I never knew nor tried M&S Food before but recently, I was surprised that M&S food reopened its brand new store at level 2, south main mall at the SM Mall of Asia. Since Christmas holidays is fast approaching, M&S shop were on their Christmas motif, went there inside to check the shop out and grab some ideas what to offer for my Christmas parties. When I went inside the shop, I noticed that they were on an event launch of their M&S Christmas Collection and luckily saw a friend who happens to work with M&S! She let me try some of their treats and told me more about the M&S...

I know lots of people nowadays are busy with their work, some are busy with their Christmas shopping and at the end, they are all victims of Christmas road bumper to bumper traffic. Majority of us knows how to cook but no time to prepare because of our hectic schedules. Some people are too tired to think of what to serve for their Christmas party or for their Christmas Noche Buena. These people tend to buy fast food goods just to have something to serve at their Christmas table. I know your work is very important, thinking and buying gifts as well. But you can now disregard the stress of thinking of...

Thinking of a theme for this coming holiday? This holiday season, Bizu Patisserie acquires the inspiration from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite as it transforms itself into the magical land of the sweets. This may be a good theme in to your party tables this coming holiday parties especially for Christmas. This one also can be a good Christmas present to your love ones. Here are the unique pastry entries of Bizu Patisserie this December: Rouge is a French gateaux of raspberry mousse cake with a crème brûlée surprise. Noël Dark Chocolate Fruitcake is a Valrhona chocolate pecan and dark cherry cake...

It’s going to be Christmas soon and we are now all busy with preparing our Noche Buena menu. I love the holiday season because it allows me to decorate the house with ornaments. Just look at my Christmas tree this year at the side. Anyway, I love Christmas because it also allows me to plan what food to serve for Noche Buena. Some of the traditional Noche Buena food which my family serves are: Hamon – a Filipino favorite is of course the Christmas ham. Too hard to make on your own so just buy one at the grocery. Hehe. Queso de Bola – the partner of the Christmas ham, but also, a great...

There are lots of things to prepare for Christmas. In preparing, you’ll need more time to think of what you have to organize. Making a list will help you put things in order. So grab a pen and a paper, or if you are a techie, prepare your computer or mobile gadget. Photo credit: happy via Here’s how to start: The Gift Planner Photo credit: Oleg Alefirenko Begin by listing down the names of whom you plan to give gifts to. These would probably include the following: Family members Relatives Close friends Office mates God children Just make sure they are worthy to receive gifts from you this...