cakes

It's been a whole year already! I can't believe it. This year, I had several cakes (4 in fact). Some given by vendors, but the best one we bought. This year I chose the Blueberry Cheesecake from Conti's.


I find it to be much too sweet for my taste. The cream cheese is a bit rubbery. I still think that Gateau de Manille serves the best Blueberry Cheesecake at the best price.

Miss Desserts 2

This really is the best dessert place in Serendra/BHS! Glad to see that more people have discovered the place. I'm just a wee bit concerned that service and ambience is starting to step down a notch compared to the last time we were here.

What we tried:

Almond Espresso Cheesecake Php95

Very very good. Would have been better if the espresso part of the cheesecake was stronger. I also think that serving size has grown so much smaller now.

Belgian Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Php115

The chocolate chips were melt in your mouth. The cream cheese and the chocolate chips really balance each other out.

Classic Confections

My friend got so excited when she saw this in Greenbelt 5. She's apparently heard so much about the bakery but had never gotten around to visiting the place since it was somewhere in Pasig. We had to come back like 6 times before we actually got seats. Only 4-6 (if you don't mind sharing with strangers) tables are available. I don't really get why they chose the tables and chairs that they did. It's so space consuming. Nevertheless, here were our cakes and we'll surely be back for more (want to taste them all!)!


Nono's Chocolate Oblivion

The only thing that I found to be different and exciting in this cake was the crusty outside layer of the cake which I *think* is a mix of jam and finely ground walnuts. This cake in particular isn't really my kind of dessert.

Banana Cream Pie

This was good! Perfect balance between the bananas and the caramel!. I was so tempted to buy a whole cake and bring it home to the folks!

Must tries on next visit: Lemon Torte, Rum Cake and their version of almond roca.

Max Brenner 2

Crunchy Chocolate Cheesecake

This one is worth trying at least once.

Chocolat Cakes

This has a branch right beside my school but I've never been to it. From what I tasted in the MOA branch however, I know I'll be visiting the Xavierville branch very soon. They have great cakes that are not sponge like in very affordable prices!

Orange Poppy Seed Cake Php 45

This was new to me and have fallen in love with it already. The orange flavoring in the cake was not over powering, just enough for you to enjoy its presence. What I like most about this cake was that it was extremely moist for a sponge cake. It had an orange candy on top as well.

White Chocolate Cake Php 65

Moist! Nothin new really. I must say however that the cake wasn't too sweet unlike most cakes which tend to be over powered by the chocolate. This one was just right. It has almond slivers on top. Perfectly moist! yum yum yum.

Conti's

I recently tried their Greenhills branch though I have been long going to the BF Paranaque branch. They really have greeaaat food and great cakes to boot. You can order any of the food in the menu for takeout/delivery/catering. Their cakes are displayed by the counter refrigerators so you couls actually see what they look like even before you order them. Ah...So fun to look at all of them.

Pasta Alegria

It was great!! MY kind of pasta! It had shitake mushrooms, chicken pieces, fresh and canned sundried tomatoes among many other things. The sauce was tangy (a bit sour) but really perfect for my taste palette.

Mango Bravo

The cake they are most famous for. I wish I had a pic of the whole cake. It's so intimidating. yum yum yum.... Remember that if you order this cake for home to keep it in the freezer not the ref.

Choco Almond Torte

It was good also but mediocre.

Part 5: Cafe Mediterranean (dessert only)

Powerplant Branch


We just can't get enough sweets! We tried to give their dessert a shot, and not bad I think!

Crema Catalana

Your basic creme brulee, only this had a loooot if cinnamon in it...


Tartufo al Cioccolato

Ok. It would be very hard to top that chocolate creme brulee in Kulinarya. My take on this might have been biased. so....

Part 3: Kulinarya

Powerplant, Rockwell

Because I had to avoid an ugly figure from my past, someone I'm still so frightened of, inspite of not having any conncetion with her anymore, we had to go in here.

Chocolate Creme Brulee (Php 130)

YUMMMMMM!!!!!! It was an accident that we went here but I was so glad that the food dessert was great! It was so richly chocolate and inspite of it being all cream, I couldn't help but feel as if though I was gonna taste some cake any second now! Real good.

Goodies n' Sweets

I've been hearing about this place for a long time. Supposedly, their Mango Fantasia is the bestseller, but of the four times I've been there (at the GH and Podium branches), it was always not available. Maybe it's been discountinued? I don't know really. But the longer I wait, the more interested I'm becoming...

*We're not ordered all at the same time*

Apple Pie with Buttercream Sauce (Php 125)

I honestly think this is the best apple pie I've tasted so far. It has a really great crumble, a graham crust and the apples are so huge you don't have to 'look' for them in the pie. The buttercream sauce, though I knew were so bad for me, was a real great complement to the apple pie.


Triple Treat (Php 90)

Nothing special. I honestly think that Red Ribbon's Chocolate Mousse which we all know and love is way way better. It supposedly is a chcolate cake topped with choco and mocha mousse with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.


Banofee Pie (Php 105)

I think Starbuck's Banoffee Pie tastes and looks much better. It has a graham crust filled with chocolate ganoche and toffeee layered with sliced fresh bananas and topped with whipped cream.


Lemon Meringue (Php 105)

It was okay. The lemon was really sour which was great but I didn't like the kind of icing they used on the cake. Maybe they HAD to use that kind of icing to make it stand up like that.

