Since last year, Mom Violy and Carmina had been wanting to try the much-talked-about Bebang's Halo-Halo , but even when we passed by, the timing was never right. Mom Violy kept saying she’d wait until a branch opened closer to us. Then Becky told Carmina there was one along her commute route to work. The best part was that the Tomas Morato branch in Quezon City had just opened. When we arrived at CTTM Square , we found plenty of restaurants on the second floor. While checking the menu, we let the customers behind us order first. Mom Violy asked them for recommendations, and they suggested the Presidential for first timers. Unlike other places, Bebang’s Halo-Halo doesn’t have size options—everything comes in a standard size, making ordering easier. Seniors and PWDs get a discount per order, and you’re given something that lights up when your halo-halo is ready for pickup. Service was quick, so the wait wasn’t long at all. Each order comes in its own green plastic bag with a table...
In the Philippines we eat pandesal for breakfast, merienda, lunch and dinner. We can add anything inside to make it into a main meal or a dessert but no matter how we eat it we have something that fills up our stomach. Sometimes we have the following ingredients inside our bread: Corn beef Eden cheese Salted Egg Coconut Jam Liverwurst Hot dog Mayo Scramble egg Peanut butter Sardines Butter Chicken spread Egg spread Ham Spanish sardines in a bottle with olive oil Ice cream Some people just soak their pandesal inside the coffee