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Manna Garden Cafe, Revisited (an UPDATE)

A looong overdue update. *hihi Whew, would you believe, it’s been two years since  our last visit to Manna? … and don’t I know it, and don’t you know it, there’s been a ton of big changes in the garden cafe since then. (Hooray for growth and improvement!) (I’ll say again, a very dynamic industry. Meanwhile, there’s all these restos opening up in every other inch of Baguio that’s keeping me and my foodie lovies’ chompers real busy.)

2016-02-12 Baguio Manna Garden Cafe Kharis Cafe and Bakeshop buttercream cake bouquet with choco lace wall

My kind of bouquet. (“,) Moist chocolate cake so tasty, you could also eat it by itself, buttercream icing so buttery but not annoyingly so, and that momentary jolt of intense dark choco from fragments of the lace wall.

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Chaya Restaurant: Easy Peasy Japanesey Cookery

A lot of the time, food from other countries come out as interpretations when they’re served in the Philippines/Baguio City.  Meaning, they have a touch of something Filipino in them either in the way they’re prepared, the ingredients used as substitutes and so on.  While they still come out delectable, you might be out looking for what’s authentic.  As in the case of Japanese food, nothing beats the real deal.  Japanese cuisine is easy peasy… (dare I continue?   Read More…