The Moving Couch Potato: 2011

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Mrs. Yulo's Strawberry Shortcake

I have mentioned this in my other posts and so it's just right I should have a blog about it. Introducing my favorite cake: Baby Yulo's Strawberry Shortcake!! I bought one for my birthday. It's been more than a year I think since I last tasted it so it's high time I buy one for me and my family again. I'm so glad it still tastes the same. Lol. If you love dipping strawberries in cream then you would love this cake. But this cake's icing is not just cream mind you. It has strawberry bits in it as you will see in the pics. With other cakes the icing is white and whole strawberries or strawberry filling or jam, or whatever, is just put on top of the cake. The icing in this cake is pink because the strawberries are already infused into the icing. I just love the way this tastes. It's not too sweet and it's refreshing. I read in another blog that it's like having ice cream and cake in one. Hmm I guess the satisfactory feeling of it is the same as eating ice cream I agree. Oh but if ice cream is heavy, this is fluffy and light. It's like eating a cloud. And the one thing I like about this cake is they didn't save up on the icing and filling. They just give you the satisfying amount. It's almost a sin haha. Well actually for me it just satisfied my girlhood dreams about this cake. I know when I was a kid this is what I thought strawberry shortcakes should taste like :). So below are the pics. Enjoy!

You can visit this site, En Route, for more information on how to order. It's where I found the contact info because I lost my price listing already.

Mrs. Yulo's Strawberry Shortcake (whole)

close up

more close up

Mrs. Yulo's Strawberry Shortcake (slice). Two layers of filling! Yum!

Sunday, November 27, 2011

A Change of Scenery: Coron, Palawan - Day 3

On our third day we were getting ready to leave for Manila. Therese woke up early to go to the public market to buy some fresh seafood to bring home. Unfortunately I wasn't able to come because of my burned skin. Lol. It was the first time for me so I didn't know how painful it could get. Below are the pics for our travel home. Also below you will find information about our tours and accommodations in case you would like to contact them :).

This is what you get when you mistook sunblock lotion with mosquito repellant lotion and swim under the sun at noon time! Lol.

my shirt is expressing how I'm feeling

At the restaurant for our lunch. Three new guests are arriving

restaurant view

our room is that door on the right

boats quietly passing by

four more guests are arriving

I ordered carbonara for lunch and iced tea

boat ride to town

our van ride to the airport

nice roads in Coron

landscape in Coron

advertisements on our way to the airport

Back to Busuanga airport

Busuanga Airport

People going back to Manila

airport people waving good bye to the passengers

Our ride

sunburned inside the plane

Palawan

Back to Manila

Inside the bus transferring us to the terminal

And it's raining back in Manila just like I left it

Deal site we availed: Cleverbuy
Travel Agency: J2 Travels
Hotel/Resort: Dive Link Resort
We would like to thank our tour guide as well for our wonderful experience, Cherry. Click on her name to go to her facebook page.

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

A Change of Scenery: Coron, Palawan - Day 2 Part 2

After our trip to Kayangan Lake our next stops were Twin Peaks Reef, Banol Beach, Twin Lagoon and Maquinit Hot Springs. Below you see their pictures. I would tell you now I tried my best to capture them as they were through may cam but these places are so much more beautiful in person. Enjoy!

Twin Peaks Reef

Leaving Kayangan lake and on our way to Twin Peaks Reef

our boat stopped and we realize we've arrived already

our driver is tying our boat to the other boats that are parked as well

Ms. Cherry (our tour guide) feeding the fishes

so many fishies!

clear waters and fishies

Ms. Cherry accompanying me for snorkeling around the reef. Too bad I don't have underwater cam

Banol Beach

Leaving Twin Peaks and on our way to rest at Banol Beach for lunch

Banol Beach in view

Clear shallow waters

Lovely sight

White sand and clear water!

Going down

no words to describe

just lovely

And we're the only people in this part. so nice!

love to swim again just by looking at it

clear waters

more pic of the water

a couch potato in paradise

stress reliever

our tour companions taking great shots

my friend appreciating the view

our free lunch included in the tour! (unicorn fish, bbq chicken, lobster, rice and mango and vegetable salad)

underneath the rocks

our little piece of paradise

a couch potato under the rocks

a mermaid?!

you can go kayaking after lunch and explore the rock formations on the islands. I was a bit surprised nobody telling me not to go too far. We're really free to go anywhere.

leaving Banol Beach

Twin Lagoon

On our way to Twin Lagoon

more rock formations

a different kind of water

entrance to the lagoon

walkway to the entrance

there's the very small entrance

there it is

here magnified. you see the stairs? either you go up through a very narrow path between the rocks or you go swim under the stairs. the water is too high for us to swim safely underneath so we went through the rocks. I don't think a very big person would fit there but we all went through okay. whew! love these adventures

clear waters

going to the walkway

and here we are right after we went through the rocks. water is cold underneath and warm on top. weird feeling. there's something spiritual about the place which makes it amazing

Maquinit Hot Springs