Cupcaken ••• Sweet and great!

I came to a two-story cupcake store  with all the longings for a Red Velvet cupcake ( I'm not contented with the ones I make at home) My love for cupcakes and sweet stuffs had demanded me to look for a good one, I should follow my soul, it might leave me someday If I can't grant anything it likes. Cupcaken situated somewhere in Banawa (a road called R. Duterte Street) a place where I don't always find my pace in, but luckily I arrived there with complete body parts. :) 

I was flabbergasted with the number of cupcakes on display that welcomed me, Oh Boy, there's like10++ of each kind and there's approximately 10 flavors available right there. My brain was flying all over the place, the place was spacious and big for a coffee/cupcake shop (I guess the owners invested much for this) 

Downstairs.

That's a lot man!! I wish I could try each piece of those little angels! :( :( :( 

Boxes for their cupcakes :)

Maybe that corner would be nice :)

Upstairs. 

Cupcaken, fancies comfortableness and indulgence to their patrons while having their cupcakes so they fixed comfortable couches. Hmm, Yess! Couches  I love couches!! :) 

The Cupcakes. 

I came here for the Red velvet so I picked that one and the cookies and cream for my company. 

Red Velvet. 

The cake itself was good, moist and the sweetness was just enough, but the cream cheese frosting was I guess too sweet, that made the whole thing superb of sweetness.  

Cookies and cream

The loved this one, the cake too was moist and soft and the cookies and cream frosting was light and made the whole thing gorgeous and enticing. :)

Maybe, Cupcaken deserves my "I shall return" segue.

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For a happy tooth.

"Red Velvet"- 55.00 P
"Cookies and Cream"- 55.00 P

Cupcaken
R. Duterte St., Banawa, Cebu City,
(Beside Nuat Thai)
Ride 12L from Ayala or 07B, 07D
near Metro Gaisano in Colon

Open Monday to Saturday
2:00 pm - 12:00 pm

Cash √
Take outs √
Parking √

Call for reservations and orders
Tel # 032-479-9466

Like them on Facebook!

Cupcaken

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Cinnamony •••• Rolling over rolls

I have a gigantic love for sweets, my affection always goes to chocolates, cupcakes and cakes of course. but recently, I've been "into" cinnamon (sprinkling them on wheat bread before toasting them) and cinnamon buns (I love the ones from Casilda's, mommy brings a piece for me every time she pass by Casilda's.) And then, the story of how "Cinnamony" and "the girl of billion things" met started because of Facebook. I was on the said social web when my former teacher posted a picture of beautiful Cinnamon rolls. I was blown away (Witweew!) I searched them on the net and boom I have now a box of Cinnamon rolls from Cinnamony. 

Cinnamony cinnamon rolls and buns are blissfully and personally made by a full time mother of two Kria Roleda. She herself is a big fan of Cinnamon rolls from Cinnabon, but there's no Cinnabon in Cebu (sad sad sad :/) so she decided to dash it up herself, now Cinnamon rolls are in reach by every Cebuano. She started sharing her cinnamon rolls to the public last May 2013 at Rustans supermarket Banawa Cebu, but now Cinnamony is already situated in BTC Cebu every Saturday's and Sunday's. 

I feel delighted and special of course, Kria gave me a box of her Cinnamon rolls to try (I feel special! yay!!) She handed me 3 flavors, The Classic Cinnamon, The Apple Caramel Sticky buns, and the Chocolate Chip. 

The Classic Cinnamon.

With it's perfectly sweetened dough, the match of the Cinnamon was absolute. The cream cheese frosting made it more divine (a mix of cream cheese, butter and icing sugar) The classic cinnamon was superb and yeah I guess this is the answer for the search of "everything nice" :)

The Chocolate Chip roll.

Among the three, this was the sweetest, it is comparable to a chocolate chip cookie but instead, you are having it in a cinnamon bun. The company of nuts and chocolate chips made it scrumptious, just "fit for a king". The nuts gave a richer flavor and aroma to the cinnamon roll, I like how chewy it is in the mouth it'l surely give you delirious thoughts of it's deliciousness. For the "sweet-toothed" kids out there, it's time to go crazy for chocolate chip rolls! :) 

The Apple Caramel Sticky Buns.

