// food, glorious food!

Before anything else, I apologise in advance if the pictures in this post caused mouths to water and stomachs to grumble. Okay so one of the many things I love about travelling? Being able to try out different cuisines. In all honesty, to get the most out of your trips, you really have to be adventurous with what you eat. Eat what the locals eat for the full experience. Don't be afraid to try the different delicacies the country has to offer because you'll only get the opportunity to have it here. 

Living in Ireland, we don't get half the stuff that's available in the Philippines which kind of sucks to be honest. So whenever we go here on holidays, it's in our to-do list to have the things we miss and want to try here. The Philippines also offer different cuisines other than their own, they have restaurants here that cater other cuisines from neighbouring countries and ones from the west. It's pretty americanised as well so the famous food chains in the US can be found here. Here are the food we've tried so far.

Look how gorgeous these doughnuts are! *insert heart eyes emoji here* Not only are they pretty, they're also out of this world delicious. These were from J.CO Doughnuts & Coffee. The coffee shop was founded in Indonesia in the year 2005. They've been expanding over the years and now have stores in Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and China. In the picture below are the flavours available:

Low key looking at the available flavours they have is making me crave *sighs*. My favourite are Alcapone, Glazzy, Don Mochino, Why Nut, Tiramisu and Green Tease. The reason why I love J.CO is because their doughnuts aren't too sweet so you don't get sick of eating them. (Yay for more doughnuts!) The doughnuts that doesn't have any holes in the middle are similar to "Boston Cream" or bavarian doughnuts. There's a fluffy scrumptious cream inside it. The fillings vary actually, from peanut butters to chocolate, etc. Since J.CO is only available in Asian countries, I only get to eat these beauties whenever I'm in the Philippines and basically be deprived of them for years. If only you could get these sent without getting spoiled hahah! Maybe one day.... 

We also tried Korean Cuisine for the first time! Exciting stuff. We had no idea what to order so my aunt just ordered their recommendations for us. The place we went to was called "Kim's Bob". The place had your everyday kitchen furnishings, but they also had the traditional Korean tables, you know the really low ones where you have to sit a certain way? Yeah, them ones. Unfortunately the whole place was booked because there was apparently a Korean party so we had to sit on the normal table and chairs instead. Here are the food we got:

These were our appetisers. I apologise for not knowing what their names were but if I remembered correctly, there was cabbage kimchi, radish kimchi, some seaweed and sauteed bokchoi. A few of them were spicy and me, Isha, being a fan of spicy food loved it. Hanna on the other hand, not so much. 

I found it cool how there was a grill in the middle and you cook the meat yourself. It was like Mama's Kitchen, you know that game on your Nintendo DS? Wait is that even Korean? Oh well. From top to bottom, we got Sanggyup-Sal, Bibimbap, Tofu Soup and Beef Bulgogi. Time to critique the food. The meat  from Sanggyup-Sal was very similar to bacon. You cook it on the grill, dip it on this sesame oil and some paste. You then wrap "pechay" around it and voila! eat it. The meat was a bit fatty though so I didn't enjoy as much as I did with the others. I'm just a picky eater unlike Hannah. Bibimbap was basically rice with all these veggies and the egg on top. You mix it all together before you eat it. The Tofu Soup was my favourite, I literally devoured it. It consisted of thin slices of tofu, a few shellfish and loads of veggies. The Beef Bulgogi was also delicious too! We were all stuffed after eating all those food.

We also couldn't resist Krispy Kreme, so of course we had to stop by at some point of our trip in the Philippines. I actually noticed that there are more flavours available here than the ones in US and UK?? It's cool too because they have a doughnut theatre and you can see how they make their doughnuts. My favourite is the classic glazed doughnuts though, as you can see we got like six of them out of a dozen haha. Inside our box, you could also find the NY Cheesecake, Snickerdoodle, Creme Brûlée, Kit Kat Doughnut, Cookies & Cream and the Birthday Cake batter. P.S we were sharing these doughnuts okay! 

A few days ago we were also at this cafe which offers a huge selection of sweets. We decided to get fabulous treats to share between the five of us. I believe we got the lemon meringue cake and the kiwi tart. The lemon meringue cake had ice cream in the middle which was such a surprise <33 

DID YOU BECOME EXTREMELY HUNGRY BECAUSE OF THIS POST? ARE YOU A FAN OF DOUGHNUTS? WHICH ONES FROM MY POST DO YOU WANT TO TRY? HAVE YOU EVER TRIED KOREAN FOOD? LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS BELOW :)