Tablea

Philippine’s tablea de cacao in its raw pure form where cacao beans are harvested, fermented, dried, peeled, grounded and formed into this shape. No sugar, no emulsifiers and any other additives. Cheap and bitter. And we enjoyed it as a sikwati (cacao drink) for breakfast together with mango and puto maya (sticky rice). Gotta love…

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Schaschlik

We have a city party this weekend or stadtfest as we call it and I have only nose, mouth and wallet for Schaschlik. At 7,50 euro that comes also with a small bread and onion/cucumber salad, I would prefer this real thing more than any processed meat they call wurst or sausage.  Speaking about processed…

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Self Check-out

Lidl was closed for renovation and when they opened again, we saw Self check-out counters. You scan by yourself, pack everything by yourself and then pay with your card. Not sure if this will be a thing in Philippines at all if people there really trust each other when it comes to money. But its…

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