Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Fudge (Desserts Review)

This is going to be the first dessert only review that I'll be doing. I don't think I've told you all what a huge dessert person I am. I just looooooovvvveeee cakes and pastries. I'm a big patron of Cream and Bake but unfortunately their two outlets are quite inaccessible from my area. They're located beside every Joven's Grill which has two branches: Capitol (limited parking and store hours) and Mandaue (very far from where I live which is in Labangon). Anyway, as I was making one of my few trips to the Mandaue branch, a new cafe caught my eye. The name simply spoke for itself, FUDGE. And that could only mean one thing, DESSERTS.

I don't exactly know why it took me so long to get around to eating there but finally it happened a few nights ago. We already ate dinner that time so we decided to just drop by for desserts. Fudge is located along the Banilad-Mandaue road near the Vienna Kaffeehaus which is beside a Caltex gasoline station.



And without further ado, let me welcome you to their immaculate dessert fridge.

(awwwwhhhhh -- thats heavenly music if in case you didnt get what it was supposed to be)

Here is a picture of their menu. I decided to shoot menus from now on so I could give you an idea of basically how much each resto's food generally costs. I honestly, I don't check prices too much because I just zero in on the food. Other people have vices and hobbies where they spend their money on. I, have FOOD. Enough about me.



We decided to get 2 out of 3 things as posted with pictures in the menu. The Ultimate Combo and Tre Colore. I didnt get the Lava Cake because it's such a common dessert on any menu at almost every other restaurant and I wanted to try something unique. The third dessert we ordered was the Tres Leches. The description reminded me of crepes and I like creamy, milky sauces.

First off, the Ultimate Combo.


Price: P110.00

I take back whatever I said in my previous posts that cheesecake couldn't taste any different. I didn't think it was cheesecake until I bothered to read the menu after debating with my friends what this dish actually was because it didnt taste like the conventional cheesecake my taste buds were expecting! Props for creativity on this one. They surely took a twist to this dish to making it taste different. As the menu said, it was a combination of oreo crust, cheesecake, mango float and tiramisu. I generally stray away from mango based desserts because 8 out of 10 times the mangoes are usually sour. Fortunately the ones in this dish were quite sweet. What irks me about this dessert however is the fact that it's named ULTIMATE combo. It's a common misconception among people that this adjective is positive when its exactly the opposite. Ultimate means last or final. I cannot fathom why anybody would put this word in a product or service. Aside from that, this is a pretty okay dessert and I must say, the presentation is really very appealing.

Up next, the Tres Leches.


Price: P80.00

I dont know why it is, but this dessert just doesn't look pretty in pictures. I expected this to be the best tasting dessert from all our orders but on the contrary, it didn't taste that great. I found the sponge cake too sweet and it just didn't jive well with everything else, mangoes and cream and everything. Not my cuppa tea.

Now, saving the best for last. (drumroll please) ... the Tre Colore


Price: P120.00

HEAVEN!!! This dessert tastes as good as it looks!! I cant stop raving about it. It's three layers of chocolate: white, milk, and dark chocolate. I'm not a big chocolate person but this dish just made it for me. Each kind of chocolate contrasted with each other that the dish overall ended up tasting really different. The sweetness of the white chocolate matched with the creaminess of the milk chocolate and neutralized by the bitterness of the dark chocolate. Genius. Totally, totally in love with this dessert.

I checked out the other things they have on their menu and they happened to serve plated meals as well. They had this dish that particularly caught my eye, a pesto omelette for their all day breakfast. Definitely on my must try list. Next time I will try to eat a meal there and I'll write a review for it.

We also ordered some choco balls which cost a measly P10 per piece, for our friends back at one of their car shops. Boy was it a hit! Everybody loved it and they surely couldn't believe that it was so cheap!

Overall, I like this restaurant. I can't wait to try their other desserts. Who knows their lava cake would taste different from the usual too. Stay tuned for another review from Fudge!


Eternally famished,

Pearl

1 comment:

  1. It's a shame you don't blog as often. I actually enjoyed reading your reviews!

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