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Homemade Peanut Butter

Jho & Glo's Homemade Peanut Butter

Homemade is a rarity nowadays with mass productions coming mostly from China. Yep. Chinese products from candies to cookies and plastics (tons and loads of them) flood our sidewalks to department stores (seems no one's spared of China's plastics). So that when one discovers a genuine homemade food, it's like finding a rare wine... you cherish and treasure, and relish... Like Jho and Glo's Homemade Peanut Butter. To try theirs, order at (63) -(0)920-8981613. Their address (home, of course) is at 229 Poblacion 5 Villasis, Pangasinan (Philippines). Aren't you done with those generic peanut butters from (aaargh) Canada yet? I mean, when we receive packages, of all goodies, peanut butter from Canada? Strawberry jam from Canada? It's like eating some kind of gummy candies made a little bit softer... I won't switch local homemades for anything imported... When it comes to food, trust your taste buds!

Pizza

Pizza is one of the family favorites when it comes to eating out. We all know Greenwich is OK, as in, fine. And there's no Shakey's nearby in our area (Villasis), although the husband would prefer Pizza Hut most of the time because it stuffs him faster. Well, there's a PizzaHut restaurant in jazzy get up, in and out, along Alexander Street, too. Just beside Metrobank. Dining could have been just normal if not for their savvy "upgrade" offers that quite confused the lot of us. As if we're not inbto cyberspace and all.

One dinner time, we were offered this volcanic upgrade and we were actually fooled into thinking we'd have additional piece for the additional fee, or something. So much like the "regular" offers some... well...years back (from both Shakey's and Pizza Hut).

It only dawned on me that it was just an "upgrade" and not "discount" for another piece we were paying!!! And it was too late because we're through eating, anyway. The lesson is, keep an ear on keywords being offered before saying yes, because the additional price was enough to buy us another family-sized pizza. We could have bought Kraft cheddar cheese if we were just after the cheese within the crate, or bread if you wish! For just a few bucks!

Hardware

Although it is very convenient to shop at DIY (along Alexander Street in Magic Mall) with their ready-to-asist staff and wide array of product choices from glue guns to car accessories and ubiquitous Orocan and other brand plastic cabinets and chairs, there are other choices for hardware shopping, in traditional format. There's Betty's Mini Mart along Aruego Street that also provide a wide range of other house items like bed foams and kitchen wares, school and sewing supplies, vynil mats, upholstery and curtain fablics. But Paz Ang general merchandize just along the entry of Alexander Street from Maharlika highway provide the most competitive prices for most hard ware needs, from hammers to antennaes...

Furnitures

When it comes to furniture shopping, there are a lot of choices from monoblocs to genuine narra from Isabela. But I have a limited post here now since I can only post about real-experience shopping. As in Red Arc Furniture Center. The display area and bodega are in the same location along Maharlika highway in Nancayasan near the Urdaneta arch. They have a wide variety of bed and living area furnitures as they provide genuine Uratex foam. the fiendly manager is a huge plus. There's also Kabayan Warehouse also along the highway with a fleamarket style of products. Although a lot of other furniture shops could be found near side streets of Urdaneta public market.

Grocery & Magic Mall

When it comes to general needs for the home, there's always Magic Mall along Alexander Street. They offer a membership that allows for one percent (1%) discount on all purchases in the department store and grocery alrea, although it is quite a disappointment that the Magic Appliance Center is not applicable for this privilege.

To be able to get a discount card, there must be a one-time or accumulated purchase of PhP5,000. plus one ID photo and fully accomplished application form available at the Customer service counters. Once eligible and issued with the discount Magic Club card, the card may be used in their other outlets, usually, in most Pangasinan towns.

Besides the staple retail services, there are major boutique outlets inside Magic Mall including internationals Adidas, Levi's and Guess, then there's Rusty Lopez, P100 Store and Siento where most items are sold for P100, and also DIY at the ground floor where hardware shopping becomes a friendly set-up...

Ground floor fastfoods include Jollibee, Chowking, Greenwich, and Cindy's. Although a lot of the local food stalls also provide for competitive and tasty fares such as Barangay Kakanin and Bantay's pride Marsha's Delicacy.

Urdaneta

Shopping in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan is quite adventurous nowadays as more choices and more merchants are crowding the area starting from Nancayasan along Maharlika highway towards Alexander Street going to Dagupan. And as the Balingit Mall is being rushed to completion, More choices are coming.

Thing is, the Henry Sy Group threatens smaller establishments as talks about an impending SM Carmen is on the way...