Weekend Round Up

Sakae Sushi Chicken Katsu 

- the salad was lightly dressed and the chicken evenly coated with just enough breading. I had this twice last weekend.

Gonuts Donuts


Chimara's Cheese Popcorn


Kalbi's Chicken Quesadilla with Nachos



Max's Chocolate Chip Brownies



Happy Eating!

Green Tea Mania

Secret Recipe Green Tea Cheesecake



- the crust was similar in taste to B's Tuckshop Manila Cheesecake, almost milky, while the cheesecake layer was sometimes bland, but was creamy and milky and with a slight bitter aftertaste, like Meiji Green Tea Melty Kiss

Zagu Matcha with extra Red Bean


- just sweet. Didn't taste the green tea that much. I don't know if it's just my order, cos my brother-in-law and niece love theirs.

Happy Eating!

Secret Recipe White Dark Chocolate Cheese

When I asked a staff what's in it she said, dark and white chocolate. That's two of my favorites. So I bought a slice to try.



Back at home I was anxious to try it. But guessed what, she forgot to tell me there's a strong coffee layer in there too. Bummer!

All night I was palpitating because of it. As coffee interferes with one of the meds I'm taking.

For those who love coffee, they might like this too. But I didn't enjoy this at all as all I can eat was the white chocolate cheesecake part and the chocolate crust which were just half of the cake.

That's the problem when staff are not familiar with their products.

Happy Eating!

SECRET RECIPE
4th Level, Robinsons Place Ermita

Cheesecake Melliza Two-Tone Bars

On my way out of Robinsons Place Supermarket, I passed by Cheesecake Melliza and saw the Two-Tone Bars, apparently a new product.



The seller told me they're made of dark and white chocolate, two of my favorites. I immediately bought a pack to try.

They weren't what I expected them to be. They were just sweet bars. No distinction in taste between the dark and white chocolate, or anything. All I can taste was sweetness after sweetness. Sugar after sugar.

Happy Eating!

CHEESECAKE MELLIZA
Robinsons Place Ermita

Max Brenner Deep Dark Truffle Cake

Layers of chocolate mousse, sponge cake and cereal/nougat crust





This is not the type of cake that you'll miss eating or one that you won't forget and crave for constantly.
I'm not saying that it's not good, cos it is. Just that it didn't leave a mark on me. It's better than their S'mores though. The chocolate mousse layer even resembled a Selecta chocolate ice cream in taste and consistency (when the ice cream is left for a while at room tempt) and was too dark it even tasted like coffee (or maybe it does have coffee in it). The sponge cake was soft, while the crust was a mixture of cereal and nougat. I don't understand the choice of that for the crust though, cos it doesn't jive with the rest of the layers.



Happy Eating!

MAX BRENNER
Greenbelt 5,
Makati City

Jipan Mochi Mochi Donut and Mini Green Tea Croissant

When in Glorietta, I always drop by Jipan to see what's new. That afternoon there were quite a number of new Japanese pastries. But I just tried two.





I like mochi, so I asked about their Mochi Mochi Donut. The staff told me that they used rice flour for the donut so that they wouldn't have to fry it. They made somewhat of a healthier donut version. They baked it instead of fried.



I don't like donuts that much as I find them too sinful and sweet and not worth the calories. But when I tasted Jipan's mochi mochi donut, I didn't feel any guilt at all. It wasn't oily or too sweet like the usual donuts.

Also, it has more than enough chocolate coating and the chocolate tasted so good. It wasn't that sweet too and the staff was right when she said that it won't be oily since it's baked.

I also bought Mini Green Tea Croissant with white chocolate.

I love green tea so I always try anything with green tea.

The croissant has the authentic green tea taste sans the bitter taste at the end. If you're hoping to find a strip of white chocolate inside the croissant like I did, you'll be disappointed, cos the white chocolate was already mixed with the green tea.

Happy Eating!

JIPAN
2nd Level, Glorietta,
Makati City