The chewy apple chunks made me happy, I'm a big fan of apples but caramelized apples sounds better. Then added into the cinnamon buns??, Oh boy, the toothsome combination rolled me over!! ^_^ naaaahhhh the apple caramel sticky buns just released the dessert devil inside of me. I enjoyed it too much that I wanted more, I won't have anything to worry though, Cinnamony is within my reach :) Thanks Cinnamony! :)

Note by the foodie:

The most exquisite and luscious part of every cinnamon rolls from Cinnamony is in the center. Dive it down there to experience. No need to be careful, just enjoy every bite! It's a good partner for coffee too and your love one on the other side of the table of course!! :) Cinnamony cinnamon rolls are made from fresh quality ingredients, "Hindi tinipid!" (Not thrifty) 

Due to excitement, I didn't have the courage to stop myself for a bite. 

♥Cinnamon rolls by Cinnamony 

you can mix and match all the flavors they have: Classic cinnamon rolls, Apple caramel sticky buns, Chocolate chip cookie rolls, Choco orange rolls, Chelsea buns and Blueberry lemon rolls. AND HAIL YEAH! MORE FLAVORS TO COME! :) Dear Boyfriends out there, share this to your girlfriends okaaay? A box would be a great and literally a sweet gift :P   

300p box of 9 (assorted)

200p box of 6 (assorted

Cinnamony 

All for the love of Cinnamon rolls. 

For orders call: 0917-316-3583 or (032) 406-3726

Facebook: Cinnamony

xxx
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Fudge ••• A lustful Temptation

Hi Foodieeees! it's been a while, I was lost to look for a life beyond my blog for the whole summer, but I just lost the days and the post are out on top of one another. I needed a break, a lot of em. I'm back to school for my third year in college, tough one eh, but sincerely I'd like to apologize for leaving all the stuffs behind. I'm back to the "sharing job" again. 

I visited Fudge, hundreds of days ago with the fellas I always go with. I know you have these kinds of friends that will always go with you wherever you want as long as they have the means. I didn't have the means this time, but a good friend treated me (Oh God, thanks for the Angels you've sent to feed me when I'm broke.) at Fudge!. I always wanted to visit fudge after I heard about the "Dessert Buffet" every holiday season. Only Fudge offers that in Cebu, and only once a year sometime soon for me maybe. 

So my inevitable wishes for some desserts are finally on my reach, when we arrived I assured myself that I will (and my co,.) enjoy the food Grrr, a lot of thoughts were rumbling inside my head by the time we stepped in "I had the instincts."-

The coziness of the place warmth the excitement , it stripped the excitement when the "evils of deliciousness" were served.

Starting the luscious crime, Friend number one had their Lava cake with Vanilla Ice cream which was the special prod of this shop. Cautiously hot and sexy, (you have to wait for twenty five precious minutes before it is served to you) The oozing of the lava cake was lustful I was excited to try! really!

Choco lava cake

The dishes we had were all chocolate based sweets, damn these Devils are trying to destroy my diet. I've actually been on a diet for two weeks but to be honest I only lost two weeks not in pounds. Darn I should be better -_- We also had the Tre color, Chocolate Macaroon and Ice cream cake.

Tre Color

Chocolate Macaroon

Ice cream cake

The Tre color was the sweetest, Tre color is a layer of White, Milk and Dark chocolate. I only had a little of it because it was so sweet, I might not enjoy the other stuffs. The Chocolate Macaroon was okay, slightly sweet but beautiful, tho I'm not that fan of Macaroons.The Ice cream cake was surprisingly good, vanilla ice cream with layers of chocolate and more chocolate. Presentation wise and very tempting, I had to deal with the person who ordered this one. He likes ice cream that much, the foodie goes with the smooth flow. :)

Fudge was a bliss, I indeed enjoy all the stuffs we had and the restaurant staffs were okay tho its was a little crowded Saturday afternoon they accommodated as well. Thanks Fudge! :)

Soon if the dessert buffet at Fudge comes back, I will not let the opportunity  slip away again, no not this time again! :P



Fudge Restaurant
888 A.S Fortuna St..

