As a person relying much on public transportation, I find that I spend a lot of time walking around the metro.  Hoping to get the most of out of walking, I got really curious with the new footwear around the market that will supposedly enhance your walking experience by toning, shaping or improving your health overall.  From Skechers’ ShapeUps, ToneUps, to FitFlops, I wondered for months until my love gave me her Christmas...

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One Chinese cuisine I never get tired of eating the simple, spicy mapo tofu.  Mapo tofu, also spelled mabo tofu or mapo doufu, is a Sichuan cuisine composed of tofu, chili and bean-based sauce and minced meat.  I liked it so much that sometimes, we have this dish at home albeit in a non-spicy form. Whenever I'm in a Chinese or Chinese-inspired restaurant, the first item I look for is this simple dish.  Strangely...

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Let’s face it, healthy food products normally cost a bit higher than regular “not-so-healthy” options.  Yogurt, or frozen yogurt in this case, falls into this healthy item list making its price quite higher than regular ice cream.  Apparently, there’s a high price tag attached to be healthy. I Heart Froyo wants to change all that by catering to an untapped sector of the frozen yogurt industry, by offering this frozen...

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Ahh yes… shawarma. Sometime in the 90’s, this Arabian wrap became the highlight of one’s lunch or merienda hours in the country.  Stores serving only this delicacy were found in every corner back then.  It got so popular that it was mentioned in a song by Eraserheads, franchises were owned by actors, and became an actual word in the English dictionary. Nowadays, one can still find Shawarma stalls in major malls and...

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Christmas season is over and if you’re a coffee lover, you most likely would have gotten a planner or two from the major coffee establishments in the country.  Apart from having a beautifully-designed planner to use in 2011, another perk that comes with it are the handful of coupons that would get you discounts and freebies in that coffee shop. In this battle, we will pit the planner coupons of Starbucks versus the ones included...

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I can’t remember being in a Le Ching Tea House before, but my friends tell me it is one of the oldest and most popular restaurants before tracing its roots to its first location in Greenhills Shopping Complex, Shoppesville Arcade in Ortigas Avenue.  It was there way before any of the other Chinese restaurants like North Park and Mann Hann popped up.  Since then, Le Ching has branched out to three other locations in...

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