Only a little more than two months before 2014 finally bid goodbye. Wow, how crazy and amazing is that? My high school cousins will soon become college students; the steamy hot winds of March and April seem like only yesterday; the rainy September afternoons had passed by; the sentiment of leaving work then meeting new people still feels like new. So much things...

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After a tiring 3 hours of shopping for Halloween needs (from BGC to SM Aura to Market Market then back to SM Aura again), a Ramen fix, we believed, would fit perfect to suit our dizzy heads. My colleague suggested his friend's restaurant, but had a hard time remembering the name. Luckily, right as we enter SM Aura we saw this cozy restaurant...

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With the lustrous and classy interiors of Lugang Cafe, one can be intimidated to enter and dine in there. Honestly, I wasn't interested in this restaurant before. For me, it was just another expensive, commonplace restaurant in town. And besides, their name doesn't sound so appetizing to the ear. (Please tell me you agree.) I didn't know until yesterday that they serve the BEST Xiao Long Bao ever at a...

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Aside from being dubbed as the surfing capital of the Northern Philippines, one reason why I keep coming back to La Union is this food haven located in the midst of the city capital - Halo Halo de Iloko Balay. The Place From the outside, the place looks like a two-storey residential place turned into a restaurant. The first time I stepped in, I...

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