Comments on: A Quick Pick Me Up…

By: cumin

cumin — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:42:32 +0000

Not sure if ‘pick me up’ is right — looking at the pictures I sink deeper and deeper in my chair! If I saw these plastic stirrers at Zubuchon, I would definitely ask the manager if I could please take home one. Or can I pay to get two? :-)

These days my sugar quota is taken up by iced coffee. Although I usually drink coffee black, for some reason iced coffee has to have copious amounts of sugar and milk. In QC, my favorite halohalo is at Coconut House inside Quezon Memorial Circle, not too many ingredients but generous with macapuno, and the scoop of coconut ice cream makes the trip worthwhile.

By: mayums

mayums — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:38:51 +0000

we love halo-halo; the ones sold by our neighbors are enough to beat (temporarily) the summer heat. my favorite ingredients would be nata de coco, leche flan and ube. my kids also love sago’t galaman; however, i’m more partial to gulaman.

i miss mais con yelo. haven’t had this for years!

i love looking at the photos where the milk is slowly melting the shaved ice. :)

By: niceyfemme

niceyfemme — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:31:44 +0000

Gorgeous looking halo halo! I love halo halo with few ingredients that are prepared well, one thats not too sweet, and with lots of ice. Yum!

By: Mimi

Mimi — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:59:43 +0000

I’d love some halo-halo! But do not have time to make all the ingredients! I like halo-halo beany- minatamis na garbanzos, white beans and red monggo- with ube, leche flan and pinipig.

Saba is easy to get here, so I just make kusilba/ minatamis na saging with evap milk, sago and lots of ice.

We went home for a quick visit and I had Chowking halo-halo, sadly it did not taste like it used too, to me. Some of the bits were tough to chew; it was sickly sweet; and the ice was very hard to break.

Did not have time to go to the ones in Laguna with yema pastillas.

By: AM

AM — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:58:46 +0000

omg! Those were great pictures; capturing the slow movement of the milk and mixing the halo-halo. :P Yum! The closest place to get halo-halo here is Gerry’s Grill, but I know it won’t be the same.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:15:21 +0000

I got these stirrers at a wholesale restaurant supply store and they were still kinda pricey… compared to the bamboo “muddlers” we had custom made for our restaurants for smashing our santol juice, etc. Plus the muddlers are locally made and these probably imported… :)

By: ami

ami — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:42:06 +0000

Razon’s is the only halo-halo that I like. I’d rather have sago’t gulaman or ice cream. Lately, my drink of choice has been milk tea with tapioca pearls.

MM, if you were to start using the cute stirrers in your restaurant I guarantee you that people would start stealing them. Sad but true.

By: january

january — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:31:04 +0000

MM, Regina’s in Shopsville sells those plastic stirrers in volume, cheap also if I may add.:)

By: JE

JE — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:00:25 +0000

Haha. Great idea on the ‘virtual’ halo-halo.

By: britelite

britelite — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:02:21 +0000

Sago’t saba con hielo for that not so heavy feeling….