Did you know that the banana industry has always been a source of pride and precious foreign exchange for the Philippines? The Philippines is one of the top five exporters of bananas in the world. Our province alone, Oriental Mindoro, is a proud producer of Saba and Lakatan. In fact, aside from Mindanao provinces, Mindoro
It’s the first of week of October and I’ve been seeing Christmas ornaments since the beggining of September. It’s been a month since we started playing Christmas songs while feeling the cool breeze of the cold season. Yep! We start the holidays as early as September. That’s how excited Filipinos are! And today, I think
Last time, my niece’s friends are in the house. And as a kind and beautiful aunt, I made treats for this bunch of five years old kids. I thought of something that is easy to make so these kiddos can recreate their own. Therefore, I ended up making S’mores Bites. Marshmallows are kid’s all time
If you happen to visit our milk tea shop and take a look at our menu, you will notice that most of our products are very simple. Our main milk teas are simply made with just milk, tea and extracts for flavoring. Nevertheless, customers keep coming back to Breen because we focus on the taste
Posting a new recipe because Breen is finally having hot drinks in store! And as my loyal readers, you will be rewarded with a tip on how we make one of our hot milk teas. It’s already rainy season and our customers are asking for something hot and comforting. So we experimented and studied ways
It’s Christmas time! It’s only September but for Filipinos, it’s the start of the holiday season. We usually celebrate Christmas for five months starting September until January. That’s how excited and ecstatic we are! But today, I would like to start the Filipino Christmas through a western-style one. I’ve asked my foreign friends and even
Believe it or not, before the trend of avocado graham combo in the country, I was already making graham trifle with avocado cream filling. Oh I’m proud! It was year 2014 when I searched the internet for avocado graham recipe inspirations and I couldn’t find such dessert. It was also year 2014 when I did
Listing down famous noodle soups in the world, we can already name three from the Japanese cuisine. Ramen are thin, wheat-based noodles made from wheat flour, salt, water, and kansui, a form of alkaline water. Soba is a noodle made from buckwheat and wheat flour while Udon is the thickest of the noodles served in Japanese
I love crepes and crepe cakes. I love eating them and I have to admit that this beautiful pastry as thin as paper oozing with creaminess is quite hard to resist. But I only enjoy crepe cakes at restaurants and cafes because I stopped making them after the first time I cooked one. I failed
Managing two branches of Breen Milk Tea and another one coming up on October, I occasionally find time to make my own food grand. That’s why lately, I’m starting to appreciate one-ingredient, two-ingredient or three-ingredient recipes and other instant ways of cooking like microwaved meals and mug cakes. Well, I’ve created mug cakes before so
