Yellowcab Goes Sauceless: Mrs. Hudson's Pizza

Lately I've been reading a lot of reviews on Yellowcab's Mrs. Hudson's Pizza. They've been raving about this sauceless pizza for quite a bit already. Some of my favorite bloggers swear that they like it. Since they launched this food item as a limited edition, and would probably be gone by the end of June, me and my family decided to give this baby a try.

Yellowcab's biggest pizza would be around 18 inches. Since they changed how you refer to your pizza sizes, from merely ordering it based on it's diameter, they now refer to them as regular, family and new yorker sizes. They confused me a bit there. On the bright size, they now give you an estimate on how many people can share each size of pizza (regular-4pax, family-6pax, and new yorker-8pax). We ordered one new yorker size with a pitcher of coke to be shared among the 7 of us.

Since the pizza is relatively new, I didn't really feel too confident of my choice. It didn't help that half of the waiting time my sisters kept nudging on why I didn't choose New York's Finest (our staple dish at Yellowcab) and that given the picture, there wasn't much toppings. Also there seem to be an abundance of tomatoes which would mean that this pizza would have to be high on uric acid---one of the enemies of my aging parents.

When our pizza arrived, I was pleasantly surprised at how big it seemed. Maybe it had more to do with the color than the actually size though since they didn't really deviate from their original measurements. :P I would have liked our pizza in square cuts though (which you can ask the staff to do but I unfortunately forgot).

Upon tasting the pizza, I was again surprised. It was sweet. I knew it would have a bit of sweetness but I never actually expected the pizza to be just sweet! They claimed to have stroke a balance between sweet and salty but sadly it failed my expectations. It was just sweet. It's not bad or anything just wasn't what I expected. The cheese didn't even contribute a bit of saltiness to the dish. We ended up adding a bit of red pepper sauce to make it more palatable. It was just like eating sweet bread. Also, some parts of the pizza was caramelized making me think of toasted bread with butter and sugar on top. Since this pizza makes use of caramelized onions, I think the sweetness of the onions overpowered the dish. The pizza's saltiness it seemed mostly relied on its prosciutto. Again, it didn't do much for the dish in its entirety.

There were more ingredients in the pizza than tomatoes, prosciutto and caramelized onions. There were herbed Boursin cheese, which you can see as lumps in the pizza, that added a bit of creaminess. There were also tarragon and other premium cheeses. Since I don't really know what tarragon tastes like, I didn't really notice. And the other premium cheeses would have been good if they gave more saltiness than creaminess.

Overall, we weren't really satisfied with this pizza. It's not that it's bad, it just didn't fit what we we're looking for. As much as my mom said she liked it since it wasn't salty, she'd still go for our regular New York Finest.

On a brighter side, it was really a different pizza experience. ;)

How was your Mrs. Hudson experience? Share your thoughts. :)

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Etude House BB Cream Precious Mineral Bright Fit Review

The BB cream has been around for a few years already and yet I have to confess that this is the first time that I actually tried and bought one.

I remember one December afternoon, when me and my friends hung out in Greenbelt that I was deeply fascinated by the texture and appearance of their skin. They looked shiny, flawless and hmm a bit plastic-like. And they told me that they were using BB cream. I'm not really sure if I liked it at that point. For one thing, I didn't like the shine too much. I think I found their creams a bit glittery. So maybe they were using a bit too much? I'm not really sure... I'm not really good with makeup. Actually, I'm a noob (I'm the powder-lip balm-lip stick kind of girl). It was only recently that I tried experimenting with it a bit (It started with E.L.F. Smokey Eye kit but I'll blog about it next time).

One fateful afternoon, after shopping for Bam's birthday gift, I dropped by Etude House. I would usually distance myself from it, really, since I didn't want to be associated with something a bit too girly. I'm not a girly-girl and the shop with its pink motif just screams too girly! :)) It kinda intimidated me a bit but, hey, that's also part of its charm.

I've been meaning to buy a BB cream for myself for more than a few months but I was still a bit hesitant. After reading a few good reviews and also checking out what the product does to the skin, I figured might as well try it. What really lured me in was that they say that you can use it on its own already since it moisturizes your skin, has sunscreen, evens out the skin tone and gives light to moderate coverage. I'm in! :)

When I got inside, they have a lot of stuff! :)) I didn't look around that much and just stayed in the BB cream section and yet it took me more than a few minutes to choose. They have powders with BB cream (I think), other stuff with BB cream, and a variety of BB creams. I was a torn between the Total Age Repair Royal BB cream and the BB Cream Precious Mineral Bright Fit. I settled for the latter since they're almost they same to me with sunscreen protection only higher in the former (SPF45 vs SPF 30). Also, the BB Cream Precious Mineral Bright Fit was cheaper (798PHP vs 998PHP). I'm guessing not bad for my first BB cream.

I was so excited that when I got home, after washing my face, I tried it on immediately. The product was a bit thick that I only needed to apply a little at a time. I accidentally put too much on my first try that it was harder to evenly spread it on my face. After putting it on, I though my face looked a bit greasy but eventually after a few minutes, I think my skin absorbed the moisture and left my skin with just the right amount of shine. I guess that's the dewy look? :P Not too much shine to the point of oily, still I was not used to seeing shine on my face. I'd always gone for matte. I mean the shine was not a bad thing, I was just not used to it. The good thing about it was because my skin looked dewy, it looked more even and smoother. I liked that about the cream. I used it the following morning. Since I was still uneasy about the shine thing, I asked Bam often if I looked oily. Guess what, rather than oily (which was a no), he said that my skin looked smooth. Oh yeah! BB cream for the win! :))

Have you tried Etude House's BB cream? Tell me what you think. ;)

PS.

I don't really have a decent cam as of the moment so please excuse the pictures. I took them from the Etude House Philipines' FB Page and Etude House web. :P Once I get my hands on Bam's phone, will upload pics. :))

Thanks for reading.


UPDATE:

I found a picture of me the second time I used this BB cream (last Sunday where we attended Bam's nephew's baptism). I used the 2nd shade W13, Natural Beige. Does it look okay to you? :)