Icing & Frills @ Vanilla Cupcake Bakery

@ Glorrieta 4,Makati, my daughters caught a glimpse of the frilly interior of  Vanilla Cupcake Bakery and instantly wanted to get in.

I got caught by the equally frilly cupcakes on display.. and right away gave-in to another high-sugar- laden

noon.

The girls fell in love with the doll house vibe of the cupcakery. The place being moderately empty that time was a haven for us who are easily discourage by painful queue. It was a day of a week after massively busy X'mas holidays. Exactly how we always wanted a place to be. That greedy, we love to own the place, haha.

I noticed the distinct presence of a particular brand of chair in every table in this cupcakery_ the Daphne's chair. I wonder if Ms. Daphne O. is the owner?

Then the cupcakes were served. Mine was the one in the small mayo jar. It's banoffee. Nothing's frilly to it. If there was, it was the icing. The cream was too much. I hardly finished the jar.



These two cupcakes were my daughters'. I didn't get the names. Also unfinished.

Sorry but those three we tried, we didn't like.



The packaging is superb thu'.

Turrones de Casoy : Eat Me With My Wrapper

Have you had Turrones de Casoy? It's a wrapped caramelized cashew nuts. It's a local delicacy here in Ph that has been around like ever since the Spanish era. And I had it only last month during my shortest visit in my hometown! My friend who handed me a pack of it was totally like_ "where have you been sister??" and added_ "eat it with the wrapper".
 Whaat??!!
I went_ " are you sure? why?".
Cos it's edible!
The wrapper is actually made of rice paper.

But still.. the wrapper looks like white parchment paper, so inedible to me. I took my first bite so unsure while my daughters were watching me with "eew mom- you forgot to unwrap it-eyes".






I finished a piece followed immediately by 3 pcs. more, all with the wrappers and I wasn't poisoned, haha. It was delicious. The wrapper complimented the sweetness of the cashew nougat. It actually tasted like the "ostia" or the paper thin-bread Catholics take during communion. Same thing, it sticks on mouth palate just like the ostia.
I finished the whole pack the following day.

Now, this makes me crave for it.

Mrs. Fields' Sandwiches

We had never been to MOA (Mall of Asia) so frequent as much as we did during the recent X'mas holiday. We combed most shops in this massive mall looking for presents. Ofcourse we took some breaks to eat. And so the rest of the shoppers did. Which made looking for a breathable place to eat became as tedious as looking for the right present.



One time, we didn't bother to think twice when we saw a vacant table of a pop-up resto of Mrs. Fields. I'm referring to the one in the middle of the mall lobby. Actually,we were hardly aware of the name of the coffee shop when we sat down cos all we saw were vacant chairs and a table. You know we were like "when you are shopping for hours and all you want to do is to sit".

So it was like "we better order food so we could sit here for a while". Personally, I'm not even a fan of Mrs. Fields cookies cos they are too sweet for my preference. But my girls love the cookies here.

So we ordered each a sandwich meal which included a cookie and a drink.

Mine was the tuna sandwich in ciabatta bread. #failed.

Older daughter got the chicken sandwich in ciabatta bread too. #failed also.

Younger daughter had the roast beef sandwich in wheat bread I think. #winner.

This one redeemed the lost sandwiches and got shared by the 3 of us.




Well, I should have had just let Mrs. Fields sweeten my day with her famous cookies instead of those sandwiches... I don't even.