Missplpify's Birthday Celebration!

Hey guys!

Today was my good friend, Iya (Missplpify)'s birthday! Yayyyy!

She invited me to her birthday celebration at Persian House, Magallanes for lunch.

I haven't been to that resto before but I'm aware of the place where it's located and I was glad that my bro was kind enough to drive me to the venue.

Upon arrival, I was greeted by the birthday girl and I get to meet her friends and family. After a few minutes, my blogger self can't help but take pictures of the place and the food!

Just look at her cake and the cute little Iya cupcakes! 

 First off, the interiors of the place...

The place looks so warm and comfy...

 Tables were decorated with vases with these flowers...

 What I like most of all are the patterns on the walls and even on the table cloth!

And here comes the food pics!!

 Unfortunately, I wasn't able to remember the exact names of the food. :(

YUMMMM right!?

I forgot to take a picture of my shawarma... I ordered a chicken one. :( 

boooo me.

Just look at this sinful chocolate cake! O_O

 The pink cupcakes are so cute... and yummy too! The strawberry frosting was so delicious!

 The pic on the right contain these blueberry cheesecake-like cupcakes! Good thing I took one home. It was delish as well!

We also had a cup of Golden Spoon's yogurt. We get to pick what flavor and toppings to eat. I just digged-in when I received my cup. I just love every scoop of it! Perfect for the summer heat! 

After a refreshing meal and fun conversations, we sang to the birthday girl...

Happy Birthday, Iya! :)

 The beautiful girls I get to hang with during the event!

(Ms. Jen (founder of Snoe), Iya, Trina, Teena, Andee, Ana, and Henri)

 and finally, a picture of me with the gorgeous celebrant!

And before I end this post, I get to take home this pretty bottle of perfume from Iya... 

I'm not gonna go to details since I will be saving it for a seperate post. For now I would just say that it has a fantastic vanilla scent that is very long lasting (I can still smell it on me after 6 hours!). Stay tuned if you want to know more on this. <3 font="">

It was really a fun day of delicious food and good company.

I even got to go to Ms. Jen's house after the party and saw a quick peek on some pictorials of the new Snoe products. Yay! She was also kind enough to drop us off at Glorietta! Thanks, Ms. Jen! :)

So I will end this post now with a shout out to Iya!

Happy birthday, girl! Stay gorgeous as always and see you again soon!

Thank you again for inviting me to this very special day. Love ya! :)

Cheers!

DAWN 

What's Our Favorite Mocha Cupcake?

Hello everyone!

Let's take a break from all the beauty talk first and go with something most of us also love - Cupcakes! This isn't the first time that I posted something regarding cupcakes. I guess, besides cheesecakes and dulce de leches, cupcakes are probably a favorite sweet treat of mine. :P

Anyway, I would just like to share with all of you a new favorite of mine... a certain mocha cupcake that my siblings and I agreed that it probably is one of the best mocha flavored cupcakes we've tried!

Everyday Mom's Mocha Cupcake!

This was introduced to us by my brother. He usually goes out and try different food places - sort of like a foodie but not quite yet. He bought a box containing these and my sis, Trace (when she was here visiting from AU), and I completely fell in-love with them!

What made is stand-out among the rest of the cupcakes we've tried is that its sweetness isn't overwhelming. The cake was moist and the cream on top's sweetness was just right but filled with mocha goodness! We enjoyed every bite of it and we craved for more!

If you're not familiar with Everyday Mom, here's a description of what they are about from their Facebook Page:

Everyday Mom was borne out of a mother’s commitment to serve healthy and yummy goodies to her family, most especially her kids. Opened by full-time mother and home baker Pamela Ann Yu Lim in April 2012, Everyday Mom offers products made with natural ingredients and baked in non-toxic stainless steel pans. Cakes and cookies are butter-free and made with unbleached flour (as opposed to regular chemically treated bleached flour that has no real nutritional value), aluminum-free baking soda and baking powder, sea salt and natural flavors like pure vanilla extract. Instead of butter, Everyday Mom uses heart-healthy oil which is unsaturated and has anti-oxidant benefits. There are no artificial sweeteners, food colors, flavors and preservatives in all Everyday Mom’s baked treats and desserts. Everyday Mom believes that providing healthy food is truly a mother’s natural way of showing how much she cares for her family.

