Happy Easter 2011

Easter is almost here (tomorrow to be exact). which only means vacation's almost over. (*sad*)

I've talked about Easter Eggs in my previous blog, and now I'm back to talk about the Easter Egg's partner in crime

Spending this year's Holy Week was something new. Not because I don't have work this year (yes, I was in the office during Holy Week last year, though not the entire week), but rather I have something new to spend Holy Week with, my pet bunnies. and just in time to celebrate Easter Sunday.


Easter bunny has its origin in pre-Christian fertility lore. The bunnies were the most fertile animal known and they served as a symbol of the new life during the spring season. They have been around since 1500's in the writings of Germans and was said to lay colorful eggs in the nest that children made out of bonnets.


Earlier I was watching a movie fit for Easter, HOP. It was about a rabbit,EB, who couldn't wait to follow his father's footsteps and become the Easter Bunny. Twenty years and a drum set later he realizes that he doesn't want to join the family business, he rather be a musician, a drummer to be exact. With the pressure his dad is giving him, he hopped in the rabbit hole and left Easter Island to go to Hollywood. Meanwhile, an evil chick name Carlos, who is the right-hand-chick of EB's dad, is planning to take over the business no matter what it takes and takes advantage of the time where EB ran away. The story goes on and in the end, EB realizes his destiny and became the Easter Bunny.

It actually teaches its viewers one important life lesson: Responsibility. I don't want to spoil anything so just watch and tell me what you think are other lessons to be found.

BTW, are you fond of eating jelly beans? watch HOP and you might think twice before you eat one again. :)

Happy watching!

Happy Easter!

An Easter Egg you can't miss

'Holy week has officially started. Last Sunday was Palm Sunday which marks the beginning of holy week, the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. But Easter Sunday is not included in the Holy Week as Easter Sunday is the first day of the new season of The Great Fifty Days (Pentecost). Easter Sunday is the great feast day and culmination of not only Holy Week, but the whole year. The Resurrection of Jesus is celebrated on this day and is considered the most important day in church year, as it is the day on which Jesus rose from the dead.But I'm not here to talk about Easter Sunday. I'm here to talk about the Easter Egg.

Eggs are widely used as a symbol of the start of new life, just as new life emerges from an egg when the chick hatches out. This was adopted by early Christians as a symbol of the resurrection of Jesus.

The Easter custom was probably first introduced to America in the early 1800s by German immigrants, who brought their old traditions of the Oschter Haws. Oschter Haws, which are the easter bunny, would arrive on Easter morning, delighting kids by laying colored eggs in nests.

I really miss my childhood days when we were at the rooftop of our church hunting colored chicks all around. So, I've decided to do my own Easter Egg hunt this year. Law and behold, I found what I was looking for. An Easter egg surely no one would miss. It stands about 3 or 4 feet tall (based on my estimates).

Easter Egg from Makati Shangri-La

This giant egg is made purely from chocolate with 1/3 of its size from bottom up made from solid chocolate while the other 2/3 are hallow inside. The height nor the massive block of chocolate isn't as surprising as what I found out. This huge delectable piece of chocolate Easter Egg cost P19,999.00 and made available at Makati Shangri-La Hotel. Yes, this egg is indeed for sale.

So if you're looking for a unique Easter egg to find this year, maybe the hunt won't be as hard as those colorful eggs hidden behind bushes. Maybe this year, we can settle for a monochromatic Easter egg and let the satisfaction of our sweet tooth compensate for it.

Chocolate Easter Egg party anyone? Dig in!

Happy Easter!

Chocolate Soufflé Cake || CPK

As a fan of Italian food, I visited CPK yesterday for lunch. BUT! I forgot that I had a very heavy breakfast (1 whole very thin crust all meat pizza!!! about 10 or 12 inches i think. Talk about being hungry!) and I wasn't feeling as hungry as I thought. So I decided to just eat dessert instead while the others indulge in their yummy pasta.

Looking at their dessert menu, I had a hard time deciding what to choose, but I already had in mind what type it would be. I was craving for a lava cake type of dessert, this has been stuck in my cravings list for a while now and I never really decided to satisfy it, until now. yey!

I read everything in the dessert menu and still couldn't decide on what to munch on. So I was flipping through the pages back and forth until the back cover page made me stop, I starred at it for a while and then said to myself "Aha! this is it!"

Since I didn't know what dessert that was, I asked the waitress and viola! I ordered CPK's Chocolate Soufflé Cake.

A Belgian chocolate soufflé cake served warm with CPK's triple-thick hot fudge,
on vanilla bean sauce priced at P255. I got mine A la mode (P295)

It took a while for them to bring out my order, or did they just wait for all the orders to be completed before serving it to our table? hmmm I guess the 2nd choice is more appropriate. Anyways, this is what my order looks like

Enticing isn't it? It looks and is actually bigger than what I expected! Should have realized this when I read in the menu that "Our Desserts are meant for sharing".

If i had a meal together with this, I might not have finished this dessert. But then again, with its soft,moist, rich and warm chocolate together with the vanilla bean sauce topped with vanilla ice cream, you can't help but savor the taste with every bite and not notice that you finished it all up already. And as proof, tadaah! Here's another shot of my dessert, all gone! BTW, I was even trying to scoop the vanilla bean sauce that's left on the plate (see the scoop marks on the plate? haha). Kinda hard so i stopped trying =P

With the end of my CPK Chocolate Soufflé Cake experience, I went back to the office happy and satisfied that I found a cure for my lava cake type cravings. =)


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