Jack's Loft

On one looooong break, my friends and I decided to pass the time away by trying out the food in Jack's Loft. We've been going here since we got to college but have tried the dessert only and have always promised that we would come back to try their food-food. And so we did.

Onion Rings Php108

We got the Onion Rings which was very thinly sliced. The only problem was that when the rings set, they stuck together and was quite hard to pull apart and in doing so, ruined their coating. The dipping sauce was pretty lame, it was somewhat a mayo-ketchup mix, just like we have at home. The serving size was great though and good enough for about 3-4 people.

Four Mushroom Pasta Php 148

I ordered the Four Mushroom Pasta which was phenomenal! Upon closer inspection, you could actually see and differentiate the four musrooms used to make the pasta. If memory serves me right, I think the pasta had button mushrooms, straw mushrooms, shitake mushrooms and porcini mushrooms. It had a cream sauce which was not over powering at all and let the taste of the mushrooms stand through. Some ham and a lot of parmesan cheese was added to give it more texture. Love love love it. Perfect for one hungry person.

Wild Rice Risotto Php 198

Described as "risotto blended of wild rice, brocolli, caauliflower, carrots and beef in a sweet soy sauce." My friend got the Risotto which really intimidated us at first. It was perfectly shaped and was so disheartening to break from its form. But boy was it good! When we were eating it, it felt like we were eating soup,pasta and viand all at the same time! It was so rich and "creamy" for a rice dish. There were bits and pieces of shitake mushroom, brocolli and some meat. It kinda tasted burnt, but I guess that was just part of the beauty of the dish. Enough for one person, though I suggest ordering something else to go with it.

Apple Pie a la Mode Php 98

yum, yum. They indeed use real apples (unlike the other restaus which have soggy textured replacements) which was a pleasant surprise since it added crunch to the pie crumble on top. The vanilla ice cream was flattering and the caramel sauce on top was a wonderful addition to the the palette of tastes.

Decadent Chocolate Cake Php108

I was told that this was their best seller but I was greatly disappointed. They had heated the cake, which had melted its chocolate-caramel top layer but did nothing to impress me. The cake was your plain sponge cake (which i really do not like) found in most common restaus. It was not bad but was nothing spectacular. Would not recomment it.

I would higly recommend the blueberry cheesecake. It was wondeful if only for the perfect texture and taste of the cheesecake itself. Forget about the blueberry part. The cheesecake was firm, cheesey and cakey just as a cheesecake should be. The taste was in the middle of being sour and sweet. You can really tell that they used good quality cream cheese. Try it!


One boo-boo though was that they had screwed up the order of release of the food. They first served the pasta, then the onion rings, then the apple pie (which we had to eat right away or else the ice cream would have melted), then the risotto and finally the chocolate cake. I would have really appreciated it if our food had come out in sync.

oh.oh. the fishbowl iced teas are just too cute!!!!

Fleur de Lys

Though, it's quite far from where I live and where I study, we went there to try the desserts we have been hearing great raves about for ourselves. The place was quite small with a maximum sitting capacity of about 20 people only. The dessert display was jaw dropping. I literally wanted to just stare at it for hours on end!! Alas, I had to of course take a seat....

What we ate:

Adobo Flakes Pasta (Php 150)

I thought the flakes would be crispy, but they weren't. The flakes were actually just added to the pasta more of like as a topping. It wasn't incorporated in the sauce. It was pleasant. The cream sauce was light and you could really really pick up the adobo influence in the pasta. The pasta in the picture may look dry, but actually, all the sauce was underneath the pasta which kept it warm.


Banana & Peanut Butter Waffle (Php100)

It was good, albeit, a little dry. The bananas and the peanut butter drizzling were great. If you do decide to order this, try to get a littlbe bit of everything in every bite. Nothing about this dish was sweet and so the addition of whipped cream was an excellent way of adding the "dessert" feel into it.


Italian Sausage Waffle (Php 160)

This waffle on the other hand had basil incorporated in it. You can really tell that it was baked from scratch. The sausage was just right in that it was not sour nor spicy. Most of all, it was lean. (yey!) Again, if you order this, try to get a little bit of the tomato,waffle, sausage and egg in every bite. Could be a meal on its own but we ordered it more as an appetizer/side dish.

Nuts About You (Php 105)

A beautiful macadamia pie. One of the best I've had in a really long time. The pistachio ice cream enhanced the taste of the pie and did not rob it at all of it beauty and magnificence. Who doensn't love macadamias?!


Dulce and Gabanana (Php 95)

There were warm bananas hidden underneath all that whipped cream layered on top a gingerbreadish kind of crust.


A River Rums Through (Php 60)

I've always enjoyed rhum cakes for its rich buttery flavor and hint of rhum. This was the exact opposite though! There was a very small hint of butter and a lot of rhum taste! It was a bit too overpowering for me. I felt that the cake was soaked in rhum actually, but all is well and good.


Almond Loca (Php 95)

There was a lot of almonds in it. It was not too sweet and overpowering. The almonds were actually embedded somewhere in between layers of meringue wafers in a rich buttercream in between.


Pavlova Picasso (Php 95)

I was expecting the strawberry meringue to be hard, but it was not! The softness of the meringue, made it very easy to take a bite into the dessert which was very flattering. The whipped cream added creaminess to the otherwise dry meringue and the walnut and fruits (grapes, mango and kiwi) added hints of other various wonderful flavors.