Christmas Party! Lechon and Dessert Galore!

It's Christmas Season!!

People here in Manila celebrate xmas season like there's no tomorrow! It's everywhere and it's really amazing! Christmas lights, Christmas carol, new clothes, loud Christmas music, xmas decorations! and most of all, FOOOOOOOOOD!!

Our department had a little get together (xmas party) since the whole bank division agreed to donate the xms party budget to the typhoon haiyan victims (including the amount agreed for exchange gift)

Yummy home cooked meals!

Creamy spaghetti, and beef with mushrooms

Embotido (Pork sausage like dish), Salad, Cheese and Sausages

Creamy, Sweet, and Indulgently yummy dulce de leche like cake from The Peninsula Hotel. It was soooo yummy and I specially love the nutty taste.

Cheesecake. Words can't describe how perfect this cheesecake is. Creamy at its finest. The cake just melts in your mouth. Every slice is pure heaven. I even thought of buying this cake every month.

JCo Donuts

Mister Donut

Donuts are enemy of a person who's on a diet. Donuts are sweet and fattening but they are sooooo yummy and so good with Coffee or Tea. Donuts are also good to eat during afternoon or High Tea time. I've posted before that I don't like international donut companies such as J.Co Donuts or Krispy Kreme since they taste too sweet that my teeth and gums could handle. 

Mister Donut and Dunkin Donuts are two nice donut companies that are so classic and not too sweet.

Selection

Selection

Selection

Sickeningly Sweet.Donuts, Donuts, Donuts!!

Yes! I ate donuts over the weekend! I've been bad. But I'll tell you a little bit of History and culture.

Years ago, Dunkin Donuts and Mister Donut are the only 2 donut company that is well known and popular in the Philippines. They have the typical flavors like Honey Dipped, Bavarian, etc. but as time passed by, A new Donut company opened which is Gonuts Donuts, they sell very different donuts! those unconventional donuts like the pictured below. It was a instant boom, it was a massive hit! waiting in line will take you forever but Filipinos are fond of trying something new or we like to be part of the new hit, in a way we like to be part of something new and hip. 

By the way, Gonuts Donuts used to have restaurants, but now they only have kiosks. sad.

After quite some time, A major International Donut Company opened in the Philippines and that is Krispy Kreme! again, same as with Gonuts Donuts from it's opening, it subsequently declined the long lines and ques  but still many people do eat krispy kreme donuts. 

Alas! J.Co Donuts arrived with it's new offer and variety of Donuts. from Chocolates to Oreo to Green Tea etc. as expected opening of J.Co and up to now queuing in line will starve you to death if your hungry. I really don't understand people that have to wait so long in line. It's just donut. 

I never really liked Gonuts Donuts, Krispy Kreme, and J.Co. they are all too sweet and will make you so fat. 

I'd still opt to eat at the old fashioned and not too sweet donuts of Dunkin Donuts and/or Mister Donuts. =)