My boss was away for a week and gave me some cookies for pasalubong. Pasalubong is the Filipino term for a gift that one brings when one comes home, often from a trip (local or abroad), or even after a day's work.
Here are some gooey chocolate chip cookies from Too Good Gourmet and makes for a perfect comfort food amidst Manila's rainy gloomy mood after the typhoon's tragedy. For a tropical third world country like the Philippines, our dessert preferences are arguably quite western. As normal as it is to go grab a Frapuccino at Starbucks after dinner out it is common to crave for chocolate cake, a cheesecake or even scones. Pretentiousness or not, chances are, it's even harder to find local desserts like rice cakes at restaurants than western treats.
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