Praktik Bakery

One of my favorite bakery in Barcelona!
Its our first week in Barcelona and all we can see are sandwiches and tapas around our place. Good thing we found a great place to get fresh sandwiches!
Its a Hotel and they have there own bakery! They make fresh bread everyday and you can see them make it when dining there. This is a wonder place to relax and have a sandwich or dessert + a cup of coffee.

**Tip- sit beside the glass door where they are baking bread and see how they make those wonderful croissants and maybe you can get a free treat from the man making :P

oh! and also, they have free WIFI :)

Hotel Praktik Bakery

Carrer de Provença, 279, 08037 Barcelona

opens Monday- Sunday

Price: $$ (average)  3 euros for sandwich

Hola! Welcome to Barcelona!

wee! Its my first time stepping in any part of Europe! Hola!!!
I'm currently taking up my 8 months certificate of Alain Ducasse in Culinary Arts.
I will be having my internship here for 6 months at Hotel Majestic.

Well, anyway I will be giving some tips here in like what tickets will you be buying for the Metro or Bus. What useful apps you need to have on your phone. What are the restaurants that we tried that are worth coming back. and more!

So first Metro/ Bus ticket that you need to buy if your staying here in Barcelona.
If you traveling for a few days or a week here with a group, its better to buy the T-10 ticket. Everyone can use this ticket for 10 rides.  If you hop off on a wrong stop, you can transfer metro or bus within an hour with no charge. It cost  9.95 euros.
If your staying here for more than 3 months like me and your age is 25 years old and below, its better to buy the T- Jove. Its valid for 3 months already and unlimited rides! Its around 105 euros.
you can buy your tickets at the all the train station. Here is the link for the other options you can buy.

Cooking Class in Ho Chi Minh

      

Its my first time to have a one day cooking class in other countries. My first time is at Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. I hope there are more to come, one day or two days cooking class in other countries as well.

This is at Saigon Cooking Class. For one day class is about 35USD per person (i think).

We meet at the local market around 8am to buy some ingredients and our tour guide will also entertain questions like "what vegetables is that?" etc.

 

Our tour guide holding a small eggplant in color white. So cute!

                                           different kinds of tofu and other dry products.

                                                        fresh  shell fish, clams

                                        Small crabs, snails, crabs
 

 
                                                                  HUGE tuna!

                                                me under the shade because its hot :P

                                                                  brains!ew...

                              Our menu that day. All hands on and eat your own handmade food

                         We got our own little space for chopping and cooking. All ready for us.

                                             fresh spring roll that I made

                                              banana blossom salad

                                                      fried noodles with squid

                               surprise dessert that we didn't made of course. creamy passion fruit

www.saigoncookingclass.com

Mangetsu Japanese Fushion Restaurant

I love the interior! 

salt water broiled broccoli with spicy cod roe in mayo ( P295 )

MUST-TRY!

Gyu Don ( P 275 )

served with a raw egg

Edemame ( P170 )

sprinkled with salty spicy powder. different yet delicious!

Mozzarella Cheese Risotto ( P260)

ok this is kinda weird, we ordered risotto in a Japanese restaurant. This dish is delicious! cheesy and gooey!

Sea Urchin cream pasta (P 285 )

can't find the sea urchin but the sauce is good thou. 

California Maki (P250)

with cod roe

Natto Roll ( P120)

fermented beans

Zaru Ramen (P210)

the ramen looks hand made, not a typical ramen noodles that you have.

                             

Lunch Set Ginger Soy Pork ( P300)

yummy sauce! the pork is a bit tough but huge serving!

Miso Nikomi Udom (forgot price)

huge serving! good for 2.

Tofu cheese in white sauce ( P295)

for me the sauce taste a bit like bagoong but they use here is Japanese tofu so its soft. 

Tofu cheese in white sauce ( P295)

with mozzarella 

Tofu Dengaku with red miso ( P230 )

soft tofu with sweet red miso sauce. yum!

Tonkatsu ( P280 )

Yabu is better :)

After posting this, I realized that we ordered to much. :P

Mangetsu Japanese Fushion Restaurant

34 Jupiter Street, Makati City, Philippines
34 Jupiter, Makati City
+63 2 478 3292

Best chocolate cake!

I found the best chocolate cake! so far.. I tried a lot of chocolate cakes and cupcakes but this one is the best! Its moist, chocolaty, not so sweet, and light! The ganache is made from tablea (pure chocolate).
Just seeing this makes me drool and want to have it right now! This can be found at..(drum roll please) Cafe Adriatico!

Café Adriatico

M. Adriatico Street, Remedios Circle, Malate , Manila

Phone: 738-8220

The second best chocolate cake is  also made from Tablea (pure chocolate). Its not so sweet but rich. This can be found at Chocolat : Death by Tablea. Click the link to know their contact numbers.

Binulo : Pampanga

BINULO means bamboo. Here's a unique place to eat in Pampanga. 

MENU 1

                                                                        MENU 2      

MENU 3 

 DESSERT AND BEVERAGES MENU

MUST TRY!!! Pangat na Ulang! 

The jumbo shrimps are cooked in bamboo! The broth taste delicious! I think it has lemon grass on it.

SISIG ( mix of pork ears, fats and skin, etc..), you can skip this. Not crunchy at all! burnt sisig. There are more delicious sisig in town.

another MUST TRY! Kaldaretang Kambing (goat). Does't taste or smell anything like a goat, it taste like beef!

 

MUST TRY also! Paco Salad with Ginisang Hipon and Pititian ( fiddlehead fern with shrimps and pork rinds).

A different kind of salad. Interesting taste. The fiddlehead fern is a bit slimy after but the sauce that comes with it taste so good, it removes the slimy texture after.

Kinilaw na Bangus (milkfish) SKIP THIS!! over powering taste of vinegar, makes you vomit!

Binulong Nasi (cooked in banana leaves and served in a bamboo shoot). Nothing special, its just sticky rice wrapped in banana leaves.

BINULO RESTAURANT

Clark Field, Angeles City,

Pampanga

045.499.2238