Pinoy Life At Large

To my surprise, the SM Mall of Asia is so full of wonderful foodie finds. A recent rave is Rotimum’s coffee buns. The owners say it is Singapore’s best selling coffee bun. So, I decided to go in and give it a try. I do not know the origins of this great-tasting bread, but I do know that it smells like freshly-brewed coffee, a scent that is appealing to a lot of people even to non-coffee drinkers like myself. Depending on which country you are in, these buns come in a variety of names; roti boy (sounds like a proper noun), mexican buns or coffee buns. Rotimum is a Singaporean original and now it has come to the Philippines.

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After seeing an IMAX movie at the Mall of Asia, Noreen and I decided to go around the mall and check out what’s new. The Mall of Asia is indeed a treasure trove of wonderful foodie finds. A little further and I finally stumbled on White Hat, a yogurt store.

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This has got to be my best snack find in S&R since Blue Bunny Ice Cream. Binggrae, a popular dessert manufacturer in South Korea, has come up with what could be one of the world’s fastest selling “creamsicle“. They call it an ice bar, but in local terms, it’s a popsicle. The smell and taste is that of real honeydew melons.

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The African Sunrise is a unique blend of tea leaves and herbs that only those in US have been lucky enough to drink. Worry not for Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf brings this exquisite tea blend to the Philippines and will be available to Pinoy tea lovers on the 28th of July.

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