PHL | Pampanga Foodtrip Part 1

by blueclouds

Pampanga is known as the culinary capital of the Philippines. With this, it should be as well part of my food exploration in the country. The plan came about with Marquee Mall’s event called Big Bite whereby they will feature the food of the Northern provinces in one venue. Adding to this is the Puregold Duty Free’s sale happening on the same day as well.

So the search was on for the restaurants and the route to take. Blog reviews and Google Maps were my tools for this. There were supposedly 9 of us in this trip, however one backed out due to health reasons.

We left our house at 5:00 in the morning, and fetched the rest of the group. We then started our journey to Pampanga with our first stop at LA Bakeshop and Deli for breakfast.

BREAKFAST: LA BAKESHOP & DELI

They are known as the home of the original cheesebread since 1985. The cheesebread are indeed delicious!  The price is Php5/pc which you may say quite expensive compared to the Php2/pc in bakeries but it was worth it. We were able to buy the freshly baked cheesebreads. To extend the life of the cheesebread, they can be refrigerated and just use an oven toaster to heat.

LA Bakeshop & Deli

LA Bakeshop & Deli

LA Bakeshop & Deli Menu

PHL | Dumaguete: Sans Rival Cakes & Pastries

by blueclouds

Sans Rival is one of the well-known and must try restaurants in Dumaguete. As such I have purposely added it in the itinerary before we head to the airport, we had to eat and buy silvanas to bring home. This store has been baking and delivering delicious goodies since 1977. Original store is still located in San Jose Street, however they have expanded their business with Sans Rival Bistro located corner of San Jose street and Rizal Avenue.

Sans Rival Cakes & Pastries

PHL | Weeknight Foodtrip at Tomas Morato

by blueclouds

Somebody is craving for a cheesecake, not me but my friend.
So I searched over the internet what restaurants offered the best cheesecake in the Metro Manila. And google gave me this website: http://www.spot.ph/gallery/1078/top-10-cheesecakes-in-manila/article/48031. Most of the restaurants are located in Fort Bonifacio which I have crossed out due to its location. We were down to either Katipunan or Tomas Morato. Since my friend has not been to Tomas Morato, there we go for somewhere different (to her but not for me as I have grown up in Tomas Morato :))

#3 on the list was Cheesecake by Uno (P65/slice; P650/whole cake) located at 195-C Scout Fuentebella Street (near corner of Tomas Morato), Quezon City. However seeing the cake at Uno, my friend was not impressed and was craving for Blueberry Cheesecake which they don’t sell at Uno, they only have the New York Cheesecake. So, we went out of the restaurant and searched for another that sells Blueberry Cheesecake.

Nearby, across the street of Tomas Morato, we saw Kitchen of Cakes and Coffee, curious we are we entered and checked on their cakes. We ordered two cakes – blueberry cheesecake and their Best Seller Mango Walnut Cake.

The blueberries on top of the cake were already frozen as such not really good as we were expecting to taste the blueberries and not the ice. PHP100

Kitchen of Cakes and Coffee – Blueberry Cheesecake

PHL | Home-style No Bake Oreo Cheesecake

by blueclouds

Craving for cheesecake?
Try making your own even without an oven. But you will need a refrigerator.

No Bake Oreo Cheesecake