Gong Xi Fa Cai! Are you ready to celebrate the Lunar New Year? Do not forget to buy tikoy for your family and friends. Here are three recommendations for where to buy Tikoy in Davao.
Where to Buy Tikoy in Davao?
Our top three Tikoy stores are:
Star Bakehouse
Sy Bee Tin
Eatworks Tikoy
Star Bakehouse
Our Editor Ria loves tikoy by Davao Star Bakehouse and Hopia Factory, Inc. Their tikoy, mooncakes, hopia, and other treats are perfect for Lunar New Year and all year round.
Star Bakehouse is most popular for their various tikoy products. They have Ready to Eat Tikoy and Round Tikoy which you can fry and serve.
Davao Star Bakehouse Tikoy in Tub, PhP170Davao Star Bakehouse Flat Tikoy, PhP35 eachTikoy Round 500g, PhP160
1 kg, PhP230Tikoy Round 500g, PhP160
1 kg, PhP230
They also have mooncakes available in 4 variants: Pork, Ube, Mongo, and Red Mongo. Available in Singles and Boxes of 4 pieces. And also perfect for the Lunar New Year are their various Dice and Hopia treats. They are our personal favorites and we highly recommend them.
Davao Star Bakehouse is open Mondays to Saturdays, from 9 am to 5 pm. For delivery services, Davao Star recommends Cravings Delivery with rates as low as PhP39.
For pick ups, you may get your order at their Aurora Quezon shop. It is located near Fatima Church. The storefront is a Green Store right in front of White Angel Laundry Shop.
Call them at +6382-2863767 or at +6382-2275302 to order. Their Facebook Page is at this link.
Are you a matcha lover in search of the best cup? We’ve got you covered!
Here’s our list of the Best Matcha in Davao City:
Best Matcha in Davao: &Matcha
Our choice for the best matcha in Davao is &Matcha.
They use authentic ingredients, crafting rich and diverse matcha blends that cater to every taste. Keep an eye out for their seasonal offerings which include specialty matcha blends.
Their beautiful, minimalist interiors add to the experience.
Happy New Year! How was your Christmas and New Year celebrations? We hope you had a fun and delicious holiday season. This 2024, we invite you to spend your holidays with Eden Cheese.
Turn holidays (and everyday) into special memories by serving creamy, cheesy, and delicious dishes that we usually associate with Christmas. Make your spaghetti better with our favorite cheese. It is the go-to cheese for many Filipino moms which gives their homemade spaghetti feel like home.
Cheese can make your spaghetti and other dishes better. Dishes can make more holidays — Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Easter Sunday, birthdays, and more — become more special and memorable.
Our favorite dishes to add Eden Cheese are Beef Caldereta (Ria’s favorite), Cheesy Baked Potatoes, Cheesy Pancakes, and Omelette. What are yours?
Note: This article is based from PR materials sent to our Team. If you or your brand has presence and engagement in Davao, feel free to send us your press release and media advisories via email. Our email address is mydavaocity@gmail.com.
Overwhelmed by the many new food spots in Davao? Let us take you on a CT Drive Food Trip featuring some of our favorite spots and dishes.
About CT Drive
Carlos Villa-Abrille Drive (also CVA Drive, formerly Tulip Drive) used to be a quiet space with a few residences and a handful of establishments. With the opening of The Compound, CT Drive, and several other commercial spaces, CVA Drive is now bustling with activity and a must-visit place for foodies.
Located along the CVA Drive is CT Drive, a food, drinks, and lifestyle destination.
MADE SIMPLE Davao offers a vegetable-forward dining experience. They serve Small Plates and Dishes for Sharing, mostly vegan dishes. Seafood and chicken options are available. Made Simple is best experienced with an open appreciation for their vegetable-forward dishes.
First, start your meal with an appetizer. We love their Enoki. The mushroom is crisp and tasty. And the dipping sauce perfectly complements the mushroom.
Then, enjoy a salad. The Figs and Mushroom Salad is delicious and filling. Just the right balance of flavors and textures.
You can opt for the Pulpo or Gambas for your entree. But we prefer feasting on their Burnt Tomatoes with chevre. Or enjoy the mind-bending Mushroom Scallops served with Pesto Butter.