Everyday Mom. Healthy and Yummy. Naturally.

Who could say no to healthier but still delicious sweets??

Their store is located at Scout Tuason, Quezon City and is open from 11am-9pm. Though the place is small, you can't miss it because of the cute colors of the place (can't really see much since I took the photo at night time... boooo.).

They offer different flavored cupcakes such as the black and white cupcakes (rich choco cupcakes with cheesecake center!!) and carrot cupcakes. A cupcake is affordable at around Php 40.00. 

They also have some coffee jelly which I like as well.

On the shelves store some muscovado banana bread, chocolate banana cupcakes and walnut banana bread. A heavenly dessert place for banana lovers!

 I think they also have brownies in different flavors too!

Oh, I just have to take pictures of these cute words placed on the walls of the place.

It makes the warm, welcoming, yellow interior looking more friendly than it already is!

Among their products besides the mocha cupcake that my bro introduced to us, I've tried the black & white cupcake and coffee jelly. Yum!

On my next visit...

I bought the carrot cupcake but I still prefer the mocha cupcake. I guess we've already found our HG product from the place! :P

I wish they'll have a vanilla or a white chocolate cupcake someday. I'd love to try one since up until now, my most loved cupcake is the Vanilla Sunshine one from Cupcakes by Sonja. That place is just too far away from our place... Oh how fun it would be if Everyday Mom would start serving my favorite flavors too! 

So that's all about our little cupcake talk! Do try out Everyday Mom's mocha cupcake! I'm sure you'd love it as much as I did! :D

Cheers!

DAWN

Vanilla Cupcake Bakery

Hi guys!

We don't usually do food posts but I just love going to this cupcake place in Glorietta!

Vanilla Cupcake Bakery

I first noticed this place 2 weeks ago when I went to Glorietta's National Bookstore to buy some items I use for painting.

The place just looks so cute that I wanted to go inside! Plus, I'm a huge lover of vanilla cupcakes! ♥

Just look at the interior!

They have quite a variety of goodies in their menu!

They also have awesome lighting! Haha!

Great place to take a picture for a new profile picture for Facebook! LOL :P

The tea sets are too cute! I want me some! 

And finally, this really cute couch! I want one for my room! The color combination is a favorite of mine!

So Liz and I finally ate here last Saturday.

We ordered one cupcake each and a cookie.

And they served it in a glass cupcake tray with glass cover!

I felt like a princess!

Other than the glass tray, they serve the other treats in a paper plate and use wooden forks. Quite environmentally friendly, huh?

They also serve you water there for free!

And if I haven't said the word "cute" enough for their interior, even the tissue napkins are cute! I don't know if the details can be seen in this pic but it actually has some butterfly relief designs on the napkins!

So anyway, here's what we ordered:

A Decadent Cupcake for Liz which is yummy but according to her, it can be too sweet.

A White Chocolate Chunk and Macadamia Cookie which I think is my favorite from the ones we ordered.

And of course, their Vanilla Cupcake for me. It's such a classic treat!

All of them are delicious,

though Liz and I agreed that the sponge cake can be more moist.

So if you are in the mood for something sweet and cute, Vanilla Cupcake Bakery is a place to go to! I bet you'd feel like a pretty little princess just like we did!

Cheers!

DAWN

Happy Birthday to My Mommy Dearest

Today is my mommy's birthday!

I was supposed to put an FOTD post today but I was quite busy doing this...

 My mom's portrait!

I thought I'd make a sketch of her as a gift for her birthday. She kept on asking before when I can make her one but I just can't do it then because of all the school work and thesis.

But since it is her special day today, I did it at last! It was a kind of rushed. I will still have to edit it to soften the edges and blend it more.

We celebrated her birthday with a dinner at The Fort.

We ate at the restaurant called Duo.

 I was, of course, with my mom (in red), her sister, Tita Cora, and my super poging brother. :P

I really liked the food I ordered, especially the Fillet Mignon and Panna Cotta! Yummmm!

Since my mom just came from a busy day from the clinic in our province, we didn't stay long. We just went to Cupcakes by Sonja to buy some yummy cupcakes for takeout. :P

So I will be ending my post with this picture of my favorite cupcake, the classic Vanilla Sunshine. I will be eating this right after I click the publish button. Rawr. It will probably be all consumed by the time you read this. Haha!

Cheers,
DAWN