EATS: {Recipe} How To Make Pizza Bread!

The {Recipes} are back! Euan, Patricia and Shriya are here to teach you some easy eats that you can do by yourself at home!

Before reading this one, you might want to try making three of the previous recipes:

 -How To Make A Personal Pizza!   

-   How To Make "Princess Cookies"!   

-   How To Make Cheese Crackers!

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The following is a recipe for pizza bread, a variant of the personal pizza I made in a previous {Recipe} post. We're going to make a quick, easy and effortless snack using common and simple ingredients. 

Speaking of ingredients, here they are:

- Slices of bread.

- Butter.

- Tomato Sauce.

- Grated Cheese. (Preferably mozzarella, but we used a Swedish cheese called Herrgård - Manorhouse cheese in English)

- Ham Slices.

Procedure:

1. Toast the bread until both sides are brownish. I just used a regular toaster for this step, but feel free to use anything you want. Do not heat the bread using a microwave. Hopefully, you know that microwaving bread makes it soggy and gross.

2. While the bread is still warm, apply butter. Don't put too much, you don't want your pizza bread tasting like your regular Sunday morning toast. Make sure that the butter will melt before you continue. (If you accidentally put too much butter or if the bread wasn't hot enough, put butter before microwaving the bread for a few seconds)

3. Put a generous amount of tomato sauce over the buttered slices of toasted bread. Next, place the grated cheese on top of the tomato sauce covered bread. Put as much as you want on the bread.

4. Preheat your oven at 120 degrees Celsius (~250 degrees Fahrenheit).

5. Top your bread with as much ham as you can. If you want, top it with more of your favorite pizza toppings. Pepperoni, bacon, pineapples, mushrooms, peppers... the sky is the limit! Just not anchovies though... they taste ughh...

6. Put them in the oven! Wait for about 7 to 9 minutes before taking them out.

7. It is very tempting to just get one now and munch, but wait! The ham and the melted cheese are very hot. I recommend waiting for about a minute before sinking your teeth into this simple delight!

Final (Delicious) Outcome:

That's it! This simple, simple dish can be made even by an eight year old, but can bring smiles and full stomachs to everyone! Comment down below what you want me or the contributors to make next!

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EATS: Indian Guru

A while back, my family and I wanted to try something that we don't particularly like. Spicy food. We thought of going to an Indian restaurant for dinner, as spice is a trademark of Indian Cuisine. Not very far from our house is Indian Guru, a restaurant located in Vasastan, near Gustav Vasa Kyrka.

Me and my mom have a very negative relationship with spicy foods. My dad and sister on the other hand, love that kind of stuff.

We chose some papadam and aloo tikki as our starters. From my experience, I can describe papadam as a thin, flat, crispy sheet of goodness. I am a fan of salty foods, and the papadam was just that. It was served with a yogurt sauce with a hint of mango and mint blended into it. Unfortunately, the papadam was very oily when it got to our table, but that didn't hinder it's flavor. So far it was going great, I thought to myself.

Aloo tikki is a vegetarian dish mainly composed of potatoes. The faint taste of spice and coriander of the potato patties were accompanied by chutney. In comparison with the simple papadam, this to me ranks lower.

Papadam. (Ignore that glass of gin and tonic at the background)

For mains, my mom and I got the chicken tikka masala while my dad got the lamb khorma. Both were not spicy, which does not agree with the main reason on why we wanted to go to an Indian restaurant. The chicken tikka masala was very good. The chicken tasted like chicken (which is surprisingly very uncommon. I'm talking about you Chicken McNuggets) and the sauce brought life to it. My dad let me try the khorma, and it taste quite the same as the masala, but it's a bit sweeter and creamier. The cashews added more texture to the dish.

We had our main dishes with paneer and garlic naan bread.

