It was I who actually suggested and convinced my two colleagues Faith and PJ that we go to The Coffee Beanery yesterday afternoon after meeting with our adviser. After a series of train rides from Manila to Quezon City, and walked past four malls, we arrived at The Coffee Beanery on West Avenue at around 6:40 pm.
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| The gang (l-r) - PJ, Faith and yours truly |
The visit was my third time but I thought I was more excited than my two friends about it. There were few changes with TCB’s policy on how to avail their signature promo “Unlimited Cake and Coffee” for only Php 150. You first have to like their Facebook page, and then upon arrival in their store they will check your Facebook profile to see if you have liked them already before you can avail. Otherwise, you will pay for the new and regular price of Php 200 per person. In our group’s case, I initially thought that we would be paying for the new price. But after some chit chatting with the cashier, our case was resolved. I just told her that we will just like their page when we arrive home. Tact, that is!
Our group decided that we have the same cake variety at every serving and opted for iced coffee instead of hot.
Being a chocoholic freak that I am, I was happy to have a “double chocolate cake” as my first slice. The cake was delightfully moist and coated with thick chocolate fudge cream. Amidst its name “double chocolate” it was moderately sweet as per my taste buds tell me.
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| Double chocolate cake. Moist and not too sweet. |
To have contrast and so as not to tire my taste of chocolate sweetness, I helped myself with my second slice of “mango cream cake”. This soft and spongy chiffon was on the citrusy side and its mango and cream icing is a bit sweeter than its cake and filling which is a good thing.
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| Mango cream cake |
Third slice... “White caramel cake”. This variant is coated with white butter cream icing and a filigree of caramel sauce. The cake is also moist with thin caramel filling. Again, not too sweet. Though I still prefer the double chocolate.
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| This is TCB's white version of their classic caramel cake |
“Ube sansrival” was my next. This attractively decorated cake has a sansrival crust topped with ube flavored chocolate shavings. It is full of texture as the cake is crisp and also filled with almond nuts.
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| Ube sansrival cake |
We believe that macadamia nuts are pretty expensive and it is less frequently used in some cakes. But The Coffee Beanery let their customers indulge in this decadent “mocha macadamia cake”. This heavenly piece of dessert has a crust similar to those of tarts and oh boy, it is generously filled with macadamia nuts glazed in mocha sauce! That was the moment where I had eaten the most number of macadamia nuts!
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| Behold, the mocha macadamia! |
I believe I do not have to worry about the amount of calories I have consumed that night, all I know is I have had a taste of heaven in 5 slices! Though I was disappointed that my favorite “strawberry cheesecake” was not available that night..
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| Be sure to like TCB on Facebook first! |
Coming back? Hell yeah! Err, heaven yeah!
TLK
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