Quick Post: A Gold Medalist in the Pink

This is one of my favorite sippers over at TGIFriday’s: the Gold Medalist smoothie.  It’s an essentially non-alcoholic bev made with pina colada mix blended with strawberries, bananas, and grenadine syrup.
Sweet, pink, and cool…  Cool bliss. 

Kozui Revisited: Healthy Lunch and Holiday Color

Kozui, Anthony So’s really fascinating teashop along Tomas Morato, is one of those places I keep coming back to because the drinks are just plain amazing and the food is nothing to sneeze at because it’s all good and freshly prepared. If you’re a major green tea junkie like yours truly, this is [...]

Quick Post: Marula Malt

Amarula, the liqueur distilled from the ripe fruits of the African marula tree, is a deliciously creamy alcoholic beverage that is second only to Bailey’s Irish Cream in terms of popularity. When served on the rocks, it’s quite a treat. When blended with malted chocolate milk, however, it becomes utterly sublime.

This, dear friends, [...]

Dezaato Pan (Part I of II): Nagasaki Milk Tea

I’ve been meaning to try Dezaato Pan, the nouveau-Japonais (New Japanese) style pastry-shop / cafe over at Tomas Morato’s Thompson Square for ages, but never had an actual opportunity to go till last Monday.

Truth be told, Heavenly Chocolates is my sweetshop of choice and Kozui gets my nod for the nicest teashop in the [...]

Blonde Bombshell: The Coffee Junkie’s Milkshake

I confess to doing something I really shouldn’t have done:

I went off the deep end one recent morning and brewed myself a cup of coffee.

Long-time readers of this blog know that I’m not supposed to have any coffee; the caffeine negates much of my mood stabilizer’s benefits. However, what’s a girl supposed to do [...]