T.E.A.M. Bee: Desserts

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Mayfair Neapolitan Milk Chocolate

Its been years since me and my mom had walked through the aisles of The Landmark's Supermarket where we used to buy our groceries but gone are the days when malls and nearby supermarkets spouted like mushrooms close to our place. I could still reminisce where we could just pick up anything and just place it in our push carts, then eat at their food court afterwards.

Good thing they had renovated their Makati branch and its even better than before in terms of the choices for goods. I was really happy to be back and be a child again until I saw this chocolate from my past.

I could still remember this chocolate from my childhood from what it looks and tastes like but already forgot its name. There it is Mayfair's Neapolitan Milk Chocolate. I just recognized it by looking at the chocolate featured on its box, the chocolate with a monkey sketched at its center.

During my childhood days, its former box was a flat rectangular box where the colors of its wrapper was laid flat on each other. It comes with three colors as I remember, the red one which is the milk chocolate with some rice crisps, the orange one, which had an orange flavor on it and the blue one, the one with the rose on its wrapper, which is the classic milk chocolate. All comes with an animal sketched on its center.

Today, even if was labeled as an assorted chocolate, they all just taste the same as their classic milk chocolate flavor, their orange and rice crisps flavors were already gone and would just a remain a memory from the past. c",)

Vikings

It's been my dad's birthday around the corner so my family and I decided to leave ourselves from work and just relax and celebrate his birthday. I already planned having our dinner at Robotosan but postponed it the last minute when my office mate told me that Vikings had a promo for the birthday celebrants up to September this year. Too bad it won't be applicable to my birthday!

After seeing this restaurant from one of the Valentine episodes of Rated K and Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho, our cravings for something sweet didn't stopped us from finding this place even if its not Valentines Day anymore. We didn't find this place right away since the Banawe Street was really a long stretch but with a persistent curiosity for this, we found it!

I already knew Magnum from the pictures at the Internet from different countries before it reaches the local market of Manila. Now, that everybody wants to have a taste of what's buzzing from different social medias and from its TV commercial that would make you feel like a royal. I gave in to the craze.

There's a buzz about this coffee house from some of my friends who've been here and tried their mouthwatering cakes. Me and my friends had already tried this coffee house before, it was called Big Kat's Coffee House back then, closed for a certain period and re-opened as The Cake Planet and Cafe now.

It was late for me to know that there's a 3-day sale at SM Mall of Asia last weekend. I still had the night to rush to the place to find some good things at a reduced price. I remembered that Swensen's just opened last September 15. (I missed their opening!) I also remembered when I went to Bangkok and just plainly window shopped at their Swensen's store there. Now, this is my chance to taste their ice cream and sundaes.

I was in SM Mall of Asia with a friend finding Karate Kid to have dinner there after work but I was surprised that beside Karate Kid was this huge tarpaulin, Swensen's is opening their first branch in SM Mall of Asia soon.

The newest acquired restaurant or should I say gelato and coffee shop of Jollibee Corporation was Caffe Ti-Amo. Jollibee Corporation gave up Deli France for this new comer in the Philippines, which was already famous in South Korea. The battle of the yummiest gelato was just getting bigger and bigger so the people must have their say on who's the good, better and the best.

Before the gelato was only incorporated to Amici's menu but now it has its own brand which is the Caramia Gelateria. The only stall they have before was at the Don Bosco canteen and a booth in Waltermart Makati. Now, every branch of Amici, there is also a Caramia Gelateria.

I was really craving for something sweet and never tried something from Banapple. They only have 3 branches in the metro so its hard to buy and try their desserts right away. Fortunately, they had opened their new branch at the Ayala Triangle Gardens, which would now cater people from the south of Manila and the office workers within the vicinity.

It was my mom's birthday when my dad just got home and he has some desserts and pastries on hand. It was Conti's Turtle Pie. Haven't tried it because we always order their Mango Bravo because of its over-whelming size and flavor. We haven't tried dining in to one of their restaurants because its always jammed packed, maybe some other time.

While waiting for Darren Criss's photo op and autograph signing to be over. I saw these ice cream bars on display and was so tempting. My friend was already sour graping because he didn't have a chance to hear Darren Criss perform because he was too late and we were already hungry. I pointed him to the ice cream shelf I saw since ice cream was his comfort food when he is sad, stressed or disappointed. And I think I had a great piece of advice!

Haven't eaten crepes for a while so I gave CrePes & Cream a try. This is one of the stores who had a great location at the Newport Mall since it has one of the balcony view of the piazza besides from the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf and the escalator.

Haven't visited or tried any new cakes from Red Ribbon lately and now that I had the chance to try the white version of the Black Forest, the White Forest. I was wondering if it would have a different taste from the former, which is considered as their best-seller.

Super Bowl: Taho

I was fascinated with the presentation of Super Bowl's taho, which is in a Chinese wooden bucket and served warm, see the hot steam? It comes with the usual sago and syrup and available for Php 90, which is good for 3 to 4 persons. Yummy! c",)

Sebastian's Ice Cream Studio

I had tried Sebastian's Ice Cream before at their Podium branch and tried their Choco Chip Cookie Dough and it was really good because there are chunks of cookie and the dough. I was intrigued again to try their Fro-Ya, which is short for Frozen Yakult. Since I was a child I already drink Yakult but haven't tried it frozen because I believed that it would kill the live lacto bacilli. Haha!

Singapore: One Dollar Ice Cream

This is the famous One Dollar Ice Cream in Singapore which is available from the street vendors in Orchard Road. It was like an inched sliced ice cream placed in between wafers. The flavours surprised me because they were available with unsual flavours like Pistachio, Mint, Macadamia, etc. Try this! c",)

Gelatone: Eat-all-you-can Gelato!

Gelato's are everywhere nowadays and even if it is rainy season already, they are here to stay even though frozen yogurts are also coming their way. Gelatone is one of the shops who sells Gelato and not just Gelato, they also have pasta, sandwiches and milkshakes.

Gelatissimo Cafe, Greenbelt 5

While strolling at Greenbelt 5, my friend Karlo and I passed by this ice cream shop located near the elevated walkway across the Ayala Museum. People are flocking to the area where the gelatos are displayed.