Boracay is food. Food is Boracay.

Chocolate Sin-ful

Smoke's Kao Pad

I know of Boracay's fine sand and crystal-clear beach.

But there's more to what your eyes can see, there's also what your tongue can taste. Boracay homes the most mouth-watering dishes and desserts that will make you swim back for more.

There's the artsy-fartsy Smoke restaurant in D'Mall.

When you've been to Soms in Rockwell and Mandaluyong and had a taste of their Kao Pad. Then, you surely need to dine at Smoke and order their bestseller, Kao Pad.

A Thai-inspired dish, you'll go gaga over the battling sweet and sour taste Kao Pad's bagoong-flavored rice topped with mango and scrambled egg.

Then there's Beef Salpicao.

Usual at the first sight of it. But wait until you take a bite of its juicy beef seasoned with fried garlic that will inevitably brainwash your memory of what Beef Salpicao used to be.

When you taste buds crave for that Filipino dish, there's Island Chicken Inasal.

Right at the heart of D'Mall, grab a bite of its authentic Bacolod Chicken Inasal and drool over their Filipino's very own Sinigang. Giving you more reasons to stay on the island.

Thinking of the best dessert on the sand?

Then Zuzuni's the only way.

Enjoy the sand while savoring their sinful Chocolate Sin - a freshly baked chocolate muffin with stuffed with hot fudge and vanilla ice cream on the side.

One true YUM!

And when hunger strikes you in the middle of your booze session, there's always Chori Burger to stuff your alcohol-pumped tummy.

So the next time you're in Boracay, be sure to enjoy all sides of the triangle - beach, food, and booze.

Part of that world

Ariel has become a part of my childhood.

I'm not talking about Ariel of 'Ariel and Maverick, not even Gelli de Belen's husband, Ariel Rivera.

Remember that flipping, quirky girl who once sang us to bed with her song, "Up where they walk, up where they run, up where they stay all day in the sun. Wondering free, wish I could be, part of that world,"?

Would you ever forget Flounder and Sebastian, her very loyal friends?

You got it right. She's Princess Ariel.

And just when I thought I could never do the flipping-under-the-sea moves, I was totally wrong.

My trip to Boracay paved way for a dream come true.

I may not have those fins.

Guess what?

I had helmets, instead.

A Trip to Paradise

If you ask me how did I see Boracay?

These photos will definitely explain how.

It was not just a trip to an island. It was a trip to paradise that only Philippines can offer.

Bear with me. It was my first.

The sand, as what Jasmine Trias said, pinong-pino.

The beach was as clear as crystal.

The party was unfamiliarly different.

The people were warm.

The trip was uber fun.

I want more.

Let's go back for more.