My New Love: Magboul Shawarma

Since I've set foot in Pangasinan, one of the best comfort food I've always had was Food Channel's beef shawarma with cheese.

Note the "was".

During my daily commute to work, I always pass by this cute stall near Dominican School selling shawarma. I was thinking one day I should drop by and try one. So imagine my delight when a colleague asked if I wanted to eat there one afternoon as we were all on our way home.

From our workplace, it's just one fast jeepney ride to Magboul Shawarma if you take the Downtown Loop rides. =)

The place is simple, a smattering of unpretentious monoblock chairs and tables welcomes you together with the smell of the beef cooking on the grill standing at one side. As we sit, I notice most of their customers are college students and a few professionals. Interesting. Maybe their shawarma really rocks.

And rock me, it did. We ordered beef shawarma with double cheese and double bread. We were famished! Haha! I think I finished mine in less than 10 minutes! (kasama na ang daldalan dyan ha =P) 

The beef was really tender, the bread absolutely to die for (it wasn't paper thin like with the other shawarmas I've had), and there was just enough cheese and onions and was it lettuce? to keep me going bite after bite. It was that good! 

I even ordered one to take home to my hubby.

Ever since then, hubby would always ask that I bring one home to him. And for just 50 bucks, who would complain, right? 

Need I say more?

Magboul Shawarma is located just around the corner past Dominican School, very accessible. =)

Yellow Tree Cafe

I was out a few weeks ago with a couple of my blogger friends to interview Pangasinan Vice Gov. Ferdinand Calimlim and Dagupan City Councilor Red Mejia for the first ever Bloggers Cafe and it just so happens that we decided to hold it at City de Luxe's Yellow Tree Cafe.


It's my first time to be there and try out their drinks, so of course, I just have to blog about it. =)


At first inspection, the ambiance was so cheerful and sunshiny, talk about monochromes of yellow on the walls, apt lighting fixtures, and quirky furniture. I think, more than anything, that their target market is the college crowd. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to take any pictures as it was quite a sudden meet up.


 Let's move on to the most exciting part- the drinks. Ever since I tried drinking milk tea (since it's all the buzz nowadays), I'm constantly on the search for the best place to have my milk tea fix and enjoy it too. The flavor I had this time was Wintermelon with Black Pearl Sinkers. It was okay, given that it came in a big tumbler. What I absolutely loved about it was they put tons of sinkers in the drink. So I must say, it's sulit. =P


Another plus for me was the strong WiFi in the cafe. I did not have any problem at all when connecting to the Internet. I'm sure this will be a plus as well for people looking for a place to chill out and surf the net in this very technologically-advanced society we have now.


Last but not the least, Yellow Tree Cafe's location is very accessible to the public. It is situated at the 2nd floor of City de Luxe in Tapuac District, Dagupan City. 

Level Up!

It's been a while since my last post. I've been a bit busy for the past few weeks and I didn't really have the luxury to write or even compose my thoughts.


Anyway, as June rolled up, I got myself into a new job. Yours truly is now a college professor for Colegio de Dagupan, formerly Computronix College. I'm currently teaching English subjects as well as World and Philippine Literature. So far, so good. It's a long way from being an elementary teacher where I have to swat kids on their butts. Kidding! Haha!


I'm still doing events on the side, by the way, and I've got events lined up for the -ber months. A kiddie party, and two weddings to be exact. I feel really grateful that I am given these blessings. I think that when you get a bit older and a bit more mature, you learn how to appreciate the little things that get thrown your way.


So if you've got a party and you need somebody to host or coordinate it, call me up at 0916 205 5005. Let me help you out. =)