Sunday, October 28, 2018

Hello Again Baguio City!

This picture was taken at Baguio City during our family vacation last June 2014. With us here is my brother who drove us all the way to Baguio from Manila, who lived in there and where we also stayed. It was a long trip but was worth it. It was my 2nd time to be in Baguio and first for my family.
We just stayed there for one day but we sure had fun and brought a lot of memories with us. However, it was raining when we went there so my family was not able to see Mine's view. I've seen it before but that in the 90's.
But since we tried not to go home late in the afternoon, we skipped Strawberry picking. Next visit, that will be the top on my list. I never even had the chance to meet with my friend. But we made sure to visit some historical sites and their tourist attractions and one of them is the Dinosaur Island at Baguio Eco-park (see picture). They also have Holy Land at the other side but we didn't go there anymore.
We had a blast going there. My brother and husband had fun following the route they use via there iphone's. My 2 kids and 1 nephew had a great time even though they often complained that it was too long. And if you ask me if I'll go back there again, I will definitely say Yes!

Monday, October 22, 2018

Opening of Gringo CDO 2017



Gringo: Chicken*Ribs*Friends opened their 9th branch last October 11, 2017 at SM CDO Downtown Premier, Cagayan de Oro City. This was their first branch to open outside Metro Manila.
Gringo, a homegrown restaurant specializes in Latin-Mexican food like chicken, ribs, tacos, and burritos including Catfish. So if you're craving for some Latino food, then this place is definitely for you.
The grand opening was very well attended by CDOBloggers, Manila Bloggers, Social Media Influencers, Lifestyle Bloggers and Vloggers.


Celebrity Lifestyle bloggers/vloggers Dani Barretto and Verne Enciso were present that night and made Gringo's grand opening more exciting! And so nice of them to accommodate us with some photo ops :-)

Celebrity twins Joj and Jai were also there and joined the games. And yes, that's me and the sweet Dani girl :D

One of Gringo's bestseller foods is their Baby back ribs. They also served original or spicy chicken (see right pic).

Above left pic was their fried Catfish, another bestseller. Picture on the right was my plate. It has a little bit of everything: Chicken, Baby back ribs, catfish, Mexican rice complete with side dish (corn and carrots)

Mexican food won't be complete if there is no taco. Dessert served was composed of sweetened sticky rice topped with ice cream. It was my first time to try such dessert but the taste was good.
If you have't visited Gringo yet, you can locate them at 2/F SM CDO Downtown Premier and get to experience the Mexican vibe.

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Having Fun Making My Own Pizza at Greenwich

(Reposting coz I look happy here 😀)

Greenwich Cagayan de Oro started the summer by offering their best ever Hawaiian Overload pizza! CDOBloggers were invited and got the chance to create their own pizza and some even won a prize!
This mouth-watering pizza is topped with the perfect blend of meaty slices of ham, sweet and juicy pineapple bits and finished with slices of green bell pepper. Below, you can see some of the pictures on how we created our own pizza and why we had so much

Decorating my pizza

My beautiful and mouth-watering pizza :-p
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I've got certified :-D

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Friday, October 5, 2018

Choobi Choobi CDO 2016

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Last May 1, 2016, Choobi Choobi officially launched their newest branch at Limketkai Center, Cagayan de Oro City. The store originally opened its first branch in Cebu on July2013. Currently, the store has 16 branches nationwide and still continues growing.
Choobi Choobi’s tag line is “Lingaw Lingaw Kaon!”, a Visayan word for Enjoy, Enjoy Eating! To give a brief background of this store, it is a family oriented casual dining restaurant. Although some thought that this is a Korean establishment because of how the name sounded, the restaurant actually offered Filipino Food Comfort. Their house specialties are mostly shrimps, and there are also squid, shellfish, fish, lobster, giant bamboo clam and baby lobster.
For the not so seafood-lover, you can order their Choobi crispy pata, Fried manok, crispy adobong kanding, fried herbed spring duck, belly dance, sizzling boneless bangus and many more. Try to check their food posted below so that you know what to order when you are planning to visit the restaurant.
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A selfie with Erich Gonzalez

Choobi Choobi’s grand opening at LLKS was attended by their new brand ambassador, Kapamilya actress Erich Gonzales. Fans flocked at the mall’s rotunda to get a glimpse of her and fortunately for some, they got to dine with Erich at the store located at the 2nd floor of the mall.
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Local Medias were invited to grace the event and as a member of CDO Bloggers, I got the chance to see and interview Ms. Erich up close and personal. She entertained all questions thrown at her on why she chose to endorse the said restaurant. Being a seafood-lover, she did not hesitate to accept Choobi Choobi’s invitation to be their brand ambassador.
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Social Media CDO Bloggers with the Brand Ambassador Erich

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The proud Endorser
In case you have not yet tried the restaurant, visit Choobi Choobi at the 2nd Level East Annex Building at Limketkai Mall or you can also visit them at the 2nd floor of Centrio Ayala Mall, Cagayan de Oro City.
Posting some of their menus below:
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Newest Menu - Chesapeaks Bay Crab and Shrimp boil
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Grilled pompano fish
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Stan's Fried Black Pepper Shrimp and my Favorite!

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Chilean Mussels