The Kitchen Mom by dhess

Fun play can foster learning and development to our children. while they are playing they creating something, experimenting, thinking and learning. Playing support the children's cognitive development.
Now that summer officially started, Let your kids enjoy a fun-filled summer vacation by joining the fun and learning activities at SM Supermalls.


Delighting kiddie shoppers with a summer to remember, SM Supermalls invited kids of all ages to the #LetsPlayNowAtSM grand summer kickoff, transforming SM City San Lazaro’s event center last April 7 into an exciting wonderland filled with real-play, entertainment, and fun technology that can help them learn and make friends!


Parents can let their kids’ imagination run wild at the arts and crafts and coloring booth. They can discover their inner superstar at the modeling and singing booth. You can have them explore virtual reality with digital and interactive games. Kids can even harness their fitness skills and team play through basketbal…

Our fellow Filipinos and locals alike in Canada’s east coast had an exciting and memorable  Easter treat as Jollibee opened its first store in the Greater Toronto Area in early April.There are 837 thousand Filipino who are decently living in urbanized areas in Canada. Toronto has the largest Filipino community. 
On Saturday evening, hours before the grand opening, hundreds of Filipinos already camped-out in front of Jollibee Scarborough, located at 15 William Kitchen Road, eager to step inside the store to savor a taste of home.


Jollibee Scarborough is the Filipino fast-food chain’s third store in Canada and the 40thstore in North America. Here, residents can savor the crispylicious and juicylicious Jolly Crispy Chicken (more popularly known as Chickenjoy here in the Philippines), the tastiest and meatiest Jollibee Spaghetti, Palabok Fiesta, and the golden-brown Peach Mango Pie, among other langhap-sarap treats.



No less than Jollibee welcomed Filipinos to the store, including its very fi…

After the successful of the first consumer launch and the announcement of its endorser Elisse Joson.
Vivo, one of the top 5 International smartphone brands. Vivo is bringing one of their local endorsers at SM Mall of Asia in Pasay on April 21,2018
Celebrity royalties Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla, together famously known as Kathniel to their hundreds and thousands of fans, will be gracing the Vivo Mall Tour at the Mall of Asia to represent the top smartphone brand to fans, specifically the latest Vivo flagship phone, the V9.



This is yet KathhNiel’s first Vivo mall tour. Since their reveal at the Vivo V7+ launch September last year, the duo has been busy championing the brand actively through social media and print. The love birds were picked by Vivo Philippines to endorse their brand not only because of their huge following on and off social media but because of their youth, charisma, hip personality, and impact to the young demographic.

Vivo’s influential endorsers Daniel Padi…

The fun of being a Cream-Oholic never stops, and it never changed from how I tasted it way back in the 90's, nostalgic memories being brought back on every bite of this delight. I always wondered if I was the only one experiencing this until.

A few weeks ago, Cream-Oholics gathered at the SM by the Bay for another memorable outdoor movie experience  organized and sponsored by Jack 'n Jill Cream-O

The second year of Cream-O Flix Fest: Unlock the Irresistible, was a great idea for a unique bonding moment with the family.

It was like a haven of Cream- O lovers as you can see Cream-O everywhere you look.

The chocolate cookie brand Cream-O welcomed everyone to a cozy picnic-style area at Central Park, SM By the Bay, where visitors including me enjoyed an entertaining screening of Hollywood movies.




Cream-oholics of all ages enjoyed the action-packed animation of Lego Batman Movie. They also watched futuristic quests in X-Men Days of Future Past and reveled in the amazing adventure …

One of the top Global brand Vivo who pioneered the 20 mp camera on mobile phones together with Ayala Malls which is known for their classy malls with hotel style ambiance, has made their partnership concrete with a major sports event in the Philippines in 2018.

Vivo Philippines Brand Director Ms. Annie Lim, Ayalaland Malls Synergies, Inc. (AMSI) Entertainment General Manager Mr. Gabby Katigbak, AMSI President Ms. Rowena Tomeldan, and Capdase CEO Mr. Alex Fong formally seal the deal during the first Vivo V9 mall tour.

Vivo Philippines’ first mall tour was held at the Market! Market! on April 14, Saturday in support of the release of the new flagship smartphone, the V9.



The global smartphone brand will be the official title sponsor of one of Ayala Malls’ projects for 2018, the Vivo Hoop Battle Championship Philippines. It is an annual 3x3 basketball tournament held in some districts in China and other Asian countries.
Mr. Katigbak during the mall tour announced that the Vivo Hoop Battl…

DIY (Do It Yourself) making art out of nowhere. something that we usually hear about things crafted personally and used materials that are readily available to create something new. whether it be for costumes, school projects or a simple recycling can create a  more personalized DIY stuff.
With this being said, let's try to list some reason why doing DIY can save you money, time and create an art.
Why DO IT YOURSELF " DIY " is great!
1. Saves you a lot of money! Instead of buying the new costume that  will cost you around Php1500 - Php 5000 why don't you        start being creative and watch some DIY videos to have that amazing costume that you like



2. A great way to bond with your kids this summer

 For sure your kids don't spend too much time with you during the school class since they are busy and gets tired after class. DIY can be good bonding moment with your kids. You can help them design Polyhedral Planters that they can hang in their rooms. Its. great that I…

I still remember when my grandmother wakes up early in the morning and starts her kitchen routine. She usually prepares  almost all if my favorite breakfast  meals in big casseroles and you can even guess what's cooking just by smell, like Sopas, Champorado, Pansit Guisado, Spaghetti,  Puto at Dinuguan, Menudo, Afritada, Sinigang na Bangus, and some fried dishes. With a queue of neighbors outside our house is what I usually see every morning in my nanay Taba's carinderia.

Carinderia are somehow like a fast food chains that offers quick home cooked meals. Very popular for Filipinos who doesn't have time to cook. This also serves as an authentic identity of our food history.


Last April 11, I was one of the media bloggers who was invited to The Buhay Carinderia... Redefined media launch. The event was attended by Secretary Wanda Teo of the Department of Tourism, COO Cesar Montano of the Tourism Promotions Boards, and media.

Cesar Montano; Chief Operating officer of the Touri…