Monday, May 13, 2013

五十六:Rocci Chocolate Kitchen



Happy Mother's Day! It's also.. Election Day!!!


Anyway here is another sweet entry for this month.


Rocci Chocolate Kitchen, as its name implies, is a cafe that sells chocolate.

Again this is just along Malugay Street in Makati City just beside Happy Cream Puff.


It is a small cafe about 3 by 4 meters in size but it's interiors are nice. Very cozy with its minimalist design.


We were greeted by their cheerful staff, I forgot her name but she was very helpful when we were choosing what dessert to eat.


Since it is a cafe that sells mostly chocolate, we of course ordered chocolate desserts. 

I ordered a chocolate cheesecake and my friend ordered their flourless chocolate cake.


Since it was lunch time, we also ordered their Tuna Pasta. We did not order any drinks but the staff was so kind to give me a cup of hot water so I can steep my Twinnings Four Reds Fruit Tea in it because I believe tea and chocolate go well together as it cuts down the sweetness and it is very calming.


While waiting for the pasta, again the staff, very helpful that she is gave us some samples of the other chocolates that they were selling. I'd say everything was delicious but I did not have enough money to buy more that day but I am telling you, it's worth your money to try their chocolates and their cookies.


When our orders came of course we had to take some pictures first and because we were also waiting for the pasta.


The tuna pasta was delicious. The serving was delicious but I felt like it was not enough for one person haha.


As you eat, they play some Jazz music mostly by the famous Bossa Nova singer, Sitti.


It was funny that when we told the staff that she was lucky to be listening to such great music, she answered by saying that, it was not that great as she has been listening to it for 3 years straight already. We all laughed.


Since it was a small cafe and it was hot outside, the air conditioning was set high enough to cool us down really well even though we were the only customers there.


According to the staff they are open until 10PM and since Makati is a business district, mostly young professionals visit their place at night.


Some small companies actually hold their meetings here though you can only fit maybe a maximum of 20 people inside and there are two tables outside for those who cannot find a seat inside the cafe and prefers Al Fresco dining. ^_^


If I am not mistaken, they also serve some alcoholic drinks since they are open a bit late at night but I would rather prefer drinking coffee than get drunk at night.


Since I enjoyed my experience, the following week, I brought another friend at their cafe. Again I was not disappointed though I think my friend find it a bit expensive.


For the poets at heart, they have these little red notebooks which I thought were menu lists and you can write  and draw anything in it like your comments, suggestions or experience with the cafe.


I read some jokes, stories even cellphone numbers looking for text mates. LOL!


My friend draw something cartoonish, the other one wrote her number looking for a text mate because she just broke up with her boyfriend and I drew some gayish face which I blame on the chocolates that we ate. ^_^



Rocci Chocolate Kitchen

Unit 5A The Zone Malugay cor. Buendia Streets Barangay Bel-Air, 1209 Makati
+63 2 840 2085

五十五:Happy Cream Puff



My friend and I were walking along Malugay Street in Makati City one night when we saw this little store with red and white colored banner. Staring at it, it looked familiar to me.

It was the famous cream puff store, Happy Cream Puff.

The available cream puffs that night.
I've actually heard of Happy Cream Puff like years ago and based on the reviews, a lot of people really like their cream puffs.

Croquembouche towers for special occassions.
 I myself like cream puffs and I bake my own cream puffs at home. I like how it is crunchy on the outside and then when you bit into it it is soft and creamy.

Just behind their display is the kitchen itself.
Since it was around 9PM already, we were left with a few choices of cream puffs. My friend got the almond chocolate puff and I got the ordinary caramel cream puff.

Wooden seats for customers.
 Their cream puffs are priced from 25PHP for the bite sized ones to 55PHP for the larger normal sized ones depending on the flavor.

Almond Chocolate Cream Puff
  The choux or the puff itself is easy to make but the goodness of the cream puff is on it's cream and how it is complimentary with your puff.

My cream puffs are a little crunchy on the outside but Happy Cream Puff's cream puffs are really crunchy. You can hear lots of crackling noise when you bite into it and the cream is mildly sweet and smooth.

Plain Cream Puff with Caramel topping
 So, I like that their cream puffs are crunchy but I think it was too crunchy that it lacked chewiness that it was just like a crunchy shell and cream pastry than a crunchy, soft, chewy bread with cream pastry.

Our orders
Overall, I might consider trying their cream puffs again but not that soon. I'd still say it's good but it's not the cream puff that I grew up liking. ^_^


Happy Cream Puff
7224 The Zone, Malugay St corner Buendia, 1209 Makati
817-4234
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