Ayala Triangle 2

Every visit at Ms B's also means a visit at the restos lining Ayala Triangle. As usual I have to buy something, a lot, to take home.

I went first inside Bfast hoping to find their White Chocolate Cheesecake or Quezo de Bola Cheesecake. Unfortunately all cheesecakes were sold out that afternoon.

Sad as I was, I said to myself that there's still Banapple. I ordered a slice each of the Banoffee Pie (P85), Banana Starry-Berry Custard Cheesecake (P110) and White Chocolate Truffle Berry Cheesecake (P100). I was also hoping to have the Praline Banana Cream Pie but it wasn't available, and the Warm Shoofly Pecan Pie ( made of potatoes ), but the customer in front of me told her friend that it wasn't good, that made me backed out.



The Banoffee Pie was good, just because it has bananas, caramel, whipped cream and a not too oily pie crust.









Happy Eating!

BANAPPLE
Ayala Triangle
Makati City

Ayala Triangle

I was back at ayala triangle after my late lunch at Ms B's and my mani-pedi at The Nail Boutique, it was already dinnertime by then. I would have wanted the Salmon/Unagi Combo of Pepper Lunch + their Summer Cooler (I so wanted to win the flip camera) for dinner, but I also wanted to try something new. So I just ordered one of my fave in Pepper Lunch, their Spicy Tuna Shake Salad (P99) to go, then off to Ayala Triangle I went.



I bought something in almost each resto, like the Quezo de Bola Cheesecake (P118) at Bfast. I even bought two slices now. I know that it is not the best cheesecake, that it was far from the taste of a good cheesecake like that of Ms B's Manila Cheesecake, but I still like it. I like that some part of it were custardy instead of firm. I also like the brittle on top, which were cashews and not pili nuts ( w/c I thought before).




I then bought Banana Praline Pie (P90) from Banapple. I was to buy Banoffee Pie and Cherry something cake, but was able to restrain myself and just bought the Praline.



Its crust was not oily like the rest of their cheesecakes and pies. It's also different from the other/usual pies which use pastry crust, this made use of a cookie crust. The filling was banana and a very thin/runny custard, the top is cream and a very fine streusel topping.



The streusel and the crust taste the same.

I decided to have dinner at Bonchon. But not their chicken. I had it a lot of times already. This time I had one of their new products, the Fish Tacos. You can have just one piece (P75) or you can have two (value meal -P145 (2pcs) and P95 (1pc)), and with drinks or without.



Their Fish Taco was the soft kind, which uses tortilla bread. It also has breaded fish, raw shredded cabbage, tomatoes and a sort of thousand island dressing or something to that effect.




I like the breaded fish. It was so soft and fresh, and just lightly battered. It was such a contrast to their Chicken Chops, which although delicious can sometimes be over fried. I also like the dressing. I just don't fancy the use of raw cabbage. It was too rough/hard and there's a lot of it in there. As in. Overflowing.




I already know what I would order next time, their Fish Ricebox. An order comes with 3 pieces of breaded fish and rice for P125. I also would like to try their Shrimp Ricebox. And the White Chocolate Cheesecake of Bfast, which is always sold out by lunchtime every day, or so I were told by one of their servers.




Happy Eating!

PEPPER LUNCH
2/F Greenbelt 5
Ayala Makati

*BFAST
*BONCHON
*BANAPPLE

*Ayala Triangle Makati

Bfast Quezo de Bola Cheesecake

The idea has potential. They just had problems with the execution.


The cheesecake was inconsistent. On one area it was flan-like (brulee-like), on another it was like a butter cake and on another a cheesecake. On one part it was bitter, on another it was tart, and on another it was bland.


The cheesecake also deflated upon slicing, that they had to fix it before putting it back on display.

It has a lot to improve upon, but in spite of everything, I still like it. I like the brulee part and the pili nuts used.







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Golden Spoon

The flavors that day were Simply Tart, Double Vanilla, Cake Batter, Orange 50/50, Boysenberry and Belgian Chocolate

The staff said that all flavors are low in sugar and are non-fat, even the Cake Batter which was so sweet.

The Orange 50/50 tasted like Royal Tru Orange, the Boysenberry like blueberries, the Simply Tart was tangy, the Double Vanilla tasted like McDo's sundae, while the Cake Batter was like Jollibee's Sundae, which has a condensed milk color and taste.




I was torn between Butter Pecan and Almond Roca for topping, but since I don't want it to be too rich, I chose the Almond Roca. A terrific choice. It went perfectly well with the Cake Batter yogurt flavor. Creamy, crunchy, sweet, nutty and slightly toffee-ish.





Happy Eating!

Omakase Seafood Dumpling

- deep fried assorted seafood wrapped in nori




I was craving for unagi and tuna that night and they were both satisfied by the seafood dumpling. I wasn't sure what seafood were in there, but they gave me the unagi, salmon and tuna taste. I also wasn't sure if what I had tasted were in there, but I really don't care. It doesn't really matter. What matters was that they were good, delicious even, paired with their sticky japanese rice.







Happy Eating!