(left to right) Chicken Tikka Masala and Lamb Khorma

Paneer naan is a thicker kind of bread, made out of cornflower and something called maida, with an application of cottage cheese and a little spreading of butter on top. The paneer naan was incredibly creamy, delightful and amazing. I told Shriya, one of the contributors of the blog that I have been hooked on this thing ever since. However, the garlic naan was only describable by three letters. Meh.

To conclude our dinner, we had some kulfi, Indian-style ice cream with bits of coconut, made with cardamom and surrounded by blobs of mango syrup. My initial reaction after having a spoonful of the kulfi was that it was canned. There's no way that the chef could design the ice cream like that if it's as hard as a rock. It basically tasted like sweetened water, regardless if with or without the mango blobs.

Kulfi

Overall, I had a very pleasant experience at Indian Guru, and I would be willing to try again with spicier food. Wish me luck that my tongue won't burn.

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Paris Day 2 - The Arc De Triomphe and Concorde

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The second and final day in the city of lights began with a Hop-On-Hop-Off bus ride from The Louvre to Concorde. The Place De La Concorde is a popular square in France also encloses the Obelisk. The Obelisk stands 75 feet high and weighs more than 250 metric tons. On October 1836, the Obelisk replaced a guillotine in the middle of the Place De La Concorde, by the order of King Louis Philippe.

The Obelisk, as captured from the second storey of the Hop-On-Hop-Off bus.

Near the hieroglyph-covered monument is the famous Champs-Élysées. The avenue stretches out more than 1.9 kilometers (about 1.2 miles), and is surrounded by small or renowned shops, cafés, restaurants and cinemas. We strolled down the whole avenue from the Place De La Concorde, and taking a bunch of pictures along the way. I was a bit disappointed because we went there in the afternoon and that people tell me it's way better to go there at night. 

After a long walk along the Champs-Élysées, we made it to the Arc De Triomphe. I was quite bummed to see that there was construction going on the upper portion of the arch, something that I obviously didn't expect. I really like the detail of the designs around the arc. The arc honors the people who fought and perished for France during the Napoleonic and French Revolutionary Wars.

The Arch From The Place De Charles De Gaulle

After we visited this very historic monument of France, we used the bus to go to Palais Garnier / Opéra, but we needed to take a quick detour because my sister needed to use the restroom. We weren't planning to go to the Galeries Lafayette during our stay, but we stumbled upon it while we had our search for a restroom. 

We literally went up and down the stairs of this wine-selling establishment (much like Systembolaget here in Sweden) to find the restroom, because people kept telling us that the restroom is just "along the way". We found it, we used it and we got out of the Galeries Lafayette. That was very unexpected, but at least I got a glimpse on what it [Galeries Lafayette] would offer. Shoe boutiques, wine and alcohol and tons of different restaurants offering different types of cuisines.

We then walked to the Palais Garnier which on the outside appeared astonishing. Much like the Arc De Triomphe, it was undergoing construction. This made me sigh. When we entered, we saw more detail of architecture.

To wrap things up, we took the bus again and went to the Notre Dame De Paris. The Notre Dame is one of the many things that I would just dream to see, but I have seen it. The outside of the building blew me away. The intricacy of the architectural design on the outside made our jaws drop. When we entered, I could feel the solemnity of the church. We donated a couple of Euros and offered candles. I was extremely overjoyed on the fact that I just offered a candle on one of the most highlighted areas of Paris.

The inside of the church was amazing. As a part of the Catholic community, I was astounded. I was astounded more when a mass was just about to start, with about 100+ people taking pictures. Unfortunately, we didn't have time to attend the mass, as it was getting late.

That concludes our trip to Paris, France this 2014. I have seen another part of the large, large area that is Europe. I have seen and experienced some sights that I would never think to personally see my whole life. Paris has been a mind-blowing experience not just for me, but also for my family that went along with the journey.

