Cafe Caudal ~ Spot on Desserts

 Nothing beats a hot cup of coffee taken with heavenly tasting desserts in the company of good old (but still sexy and pretty) friends.

 

Our latest coffee shop discovery is Cafe' Caudal in Taytay Rizal.

 

It is owned by Karen Louise Caudal, a nurse turned coffee shop proprietress, whose passion for baking is evident in her delectable ~ cakes, cupcakes and dessert creations.

 

 

 

Cafe' Caudal is a beautifully decorated-modish cafe'. It is hard not to notice the details that went to decorating this shop.

 

 

The place can seat 20-25 pax comfortably.  And could easily house small events and gatherings. 

 

 

 

Coffee selection is blackboard long (with the average coffee price of P70 per cup). There were so many to choose from.  However, I like mine plain and simple, so I opted for a Café Americano, while a friend ordered Latte.

  

Cream~creamy Latte!

 

 

 Oh so many decisions. It was so hard to choose, so we went for the owner's recommendation and ordered Tres Leche's cake.

 

The other cakes look as tempting.

 

Tres Leches (P800/whole, P100/slice) was a perfect choice. It was moist and creamy, sweetened just right.  No wonder it is a best seller.

 

We also ordered Red Velvet Orea Cupcake and a Blueberry Cupcake. Both were equally luscious.

 

 

Red Velvet Oreo Cupcake (P70)

 

 

Blueberry Cupcake (P70)

 

I love Cafe' Caudal's cupcakes so much ~ I had to buy to go, for my husband and kids as "pasalubong".

 

 

 

 Cafe' Caudal also serves sandwiches, pasta and rice meal. We were unable to try them, since we just had dinner.  Worth a try, the next time I am back.

 

CAFE CAUDAL ~ is THUMBS UP!!!

 

Cafe' Caudal is located at C. Gonzaga Bldg.

(the building owned by the family of celebrity sisters Toni and Alex Gonzaga),

Brgy. San Juan Taytay Rizal

It is open daily 9am-12mn.

 

For reservations and inquiries you may

follow Cafe' Caudal in facebook  ~ CAFE CAUDAL or contact Ms. Karen at 881-0918

My Minion Assistant ~ I Heart MONDE mamon-it-yourself!

Are you looking for a fun activity to do with your kids? 

I was out doing grocery today and found this cute and cool (not to mention timely) Mamon-It-Yourself concept by Monde at only P70/pack. 

 My boy was ofcourse extremely delighted to see my purchase, having watched The Minion Movie just recently. 

The Minion master came prepared with Minion glasses and the only Minion shirt he can find.

He opened the package immediately and hurried to create his own Minion mamon.

Each pack comes with six (6) mamons and decorations enough for two (2) Minions.

TIME TO START

MATERIALS:

• mamon = check
• frosting = check
• fondant eyes = check
• Minion master hands (not included in the pack) = check 

There is an instruction at the back of the decoration pouch, but the Minion master was all too excited to read it and proceeded straight to creating his Minions.

EATING TIME!

VERDICT

• So cool of Monde to have thought of this gimmick. My boy loved this activity and can hardly stop smiling while creating his own Minion mamons.
• There are six  (6) mamons in the pack, but decorations was only enough for two (2) (as you can see we were unable to finish our second Minion  :C ).  I hope Monde provided enough décor for all six (6).
• If the pack came with complete decorations for six (6), this activity would have been perfect, for a Minion Themed Birthday Party.

So CHEWY JUNIOR!

 

Are you looking for unique and one of a kind desserts?  

 

I have a penchant for desserts taken with brewed coffee.  It was like coffee + dessert = happiness for me.

 

 

We discovered Chewy Junior Megamall, while looking for a place to relax our tired aching feet (from sight malling ~ since we did not buy anything). 

 

 

The store is small, with a long counter display across the limited seating area.  But I guess that was just fine, as most of the people coming in were ordering take-homes.

 

 

 

 

Oh Yummy!!! 

 

 

They have deluxe and premium chewies.

Deluxe are priced at P45, while the Premium is P55.

 

 

 

 

We were too busy filling up our tummies, we forgot to take pictures of our order (so I got these photos from the Chewy Junior Philippines website instead).   

 

 

Hubby and I got deluxe Almond Sweethearts, while the boys got Chocolate Cereal Crunch.

 

 

 

 

The chewies went very well with our coffee.   

 

The Almond Sweatheart reminds me of J.Co's Alcapone donut, only Chewy Junior's bread is chewy from the outside and cream filled inside. Our chewy was not as sweet, as I first thought.  

 

I never got to taste the Chocolate Cereal Crunch (I know you know already why), so I assume it was good too!

 

 

We will definitely be back to try out their other products and flavors, especially their Chewy Puffs, which I heard are best seller ~ delicious!

 

Chewy Junior SM Megamall is located at the Lower Ground Floor (across the event center) of SM Megamall (SM cinema side).