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

Due to some memories we had of Noriter, we chose a ‘no-return’ policy. Although, a year after we found ourselves in the playground again.

Coffee & Dream

Unique decors

It’s not the food nor the drinks that lured us in Noriter. If only for their food, I personally would call it quits. But there’s a magic in its walls full of vandals. We wanted to leave a mark again.

So before anything else, hellosheena was here:

It's eatsdelicious.blogspot.com now

The food, just like before, took ages to arrive. It didn’t much matter.  We had entertainment.

Cups of dreams

where we sat

I do

When it did, I was surprised. I never remembered it this artsy. So we pushed it further.

Carbonara at Php 160. Serving size was just a fistful. It’s not the best carbonara around. It’s meaty and saucy, though.

Creamy carbonara

Strawberry Shake at Php 135 (small). It wasn’t a shock that it was bland. Same as my drinks a few years back. It’s good to know, though, that it has real strawberries.

Now in mason jars

Food was so-so. Nevertheless, just like before, I enjoyed the ambiance. Perfect for great talks.

Menu:

Previous review here.

 
Rating: 2.5

Noriter is located at:

2F, Reyes Building,

Estrada Street, Taft Avenue, 

Malate, Manila

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Thursday, April 30, 2015