It's been raining cats and dogs all day in the metropolis. It's been cold and mostly dreary with the sun peeking now and then for brief periods. To cap a cold, rainy day, I prefer to think of pleasant things such as coffee and cake.
Having an acidic tummy, i should avoid coffee. This I find hard to do. I love coffee save for the times when I'm twitching in pain during a bad acidic attack. I love caffeine. I love the smell of brewed coffee. I enjoy ripping open a sachet of equal and stirring it in my brewed coffee.
I used to be an avid fan of Starbucks. A tall cup of latte, non-fat, decaf used to be a staple in my diet. I cut back the past year due to my acidic attacks (apparently decaf does not mean totally caffeine-free and sometimes my turbulent system still gets affected) and also because I was trying to scrimp and pinch.
Right now, the penny saver Ice Princess favors cheaper coffee such as Dunkin' Donuts brewed coffee. It smells wonderful, tastes great and is simply good for the purse. Dunkin' should give me a permanent discount card for this promotional bit. Ha ha ha.
Aside from Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts, I also love the coffees in UCC Vienna Cafe. The way they prepare coffee is different from the other coffee shops and it reflects in the output. The ambiance at UCC is simply delectable as well. Sure, it's not cheap but then again, when does good ambiance, good service and terrific coffee come cheap?
Gloria Jean's Coffee is another of my favorites. It's not as crowded as Starbucks but the coffee is just as good (if not better). Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf is another popular coffee shop that I actually like. My father himself prefers Coffee Bean to Starbucks.
Figaro and Seattle's Best are okay with me but I can't say I love them. I particularly find the hot coffee's of Seattle's Best bland even after I piled on the cream and sweeteners.
Baaang Coffee is more known for it's free wi-fi and as the popular hangout of movie stars and wanna be movie stars but their coffee there is okay. Their hot chocolate is good, too.
Fleur de Lys is another place I like. I love the cups they use to serve coffee there. It has a very Luke's Diner (Gilmore Girls) effect to it. The full cream milk they use with their coffee sure gives their brew the extra punch it needs. The cakes in Fleur de Lys are also worth coming back to. I haven't tasted a cake there that I didn't enjoy from start to finish.
Speaking of cakes, I've always been a Marie Antoinette cake lover of some sort: "Let them have cake!" I could do without the main course as long as there's cake afterward. During the times when I would go on a diet, I would save my calories and fat allocations for cakes. I even discovered the wonderful world of sugarless cakes along my voyage as a cake-lover. Not one birthday of mine also passed by without a birthday cake. I simply am Miss Cake.
I love chocolate so naturally, I enjoy most chocolatey cakes. I love Red Ribbon's chocolate cake. I also love Red Ribbon's Chocolate Mousse cake. I have a secret that I'll share here though. I don't like the lowest layer of the mousse too much. I enjoy the mousse more. When I was in Hong Kong with my father some years back, I would always eat the mousse at the buffet table every dinner time. I was Miss Mousse.
I also like ube cake. I recently discovered not too many people like ube cake but I grew up liking ube in almost every way: ice cream, cake, halaya, puto bungbong. I also like blueberry cheesecake mostly except when the canned blueberry used is too sweet or artificially flavored. Same goes for strawberry cheesecake.
Speaking of cheesecake, I once got to eat a blue/strawberry cheesecake minus the fruity top. Apparently, the restaurant cannot find canned blueberries/strawberries at that time so they baked the cheesecake minus the fruity top. It was delicious nonetheless.
UCC's cakes are also good. I love the Toblerone and the KitKat flavored cake as well as the oreo cheesecke. Yum.
The cakes offered by Starbucks and Coffee Bean are also tasty, save for being so expensive.
I love the mudpie in Sweet Inspirations. That is, except for the sugary white icing on top which I conveniently shove away the first chance I get.
It's funny that with most of the restaurants with specialties, it is actually their deserts that I remember more. For one, Alfredo's Steakhouse. I remember Alfredo's for their yummy cakes that are artistically plated. I don't remember the flavors but I do remember that one of the yummy cakes had ice cream inside it and chocolate syrup around. Another specialty restaurant that I remember fondly for their deserts is the Old Spaghetti House. I simply adore their mudpie there. It also has ice cream inside it.
For sugarless cakes, I love the strawberry cheesecake of Arte's Cafe. A box costs an arm and a leg but I dare say every bite is worth it.
Aristocrat Bakeshop is another cake lover's heaven. Their chocolate cake is to die for as well as their torta de los reyes. Again, their cakes do not come cheap but hey, I'm just here to write about yummy cakes and not to give advice on how to find cheap ones.
Near the place I work, there's this little cake called refrigerator cake that I look forward to eating again. Maybe tomorrow? I don't know. I hope soon.
I can't possibly end this piece without mentioning Kopiroti, may latest pocket-friendly, mouth watering coffee favorite. Kopiroti is known internationally, especially in Asia they say, and their coffees are delightful. Cheap, too. Plus they come in this lovely glass mugs. Their kopibun, a yummy coffee flavored bread, is also worth trying. I have a feeling that Kopiroti will continue to ascend up the popularity charts in Manila.