Mon-Thu: 10:00 AM- 10:00 PM
Fri-Sat: 10:00 AM- 12:00 PM
Sun 10:00 AM- 10:00 PM

Call for reservations: 416- 1727
like them on Facebook for updates: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fudge-Restaurant/131552172809

50/52 Cupcakes have attitudes ••• The Cupcake Theory

One busy afternoon after a loooooong boring forum, Natasha Yap and I thought of having a good Friday afternoon reward. We actually argued about where are we going and what to have, "we could go to 7/11" "or we can go smores!" "We can go coffee" I suggested. until I remembered Natasha said a week ago that The Cupcake Theory opened it's first branch near SHS Hijas de Jesus.

We continued to walk and still talking bout some things that are happening around (Don't expect it to be war, world peace or even Cybercrime. We're just talking bout some "girlthing" like you know what girls usually talk about.)

Arriving there gave me mixed emotions! I wanted to grab a cupcake so that I could start the cupcake mission :)

The place was bright, dainty and inviting. The generous white paint all over makes the shop brighter and spacious The counter was full of cute decors personally collected by the owner.

They opened last November 29 2012; as Mrs. Girly Enjambre (mother of the owner) shared to me. They only wanted a cake studio where to display the special baked stuffs, unexpectedly; they got a big place so the idea of chairs and tables to settle down for a-you-and-me-time popped out of no where. 

Only four flavors are available are available for that day, “Chocolate” “Slutry, Sexy, Red”, “Cookies n’Cream” and “Mint to be” (more flavors are coming soon!) ^.^

I had the Slutry, Sexy and Red (Red velvet)

The name was very sexy :) looks comely (gimme a break red velvet! The slutry was convincing!)The lighter chocolate version was achieved, the cupcake was moist and sweet but the cream cheese frosting was much sweeter than I expected (I thought they didn't used cream cheese for it, then I ask the Mrs. Girly but she said that they are using cream cheese frosting for it.) A sweet creation made with love ♥  

Natasha had the "Mint to be"

She liked how minty it was, not too strong and not lame. We both tried each of our cupcakes and I've noticed the mint was good, now I appreciate how good mint is. This is a must-try, the chocolate part was beatific, sweet but it did balance the whole thing. WINSOME!

Life is sweet (and so do I!) and make it more sweeter for cupcake moments with some cool friends you have. Building memories are better if accompanied by food and love. So I think Cupcake theory is not just a theory, it's a shop, A COOL ONE! Yey! Hope you can drop by and spend a lil time inside while talking bout life and your longings :)

The moments.

Natasha Yap & Writer

The cupcakes and drinks;

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For a happy belly
"Sluty, Sexy Red" - Php 58.00
"Mint to be" - Php 58.00


The Cupcake Theory
Ground floor, Sonrisa Suites, Suite 101,
Juana Osmeña St. Capitol site Cebu.

For orders, prices and reservations:

09224432478
09267141325

Like them on Facebook!

http://www.facebook.com/www.thecupcaketheory.cakesandcupcakes

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43/52 Small happy days with Cupcakes

My appetite for cupcakes seems to bother my sleep at night remembering the day my mom told me that she bought herself a "Red Velvet Cupcake" to satisfy her guilt and craving for the said food creature.

"Are you kidding me?" Mom replied "Lami man diay! (It was yummy indeed!)" I was speechless and thought of the cupcake.

Over thinking, I remembered the cupcakes from Leonas my friends bought last semester for three lovely teachers that helped us in school. Just simple gifts for these cool teachers during the celebration of World teacher’s day.  

( L-R `Cookies and cream ` Red Velvet ` Apple Cinnamon)  

My mind was shut, and now writing this 'sweet stuff" I srsly! As in, seriously craving for some. 

#IWishTreesGrowMoney

Soon I'll have one ;) *Pokerface

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Leona's Cakes and Pastries

-Branches

• Near UC Banilad

•Mabolo Cebu city

•SM Nothwing Cebu

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My food adventures are your food adventures too!

