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starbucks cool coffee experience

Welcome, summer!

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If you haven’t noticed the rising temperature, then you’ve probably been stuck at home with your aircon blowing full blast, and all your shades have been pulled down. But for those of you that have been sweating it out in the scorching summer sun, here’s a bit of good news…

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Starbucksis initiating its Summer Oasis Mall invasion. Mall invasion, you ask? Get to chill out in beautiful, Brazilian inspired cabanas while enjoying a back rub or hand massage; relive those fun-filled beach days by getting a henna tattoo; or simply relax with Starbucks’s new Coffee Blend — the Dulce de Leche Frappuccino Blended Coffee (or Blended Cream). Here are the tentative dates for the mall tour:

May 3-4: Bonifacio High Street
May 9-10: Glorietta Mall
May 17-18: Powerplant Mall
May 24-25: Robinson’s Place Manila
May31-June 1: SM Mall of Asia
June 3-5: Glorietta Mall
June 14-15: Shangri-La Mall

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Luckily, I don’t have to wait for those dates, as I was able to get an ‘advance preview’, along with a few other guests. Back rubs and hand massages, henna tattooing by Tanging Henna (from Puerto Galera), and some of the new products awaited the guests. The new Dulce de Leche Frappuccino Blended Coffee (or Cream based) was the main attraction. Also served, for our gastronomic pleasure: the Dulce de Leche Bars, Dulce de Leche Cheesecake, Passion Fruit Cake and to break away from the sweetness, a Shitake Mushroom with Farmers Ham sandwich (which was loaded with pesto and some other good stuff). Oh, there was also a salad…which I didn’t try as it just looked too healthy.

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So as the sun set in Harbour Square, I enjoyed my cool coffee blend, experiencing the beach, right in the middle of the city. Too bad I was in office attire. For your own cool coffee break, ask your local barista in your favorite Starbucks outlet for more info. But take note, not all outlets are offering this sizzling treat.

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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 at 1:50 pm

Canon 20D, events, food, photography, Yehey | coffee, dessert, henna tattoo, massage, pastries, photography, starbucks

trinoma dessert haven

last march 7, trinoma held a follow up to it’s blogger food tour. this time, it was all about desserts. we were given GCs to purchase the various goodies from the participating outlets [Dulcelin, CakeBiz, Must be Moms, Unit 16 Sweets, Gigi La Crepe, Katlyn’s Kitchen, Fleur de Lys, Sugarhouse, Russian Cookie House, St. Clements Kitchen, Swell Sweets and more], and of course, we invited a few bloggers to join in the feast of sweets. so we purchased numerous sugary samplers and spread them for our indulging accomplices. and like a pack of wolves after the kill, we gobbled up all the treats…cakes, cookies, pies, cupcakes, tortes ant tarts, ensaymadas and puto.

when the “smoke” cleared, and we all had our fill, we still had a lot to brown bag and take home (as seen in the photo above).

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you can still participate and take advantage of the ongoing promo. every P1,500 purchase at any participating restaurant on the 3/F or 4/F of TriNoma Park entitles you to a free dessert from any Dessert Haven concessionaire.

here are a few other blogs from some of the folks that joined us: