Coffee Jelly with Cookies and Cream

I love desserts! And if I'm craving for something, I would definitely buy and eat it just to satisfy my cravings... However, if I can make it on my own, I would too!

Just sharing my version of a coffee jelly with cookies and cream recipe. It's so easy to do! Great for sharing with friends as well. Surprise them with this dessert without spending too much :)

Ingredients:

1 Unflavored Pack Gulaman Powder (any brand will do, but I used Queenie)
4-5 cups of water
1/4 Sugar
Coffee
1 Nestle Cream
Oreo Cookies

How to:

Jelly:

1. Gradually pour gulaman powder on and stir it well.
2. Mix the coffee and 1/4 brown sugar according to your taste.
3. Continue stirring and bring to boil.

4. Set aside and let it cool until it hardens. Chill to get the right texture.

Toppings:
Pour cream first followed by crushed oreos and now you're ready to serve.

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Cool Hangout Place at Sitio Liwliwa, Zambales

Summer is not yet over! I never thought such a place like Sitio Liwliwa exists! The not so overrated place is just waiting to be discovered by surfer and skim-boarder enthusiast. Where I can tell that simple is really beautiful....

To share the experience, the place is just 3-4 hours drive from Ortigas (including our many stop overs! Lol) ... It's my second time to drive this far, and didn't noticed it since I was so excited to see the place! We were 11 and had 2 cars to get there. So for those who wanted to bring their own car, see instructions below:

How to Get There:

From Manila, take the EDSA toward Balintawak then NLEX. Continue on to the last exit. (Since we're not familiar with theMexico Exit we took the longer open route). Than after NLEX, take the exit toward SCTEX.  Keep left at the fork and merge into the SCTEX. Just keep on and head towards the Subic Bay Free Port. From there, continue on and follow the National Highway and take the Olongapo-Bugallon Rd.
From there, continue to the National Highway. You're in the right path if you were able to pass thru San Marcelino and San Narciso. You can see the San Felipe boundary arc.

San Felipe Zambales Arc

Keep your eyes open for the Bobulon Elementary School at your left. The road to Liwliwa is just beside the school. We hardly noticed the entrance to the place. You can always of course ask locals around to get you to the area. 


Accommodation:

We don't have any reservation that time. So we end up finding a place to stay at the same moment we arrived. We found a very cheap yet comfortable and cool place. For 11 persons, we had this whole "kubo" on our own for only Php1,100. Not bad right?

Budget:

Since we're all on a tight budget but wouldn't want to limit our happiness by not spending, unexpectedly we still had that so much fun without spending too much!

Accomodation: Php 1,100 / 11 = Php 100
Transpo (Gas): Php 3,000 / 11  = Php 272
Food              : Php 2,000 / 11  = Php 181
Toll  (NLEX)  : Php 218 x 2 / 11 = Php 39
Toll  (SCTEX): Php 300+ x 2 / 11 = Php 60 (approximately)

TOTAL                                    = Php 652

The most important thing in every trip to always remember is THE FUN!

You can do a lot of things in the place aside from swimming of course :) It has a wide area of open sands. The place is for surfing and skimboarding. There's also a skatebowl available at one of the resorts there offering it for free if you check in with them and Php 50.00 for every skaters who wants to play. You can just bring your own skateboard.

We were there for skimboarding so we didn't rent  boards for surfing. But I noticed that they offer Surfing lessons 1 hour inclusive of board and instructor.

Enjoying the Sunset at Liwliwa Shore

And from the above image, you can notice that the sunset was spectacular! No words can explain how beautiful the sunset is that time and sharing it with your friends and your one true love completed it all (Well sorry for bragging about the love thing hahaha).

So for those who were looking for a cheap yet cool getaway, I would definitely recommend this place!

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