in different forms and declarations devoid of my personal trademark.

I longed for a blank canvas.

Cafe Shibuya, Glorietta Makati

This blog post about Cafe Shibuya has been a long time coming. That is not to say that I got no interest blogging about it from the first time. As a matter of fact, being a person who has deep affinity for buttered bread - toast buttered bread with all things incredible on top of it for that matter, I was overwhelmed on my first visit. I just thought I need to revisit them couple of more times and try other items on their menu before penning my thoughts on it.

Yet, succeeding visits were still loaded with basically the same toasts which I fell in love with the first time. I would like  the virtue of loyalty take credit for it, but in all honesty, my favorite toasts at Cafe Shibuya are all enticing I couldn't bend my desire for them quite enough to say pass. So, I am giving this a go. 

With an endearing cafe interior and impressive line of savory and sweet toasts alongside equally impressive line of Ghirardelli chocolate drinks concoction, it is not surprising that Cafe Shibuya draw large followers when it opened its flagship store at U.P. Town Center. Not long after its opening, a second branch at Glorietta 2 follow suit.

Best Restaurants in Manila According to MBKRS 2014

Indeed, many are called but few are chosen as Manila's Best at Manila's Best Kept Restaurant Secrets MBKRS 2014.

YedyLicious Manila Food Blog is very honored to be once again be part of this year's judges in choosing The Best Restaurants in Manila at the MBKRS 2014. Gratitude to Ines Cabarrus-Habayeb and Elian Habayeb, founders of MBKRS.

Here is the full list of winners.

Seattle's Best Coffee Dream Journal 2015 (Giveaway Alert!)

For some it’s already a tradition that started last 2011. For others, it’s one of the much awaited perks of supporting Seattle’s Best Philippines especially during this season. Whatever the reason is, I am pretty sure that most of us are excited for the SBC Dream Journal 2015. I know I am.

I have been collecting Seattle's Best Coffee Philippines Dream Journal for four years now and this time, it'll be fun to share it to one of my lucky readers. After all, it's a season of giving and a great journal such as SBC's are too cute not to share.

But first, some details about SBC Dream Journal 2015, how you can avail it from SBC branches, the Seattle's Best Coffee Holiday Drinks, and the mechanics for my SBC Dream Journal 2015 Giveaway. So, read on.

Of Great Food, Good Company, and Gratitude: The KTG Christmas Party 2014

Truth be told, given the reserved personality that I have, you can rarely find me associated with big groups. Quality over quantity, that has always been a mantra of sort that I always live by. Sounds like a pesky little unfriendly snob? Nah, it's just that only few people can dig my unconventional approach to life and my f*cker may-care-kind-of-attitude. So, choosing to just peacefully co-exist with the rest of the humanity is just the best bet.

That is why it came as a surprise, even for me that five years into food blogging, I am suddenly surrounded with people that renders my hand fingers not enough to count. Yet, given that these people are some of the nicest I have come across with, I feel grateful. We call our group the KTG Family.

K.T.G. stands for Kain Tulog Gang. People sometimes cringe for what the name of our group stands for whenever I am asked about it. And I understand such reaction. Not to offend anyone but I, myself wasn't a big fan of the name at first - it sounds too pedestrian. Until it grew on me. To this day, I am loving the beautiful irony.

9 Peso Ebi Tempura and Other Promos for SumoSam's 9th Anniversary!

Recently, I got a good news from SumoSam which I think well worth sharing. In line with their 9th Anniversary Celebration happening of December 23, 2014, SumoSam is dishing out three exciting promos. These promos are SumoSam's way of saying "Thank You!" to their patrons whose support and love for their brand since 2005 continue to this day.

9 Peso SumoSam's Ebi Tempura, One Year Supply of Ebi Tempura, and an Ipad are the things we could all look forward to.

Read on for the mechanics of these three exciting promos by SumoSam.