 My favorite part of Paris was definitely seeing the magnificent views on one of the observation decks of the Eiffel Tower. There were also some lows on this trip, such as the Arc De Triomphe being covered with construction and Tabac Du Roule, but those didn't hinder any of the highs we had.

I want to see Paris someday again in the future, just to say "hi" again and to see the things that have changed. Is the city more urban now? Can I still see the flawless architecture I saw the last time that I was here? Is the Mona Lisa still covered with that thick glass pane at the Louvre?

Again, that's it. Hopefully, you too have enjoyed my stay in the city of lights and love. What was your favorite part of my Parisian experience? Comment them down below and let me know! I'm Euan, and from Paris with love, Au Revoir.

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EATS: Tabac Du Roule

First, I just wanted to comment on how small this restaurant was. Tabac Du Roule was literally footsteps away from our hotel, so we decided to give it a try. Back to its smallness, it housed maybe twelve people for the restaurant, a bar with a few seats and a cigar shop. Who needs anything if you have food, beer and something to smoke? (Disclaimer: Kids, don't smoke or drink. That's bad for your liver, lungs and people around you. The question before this disclaimer was a joke, I'm serious.)

Trying to stick with the theme of Frenh food, I decided to take a croque Monsieur (sandwich of cheese and ham) with fries and a light salad while my mom and sister respectively chose some entrêcote steak and and a hotdog with fries.

Upon receiving my sandwich, I gladly took a bite. The sandwich was very ordinary and it lacked ham. It lacked ham very much. I was clearly disappointed and unsatisfied with. Y choice.

I struck a deal with my sister to give me half of her hotdog (The hotdog was clearly a FOOTLONG, and the fact that my sister wanted a "light meal" made her a bit annoyed) as I offer her half of my sandwich.

Her footlong was surprisingly better than my sandwich... it was better by a MILE. 

My mom's entrecôte was great. She ordered it medium wit some fries, a salad and some sort of peanut sauce. She let my try the steak that had a char on it which I liked. I think that the steak was below my mom's expectation because she thought it was tough.

This restaurant was not a very good one. I wouldn't recommend it food-wise, but what do I know? Maybe they rank much better as a separate bar or a separate cigar boutique...

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EATS: Bansko's Chateau Antique

Our final night in Bansko and unfortunately, my dad was not feeling very well. He decided to stay home with my mom, and let my sister and I to have dinner with our friends. Here's what he missed out:

The exterior of the restaurant was a type of a castle, which interested me immediately. Once entering, it was a rather fancy looking restaurant with a bar and ornate decorations and paintings on the walls. We ate in the fanciest setting I could have imagined; a part of the restaurant which was perfect for a huge round table, set up flawlessly. The only thing missing was the president to step in and join in on our dinner.

Since we had a snack earlier (Tip: Do not buy any street vendor pizza in Bansko. You can pay 2 Lev for bread at the supermarket that has the same taste.), my sister and I chose the lightest appetizer, a small pizza (again?!). It looks like a pizza, but it was garlic bread. 

The garlic bread was not up to par with my expectations. My first slice of the home-baked bread was bitter... and all was revealed when I flipped the bread over: it was burnt. 

I opted for a pasta dish for my main. Above is a ricotta and spinach stuffed ravioli with mushroom and walnut sauce. The pasta didn't have the spinach and ricotta taste, but the sauce made up for it by giving it the body that it needs. I am also a big fan of mushrooms, where it and the cream made a satisfying duo. The walnuts gave it an unusual texture, but did not do much besides that.

The final dinner before we go back to Stockholm concluded with tiramisu. The tiramisu gave this "okay" meal a delightful finish. The ladies fingers were covered with that lovable coffee taste, and the cream tastes very good... I wish there was more lady fingers though. 

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EATS: Euphoria Bar & Grill - Bansko

It was Valentine's Day when we ate at the Euphoria Bar and Grill at the town of Bansko. It is a restaurant offering a rather large selection of food, ranging from pizzas, pastas, Kid Menu-style and even Chinese food. Euphoria also features a bar and is great if you're a fan of food and watching sport.

