Monday, March 17, 2008

Goya

I was at the grocery the other day and I saw a candy display at the end of one of the aisles with these bars. I thought they were from a new company, a new brand; they looked expensive and imported and the design was quite eye-catching.

Upon a closer look, I was pleasantly surpised to find out that the bars were Goya chocolates! Goya! I grew up with this brand! It has been a while since I last had any that I thought the company had closed down. You can just imagine my surpised to find Goya chocolates again, now in these pretty blue packets!
And I knew right there that this has to be included in my short grocery list that day. I just had to have a taste of Goya again. It came in two varieties, the Milk Chocolate and the Creamy White Chocolate. I got both.


... still tastes like the old Goya I knew. Only now, they are in prettier pillow packets and in bars. Really happy to see Goya again. Though I still would prefer them looking like those little chocolate eggs wrapped in very colorful tin foils I so preciously held in my tiny hands during my younger schooldays! Nostalgic!
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  1.  gmirageMarch 18, 2008 at 1:58 PM

    =D I forgot na yung ad nila but I surely remember these chocs well...Lumaki din ako kasama yan!

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  2. docemdyMarch 18, 2008 at 9:36 PM

    What I remember about Goya are the small chocolates wrapped in red and silver foil. Did you see any of those in the supermarket?

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  3. Gita AsuncionMarch 18, 2008 at 10:04 PM

    giz, tagal na ng goya diba? good to see filipino products last a long time.

    em dy, i dont think ive seen them around... ill try to find them nex time.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 20, 2008 at 5:17 AM

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  5. test111March 20, 2008 at 8:33 PM

    Uy, sosyal na balot niya! Hehe. Why don't I see that at the grocery? Sawa na ako sa Curly and Flat Tops! Mahanap nga.

    I've cousins who grew up in America and once visited the Philippines, meron pang lumang Goya that time, and they love it better than their chocolates.

    I especially love the plain milk chocolate bars. I suddenly miss Goya, too.

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  6. turtleMarch 22, 2008 at 1:43 PM

    Goya brings back memories.Thanks for featuring. Serge din survivor.

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  7. NOYPETESMarch 24, 2008 at 1:56 AM

    Gita,

    Maraming memories na ibinabalik yang GOYA chocolate sa mga tulad ko. Yan lang ang kaya kong bilhin nuon para ipasalubong pag "dumadalaw" ako sa nililigawan ko. GOYA,SERGS,CURLY TOPS at iba pa..tunay na Pinoy goodies!

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  8. Gita AsuncionMarch 25, 2008 at 12:10 AM

    servidores, thanks for dropping by. am glad you like it here. ;-)

    Mindy, akala ko nga imported chocolates sha sa shelf eh! flat tops still is my most favorite. pero youre right, the white chocolate of goya is really quite good ha!

    penumbra, glad you like it. ill try to find serg's next time and try to feature it too.

    noypetes, i was so happy to find it nga sa grocery after all these years! original pinoy goodies diba! ;-)

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  9. PanaderosApril 2, 2008 at 8:33 AM

    Hi. It's my first visit and my first time to comment here too.

    Anyway, I enjoyed Goya's chocolates too when I was a kid. Their plant used to be in Parang, Marikina. I'm not so sure though if it's still there.

    I'm glad you write about local candies. I also did a write-up on Chippy, sort of a mini-tribute on my blog earlier this month.

    Great site you have!

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  10. Gita AsuncionApril 2, 2008 at 11:52 PM

    panaderos, thanks for dropping by...
    and thanks for the bit of info on Goya factory too. i didnt know that.
    anyway, i blog about almost anything that comes to me. mostly about food though. and filipino food at that. writing and photographing them is always fun.

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  11. WeynSeptember 18, 2008 at 12:56 PM

    There's a new flavor daw by Goya, I haven't tried their Dark Chocolate with Mint. :D

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  12. Gita AsuncionSeptember 19, 2008 at 7:25 AM

    Weyn, i saw this dark choco and mint the other day... might try it. though im not much of a mint fan. let us know when youve tried it.

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  13. AnonymousNovember 21, 2008 at 11:03 AM

    I love the Dark Mint of Goya. It is packaged in a box with 9 circular chocolates. It's only P29.00!

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  14. Gita AsuncionNovember 22, 2008 at 7:43 AM

    bornfree, thanks for the tip. ill try dark mint one of these days. go go Goya!

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