• Tenya Tiendesitas Opens for Tempura and Tendon Fans

    Tenya Tiendesitas Opens for Tempura and Tendon Fans

    Tempura and Tendon aficionados from the Pasig/Ortigas area can now enjoy Japan’s #1 tendon without having to venture too far. TENYA TIENDESITAS Tenya Philippines opened their 9th branch in Tiendesitas. It is located at the ground floor of Building B, near the C-5 side. Tenya is Japan’s #1 Tempura Tendon restaurant chain. It was started…


  • Quick Recipes with a Healthy Twist from Doña Elena’s Filipino Chefs

    Quick Recipes with a Healthy Twist from Doña Elena’s Filipino Chefs

    Sharing these quick & easy recipes from Doña Elena Olive Oil’s Chef Ambassadors: Locavore’s Chef Mikel and Raintree Group’s Chef Kalel. The first one sounds like a take on Beef Stroganoff, and the second recipe is chocolate-covered pasta. Upon first reading it, I was a bit skeptical, but chocolate-covered potato chips sound weird, too, but…


  • Be Careful When Buying Airpots + Tips on Buying the Next One

    Be Careful When Buying Airpots + Tips on Buying the Next One

    I bought this Zojirushi Airpot in 2014. At first, I was very happy with it. Water was still very hot even after two days! It was such a convenience to have hot water available all the time. Making tea or coffee anytime I wanted became so easy. After a few months of using the airpot,…


  • Yeah Yeah Chinese Cuisine – 30% OFF Dimsum & Congee Promo

    Yeah Yeah Chinese Cuisine – 30% OFF Dimsum & Congee Promo

    A casual but decent Chinese restaurant is a bit difficult to find in the New Manila / QC area. Often, one would have to drive all the way to Binondo, Banawe or Greenhills. But now, you can stay in the New Manila / QC area if you’re craving for Chinese food. The place is nice,…


  • UPDATED: Converge Internet Review Using Separate WIFI Router

    UPDATED: Converge Internet Review Using Separate WIFI Router

    UPDATED 2020 CONVERGE REVIEW HERE: https://www.karenmnl.com/converge-internet-review-2020/ We’ve been using Converge since 2017, and I have been chronicling our experience here: https://www.karenmnl.com/converge-fiber-internet-review-worth-switch/ https://www.karenmnl.com/converge-ict-review-one-year-later/ Of course, the more we appreciated the speed and bandwidth, the more gadgets we had connecting to our wifi, and we had problems with connections dropping, etc… A few readers have suggested that…


  • Nanyang – Quick & Affordable Singaporean Favorites

    Nanyang – Quick & Affordable Singaporean Favorites

    A few weeks ago, I was invited to lunch at the recently opened Nanyang branch in Bonifacio High Street. This new restaurant brand serves Singaporean food in a fast casual setting, but also provides enough ambience where you’ll feel like having coffee and snacks. This branch in BHS is located inside Breadtalk, at the C7…


  • 9 Home Decorating Trends to Try this 2019!

    9 Home Decorating Trends to Try this 2019!

    The start of the new year is a great time to start looking at our space and think about implementing changes that will support a better 2019 for us. I am on my fifth episode of Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, and while I have not done quite as much as her clients, I did…


  • How to Make Clip Ref Magnets to Hang Stuff on the Fridge

    How to Make Clip Ref Magnets to Hang Stuff on the Fridge

    I first saw magnetic bulldog clips for the refrigerator on the YouTube channel Pailin’s Kitchen. She teaches Thai cooking so if you like Thai food, check out her channel. Anyway, we have at least 3 kitchen towels in use at any given time, and two of those are for drying dishes and pots. One is…


  • Lamudi Honors the Best Real Estate Projects and Players in 2018

    Lamudi Honors the Best Real Estate Projects and Players in 2018

    Are you at a loss when asked which local real estate project or company you should consider when buying a home or a unit for investment? Here’s the list of the honorees from 2018’s The Outlook, so you can get an idea of which players and projects industry insiders consider “the best”. Lamudi, the Philippines’…


  • Motivation January: How I Get a More Organized 2019!

    Motivation January: How I Get a More Organized 2019!

    It’s been a week since New Year, Happy 2019! I’ve been busy with family stuff over the holidays and for the first week of January, I have been doing the things that will help me start 2019 right! But we’re back to regular programming! Check out some of what I have been up to! STEP…