My experience here was also filled with a two "firsts". First time tying risotto and first time trying hummus.

This night was kicked off by some salad and homemade hummus. So, this was my first time trying hummus and I knew from that first taste that I wouldn't try hummus again very often in my life. It had much more "depth" when spread with the bread, but it's still... "eh". 

For my main course, I chose the arugula, chicken, quinoa and buckwheat risotto. Again, something to check off the "something I have eaten for the first time" list. However, the risotto disappointed me. Just like the hummus, it was very dry and flavorless. As a Filipino, I can say that the rice wasn't of best quality. Trust me, a majority of my life consisted of eating rice for three meals a day. I KNOW what good rice is, and this risotto was surely not it.

My sister had fries and chicken nuggets from the children's menu, while the adults had a variety of foods from the separate Chinese Options menu.

After a long debate with my mom if we should go order dessert or not (as we bought some ice cream from the supermarket), we saw an option that might suit me and my sister. For dessert, we got a tasting plate of homemade ice cream, one scoop for each of the five presented flavors.

My sister and I tried our best to identify the flavors of the ice creams because the waiter and the menu did not tell us what the flavors were. The first one we tried (on the far left of the plate to the right). After a small nibble, I claimed it was pistachio while my sister thought it was mint. The second one was a bit weird because it tasted very... unusual (Spoiler: We think it's Cookies and Cream). The third one was an obvious chocolate. The fourth one urged another debate between me and my sister: I believed it was rose (I've never had rose ice cream, but I would imagine this would be its taste), she believed it was strawberry. The final one was caramel. 

In summary, our experience here in Euphoria was a bit of a mix of highs and lows, with the lows coming mostly on the food and the highs from the restaurant's amazingly comfy atmosphere. We spent dinner watching the Sochi Olympics' ice hockey battle between Norway and Canada (Canada won..) and talking to some great friends. Our friends seemed to have enjoyed both the food and the company, so maybe I just picked the worst things on the menu. Who knows? The only way I could is to go back and try again *wink*. 

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EATS: Hippopotamus Bar and Grill

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Our first main meal in France (I don't know if you consider McDonald's something "main", but you get what I'm saying) was at the Hippopotamus Bar and Grill near Les Halles.

We were actually intrigued before going Ito the restaurant, frightened about the fact that they actually serve hippo meat, but we were quickly relieved upon spotting an English menu. My petite knowledge of French helped, but I still couldn't quite understand most of the foods.

After ordering, the kind lady that attended us served us a basket of bread and a bottle of water as complements. The bread was hard on the outside... Shame they didn't serve us some butter with it.

My sister opted for the children's menu. She got some chicken nuggets and French fries (see what I did there?) for her main course. 

My mom and I went for the Hippo Steak (Pardon me if that's not what it was called), which was NOT made of hippopotamus meat. I ordered mine medium with fries and Bernaise while my mom ordered hers medium well with a sour cream baked potato and barbeque sauce.

The steak was beautifully cooked, much better than in Jensen's Bøfhus back in Stockholm. The Bernaise was okay, but it wouldn't be something worthy of a highlight. Fries were good: not too crispy and not too covered with oil.

 

Something good about our deal was that everyone got dessert. My sister wished for a chocolate mousse and my mom and  I went for a Frenc classic: creme bruleè.

Our overall experience in this restaurant has been very pleasant.

I remember our first two weeks in Sweden where we had lunch at TGI Friday's near Kungsträdgården and how this ranked better than that. The Hippopotamus Bar and Grill is definitely a recommendation, 8.5 out of 10.

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EATS: Bansko's Mexana ("Bunnies !")

It had dawned upon me that this whole time we had a trip to Bulgaria that we only stayed in one location, the town of Central Bansko. One night, we went out and went out of Central Bansko, towards its equivalent of Stockholm's Gamla Stan, the old town. 

