From Bicol

From Bicol, originally uploaded by thortz.

August 15-18, Mon and some of his officemates went to Bicol. Bicol!!! I want to go to Bicol! It's in my "places to go".

However, I did not go with them. I could not go with them because (1) he was going with his officemates, and (2) I did not have a long weekend. (For that, I settled going to Guimaras -- next week.)

I reminded him of his pasalubong for me (I guess he really did not plan to buy some treats for me, huh!) So, on Tuesday last week, he gave me a basket of goodies from Bicol.

Pinya, very delicious, which cost only P10.00 each. Pili tarts. A pair of slippers made of abaca. Tinapa. All in a cute basket that can be bought at three for P100.00. Yummy! :)

P.S. Photo is in black and white because (1) it shows some mood of not being able to go to some place I really wanted to go, and (2) I could not take a decent photo of those treats.

I WILL GO TO BICOL someday! And, I'll take good, beautiful photos of the things and places that I want!

ChocoNAGA

This weekend, my college barkada got together (minus Princess who had chickenpox and Ed who was in Baler) in Trinoma. Lunch and coffee courtesy of Bebang and JD (thank you birthday peepz).

The get together was, aside from the birthday treat of the two, called on to meet Rojo who has been in Bicol for more than a year now. We haven't seen him that long, and yes, he has grown and looked more serious than before. Hehe.

So what's with Bicol? Pili nuts.

After staying in his hometown for so long (he's from Camarines Sur), he brought us pasalubong but not the usual pili nuts brittle. He brought ChocoNAGA and some sweet pili nuts mini cakes.

The pili nuts mini cakes were delicious. Really. Soft. Sweet. Tasted a bit like yema. And, not enough for the five of us. I was not able to get the brand of the mini cakes he brought as the whole pack did not survive to be taken out of the restaurant where we had lunch. Kulang pa nga e.

As with the ChocoNAGA, I brought it home and survived to be taken to the office.

It's chocolate with pili nuts! Definitely, I would love it. I tasted the Classic Premium variant, which Bebang was not able to appreciate preferring the semi-sweet one (she's the only one who opened that bar). It was not bitter, but maybe not sweet enough for her taste.

Here's the information about that chocolate:

ChocoNAGA
Chocolate with Roasted Pili Nuts

Manufactured by:

ChocoNAGA Enterprises
Ateneo de Naga University
Ateneo Avenue, Naga City

Tel. No. (054) 472-4596 / 0919-2644864


Product of Naga City, Philippines