Stacy's is neatly tucked in one of the buildings near the Mind Museum. The store has that fun and bright vibe, splashed with colors, which would be mistaken as a children's store. Angelique is a props stylist while Abby is a food stylist which they both incorporated into the theme of the store, no wonder the store is aesthetically pretty.


Stacy's is an all-day breakfast place which serves comfort food. Here are some of the things we tried:


This is Stacy's version of the Filipino Breakfast staple, Tapsilog. Their Tapa is made of marinated yakiniku beef strips which was so soft and yummy.

Sidebar is situated at El Pueblo Ortigas, tucked nicely at the corner of Cafe 1771 and other restaurants. Sidebar is part of the Chateau 1771 group of restaurants. Sidebar attracts a loyal following of young professionals who found a great place to unwind after office hours with colleagues and friends.

Glorietta Food Choices has a nice selection of places to eat. I frequent there to eat lunch with friends. I happened to notice 2 new stores, Manam Express and Q Daddy. Both stores share the same kitchen which was a nice idea. Soshi and I tried Manam Express because from observation, they have a bounteous serving of rice (Good news for Soshi, bad news for my belly)

Foodgasm is a yearly event organized by the UP Economic Society along with Mercato Centrale. It aims to give way for start up food businesses to showcase and impress the public with their product.


It was my first time being invited as a food blogger-judge for Foodgasm IV. I was very honored and happy because it would be the first time my personal blog would be out in the public. As a food blogger-judge, we were given a chance to have a friend come with us and share the experience. I came with Soshi with butterflies in our stomach, anticipating what food to expect.



Foodgasm opened to the public at around 7pm but as a food-blogger judge, our call time is 6PM, giving us enough time to scan the stalls, take pictures and talk to merchants. We didn't have any strategy, we just tried the stalls with less people so we could chat with the merchants. But come 7PM, a lot of people flocked in and continued until 9-10PM.