Dezaato Pan

On my way to Banapple I passed by Dezaato Pan.

According to them, they are the Philippines' First Japanese Cafe.

They offer breads, cakes and gelatos.

Since I know that I'll be buying cakes from Banapple and Bagoong Club, I decided on just buying breads here.

I chose two of their best sellers, the King Niku Spicy Pork P45 and the Choco Otaku P45.

The King Niku Spicy Pork was just like the Spicy Pork Floss of Breadtalk, but Dezaato's bread was not as soft and can sometimes be a little dry.


I can compare it to eating a bread with mayonnaise topped with crushed spicy prawn crackers.


It was good but would be better if the sweet bread underneath was soft and moist. Also, it can sometimes be too-fatty and nauseating, with the mayo and pork floss.


The Choco Otaku's description was like cookies and cream, chocolate bread with cream filling.



I was confused by it that I asked a staff. He said that it was because of the chocolate cookie crumbs on top that somehow gave it that cookies and cream effect.


It wasn't as good as I thought it would be. The bread was dry and doesn't taste of chocolate. Also the chocolate cream filling was too minute, they could have added more. Plus it was neither creamy nor gooey, it was as solid as a chocolate bar.




Happy Eating!

DEZAATO PAN
U-5 Thompson's Square
Tomas Morato Avenue, Quezon City

Macau Eats – Patisserie

I was already at the counter with the Brioche Hazelnut, when a Filipina cashier told me that the Chocolate Croissant was better than the Brioche. So I came back and changed my order.


She was right, the Chocolate Croissant MOP12, smelled and tasted freshly-baked, was not too sweet and not too flaky but still buttery-good. It also has a strong and dark chocolate taste.

You can really tell by its taste, that they used high-quality chocolates. It was dark and I liked it.



Happy Eating!

PATISSERIE
Macau Tower

Sebastian's Lemon Meringue Pie

I have tried their Mango Sansrival, White Macadamia, Butter Pecan, Cookie Dough and Chocoholic Anonymous and liked them all especially the latter. Now they have a new ice cream flavour concoction, the Lemon Meringue Pie P95/single scoop.



Fluffy meringue ice cream with graham crust chunks and a tart lemon curd swirl.


This was a delicious concoction that I postponed ordering the Chocoholics Anonymous for that day.


The ice cream was so fluffy you won’t even notice that it’s an ice cream.


It really looked and tasted like a Lemon Meringue Pie and anyone who loves it (the pie) would definitely love this one too. I just wish it has more of the graham chunks to cut the tanginess of the lemon curd.


This ice cream also doesn’t melt quickly or like the usual ice cream. I was able to know this from experience. I was too full from my burger and cakes that day, that I decided to bring the ice cream home after 3 mini-spoons of it. It didn’t melt in that more than an hour of commute. There was still that fluffiness in the meringue and the lemon curd was as solid as before too.

Happy Eating!

SEBASTIAN’S
Podium Mall, Ortigas Center, Pasig City

Tokyo Tokyo Tofu Steak

Another new item from Tokyo Tokyo is their Tofu Steak for P55 an order.


Five pieces of tofu, battered and fried, topped with sweet steak sauce and chicken bits.

Just by tasting it, it'll be hard to tell that it's tofu. It doesn't taste like one. But it did taste Japanese, even its smell was overwhelmingly-Japanese. The sweet sauce and the chicken were equally good.


I don't advise re-heating it when you have it to go 'coz it wouldn't taste the same, even its texture's different, it'll be rubbery.

Happy Eating!

Sbarro Chocolate Calzone

A new item from Sbarro, the Chocolate Calzone at P49.


Sweet concoction of creamy ricotta cheese and chocolate chips, finished with powdered sugar and chocolate syrup. It is served hot and fresh that you are expected to wait for up to 20 minutes for an order.


It was served piping hot that almost melted the chocolate chips and powdered sugar that decorated it. It's from the same dough as their garlic rolls and pizzas that I don't think it is appropriate as a dessert but more as a snack. It was buttery, garlicky, chewy, sweet and tart.


When you eat it right away, you wouldn't be able to see and taste the ricotta cheese but more of the chocolate, but when you let it cool or chill, the ricotta cheese will solidify and you get to taste it with the chocolate, a much better way of eating it.



