Kopiroti

After a few minutes of walk post-Tokyo Café, we had another snack of Kopi and Choco Buns at Kopiroti.


Since I’m a choco-lover more than a coffee-lover, I like their Choco Bun more. Especially the chocolate coating on top and the crusty chocolate excess.


It was not too sweet and possessed the right chocolate level, meaning strong and dark.


Contrasting the crusty outside was a buttery-soft inside.




Happy Eating!

KOPIROTI
SM Mall of Asia

Juan's Bistro

For dinner last Sunday at MOA, we tried the Pamilya Meal 1 and 2 of Juan’s Bistro at P650 each.

Meal 1 has kare-kare, white rice, ensaladang mangga with bagoong and chicken bbq. While Meal 2 has fried hito, white rice, liempo and bicol express.



Each meal is served with 4 glasses of iced tea and 4 cups of soup (nilagang baka that night).

They also served us different sauces for our dishes, like atchara, bagoong, chili soy sauce and sweet chili sauce.


I like everything we ordered, from the soup to our order of taba ng talangka (crab fat), to pour over our rice.



Their version of bicol express was different from the norm. Theirs has okra, eggplant, sitaw and shrimps. It was not even spicy.

The kare-kare was already tasty on its own that we didn’t use the bagoong any more.

The taba ng talangka poured over the rice complemented our viands. Disclaimer: eating too much may cause nausea, like what happened to my niece.

Of all the dishes, my favorites are the ensaladang mangga with bagoong, chicken bbq and bicol express.


Happy Eating!

JUAN'S BISTRO
SM Mall of Asia

Tokyo Cafe

While waiting for my sister and her family, we snacked at Tokyo Cafe of All-Meat Pizza, Adzuki Parfait and Coffee Jelly Parfait, all new offerings of the cafe.

The Adzuki Parfait P105, has green tea and vanilla ice cream, red beans (adzuki), topped with whipped cream and choco wafer stick.


The green tea ice cream tasted like the Green Tea Frap of Starbucks, while the vanilla ice cream has a creamy and milky taste.


The parfait has lots of red beans that made me like it more. It is now one of my favourite cold desserts.


The Coffee Jelly Parfait P105, has three flavours of ice cream (chocolate, vanilla and cheese)and coffee jelly at the bottom.


It was also delicious and would satisfy any coffee lover.

The choco wafers in both parfait were very chocolatey and don’t taste like the usual wafer sticks in supermarkets.

The All-Meat Pizza has pepperoni, bacon, ham and salami on a thin, crusty and chewy crust , with a tangy tomato sauce.



It’s a mix of different flavors, from peppery to salty and sweet.


The items at Tokyo Cafe are good alternatives to the usual Starbucks, CBTL and the likes. But unlike them, the seats at Tokyo Cafe are not comfy and they don’t entertain overstaying customers. They’ll buss your table as soon as you put down the utensils, even if your companions are still eating. It was annoying and borderline rude.


Happy Eating!

TOKYO CAFE
SM Mall of Asia

Estrel's Caramel Cake

At last, God heard my prayer.

Last Friday I was able to buy a slice of Estrel’s Caramel Cake P100 at the Bakers' Dozen.


Though I have eaten it countless of times already, I can’t help but crave for it every now and then. And even if I want to eat it every chance I get, it’s hard since they don’t sell miniature versions or by the slice. They only sell whole cakes and it should be consumed within a day. I can do that but I won’t or else I’ll die young and fat.


I was told that you can only purchase the caramel cake slice at the Bakers' Dozen. They won’t offer it at their Scout Tobias store.

The slices that they sell are with caramel fillings and flower icings.


All I have are praises for the cake, from the sponge cake to the flower icing. They were all good and delicious.


The sponge cake was soft, the caramel though creamy and rich, was not extremely sweet nor cloyingly-rich.

This cake I would love to eat every day. And if calories and blood sugar were not an issue, I would really eat a whole cake every day.


Happy Eating!

ESTREL’S
64 Scout Tobias St. cor Sct. Limbaga,
Bgy. Laging Handa, Quezon City
Tel No: 372-2965, 371-7938

Kozui Again

After our move date in Trinoma, my friend and I went to Kozui in Morato for dinner and dessert.

Since I was still full from my Bigoli snack, I just had my favorite cold dessert, Taro Anmitsu P148.


Every time I’m in the Morato area, I never fail to order this, the only downside is I never get to try the other desserts Morato offers.

My friend ordered the Karaagedon Donburi Rice Bowl P178.


Deep-fried Japanese boneless chicken on top of steamed rice, garnished with bonito flakes, nori and negi, and served with their home-made sauce.

Since I was able to get a bite of this from my friend’s bowl, I found it to be a little bit dry. This was just an okay food, so you're better off with their Spicy Dandan Noodle, I guess.

Happy Eating!

The Ice Cream Bar

Though I was already full from all the free taste and the sweets that I bought from the Baker’s Dozen, I still managed to sneak in some of the best sellers of The Ice Cream Bar.


I ordered the Chunky Chicken Sandwich P165.


Chunks of chicken in a creamy spread, topped with crispy french fried onion rings, lettuce and cucumber on a slightly toasted Kaiser roll.


An order comes with The Best Potato Chips in Town (that’s what they call their potato chips).

For my order they added apple in the chicken filling.


The first time they served me the sandwich, there were no fried onion rings like in the pics. After asking the staff about it, I was told that you choose between having the sandwich either with apple or onion rings or both. Since I wasn’t informed nor asked about it and I like having both in my sandwich, the chef had the onion rings to follow.


Because of it, I was able to taste the sandwich with just the apple and with the whole shebang. I can say that I like it with both.

Though the chunky chicken filling was creamy or has lots of mayo, it was not as creamy and rich as Oliver’s Chicken Mayo Sandwich.

I know that it’s a total contradiction but the filling though creamy left a dry taste in my mouth. While the apple added crunch and juice to the creamy filling.

I applaud them for using fresh vegetables in their sandwich.

The lettuce was very green and crunchy. The tomatoes, cucumbers and apples maintained their texture, were all still juicy and the last two crunchy.

The kaiser roll was soft but would be better with more butter.

I also like the extra detail that they put on the catsup.


The best potato chips were just okay. Though, I don’t think that they’re the best but they’re still good.


You can really taste that it’s freshly made and not bought from a factory. It’s just lacking saltiness, which what I expect from potato chips.

Since it was 3pm when I dined, I was given a complimentary Choco-Pinipig Sundae (at P130 when not part of the promo).


From 11am-4pm, Mondays-Fridays, you can get any ice cream sundae or any flavour scoop when you order a sandwich or pasta.

Tsokolate ice cream topped with a frozen choco shell, crunchy pinipig bits and whipped cream.


Just like the sandwich and the potato chips, this was just an okay sundae. It tasted of our native tsokolate which I’m not that crazy of.

Combined, my orders can satiate 2 people for snack. They are generous with their servings.

Would I come back? Why not. The service was fast and the place, clean. The only thing that I don’t like was the plastered frown on a lady staff.

Happy Eating!

THE ICE CREAM BAR
Joya Tower, Rockwell Center, Makati
Tel No: 403-0891