I cannot imagine myself ever becoming a vegetarian. I love meat. Just the sight of a thick, succulent slab of beef roasting on the grill makes me salivate like a rabid dog. But, that doesn’t necessarily mean vegetarian dishes have no place in our table. In fact, they are very welcome, especially when they’re as delicious and flavourful as the ones we had at Bliss Cafe located in Hotel Elizabeth, Baguio City.
Bliss Cafe, the brainchild of Jim Ward and his wife Chef Shanti, has finally found its third and, hopefully, permanent home in Hotel Elizabeth.
In a corner of the hotel’s main lobby stands a door that opens to a small restaurant. Design pieces from various countries and cultures are perfectly placed into a controlled chaos, giving an atmosphere of being laid-back, peaceful, and eccentrically artistic. Jim informed us that the design of the restaurant changes every six weeks to provide different designers and artists a venue to feature their works. That’s pretty cool in our book. 
Having a mother who works as a nurse, the importance of brushing our teeth was instilled in us early on. Since we are certified foodies even when we were very young kids, we knew that we also had to continuously take care of our teeth if we’d want to go on enjoying and discovering food and flavors. And for that, teeth-brushing is not enough. You need a mouthwash that’ll clean even the nooks and crannies of your mouth. That’s why we trust LISTERINE.
Brushing alone only kills about 25% of your mouth. Alarming, right? The good news is, with Listerine, you get rid of 99.9% of germs and bacteria left after brushing. Why is this important? Because if you let all those nastiness stay in your mouth, it can result to tooth decay, bleeding gums, and bad breath. And when that happens, you can’t enjoy food as much as before. Plus, it can affect the way you look as you can’t flash your teeth anymore when you smile. 
With all the various flavor combinations we encounter as we go on our foodie adventures, bad breath can be a real buster. Good thing Listerine is also available in smaller bottles so we can bring it anywhere and freshen up after meals, even when we’re dining out.
From our past food trips, here are some of the dishes we thought we needed Listerine to refresh our breath after the meal:
Anti Vampire Sabaw (garlicky) and UFOs (scallops) – Perfect Italiano Mystery Dinner
We recently featured the Jollibee Sundae Mix-Ins MILO Blast. We know a lot of you got excited to try this because of the yummy combination of their soft-serve, Milo powder and Milo breakfast cereal. My friends who have kids already were especially delighted about this news. Milo has been one of our favorite drinks when we were growing up so we are well aware of this energy drink’s health benefits. So, pairing it with Jollibee’s soft-serve sundae just makes it double the fun, double the goodness!
If you haven’t tasted this yet, here’s your chance to try it for FREE! This Saturday, Ken and I will be at Mercato Centrale where Jollibee will have a free sampling of this new dessert.
Come with your kids or friends, especially those active young to teen ones, and you might get a chance to win special prizes from Jollibee when you’re seen and photographed by us and other foodie bloggers who’ll be there. If your photo enjoying the Jollibee Sundae Mix-Ins MILO Blast is chosen as the winner, you will get gift certificates and possibly other surprise prizes.
Here are the details of the sampling event:
When: March 17, 2012 – Saturday – We’ll be there by 9am, but Jollibee’s sampling starts at 7am and ends at 2pm.
Where: Mercato Centrale at Bonifacio Global City
We hope to see you on Saturday! Watch out for me and Ken. 
Now, here’s a yummy teaser….
Over the past 5 years, I feel like my OCD towards food contamination and harmful bacteria that can be found anywhere has heightened. Long before we had this food blog, we’ve had experiences of seeing bugs roam around the restaurant we were dining in, finding hair strands or unsightly things in our food, and learning vegetables weren’t washed well at this very popular restaurant. But, because we wanted to focus on enjoying dining out, we just had to brush those fear or phobia aside. However, I don’t think the saying “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” applies well here.
I’ve heard a lot of horror stories about food poisoning. We even had a recent experience where a this 
popular cookie store sent us an old batch of their products. Ken and I got sick the following day when we consumed them completely. We didn’t want to talk about it since the representative already apologized (oh, she has resigned apparently when she sent us a response), but it did upset us that we haven’t heard from the management directly. We just needed an explanation, not any kind of compensation for the damages (which some might argue we should go after). Anyway, good thing Ken and our nanay are nurses so we got well soon enough without having to go to the hospital. Otherwise, they’re going to hear from us.
I’ve been really OC about food contamination, seriously. That’s why whenever I hear news about traces of melamine (an industrial chemical which can cause bladder or kidney stones) found in several milk products, candy products with formaldehyde content (carcinogenic or can cause cancer), and peanut butter or noodles with the bacteria salmonella (attacks the intestines), I get shivers down my spine. I even heard about bacterial contamination in an herbal cough remedy, a product you trust to keep you well (a known herbal cough remedy, I heard) can actually hurt you more. News like these just freaks me out. 
