Snow Ice Halo-Halo in Cebu

The Snow Ice Halo-Halo at Majestic, Ayala Center, Cebu is my new favorite.

It even trumps all the Lechon in Cebu, in my opinion.

And to think.... I do not even like halo-halo.

What's not to love? It looks like it is talking to you! Calling out your name.... "Lia! Lia!"

Original Flavor

Ube Flavor

Do you think I am the only one who thinks that the food is talking to me?

Check out the Leche flan! It looks like it might jump out of the screen!

Hahahahaha Ok... Enough dissertation. 

I also ordered siopao.

Siomai which I did not share with Jing and Mona.  I told them to get their own.

I shared an order of Chicken Feet with them, though.

We also ate at Rico's Lechon.

Again, I told the 2 that I am not sharing my lechon with them so they got their own.

Pinakbet for our fiber requirement.

Jing tried the CNT lechon at Food Choices, Ayala Cebu.

Belive it or not, I ate siomai again from Dimsum Break.

Jing said she cannot eat siomai all the time.  

Steamed fried rice.

Our favorite midnight snack, Ruffles With French Onion dip!

I brought my ipad with me so I could write.  I had so many back log because I was very busy and tired.  

Hahahahaha Jing posted this picture in FB and compalined that nobody was minding her!

Breakfast at the hotel.

I took Jing and Mona to Tymad Bistro.  My favorite dessert place in Cebu.

Mille Feuille

Chocolate Walnut Torte

Kouign Amman

Salted Caramel Crepe with homemade salted caramel ice cream.

Then, went to Abaca Baking Company to buy bread.  Half of my carry-on luggage was filled with bread.

We picked up Tita Jit and Ryan at the airport.  The reason why we were all in Cebu was......

Snow Ice Halo-Halo!

I tried the Ube and asked them to separate the "others". I only like the shaved ice.

As in..... We flew all the way to Cebu to eat halo-halo!

Late lunch at Majestic.

Siomai, 1 basket just for me.

Chicken feet.

Steamed Spareribs

Vegetables

Beef Wanton Mami

Lumpiang Shanghai.

On our way back to the airport, we had a snack  at Zubuchon Mactan.

Lechon!

Kamias Shake

I ordered my favorite Ube Cheesecake.

I love it because it does not taste like cream cheese but more of ube jalaya.

That was my 2 day food journey in Cebu!

I hope everybody's stomach got big as mine! Hahahahahaha!

So much food! So little time! Not enough space in the tummy!

Shanghai Connections - My Last Installment

And so....the story continues.  

After disembarking from the ship, Quantum of the Seas, the Ka Escapdes then proceeded to one of the temples.  I was not paying attention and did not take note of the name.  

Next stop....

Tianzifang

It was Alvin's birthday last April 7 and so the lunch at Tsui Wah was his treat!  

Hahahaha I told Alvin I want to be with him and his family every April 7!

After lunch, we went shopping at the French Concession.

I bought Cheese Tart! The crust was so flaky and the cheese tasted like cream cheese. It was hot and gooey.

Ice cream was my next dessert.

Took a peek inside the market.

Marty and Miko bought an onion pancake.

We tried the Dice "hopia".

While we were waiting for our coaster, we did some crazy photo ops.

Cristina was the naughtiest of the bunch.  She took this picture and sent it to our Viber group with a caption of:

Guess which room is Madam's? (I am known as Madam by my friends.)

Next stop was the IFC Mall area to take pictures of  the tall buildings of Shanghai.

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I brought them to Super Brand Mall and ventured on my own.  It was Merienda time! I ate at Bi Feng Tang, a Cantonese restaurant.

I ordered the pan-fried shao long bao with crab roe.

Barbecue Pork Bun

Pineapple bun

Grand Shu Mai

Vermicellii roll with crispy shrimp crullers.

I was so stuffed already I thought I would burst!

While I was waiting for the group at the IFC entrance, Doc BF and Eric picked for another lauriat feast at......  

It is a Shanghainese restaurant on the 6th floor of Super Brand mall!

So many food! So little space in the stomach!

Must-try food when in Shanghai - Fried Shrimps, Red Pork and Xiao Long Bao

Believe it or not, probably not, but I only ate half an ice cube portion of each dish!

The night was not over yet! We went to The Bund for another round of photo ops!

Our last day in Shanghai was a bright and sunny day! Everybody can do and go where they like.

There was no full length mirror in our hotel room or in the hotel so I asked Pinky to take a full body shot of me so I will know how I look like.

I think I was waiting for forever.... Only to find out she and the kids were taking selfies!

Finally! She took one shot of me.  This is not really ootd but more of a "Do I look silly in my get up" kind of photo.

We had a quick lunch at the noodle house near our hotel.

Pinky and I teamed up while the rest went to other places to shop.

Oh my..... We went to Daimaru building and guess what we discovered?!?! Japanese toilets! With DRYER!

Hahahahahaha. We had to try it, of course.

We went to IFC mall to eat my favorite crepe at Momi & Toy's Creperie.  I had a Banana Chocolate Crepe.

Disney Store!

Merienda at the HK Dimsum in the Food Opera.

My last indulgence in Shanghai..... Godiva soft serve ice cream!

Strawberry and Belgian Chocolate!

We then headed back to the hotel to meet up with the group.  

Going to the airport, we took the Maglev train while our luggages were brought to the airport in a van.

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It only took 8 minutes to get to Pudong International Airport with a speed of 301/kph!

When we were planning our trip, I was not too keen on Shanghai.  Where will I eat? Where will I shop?

Even if we were there for 3 whole days, before and after the cruise, there are still a lot of places to check out.

I would not mind going back to Shanghai! 

In fact, everybody loves Shanghai!

Thank you to my Ka Escapades .....

Team Bel-Air  Belles: Mona and Lia

Team Eureka: Doc Bernie, Dra. Cristina, Ate Odinah and Pinky

Team Infante : Jodie, Eric, Carrie and Gio

Team Ramos: Dra. Miko, Alvin and Marty

....for putting up with me!

 I am not used to traveling with a big group, I am usually by myself and yet they were very indulgent in my whims and my silliness!

This concludes my food journey!

Until the next adventure!