BURP! 

(excuse me ^.^) 

Ciao ♥
Joyceren Miyah Genobaña.

39/52 Pop's Chick n'steak

Whenever you are hungry or you are not in your house where do you prefer to eat?  To a place which could offer good food in an expensive way (restaurants) or to a place which is cheap but not really that fulfilling and sometimes you can't just expect to enjoy the food considering the cleanliness of the surrounding and the way the food is prepared (Lutong Bahay or "Carenderias") or to a fast food which is considered fast but unhealthy if its taken all the time. It's time for some people to know what they are eating and acknowledge the choices of the places they could enjoy and feed their belly with gratifying food in reasonable prices. 

So Pop's chick n'steak opened another branch in Robinsons Fuente Osmeña which has wider menu than the branch in Talamban across USC-TC. Now they have varieties of snacks and dishes suitable for students and families that are good for sharing.

  I was with Ate Lutherese and Mar's Legarde for the food shoot for the latest menu of Pop’s and the kid won't let this slip away, I love eating, and Eating is my job :) 

Let's start with the available pasta's at pops. We had Creamy Carboanara (120.00Php) and Meaty Bolognese (120.00Php). Both are arranged with sliced bread and good for sharing :) 

For appetizers, they have Mozzarella cheese stick (70.00Php), French fries (60.00Php), Cheesy bacon fries (90.00Php), Lil pop's `Homemade chicken nuggets` (95.00Php), Onion strings (90.00Php)  

For entrees, I can't forget how the Cheesy tonkatsu (130.00Php) embarked an enticing and flavorful reaction after I had the first bite. With the cheese and gravy it was delectable. It comes with unlimited gravy so gravy people like me would love this dish.

 The Pork belly (120.00Php) with rice was also supreme, kinda sweet with the grilled smell unleashed the hungry meeee :) 

 They also have pork steak (140.00Php) T-bone pork grilled served with gravy and rice/fries.

The Angus beef steak 

More entrees are, Chicken steak with fries (140.00Php), Chicken tenders in honey mustard (120.00Php), Lemon chicken rice bowl (120.00Php), Sizzling burger steak (120.00Php) Cordon bleu (140.00Php) 

Burgers and Sandwiches are likely in Pop's! You'll just have to choose what you would have for that meal :) 

Pop's cheese burger (95.00Php) Beef patty + cheese+ lettuce + Tomato + Onion + fries=

Happy belly :) 

Pop's double cheese burger (120.00Php)

And the monster burger  (190.00Php) which is extra extra ectra big with bacon in it is a great big meal for a hungry buddy out there.

The patty was tender with the fine flavor. Crisp on the side and just juicy inside, these dishes was commendable and suffice.

Special festive sandwiches are also available, all are served with fries.

 The grilled cheese sandwich (75.00Php) and the Grilled chicken Ciabatta sandwich (110.00Php) with lettuce, tomato and onion tops in my list for you to try guys. 

`Ciabatta is the special type of bread they used for the sandwiches except for the grilled cheese sandwich`

Grilled chicken ciabatta sandwich

Grilled cheese sandwich

For the people who adore tuna, they have Tuna Ciabatta sandwich (110.00Php) with tuna spread, lettuce, tomato and served with fries. 

For luscious shakes, Mango, Avocado and Chocolate flavors are available, 85.00Php each :) 

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~These were the dishes we had for that day, but they have desserts like fluffy Oreos (70.00Php), Choco turon (60.00Php), Choco roll (37.00Php), Blueberry Pie ala mode (80.00Php), Peach mango pie ala mode (80.00Php) and Brownie ala mode (90.00Php)

The blueberry pie and the peach mango pie ala mode seems to be interesting I'd like to try em' soon :) 

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Note to taste: They also have FOOD FOR SHARING! Half Korean style fried chicken (300.00Php), Original Fried Chicken (220.00Php), Chop and chix sizzler  
( 230.00Php), Picky platter (220.00Php). BUDGET MEALS! (With rice and iced tea) Wings meal `5 pieces wings` (110.00Php), Pop's chicken meal (95.00Php), Chick n steal meal ` one burger steak+wings` (120.00Php), Chicken n' pasta `1pc chicken and spaghetti` (130.00Php)

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Pop's chick n' steak

G/F Robinsons Fuente Osmeña

(near Sbarro, Across Rai rai ken)

Like them on Facebook!
PopsChickNWings

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My food adventures are your food adventures too!

