My Cherie Amour

Just opened this afternoon my M&S Cherry Liqueurs – dark chocolates with a whole cherry and brandy center.  I finished two pieces and I would say that this is a great-tasting chocolate, with the right bitterness complementing the brandy-soaked cherry.  I would say also that this is the first time that I allowed my chocolate to stand at room temperature for a few minutes before finally consuming it and I’m telling you, I didn’t realize that it will be that good – a lot more pleasurable to enjoy the silky smooth confection melting in your mouth.  Superb indeed!

What’s in Leonidas Chocolates?

Leonidas is priced by the gram.  When the lady in the Glorietta 3 kiosk informed me that a kilo of this chocolate costs around Php4,000.00, I almost choked but, of course, I didn’t show it.  I had to shell out Php83 for a piece, approximately weighing 20 grams.  There must really be something in this chocolate that I got to taste.  Since I love dark chocolates and the liqueur-filled, I got myself the cerise emballee fondant (dark chocolate with a whole morello cherry) and ganache rum (dark chocolate with rum filling) on a Friday, the 13th of February.   The two variants didn’t quite satisfy the chocoholic in me.  For the price, I was hoping to experience a more heavenly taste that would stir up my senses.   Or maybe there wasn’t enough to really appreciate and enjoy co’z I shared the other half (of ganache rum) with my mother.  Yeah, I remember I liked cerise emballee fondant more than ganache co’z I consumed the whole piece of cerise.   So maybe next time, I’ll get myself at least 2 pieces of a variant though it would really hurt my wallet.

 

But of course, since Leonidas is Belgian, it is expected to be costlier than the other brands.  As we all know, Belgian chocolates are considered to be the gourmet standard by which all other chocolate confections are measured.  Belgian chocolate boasts of a reputation for quality, in ingredients and adherence to the Old World manufacturing technique – made by hand.    So on the overall,  I would still consider Leonidas a special indulgence and gift… a real love treat.  

Leonidas is among the very few remaining Belgian chocolate praline companies operating at present.  The others are Godiva, Nirvana and Neuhaus.

Big! Big! Sale at the Mall of Asia

For all the shopaholics out there, there will be a mall-wide sale at the Mall of Asia from April 3 to 6, 2009.  If you are an SM Advantage or Prestige cardholder, you can avail of additional 10% discount when you shop from 10 a.m. to 12 nn on April 3.  Free parking slots are also available at the south open parking on a first-come-first-served basis.

Mastering the Application of MMU

I’m starting to learn the craft and I know sooner I would be able to perfect it.  All you need is just a little courage (hahaha).  Seriously, you can’t go wrong if you’ll start with just a little amount (literally, very little) in the lid and then you swirl the brush, tap off the excess then buff around the face.

For the step-by-step procedure, check on the following video links:

http://eventions.multiply.com/video/item/1

http://eventions.multiply.com/video/item/2

For an actual demo, you can drop by SM Makati at the ground floor every Friday till Sunday.   Mitchie of Ellana is there to share her skills in MMU application.

Mineral Make-up on Sale up to March 20 only

I got this text from Claude of Bare Beauty announcing big discounts for Bare Escentuals and LaurEss products up to 30%.  Unfortunately, I was able to visit the site only today after church.  So the sale ended last March 20.  This was in line with Bare Beauty’s 3rd Anniversary.