Gardenia Love.. Gardenia Bread Heaven..

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It had been so long for Gardenia to invade the city of golden friendship. I remember before, we would wonder how "great" this line of bread is that the television ads seem to exaggerate. It was not until I lived in Manila for a period of time that I have come to know how good Gardenia breads are. My favorite then was the classic american bread. My Tita Gin would prepare Ham and Egg sandwiches for me and my Tito Ben with Gardenia. Some mornings, she would have SPAM and eggs sandwiches too. And boy, I was in Gardenia bread heaven! Hahaha..

When I came home, I missed it real bad. But since we have our own bread shops here, well, I have somehow forgotten about Gardenia cravings. And finally, when Gardenia landed, my love affair with Gardenia started again. And aside from the classic american bread, the Chocolate bread became a favorite. But wait until the Gardenia Chocolate Loaf and the Gardenia Butterscotch bread came marching--- I totally love them both!

Whenever I find that Gardenia Chocolate Loaf and the Gardenia Butterscotch Bread is available, I automatically buy some. They are incredibly delicious. You can taste the flavor of chocolate and butterscotch in them.. And as always, you get to enjoy soft bread, plus the flavor in each. Real chocolate chips that melt with the bread in your mouth--

And like all Gardenia breads, I simply adore the lock that locks in freshness, which also serves as the price tag as well as the expiration indicator. Yes, Gardenia half  loaves are quite pricey compared to local bread brands, but hey, the price is all worth it.. 

I simply love Gardenia breads. How about you? On a side note, I know of someone who placed diamond earrings for women in between two slices of Gardenia Classic, and when the girlfriend found them, she blushed and thought that it was the best proposal ever. Engagement gifts like that are truly awesome, even the bread where the gift was placed, lol..

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Knowing When Enough is Enough

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People have different opinions about what drinks go best with what dish. A good beer or wine can pair with all kinds of food in a really swell way, and a nice cocktail is a lovely way to prepare for a good meal. Still, one dining adventure you want to avoid is a meeting with a policeman and his trusty breathalyzer or, much worse, a deadly car accident that would be, morally and legally, your fault. Drinking and driving really do not pair at all. The best way to handle the issue is to go the "designated driver" route and have someone in your party strictly assigned to do the driving and be an alcohol-eschewing teetotaler for the duration. Still, the reality is that, very often, the designated driver route is simply not in the cards. The trick is to time things out very carefully so that, by the time we're hitting the road, whatever alcohol we've consumed has mostly left our system and won't register badly on a breathalyzer. This should involve giving ourselves plenty of time, limiting our intake (two or three drinks -- not "doubles" but the equivalent of a glass of wine or beer or a 1.5-2 ounce shot of liquor) especially after dinner, and then giving ourselves plenty of time to metabolize all the alcohol we've drunk. (It also helps if we've eaten a good amount of food with our beverages.). If you're still not sure -- and it's often kind of hard to judge -- one way to get some piece of mind is to buy one the brands of breathalyzer that are being offered to consumers and keep it in your car. Using them can be fun and it is the only drinking game we know that actually prevent a tragedy.

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