I'm sure I could write a longer piece the next time I write about coffee and cakes. That's how much a coffee and cake lover I am. So, what about my acidic tummy? Well, that's why I always have my antacid with me.
Having an acidic tummy, i should avoid coffee. This I find hard to do. I love coffee save for the times when I'm twitching in pain during a bad acidic attack. I love caffeine. I love the smell of brewed coffee. I enjoy ripping open a sachet of equal and stirring it in my brewed coffee.
I used to be an avid fan of Starbucks. A tall cup of latte, non-fat, decaf used to be a staple in my diet. I cut back the past year due to my acidic attacks (apparently decaf does not mean totally caffeine-free and sometimes my turbulent system still gets affected) and also because I was trying to scrimp and pinch.
Right now, the penny saver Ice Princess favors cheaper coffee such as Dunkin' Donuts brewed coffee. It smells wonderful, tastes great and is simply good for the purse. Dunkin' should give me a permanent discount card for this promotional bit. Ha ha ha.
Aside from Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts, I also love the coffees in UCC Vienna Cafe. The way they prepare coffee is different from the other coffee shops and it reflects in the output. The ambiance at UCC is simply delectable as well. Sure, it's not cheap but then again, when does good ambiance, good service and terrific coffee come cheap?
Gloria Jean's Coffee is another of my favorites. It's not as crowded as Starbucks but the coffee is just as good (if not better). Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf is another popular coffee shop that I actually like. My father himself prefers Coffee Bean to Starbucks.
Figaro and Seattle's Best are okay with me but I can't say I love them. I particularly find the hot coffee's of Seattle's Best bland even after I piled on the cream and sweeteners.
Baaang Coffee is more known for it's free wi-fi and as the popular hangout of movie stars and wanna be movie stars but their coffee there is okay. Their hot chocolate is good, too.
Fleur de Lys is another place I like. I love the cups they use to serve coffee there. It has a very Luke's Diner (Gilmore Girls) effect to it. The full cream milk they use with their coffee sure gives their brew the extra punch it needs. The cakes in Fleur de Lys are also worth coming back to. I haven't tasted a cake there that I didn't enjoy from start to finish.
Speaking of cakes, I've always been a Marie Antoinette cake lover of some sort: "Let them have cake!" I could do without the main course as long as there's cake afterward. During the times when I would go on a diet, I would save my calories and fat allocations for cakes. I even discovered the wonderful world of sugarless cakes along my voyage as a cake-lover. Not one birthday of mine also passed by without a birthday cake. I simply am Miss Cake.
I love chocolate so naturally, I enjoy most chocolatey cakes. I love Red Ribbon's chocolate cake. I also love Red Ribbon's Chocolate Mousse cake. I have a secret that I'll share here though. I don't like the lowest layer of the mousse too much. I enjoy the mousse more. When I was in Hong Kong with my father some years back, I would always eat the mousse at the buffet table every dinner time. I was Miss Mousse.
I also like ube cake. I recently discovered not too many people like ube cake but I grew up liking ube in almost every way: ice cream, cake, halaya, puto bungbong. I also like blueberry cheesecake mostly except when the canned blueberry used is too sweet or artificially flavored. Same goes for strawberry cheesecake.
Speaking of cheesecake, I once got to eat a blue/strawberry cheesecake minus the fruity top. Apparently, the restaurant cannot find canned blueberries/strawberries at that time so they baked the cheesecake minus the fruity top. It was delicious nonetheless.
UCC's cakes are also good. I love the Toblerone and the KitKat flavored cake as well as the oreo cheesecke. Yum.
The cakes offered by Starbucks and Coffee Bean are also tasty, save for being so expensive.
I love the mudpie in Sweet Inspirations. That is, except for the sugary white icing on top which I conveniently shove away the first chance I get.
It's funny that with most of the restaurants with specialties, it is actually their deserts that I remember more. For one, Alfredo's Steakhouse. I remember Alfredo's for their yummy cakes that are artistically plated. I don't remember the flavors but I do remember that one of the yummy cakes had ice cream inside it and chocolate syrup around. Another specialty restaurant that I remember fondly for their deserts is the Old Spaghetti House. I simply adore their mudpie there. It also has ice cream inside it.
For sugarless cakes, I love the strawberry cheesecake of Arte's Cafe. A box costs an arm and a leg but I dare say every bite is worth it.
Aristocrat Bakeshop is another cake lover's heaven. Their chocolate cake is to die for as well as their torta de los reyes. Again, their cakes do not come cheap but hey, I'm just here to write about yummy cakes and not to give advice on how to find cheap ones.
Near the place I work, there's this little cake called refrigerator cake that I look forward to eating again. Maybe tomorrow? I don't know. I hope soon.
I can't possibly end this piece without mentioning Kopiroti, may latest pocket-friendly, mouth watering coffee favorite. Kopiroti is known internationally, especially in Asia they say, and their coffees are delightful. Cheap, too. Plus they come in this lovely glass mugs. Their kopibun, a yummy coffee flavored bread, is also worth trying. I have a feeling that Kopiroti will continue to ascend up the popularity charts in Manila.
I'm sure I could write a longer piece the next time I write about coffee and cakes. That's how much a coffee and cake lover I am. So, what about my acidic tummy? Well, that's why I always have my antacid with me.
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