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Mid-March marks the start of summer as well as the season for star apples or kaymito. This fruit can be found in most warm, tropical climates; in the Philippines, you can find star apples growing around the southern Tagalog region and being sold by roadside vendors for 25 pesos a kilo (around 3 or 4 star apples). You’ll know a star apple is ripe when its skin has a dark purple, eggplant-like hue; it turns green when the fruit softens and becomes overripe. Be careful not to eat a star apple while it’s still hilaw; it will taste strange and have the weird consistency of latex.

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Jelly Belly jelly beans come in all sorts of crazy flavors and bright color combinations. With a little imagination, you use these delightful, chewy candies to add a fun new twist to your Easter decorations. Top off sugar cookies or cake icing with jelly beans, or use them to create an edible, egg-shaped centerpiece. For party favors, fill up little spring baskets or plastic easter eggs. Your guests will definitely enjoy the multitude of flavors that come in such small packaging.

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This post is a continuation of Street Food in Rallies

I have never seen so many street food vendors in one place.
Corn Vendor

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Attending a rally is quite an adventure. Standing for long hours and sweating it out can drain one’s energy. But never fear, there are street vendors in all corners of the venue. In yesterday’s rally at Liwasang Bonifacio, there were lots of choices t make. Lets explore a few of them.

Grilled Pusit (Squid)

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Here’s another gastronomic treat from Heaven in a Box that you’ll never forget. All it takes is one bite of their ultra-moist triple fudge brownie and all other brownies you’ve ever had in your life will pale in comparison to its rich, chocolate-y goodness. It seems like the bakers at Heaven in a Box have uncovered the recipe for the perfect brownies. The more chocolate you put in it, the more mouthwatering it gets, and the triple chocolate brownie really is made out of three different kinds of chocolate.

If you like your brownies extremely fudgey, then you’d better swing by Trinoma Haven at the third floor of Trinoma before it ends on March 16. Otherwise you can order them via 09178379552 or their website.

It’s been said that the Diamond Hotel’s ensaymada is one of the city’s best kept secrets and perhaps the best ensaymada in the country. But that’s the opinion of most people who have yet to try Heaven In a Box’s heavenly ensaymada. Now I think THIS is by far the best in the country. It’s about 3/4ths the size of the Diamond Hotel ensaymada but it’s even more creamy, full, and flavorful. One bite was enough to make my taste buds shiver as the ensaymada melted on my tongue.

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Candy can be so much than a kiddie treat—that is, if you take it seriously.

And for the country’s leading confectionery, candy is definitely a serious business: Candy Corner hosted a banquet in Le Soufflé Rockwell Club to showcase candy creations inspired by Jelly Belly beans, the world’s #1 gourmet jelly bean. Ms. Bubu Andres, queen of the confectionery kingdom Candy Corner, hosted the event where attendees toasted with Jelly Belly Mocktails and Cocktails, ate desserts inspired by true-to-life Jelly Belly flavors, and admired the edible table masterpieces bursting with color and texture.

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