FLAVOURS OF ILOILO

Lamesa Grill Iloilo welcomes the early arrival of summer (and it's only February) with the ultimate cooler - halo halo! And what better way to enjoy this colorful melange of sweetened fruits, beans and other ingredients than creating your own mix and going back for more! Lamesa Grill's Halo-Halo Buffet brings in more than 30 ingredients you can mix and match plus enjoy to your hearts and appetite's delight. Happening daily from 2-5pm and for only PhP 99, one can enjoy the all the works for personalized halo halo. Take you pick from sweetened fruits like langka, saba, ube and kamote to fresh mangoes, melon and buko to canned peaches, pineapple, avocados and lychees. There's also nata, sago and gelatin to give color and texture to your creations. Giving a crunch to your halo-halo are rice crispies, pinipig, corn flakes and peanuts. One can also find sweetened garbansos, red and white beans. Finally garnish it chocolate filled rolled wafers and marshmallows! You can opt t...

Now I can finally sleep soundly, walk leisurely, breathe with ease and go back to my normal way of life. The event we planned and worked hard with finally ended last weekend. Though they were lots room for improvement, I would consider it a success on its own for basically we mounted the 1 st Visayas Blogging Summit and the Philippine Blog Awards Visayas 2010 with almost ZERO funds at all. If not for the generosity of our sponsors, these events would not have been possible even on the planning stage. So in my own little way, I express my heartfelt thanks to our sponsors who trusted and supported the Iloilo Bloggers Inc . and Flavour s of Iloilo - with some not having any idea about blogging, in making our events successful. To SM City Iloilo for co presenting the Visayas Blogging Summit by giving us free usage of Cinema 2 for almost a day even though Harry Potter could have taken us over. Thanks to Ms. Kristin, Jeffrey, Bryan, Lee and all others who endured our numerous requests fo...

After more than two years of anticipation, Ilonggos are getting ready to welcome the newest coffee shop in town. Starbucks Coffee is set to open its very first branch in Iloilo City located at SM Southpoint . Soon, anyone will have a taste of the various offerings food and drinks this coffeeshop have and what made Starbucks a hit in the Philippines when it opened years ago. The two-storey extension building of SM City Iloilo will house food shops at ground level and rumors say. a call center on the second floor. It is conveniently located at the crossroads of two larger shopping centers, SM City Iloilo and Plazuela de Iloilo which is set to open on Oct. 10, 2010. Photos courtesy of zynet and lewdsaint of SSC forum