As awful as it may seem, a lot of times, it’s just really much easier to rant than to understand and take action. #GuiltyAsCharged
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Pesto on Pecho
I cannot believe how I actually survived almost a whole day without food, except for the milk tea drink I had at around lunch time. Just a while ago I made myself some beef pastrami sandwich with lettuce, tomato slices, and cheese. That dealt with my hunger and cravings until we started talking about milk tea and food.
So how does that relate to this post? I was actually undecided on what to blog about next because there are so many things I wanna write about and good food I wanna share with you guys, now that I’m hungry, the first thing that popped into mind was pesto. I love pesto! Who doesn’t? (Well, maybe people who don’t like eating greens, but whatever, I bet they’ll love pesto too) I made some pesto just the other night. I make my own now because it’s a lot cheaper, and way better and fresher than those you can buy from the supermarket. Good thing I already made some in advance, so I can just use it on the grilled chicken breast/pecho I’m about to prepare right after I finish this blog. The finish product will probably look like this:
What makes pesto so great?
- It’s so easy to prepare. Get some basil leaves, some garlic, pine nuts (or peanuts, if you can’t find them fancy pine nuts), parmesan cheese, and olive oil. There’s no exact measurement, it would really depend on how you want it to taste. Just chop/grind all the ingredients together, and voila, you get pesto. I’m no Italian expert, but this is how I make my pesto, and it works for my taste. There are lots of recipes available online if you wanna experiment on different ingredients.
- It can go with anything. You can put it on rice, pasta, chicken, fish, bread, etc. It’s really good on pasta, with or without meat. Restaurants usually serve pesto pasta with grilled chicken or shrimps, just because it’s heavenly like that.
- It’s healthy. It’s green, it’s fresh, and it’s olive-oil-based. So compared to other pasta sauces/dips this is one of the healthier bets.
- It’s yummy! Smells good, tastes good. Need I say more?
For now, I leave you at that. I must make my Pesto on Pecho.
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For Love of Food (and Drinks)
I’ve been brainstorming all day for ideas on what to blog about as my first official post here. At the end of the day it all boils down to one particular subject which is food. I love love love food. It’s probably the second largest bulk on my monthly expenses. While clothes and shopping are my first love and the number one consumer of my salary, I just can’t stop thinking about food and all the great places and yummy food I’ve been to and tried.
So here goes…I dedicate my first “lifestyle” post to MILK TEA! *CLAP CLAP*
If you know me personally, you may very well know by now that I love milk tea. I could drink it everyday! It’s probably the primary culprit for my continuous weight-gain, but still, I can’t stop having my daily dose of NaiCha.
Here are my top 5 milk tea picks and where I get them:
5. NaiCha/Taro Milk Tea from Zen Tea
If you’re like me who needs her daily dose of milk tea on a smaller budget, then this is your best bet. They have a variety of affordable milk tea, fruit teas, and other flavored tea drinks.
Never fails to satisfy give me a quick fix for my milk tea cravings. I have to warn you though that if you get this daily for like 2-3 weeks, it will get old. So better mixed it up every once in a while with other brands or atleast other flavors.
Price range: P50 to P80
Topping options: Pearl (only topping available in all branches), Coco Jelly, Pudding, Coffee Jelly
Zen Tea Branches: N. Roxas St., Banawe, Q.C. / Blessings & Prosperity Canteen Ayala Ave., Makati City / RCBC, Ayala Ave., Makati City
4. Hawaiian Milk Tea from Serenitea
Serenitea is on of those fancier tea places that offer a variety of drinks from basic hot teas, fruit flavored teas, and milk teas. They also give you options on sugar level, ice level, and toppings.
What I like most about Serenitea is their variety of snacks that go really well with my milk tea. What you must try: Peppered Chicken, Peppered Corn, Peppered Potato Rounds.
They also offer free Wi-fi so it’s the perfect hangout place during weekends.
Price range: P85 - P110
Toppings: Pearl, Coco Jelly, Coffee Jelly, Pudding, Wheat Grass Jelly
Branches: N. Roxas, Banawe, Q.C. / Alabang Town Center / Wilson, Greenhills
3. Brown Rice Green Milk Tea from ChaTime
Now this one has a more authentic taste and feel. ChaTime is actually an international franchise originating from Taiwan. So you can expect that there’s a variety of drinks ranging from hot to cold, teas to smoothies. They also offer different sugar, ice, and topping options.
Price Range: P75 to P110
Toppings: Pearl, Coco Jelly, Pudding, Grass Jelly, Rainbow Jelly, Red Bean, Aloe Vera
Branches: N. Roxas, Banawe, Q.C. / Landmark Department Store, Makati / Robinson’s Pioneer
2. Roasted Rice Milk Tea from KozuiKozui is a place better known for their teas. They offer a variety of Japanese tea drinks and snacks. I would definitely go here for my Genmaicha, Takoyaki, Karaage, and Mochi Truffles which are to die for! Now they’ve just given me another reason to keep coming back, and that’s their new selection of milk teas. They only have 3 different tea flavors for their milk tea which are Genmaicha, Roasted Rice, and Ceylon Tea. I was only able to try the Roasted Rice which I would typically order from Japanese restaurants. It was good, not too creamy, not too watery. It was just right. Despite the very limited options for toppings (pearl, and nothing else) I still enjoyed my drink.
Price Range: P95 to P110
Branch: T. Morato, Q.C.
1. Taro Milk Tea from Bubble Tea
The last but definitely not the least, my favorite, Taro Milk Tea from Bubble Tea. This place, by far, has the richest, frothiest, creamiest milk tea I have ever tried. I don’t know if it’s because of those machine shaker things that they use, but they definitely serve the yummiest, and not to mention, the priciest milk tea drinks. They also serve an array of Japanese fusion meals. I can say that for the several times I’ve gone to this place, I’ve never been disappointed, except for one time when I ordered Takoyaki that wasn’t that freshly cooked. If you love Japanese food and snacks, you definitely have to check this place out.
Price range: P120 to P150
Topping options: Big Pearl, Small Pearl
Branch: T. Morato, Q.C.
(Sorry for the not-so-good photo)
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Life As I Know It
So this is attempt #1 in starting - and hopefully, maintaining - a lifestyle blog. I’ve had this in mind for a while, but never seemed to find the time and energy to actually start it. Now that I had finally pushed myself enough to start it, the challenge now is to actually put something in it.
For starters, I’d like to share how I came up with my blog’s name. My friends and I just finished watching “Life As We Know It” and had started discussing about starting a lifestyle blog. They were asking me for ideas about the title for the blog and I thought, why not “Life As We Know It”, just like the movie. It made sense since it was, after all, for a lifestyle blog. That never really went anywhere because I was supposed to write the first entry, but typical me was procrastinating and never really finished my first supposed entry.
Today, I had the motivation to finally create a blog, but “lifeasiknowit.tumblr.com” is already taken, so I just came up with “lifeaskadieknowsit.tumblr.com.” It’s more distinctive anyway. I also created another blog, which I might be dedicating to travel-related entries. I’ll share it with you soon once I settle on whether I’ll make that one public.
Hopefully, I’ll be able to update this blog as often, and keep it active. Enjoy reading! Cheers!:)
