Sweet Dreams

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Mandarin Deli Chocolate Croissant

Big, huge, jumbo croissant. Cheap too. Just P40 a piece.

It's buttery, flaky and sweet. Everything a good croissant should be. The chocolate filling too was delicious. But as what the shop attendant said, the size or amount of chocolate was for the P40 price. So don't expect to see it on both ends of the croissant, 'coz you'll definitely be disappointed.

Happy Eating!

Jipan's Sweet Potato Tart

Mashed sweet potato with caramelized apple filling on a pastry crust, glazed til golden with butter.

The bottom part (crust) was soft, sweet and flaky, the caramelized apples were tender but firm, while the mashed sweet potato was soft, firm and not too sweet.

It was a filling but not heavy on the tummy tart. What it (mashed sweet potato) lacked in sweetness was well taken care off by the caramelized apples and pastry crust.

Overall, I still like their Sweet Potato Pie more.

Happy Eating!

Intercontinental Strawberry Donut

Like any other yeast and glazed donut, with the powdered sugar already melting and glazing the donut.

But what set it apart was the taste of the strawberry filling inside. It's not too sweet and has a more prominent strawberry than sugar taste.

Happy Eating!

Monday, August 31, 2009

Mandarin Deli Custard Cream

Buttery and sweet croissant and yeast donut type bread with custard cream on the center.

It was like pringles, that once you pop into your mouth you can never stop. That was what happened to me. I just wanted a bite but wasn't able to stop myself from finishing the entire danish.

The custard cream was tart and sweet like it has cheese in it. I was wondering how it happened, then I saw on my receipt that what I bought was Danish Cream Cheese. So maybe that explained the tart taste of the custard. I just don't know if the Danish Cream Cheese and Custard Cream are one and the same.

Happy Eating!

MANDARIN DELI
Gateway Mall

Sebastian's Midnight Truffle Burger

My fascination with the ice cream cookie sandwich intensified after I watched an episode of Barefoot Contessa wherein Ina Garten made big white chocolate cookies and coffee ice cream. She sandwiched the ice cream between two huge cookies. Since then I can't stop dreaming of someday eating something like that. Then as luck would have it I saw one (or maybe 4 flavors) at Sebastian's in Glorietta.

Dark chocolate cookies filled with chocolate ice cream with a fudge center and rolled in black cocoa.

They are as huge as Ina's (more or less) but better since it has dark chocolate fudge in between as well as rolled in cocoa.

It's the ice cream burger for true blue chocoholics. Since it's choco after choco after choco.

I thought at first bite that it was too rich and too much for me, but the chocolate fudge cut its richness. It also broke the monotonous taste of the ice cream while the cookies have this sweet and salty contrast that was so good.