Dragon Product Review: Chocovron and the Amazing Variety to a Favorite Pinoy Pasalubong

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Before the Holidays, I got a PM to review a set of locally made polvoron. Since I loved food and anything sweet. I readily agreed. Little did I know, that there were such variety in polvoron.

Polvoron is a traditional Filipino dessert of Spanish descent. It is a mixture of toasted flour, milk, sugar, and butter shaped into a bite-size cake as a delightful treat. Like Reeses’ peanut butter cups, One just isn’t enough!

ChocoVron is the brain child of Joel and his wife Marissa, it was their desire to make an all-time favorite Filipino delicacy into something extraordinarily special, like Polvoron. It led to the creation of ChocoVron, the first chocolate coated Polvoron.

Like all small business ChocoVron was sold to family and friends but word of the a great and unique product travels fast and they became famous in bazaars. Soon after they started appearing in groceries, department stores from their 10 packs a day production it grew into the thousands!

Check out these fantastic varieties:

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Filipino-Malaysian Cuisine found in near the border of Metro Manila and Rizal: Ghella’s Kitchen


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One fine day, I and other Antipolo based bloggers got together via an invitation of the owners of Ghella’s Kitchen to try out their Filipino-Malaysian dishes in their newly opened location, behind McDonald’s  Marcos Hi-way. The new site is perfect for foodies in the Marikina, Cainta, Pasig and Antipolo areas who pass this traffic ridden area everyday, and are up for a foodie adventure.

They used to be located at near the Mayamot-Lilac area but due to the road construction and other issues they decided to move shop to the spanking new building around October 2016.  Ghella’s Kitchen is a collaboration between mother-daughter team Mommy Leni and Angela, the place was named after her.

Mommy Leni is the magician in the kitchen, she lived and worked in Brunei Darussalam for more than 30 years and has decided to bring to the Philippines the unique cuisine she has come to love.  Angela used to be a banker but wanted a change of pace, she is handles the business aspect and social media part of Ghella’s Kitchen.

I am pretty much a newbie when in comes to trying out Malaysian Cuisine. Although I have been trying out a great many restaurants the past few years this is the first time I actually tried anything Malaysian. Mental note to go to ASEAN specialty places so I don’t feel like a noob.

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