They also serve wine and cocktails. We love the Whiskey Sour and the Basil Margarita.
It’s almost 11.11! It’s the Philippines biggest sale day. Our favorite brands and stores are having their biggest sale promotions. Online and even in store. Check out the BratPack, The Travel Club and ResToeRun 11.11 Sale details.
ResToeRun 11.11 Sale
Grab new kicks at the ResToeRun 11.11 Sale. Popular shoe store ResToeRun sells various popular shoe and footwear brands, most of which are for people with an active lifestyle.
Tretorn, Dr Martens, Aetrex, and FitFlop are some of the brands available at ResToeRun.
This 11.11, selected brands and products will be on sale. If you buy 1 pair, you get 11% off. And if you buy 2 or more pairs, you get to enjoy 22% off!
Visit the ResToeRun Store at Abreeza Ayala Mall to shop and enjoy discounts.
Or buy online via the Lazada Flagship Stores of the brands to enjoy their 11.11 discounts:
Also on sale are selected Delsey luggages and travel accessories. Buy Delsey at The Travel Club and enjoy 11% off if you buy one item. And like the ResToeRun 11.11 Sale, buying 2 or more items will entitle you to a 22% discount.
You can also avail of Delsey’s 11.11 discounts via their Lazada Flagship Store at this link.
Herschel, Jansport, and The NorthFace Sale at BratPack
And yes, our favorite backpack brands are also on sale this 11.11. Herschel, Jansport, and The NorthFace will be on sale at BratPack.
Jansport
North Face
Herschel
All three brands and other selected products at BratPack will have the same promo. Buy 1 to get an 11% discount. Buy 2 or more to enjoy a 22% discount.
BOO! It’s October. And it’s time for Halloween! Events for kids and adults are happening around the city starting this weekend up until October 31. Here are all the Davao Halloween Events 2019 happening.
Davao Halloween Weekend
The weekend is here and so are Halloween Events. RBG at Park Inn Davao kicks off the celebration with their Halloween Monster Bash.
On Sunday, October 27, more Halloween Events are happening around the city.
In the morning, Waterfront Insular Hotel will host brunch at 10 am at the Grand Agila Ballroom. The Halloween fun continues with trick or treat and other games and activities for the kids until the afternoon.
Gaisano Grand Citygate’s Spookyriffic Halloween activities will begin in the morning and will run the entire day.
Meanwhile, NCCC Mall Buhangin’s faBOOLous Halloween will start at 3 pm.
Ngilngig Asian Film Festival
Halloween in Davao is never complete without our own homegrown film festival: the Ngilngig Asian Fantastic Film Festival. It opened on October 25 and will run until October 29.
From what used to be a horror-genre festival, Ngilngig Festival has expanded its scope to become the first fantastic film festival of its kind in Southeast Asia, extending the reach to other neighboring countries’ “ngilngig” and fantastic films that are significant with our own ways of telling stories to promote and preserve our myths, traditions, history and culture into cinematic form.
Festival films and other featured films will be screened at the Cinematheque Davao.
Ngilngig Film Festival 2019
The festival will highlight short films in competition by Filipino and Asian filmmakers. It also features Full-Length Asian Films. Ngilngig will also screen films by Filipino Filmmakers. Bamboo Dogs by Khavn and Markado (The Moon Devourer) by Joe Bacus will be screened on Sunday, October 27. MedusAe (New Cut) by Pam Miras will have a Special Screening on Monday, October 28.
The Ngilngig Asian Fantastic Film Festival will also screen two Pinoy Classics: Magic Temple on Sunday, October 27 and Pantayin sa Sindak si Barbara on Monday, October 28.
Finally, A Short History of a Few Bad Things by Keith Deligero will close the festival on Tuesday, October 29. Closing Day will also feature a Ngilngig Showcase and an Experimental Shorts Exhibition.
Mall Events
Davao Halloween festivities will continue in malls around the city on October 30 and 31.
SM Davao Monstacular
SM Lanang Premier Spooktacular
Abreeza Shriektober
Take your pick. SM City Davao‘s Monstacular Halloween, SM Lanang Premier‘s Spooktacular Halloween, and Abreeza‘s Skriektober featuring The Lost Arcade are all happening on October 30 and 31.