BURP! 

(excuse me ^.^) 

NOTE: Out of business. 

24/52 Cure for craving! LLEW'S Mud pies

I've been so alone these past few day's, I think I've became a bore :( and left behind. Drama queen: D I have Saturday classes and that ruins my weekend, less days to rest and shorter time to have fun with my friends because of my major subject. (Not long from now you'll find me lying in the hospital suffering from mad-school disease) Haha, *laugh. It's was a rainy afternoon and I wanna go out, LOL I always loved the rain and I will always do. After the rain stopped, I went to this small shop that will surely mess my face, I'm a clumsy eater, Even that simple cornetto disc ice cream leaves me a dirty face like a kid :D 

So LLew's Mud pies which would take me a short walk from Mango gave me a good sweet treat and a bloom inside my heart ♥, released the kid in me.  

  So the place is tiny, even if it flew in a place with busy people, I found this place to be simple yet admirable, the interior was light yet the frames and pictures describe the shop and the stuffs on their menu. The place likely could hold up to 22 people including the outdoor seating. The ambiance was fair; they only have 2 staffs ready to serve you.

get your messy face :D

I first heard about this place from my friend who always craves for their smores which I was intrigue of and determined to try. S'mores or a short term for "some' more" which I think that's the tag line of the shop, “Specialty mud pies, square paos, S'mores and more!" Cute* 

So I was alone arriving at the shop, I spotted a couple which was sweet like the mud pies the shop could offer #etchosera# JK. The crew was welcoming and I immediately ordered their s'mores- choco vanilla flavor for Php 25( I choose the frozen one, But they also have the warm one if you'd like to) And I also had Choco mud pie for Php 30 

Cute platter and cute spoon :D

SMORE"S!!!

The s'mores was really good but too cold for my teeth, I survived eating it in less than 5 minutes (obviously I've been craving for sweet things for the longest time) and I ended up with a messy face. S'mores consists of roasted marshmallow and a layer of chocolate sandwiched between two pieces of Graham crackers. It is popular in United States especially for camping's. Good treat for kiddie campers. 

The s'mores was coldly kept in a well sealed package, really safe that took me 5 minutes to open. This mouth-watering treat up hailed my sweet tooth: D I had a great time eating even if I was a lil bit conscious because of the two crews, *shhhh, they might look at me and give a great laugh because of my cute messy face :D  JK.

Next is the Choco mud pie which I found to be too sweet for me or maybe that was just the effect of the S'mores I ate ahead. But it was good, I should say as a Oreo lover, "cheers for the oreo treat" The choco mud pie (base from my taste) consist of crushed oreo's as the base layered next with chocolate cream which has a good texture but too sweet, with some chocolate chips and topped with sweet jelly-like chocolate and oreo crumbs. PERFECT* so smile*

Small for 30 peeysees but yum for 30 peeysees

I also wanna buy the cheesecake and try them but I felt I was full enough from the chocolate things I finished, i'll try them next time as I go back in Llew's (Hey shop owner, You are making me so fat with your stuffs :/)

The mainstream line I could hear from everyone to describe a person or a thing, Awesome. That's for Llew's, Great shop Ms, Giselle Boholst (owner) I'll be coming back for more: D

Kiddie chef :D

Got a card. Thank you Mr. friendly crew :)

They also have rice meals and "deep fried ice cream in their menu. You should try em all: D

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Like them on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Llews-Mud-Pies/183635211661867

Llew's mud pies is in Treehouse bldg, Aboitiz St,. Cebut city ( Beside Cofifi cafe)

For orders and reservations contact: 032-2397200 / 0916195863  

Solo flight, Self treat

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