Mini cakes from Cafe Ysabel
When my husband asked me what birthday cake I wanted, the first thing that came to mind was Shoppersville’s chocolate cake. He suggested Red Ribbon, I countered with Estrel’s or Conti’s. Estrel’s had run out of ready-made-cakes for walk in customers and parking at Conti’s was a headache. We settled for Cafe Ysabel where we had our very first date almost 17 years ago.
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Gonuts Donuts cupcakes
My daughter Sam wanted to bring home a box of Krispy Kreme donuts… we couldn’t find Krispy Kreme in Global City anyway so my husband just drove to good ol’ Gonuts Donuts. Good thing that decision turned out to be… Gonuts Donuts started offering a cupcake line about two months ago.
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Pianono from Shoppersville
A long time ago, at a time when we were staying at an uncle’s house, pianono was a common mid-afternoon merienda (snack). If it wasn’t pianono, it was something called rainbow bread. There was a bakery across the street and the house helpers’ idea of merienda was buying what was available in the bakery.
We [...]
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Estrel’s caramel cake
Been hearing and reading — with superlative raves — about Estrel’s caramel cake for a long time but never got to try it until last weekend when we went to a niece’s birthday dinner. It’s good. In fact, it’s great but I wouldn’t call it “the best”. It would be “the best” only if [...]
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Lord Stow’s egg tarts and wheat-bread siopao
Egg tarts may look like a smaller version of the traditional egg pie but there are substantial differences between the two. Egg tarts have a flaky crust more similar to puff pastry than the bready crust of egg pie. The custard of egg tarts is more like crème brûlée.
My kids loved the egg tarts from [...]
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Dessert and breakfast at Bag of Beans
Rarely do I find a restaurant that looks good by day and by night. And even more rare are restaurants where both the main meal and the dessert are good. In most cases, a restaurant would have a specialty—either one or more of the main entrees OR dessert. Bag of Beans in Tagaytay City has [...]
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Crazy Crepes
PhP 85.00 to PhP 110.00 for a crepe might sound a bit steep but Crazy Crepes have fruits, whipped cream, ice cream, nuts, syrup—the combinations vary—and they are huge. The price actually was reasonable, everything considered.
I am not sure how many Crazy Crepes outlets there are in the Philippines or whether it is a local [...]
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Bizu Patisserie
My family went to cake heaven. There’s no other way to describe the experience. We love cakes and pastries and we have learned to be very discriminating. Until last night, we were huge fans of Gene Gonzalez’s Cafe Ysabel cakes and the delectable concoctions of Conti’s. We still are, actually. But I have to say [...]
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