Happy Eating!

Kagura's Okonomiyaki

At last I was able to try Kagura's Okonomiyaki.

I came in early, about half an hour before they open. While waiting, I was given unlimited hot green tea. It was very good. Like the green tea of Starbucks sans the cream, sugar and milk but was still sweet.


I ordered the Buta-Tama Okonomiyaki P210.


Japanese batter fried cake with pork, egg and lettuce, topped with okonomiyaki/sweet sauce, dried fish powder, mayonnaise and dried seaweed powder.


It was served on a round metal plate on top of a wooden board.



Was it worth the wait? Well, if you're not fond of Takoyaki, there's a slight possibility that you wouldn't like it too. It(okonomiyaki) has a resemblance in taste and consistency with the Takoyaki's batter. It also tasted of a tempura's dipping sauce.

What I love in it, was the sweet sauce, that I asked for an extra serving.


I just wish that it has some sort of a dipping sauce, because at some point it gets cloying.

An order is good enough for 2-3 people. You can finish it by yourself though, but you might be nauseated after.

I also discovered that while it was good eaten right away, it was equally delicious right out of the chiller, when the spices and sauces seeped into every layer of the batter and meats producing a flavorful okonomiyaki in your every bite.


Happy Eating!

KAGURA JAPANESE RESTAURANT
1227 Chino Roces Avenue,
Makati City
* close on mondays

Vjandep Pastel

A product of Camiguin.


Buns with fillings.



The buns or soft roll were fluffy and buttery, complemented by the not too sweet caramel/yema filling.


Another new favorite that I stock on every time.



Happy Eating!

*also available in selected supermarkets

Starbucks Cinnamon Swirl

Cinnamon roll with cream cheese/butter cream frosting, served warm.


The almost-melted topping was sooo good, but better if it has more of it.
The roll itself was just okay, not too sweet but a little bit dry. Like it was old and not freshly-baked.

Happy Eating!

Frostings Cookie Bar

Bar-shaped chocolate marshmallow cookie topped with white chocolate and decorated with milk chocolate sprinkles.

It was a combination of the four, a torte, a dense wafer, a meringue and a cookie.

I bought 2 bars that day, one was good for a couple more days and the other, just til the end of the day.


The former was moist, tightly-packed, crunchy but will still melt-in-your-mouth, chewy and creamy. While the latter crumbled in every bite, it was also very dry. The chocolates' (milk and white) taste weren't that prominent anymore, also its sweetness tapered-off.


It's my new favorite that I always buy a couple every time I'm in Glorietta.

Happy Eating!

FROSTINGS
Food Choices, Glorietta
Ayala Center, Makati City

Tokyo Tokyo Kakigori

A new offering from Tokyo Tokyo. A Japanese dessert made from shaved ice, flavored with syrup, sweetened with milk and topped with sweet red beans and nata de coco.


Same as with Ajisen's Azuki, I am also endlessly hoping for other ingredients aside from red beans and nata in my every spoon. I just find it weird to eat something in between of a snow cone and anmitsu/halo-halo.


Tokyo Tokyo's Kakigori has this bubblegum pop taste to it, also milky and sweet because of the red beans and nata. Compared to Ajisen's Japanese red beans, Tokyo Tokyo were smaller in size but firmer in shape.

Happy Eating!

Ajisen Ramen Azuki Mochi Ice Cream

Vanilla ice cream with Japanese red beans and mochi.


Based on its description and photo on the menu, one would think that it was just an ice cream with mochi and red beans as toppings, but what was served on my table was vanilla ice cream sitting on a pool of finely-crushed ice with milk, topped generously with mochi and Japanese red beans.


It felt like eating an Anmitsu that am continuously digging, hoping to find other ingredients aside from mochi and red beans. Though everything in here was good, from the very creamy vanilla ice cream (it's really creamy), sweet, crunchy but soft and big Japanese red beans to the chewy mochis (I still prefer Maria's mochis 'coz it's with fillings) but it would be better if they just turn it into a full-blown Anmitsu instead.


Happy Eating!

AJISEN RAMEN
3rd Level, Robinsons Place Ermita