After some ten minutes of walking, we have arrived. We were immediately greeted by a man with a crazy looking outfit, overseeing rabbits above a sign infront of the restaurant. This man was very friendly, he even let my sister and our friend, Talia to take the rabbits inside the restaurant... thus the affectionate term for this restaurant has been born: "Bunnies".

The adults had a long and uneventful discussion about which kind of wine to drink before we ordered appetizers.

Tonight's appetizer: salad with onion, tomatoes, coleslaw, cucumbers and goat's cheese. I liked this dish because of the different tastes you get when you mix and match the different elements of the dish, and that cucumbers are my favorite. 

Onto some mains! The first one was some veal shanks with roasted potatoes. The veal was tender and satisfying, but was much more impressive when combined with the potatoes. Sadly, no photo.

We also had chicken, bacon and beef with vegetables, actually cooked in a ceramic pot! The bacon was very, very delicious (I actually finished them all). The chicken was also a highlight of this dish.

Finally, dessert. Something I see a lot in menus of restaurants here in Bulgaria is the yogurt, so I decided to try some frozen yogurt with strawberry jam. Prior to this, I have been a fan of yogurt, and this just raised my obsession even more. The jam was on the top of the yogurt, so a good mix was done before I took my first bite. It was heaven! Simply delicious.

(It was served in a clay pot!)

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EATS: The Original Swedish Frozen Yogurt Factory

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The Original Swedish Frozen Yogurt Factory can be found in Gallerian, a mall near Stockholm's Central-Station.

What I had was a fat and sugar free strawberry yogurt with chocolate cream and coconut bits and Kex Chocolate halves. Clearly, I made up my fat and sugar with the candy toppings I had.

It was delightful. The yogurt had the strawberry taste I craved, and the crunch of the toppings mixed very well. 

My sister had this sizable monster of yogurt with fat and sugar. Chocolate and vanilla yogurt with sprinkles:

With a price of 20 Crowns per 100 grams, I think it's reasonable. Quick bite!

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EATS: Hemma Vasastan

Hemma Vasastan is a restaurant literally about sixty feet within our apartment in Odenplan. 

The restaurant seemed pretty calm on the outside, but the things completely changed after a step through the front door.

30 to 50 people were crowded near the restaurant's entrance, where the pub is, talking and shouting, watching a football match of some sort. That immediately changed my perspective.

Fast forward onto our appetizer: garlic bread with mozzarella and chili aioli. I don't quite know why I'm a sucker for garlic bread. It's just so good! It tastes even better with the mild aioli. Just perfection.

Main course: Biff Rydberg with mustard cream. Beef Rydberg is one of my most favorite meals EVER and they manage to keep the meal my favorite. I ordered the meat medium (as always), and it came with potato and roasted onions and an egg yolk. Definitely one of the best dishes I've ever tasted. Mustard cream was gross for me. Eew.

Generous portions!!!

Finally, a three tier sorbet to finish off the dinner. Admittedly, the sorbet was plenty, and consisted of mango, strawberry and green apple. Not that sour, but it was a great dessert nevertheless.

My dad, mom and sister had cheese and crackers, a generous portion of ice cream with Bailey's topping and chocolate truffle for their desserts.

Cheese and Crackers

Chocolate Truffle

This has been an amazing experience, and I would definitely go back if we had the chance.

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EATS: Contis' Bakeshop & Restaurant

With the urge to see my auntie at work (and the suggestion of my mom to see her in her working atmosphere), we went to Contis' Bakeshop and Restaurant in Greenbelt 3. 

{Yes, I know that yesterday's post was also in Greenbelt, but this happened after Christmas, not before.}

Disclaimer: I'm posting my true experiences here, and not just "sucking up" to the restaurant just because my auntie work's there. Just saying that this is the truth. We don't want conspiracies, don't we?

