(Chicago) – I go loco for anything with coco. Any savory dish with rich coconut cream/milk is a no-brainer favorite, to name a few: Bicol express, laing...
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A Plan for a Leche Flan
(Chicago) – I don’t understand why I keep renewing my membership to Costco every year. For a single person living in a cramped high-rise apartment, it does not make sense to stock up on groceries. I can’t even find enough space for my shoes. No matter how much thinking and mental decisions I make to drop my membership off, I still find myself in the counter with piles of boxes of granolas and family-sized bags of whatever munchies; paying $50 renewal fee, year after year.
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Pinoy Ice Cream at Village Creamery
(Chicago) – I live in the city but for many good reasons, I find myself hanging out more in the suburbs. I actually prefer going to the less crowded malls outside the city, rather than in downtown Chicago, where tourists mob the restaurants and stores, and parking is just annoyingly difficult and unreasonably expensive if you plan to get a secure spot. End of ranting, I’m supposed to share my fun, laid-back weekend discovery in Niles, a suburb northwest of the City of Chicago. Here it goes. I was just driving around this area with a friend and we chanced upon a familiar ice cream store in the corner of…
