14 Drool-Worthy Reasons Why Sorbetes is Too Mainstream
Back in our patintero (read: grade school) days, we celebrated a solid week, and later, a full month, in honor of the Filipino language. It’s August once more, but this time we celebrate the food—particularly the sweets!—because When in Manila, you realize that great food is just as important as great conversation.
We’ve rounded up a list of 14 sweet treats that serve as evidence of the Filipino’s creativity. We’ve got unexpected takes on yema and sans rival, plus all your usual staple desserts (gelato, anyone?) infused with some local flavor—literally.
We can’t count how many different words there are in the Filipino language to describe flavor. But we can guarantee that going on this sweet food trip will allow you to make use of each one of them.
Here’s your hitlist:
1. Peanut Butter Sans Rival
A new fun spin on the classic meringue and butter cream cake
P210 (Click HERE to get 5% CashBack)
Where to get it:
Aracama Filipino Cuisine
The Fort Strip, 26th Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City
2. Chocolate Leche Flan with Pedro Ximenez Sherry
That traditional milky, creamy, egg-y goodness, supercharged with chocolate and alcohol
P295 (Click HERE to get 5% CashBack)
Where to get it: Beso Cucina Vinoteka
2F C3 Building, Bonifacio High Street Central, 7th Avenue corner 29th Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City
3. Calamansi Bars
Life doesn’t usually throw lemons at a Filipino—it will probably throw us a bag of calamansi instead. So Classic Confections went ahead and made these bars. Lemon squares be damned.
P55 per piece; P250 for a dozen (Click HERE to get 5% CashBack)
Where to get it: Classic Confections
3 Brixton Street, Kapitolyo, Pasig City
Greenbelt 5, Legaspi Street, Legazpi Village, Makati City
4. De Espadaña Quezo de Bola Cheesecake
Baked cheesecake with santol, prune and fig compote
P220 (Click HERE to get 5% CashBack)
Where to get it: Restaurante Pia y Damaso
2F Greenbelt 5, Legaspi Street, Legazpi Village, Makati City
5. Goat’s Cheese – Frozen Cheese Cake
Goat’s cheese ice cream, wild honey, dried figs, cashew nuts
P220 (Click HERE to get 5% CashBack)
Where to get it: Earth Kitchen
Lot 10 B-10 Katipunan Avenue, White Plains, Quezon City
6. Pritong Sorbetes
Golden brown and deliciously sexy fried ice cream with strawberry compote
P155 (Click HERE to earn 5% CashBack)
Where to get it: Hiyas
GF D*Strip Building, 20 United Street, Kapitolyo, Pasig City
7. Macapuno Pandan Cake
We love our buko pandan as much as the next guy, but we also love cake. So it’s a win-win situation with this light and fluffy dessert.
P152 for a slice; P520 for a 6-inch cake; P929 for a 9-inch cake (Click HERE to get 5% CashBack)
Where to get it: Serye Café Filipino
Eastwood City Walk, E. Rodriguez Jr. Avenue, Bagumbayan, Quezon City
8. Yema Cheesecake
A melt in your mouth cheesecake featuring Slice signature yema then topped with more yema and praline walnuts and almonds. It’s the next best thing since Choco Yema cupcake (which you should also check out)!
P260 (Click HERE to get 5% CashBack)
Where to get it: Slice
GF C2 Building, Bonifacio High Street Central, 7th Avenue corner 29th Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City
9. Calamansi Sorbet
An Italian classic with a local twist
P95 for a scoop, dine in only (Click HERE to earn 5% CashBack)
Where to get it: afters Espresso & Desserts
GF Lansbergh Place, 20 Tomas Morato Avenue corner Scout Castor Street, South Triangle, Quezon City
10. Lovers’ Limerick Cheesecake Lime
Dayap or lime, whatever you wish to call it, it’s exactly the zest that this heavenly cheesecake needed!
P150 (Click HERE to earn 5% CashBack)
Where to get it: Avi
GF D*Strip Building, 20 United Street, Kapitolyo, Pasig City
11. Vegan Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Vegan means no egg and no dairy products were used to make this cookie—they used local products like coconut oil, coconatura coco sugar and 65% Dark Chocolate from Malagos Farms in Davao City
P550 for a box of 10 (Click HERE to earn 5% CashBack)
Where to get it: Cookie Bar
23 East Capitol Drive, Kapitolyo, Pasig City
12. Yema Cake
Why settle for those bite-size cellophane-wrapped drops of yema when you can have a whole cake layered and covered with it? Really.
P165 (Click HERE to earn 5% CashBack)
Where to get it: Figaro
2F Promenade, Greenhills Shopping Center, Greenhills, San Juan City
13. Avocado Ice Cream
Holy guacamole! When you find their avocado ice cream, you better try it! Supply is limited because they wait for the avocado to ripen before producing a batch.
P85 for a scoop; P320 for a pint (Click HERE to earn 5% CashBack)
Where to get it: Merry Moo
LGF SM Aura Premier, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City
14. Marjolaine
A lighter, chocolate version of sans rival. Each of the layers is brushed with chocolate, then held together by whipped cream. It’s topped with more chocolate and garnished with cashew nuts!
P1200 for an 8-inch cake; P165 for a slice; P1100 for a 7-inch sugarfree cake; P150 for a sugarfree slice (Click HERE to earn 5% CashBack)
Where to get it: Sugarhouse
Cinema and Entertainment Complex, Alabang Town Center, Alabang, Muntinlupa City
Mezza Residences, Aurora Boulevard corner Araneta Avenue, Sta. Mesa, Quezon City
GF Paseo Center, 8757 Paseo de Roxas corner Sedeño Street, Salcedo Village, Makati City
GF V-Mall, Greenhills Shopping Center, Greenhills, San Juan City
GF SM City San Lazaro, Felix Huertas corner A.H. Lacson Avenue, Sta. Cruz, Manila City
GF Dela Rosa Carpark 1, Dela Rosa Street, San Lorenzo Village, Makati City
2F Glorietta 3, Ayala Avenue corner Arnaiz Avenue, Ayala Center, Makati City
2F Veranda, Mega A, SM Megamall, EDSA corner Julia Vargas Avenue, Mandaluyong City
P1 Power Plant Mall, Rockwell Drive corner Estrella Street, Poblacion, Makati City
2F SM City North EDSA, North Avenue corner EDSA, Quezon City
3F Robinsons Magnolia, Aurora Boulevard corner Doña Hemady Street, New Manila, Quezon City
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