I ordered Tapa from their "All Day Brunch" section of the menu, while my mom and my sister ordered some Lasagna and a Clubhouse Sandwich respectively. 

* Tapa -  Usually marinated fried pork is what I imagine "Tapa" is. 

The tapa was good! It was a great match with their atchara (I think this is pickled papaya). It was also served with vinegar, but I prefer not to eat the tapa with the vinegar. However, the scrambled egg was the showstopper! I really was lost in the flavor of the egg that I don't even recognize the other ingredients used besides the egg. As always, no Filipino breakfast is complete without garlic rice.

Lasagna

Clubhouse Sandwich

My mom said that her lasagna was kinda salty, because of the cheese covering the lasagna. As always, my sister was not disappointed, and nor was I (she offered me some) on the clubhouse. 

Our auntie also gave us complimentary slices of cake (ain't she nice?)! I got my favorite, Turtle Pie, while my mom had some sort of peach cake and my sister got a Blueberry Cheesecake.

The Turtle Pie. It was absolutely... wonderful. It was a thick layer of chocolate before some sort of salty caramel before the crust. It was also topped with walnuts. Just like the Daim chocolate I had in Sweden, the slight saltiness and the decadent sweetness of the cake mixed together very well. It's just  absolutely wonderful, and you just need to taste it yourself to share my joy. 

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Overall, our experience here in Contis' was grand. Additionally, Contis' offers an extensive range of pastries (from sweet to savory things) cakes, and savory dishes. From all the cake shops in the Philippines that I've been, I have never tasted cakes as great as Contis' have. I would surely, 100% come again.

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EATS: Jollibee @ Festival Mall

Ahhh Jollibee. If you roam around the streets of Manila, there's a 90% chance of you spotting one or two (or four, or twelve...), Jollibee is the most iconic Philippine fast food chain. It serves fried chicken, burgers, sandwiches and even pasta. 

We went to the Jollibee at the Festival Mall's fourth floor. No doubt, it was really busy. If you're living in Scandinavia, Jollibee is as busy, if not much more busier than Jensen's Böfhus. 

So they're famous for their Chickenjoy, which to me is a really weird name for fried chicken. My sister had this. 

I had the Burger Steak! They're basically two burger patties smothered with some kind of special gravy and a bit of mushrooms. The patties were "eh". I needed more gravy and mushrooms though.

Some fries on the side. There fries are really good because their long and crispy. Highly recommend!

Honestly, Jollibee is just one of those things that you need to experience when you're going to Manila, or the Philippines. Just get some fries and a Coke or whatever, and just experience the atmosphere. I really don't know if you'll like or hate the atmosphere, but as long as you experienced it. 

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Group Bonding @ the Alabang Town Center {Timezone}

After 5 months in Stockholm, it was really good to meet The Group and have some fun! I see them almost every day back in the Philippines, so it'll be very good to meet them again.

On the picture is (from left to right) Yonits, Pauline (Pau), Sean (Mica), Michael and me.



We went to the Alabang Town Center! What I like about this mall is that it's really big (for me), and that it has lots of "natural elements" to it. It has an open area in the mall which is a nice touch for like, sitting down and thinking about your life (there's a coffee shop right next to the open area, so think about your life while downing a latte).

The main mall building has a whole lot of shops, may it be electronic, restaurants, bookstores, kiosks (which often sell tees, shirts, etc), and et cetera. There's also a food court, a 7-11, a movie theatre, and a lazer tag center.

 

The Open Area @ The Alabang Town Center

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We spent most of our time in Timezone, which is an arcade on the topmost floor of the Alabang Time Center. 

Timezone has lots of ticket redemption games, claw machines {spoiler: they never let you win} and they even have karaoke stations! You're required to load up a card and swipe the card on the swiping things on the machine you want to play. 

