Duke's coffee place or palace? I often get confused as the previous is too straightforward yet the latter can be a good way to describe the place. It's quite a big coffee shop with second floor landing and it's well-decorated. But as it turns out, the name of this coffee shop is as direct as it can be. Yes, Duke's Coffee Place.

It was irritatingly jam-packed to Taft. So to ease the annoyance a bit, tried the beckoning coffee place. 

A bit grand it was inside. These lights were like fireflies enlarged. It was relaxing.

The only thing I enjoyed

Carbonara at Php 150 was my choice to fill me up paired with Lemonade at Php 130. The pasta was creamy but too milky. The complimentary bread wasn't even toasted. The lemonade, yes should be healthy but too sour.

Swimming carbonara

Why you gotta be so sour?

I guess I'm paying for the ambiance. Not a place I'd chill again.

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Rating: 2.5 

Coffee Place is located at:

C1 G/F, The Grand Towers, 

Pablo Ocampo St, 

Malate, Manila

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Thursday, December 03, 2015

Bing's Fong Cafe or Holly's Coffee? The name of the restaurant was confusing. But then it's hard to miss being the front liner of One Archer's Place. One day, after an exam retake we survived, thankfully, headed to Bing's Fong to appease our battle-stricken brains.

What to choose?

Initially, our plan was to buy their big snowflakes. Its big and bright pictures were luring us outside. But it was a chilly day, and the exam famished us, so we went for real deal.

Should we go for cakes?

Or snowflakes? Yum!

Their pasta menu reads Carbonara, Lasagna and Bolognese all priced at Php 160. Serving size was good for one. Went for Lasagna plus White Chocolate regular drink at Php 125.

While waiting for our orders, my exhausted eyes began to notice the relaxing vibe of the place: wood and greens. This should be a great nook for reading or studying.

When the food arrived, I realized they were not the perfect match. One was sweet the other was salty. But I must say that I very much enjoyed the Lasagna. First it came straight from the oven. It was hot and oozing. Second, it's so cheesy and meaty. Was blabbering the whole time how a prize it was after biting layer after layer of cheesiness.

Not only Garfield craves for lasagna

Next, my white chocolate cold drink. It was the opposite because my white chocolate tasted like milk. Or should it? Though had a little shock, still managed to finish it. Maybe a hot version would be better next time.

White Chocolate Drink

The Lasagna stuck in my mind and it made me happy. Great try, indeed. When I crave for another bite again, I'd be sure to grab some snowflakes, too.

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: 4

Bing’s Fong is located at:

Ground Floor, One Archers Place,

Taft Avenue, Malate,

Manila

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Monday, August 31, 2015

There are so many unique restaurants along taft, especially cafes. Among that I've been to were Noriter and Cafe Travel. Both are cool but what I really wanted was to visit Cafe de Seoul in One Archer's Place. It's much farther from Vito Cruz that's why the visit came late.

History, history

No way, hallway

One Saturday after Independence Day (oh, sorry for the late blog, then) while most of the shops in One Archer's Place was closed, dropped by happily at Cafe de Seoul. 

First thing I looked for: tablets on the table. But gone! Where did they go? Noticed too that the aircon was a bit malfunctioning, it's not getting colder.

Ooops, no tablet

But cute interior

Anyway, concentrating on the food... On their menu, as I'm actually looking for something to eat, I'm glad to find out that they serve rice meals! Compared to others which only serve sweets x sweets.

Arrival or departure. Altho sorry for the shot

Rice, yes!

Bing-Soo next!

Tried their Kimbab Beef at Php 120. At this price, I already got about 10 slices. Taste was okay, tasty enough but nothing spectacular. Rice was not so soft as I'd expect from the Japanese version. (Or, educate me. Is this really the thing?)

Kimbab Beef

Also had Mango Smoothie at Php 150. First taste was a bit off. It wasn't made of natural mangoes. But later on, good thing, it went fine. It also has a few swirls of caramel. That made it a bit better. 

Mango smoothie

x2x2x2 :)

I really had high expectations from Cafe de Seoul. Though I haven't been there before, I think it has deteriorated slightly. Or was it because it's Saturday? And wifi isn't working that time. Double whammy!

Good thing there are still many restos to try around. That is, after I come back for their Bing-soo :)

 
Rating: 3


Cafe de Seoul is located at:


2/F, One Archers Place, 
Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila

Website: http:/cafedeseoul.com 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cafedeseoul

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Saturday, July 04, 2015

Cafe Travel: what an intriguing name! More than the want for some caffeine, it's the curiosity that got the better of us. So one nippy night, our feet brought us to this cafe along Taft. 

Welcome to Cafe Travel!

Annyeonghaseyo!

At the entrance, we were greeted by columns of pictures- a must when travelling. Then at a nook, an Eiffel Tower greets plus post and mailbox, an old telephone, jars of trinkets, a big panda and sticky notes on the wall. At some point we don't know how these relate to travel already (maybe the Korean owners traveled far o put up a cafe?) but nevertheless, all these little detail to the cozy ambiance. 

Panda x Eiffel

Call me baby!

Picture Tree

At a glance, it looks like Noriter, even the seats (but with pillows)! And much brighter and cleaner.

Happy place!

Food for three!

We traveled to eat so we munched all sweets! Tried Travel Special's Java Chip at Php 180 and Oreo Cookies Cake at Php 170. The drink was good, the Oreo cake was a blast! 

Oreo Cookies Cake

Travel Java Chip

They tried New York Cheesecake (Blueberry) at Php 190 and Dark Chocolate Cake at Php 170. The latter was not that dark, in fact it's sweet. But hats down to the former. Their NY Cheesecake was oh so good and compact! All were expensive but it's definitely a sweet-tooth-craving-satisfied-kinda-day.

New York Cheesecake (Blueberry)

Dark Chocolate Cake

Only contention were:

• There's nothing to eat except sweets! Wish they'd offer more

Sweetness overload

• Just spent a tad higher (Php 350 compared if we went to the much popular cafes

Overall, their cakes are to miss. And next time, we'd bring around post-it notes.

Next time, baby

Menu please

 
Rating: 4 


Cafe Travel is located at:


Archer's Nook Center, 
2624 Taft Avenue, 
Malate, Manila

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Sunday, May 31, 2015