Chocolate review: Audrey's Confectioneries Chocolate Mango Caramel

I received a box of chocolate-covered dried mangoes last Christmas along with a desk calendar from friends connected with a Japanese consulting firm. I only opened these last Holy Week when I decided to take the box home to share with my family.

This box of goodies was made by Audrey's Confectioneries, which is based in Cebu.

Details on the chocolate-covered mangoes at the back of the box. It's good to know that there are products like this that are of high quality that can be used as gifts or souvenirs.

Nutrition information

Information on the manufacturer including their social media page

Inside were individually packaged servings

The chocolate-covered mango caramel was really good. It was perfect for dessert as it wasn't heavy or nakaka-umay. I am curious about their other products. I haven't been to Cebu for some time now and I am not sure I would go out of the way to find their store. The good thing about social media is that it provides a way to avail of their products even remotely.

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Lunch at Breakfast at Antonio's, Opus Mall

We finally ate at the Breakfast at Antonio's at Opus Mall along C5, which incidentally is still part of Quezon City but near the border with Pasig City. Its quite popular is an understatement as we always find it full. We were somewhat lucky one Saturday and had a really good late lunch there.

Smoked pork baby back ribs

Portobello truffle tagliatelle

We also got a couple of packs of freshly made piaya aside from ice cream for dessert. We are already looking forward to the next meal there. It's addressed our cravings for their food that we only enjoyed if we go to Tagaytay, which is not that often.

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Another mentor passing away - Dr. Romeo Manlapaz

Another mentor passed away recently. Dr. Romeo Manlapaz was my teacher in Math 54. While he was supposed to be a terror teacher, I remember him more to be amusing. His terror reputation was somewhat tempered by his conversations with some of us students while we waited for our room to be vacated at the 4th floor of Palma Hall. Even as we were his students, we were surprised that he engaged us and shared with us many stories. I guess the other students were not as lucky and maintained a distance that they were not able to understand or appreciate the man. While he appeared to have been fond of a few of us engineering students, he trained his strict and firm manner towards others he seem to see differently. 

https://math.upd.edu.ph/2026/04/in-memoriam-dr-romeo-l-manlapaz-1939-2026 

It was later when I joined the College of Engineering as a faculty member that I came to discover his other contributions to the university. My senior colleagues like Dr Leony Liongson and Dr Evangel Quiwa shared their stories about Dr. Manlapaz, being his colleagues at the Engineering Science and Computer Science Departments.

While many of my blockmates probably don't have fond memories of him, I have many including some amusing ones in class. Those include the time he was gulping some cough syrup straight from the bottle as he claimed he had a bad case of coughs. He even teased some of the female students who were from Math and Chemistry. One of these of course was probably a crush in college or at least what we thought was his crush. 

I don't think he remembered me the last time I encountered him in the mid 1990s. I just joined UP at the time and was shy to introduce myself as a former student. Rest is peace, Dr. Manlapaz. You will be remembered by at least one of your former student who is thankful for the learning experience.

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