Our experience was really fun! Yonits and Pau really enjoyed DJ Teknika while Michael didn't even come close to 6,000 points in the Temple Run arcade game... I enjoyed Slam a Winner, cause it was a piece of cake to get 100 tickets.

Everybody clearly enjoyed the karaoke booth! {The topmost picture was us in the booth}

We ended the bonding with a dreadfully long walk to the open area shown above and to Jollibee for a sundae.

The 1st group bonding was (In my opinion), the best one we had. This was fun though, nonetheless! Looking forward to meet y'all again!

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5 More Days! {More Iconic Philippine Things}

We're boarding a flight to the Philippines on the 16th, and I'm so excited!  Here's a list of more iconic things you (and I) will find in the Philippines.

• Jollibee. Probably the most iconic food chain in the country. It sells everything from fried chicken, to burgers, to pasta, to breakfast... All sorts of stuff. I do like their Breakfast Burger Steak though (it's just basically a breakfast burger patty covered in gravy plus garlic rice).

• Street Food / Street Food Vendors. You will see tons of people cycling with carts of nuts, or "fish-balls" around Manila, or even your own neighbourhood. Prices? Very, very cheap. Don't forget to try kwek-kwek (quail eggs dipped in batter before being deep-fried)! Fish-balls aren't really "ball" shaped though. 

• Tricycles. I think tricycles are those bicycles with three wheels... But if you refer to them here in the Philippines, they mean a method of transportation, perfect when going short distances. They're made by affixing a side-car (to accommodate passengers) with a wheel plus a motorcycle.

• Sari-Sari Stores. Roughly translated, "sari-sari" means "variety". These kind of stores are just basically small spaces (it wouldn't be a surprise if they're even just on a house window) on a house, made for selling a variety of things to the neighbourhood. There are no big chains of these, and these are just mostly for neighbourhood convenience. The owners of these kind of stores are independent (mostly). 

A Typical Outside of a Sari-Sari Store

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EATS: Swedish (?) Chocolate

Sidenote: The title has a question mark on it because I'm not 100% sure that everything here is purely Swedish.


Food wise, Sweden has lots of stuff to offer. From microwavable meatballs to the ice cream you get in Gamla Stan, one thing unique (to me) is their chocolate.

My definition of "unique" is things that I've never seen or heard before, so if this is in your country, and not exactly unique to Sweden, pardon.

First is Milch-Nuss! This is a chocolate bar with chopped hazelnuts mixed in to it. Me and my friends thought it would be a good bargain to buy, 'cause it costed SEK 5. (~90 US cents). It was very "eh", and there weren't that much hazelnuts in to it. 

One of the most iconic chocolates made in Sweden would probably be Marabou. Trust me, it's everywhere. Marabou comes in a whole range of flavors, and in this blog post, we chose Marabou and chunks of Daim chocolate. 

I LOVE DAIM!

This is probably one of the best things I have ever tasted. Daim's hard caramel is to die for. I could literally finish a whole separate bar of Daim in two minutes, even though it's hard to bite. The separate Marabou was good too, but I think that since the caramel didn't melt easily, it had a more obvious flavor.

{Sidenote: A separate bar of Daim and the original milk-chocolate Marabou deserve their own post!}

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NOVEMBER 2013 -- FAVORITES

Once again, a month just flew by, and a new one is figuratively just around the corner. So as tradition, here are my favorites for November 2013, Eats, Travels or Miscellaneous.

• Eats: All Star Sportsbar - Stockholm
• Aventyrsbanan Class Trip
• Munkedal, A Town Off Gothenburg
• Stockholm's Science and Technology Museum
• Eats Recipe: How Make Pizza
• Eats: Cookies from Subway
• Eats: Sandwiches From Subway

All Star's Mega Snacks

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut

Subway Melt

How To Make Pizza

Stockholm's Technology Musuem

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One of my favorite Youtubers recorded a song with The Fu Music to raise awareness to the effects that has happened to the Philippines. 

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