Love Desserts; A Sweet Tooth's Review

As a little girl, mom and dad always introduce us to all munchies rich in sugar. Their pasalubong after office will always be something sweet like candies, chocolates, cupcakes, and polvorons. And, as I grew up, I have been inlove with all the confectionaries, from lollies, pastries, and even Manong's cotton candy bought outside the Church after mass.

Now, even as an adult, I am proud to say that I grew up a sweet tooth! (eerr..healthy diet aside)

I've been asking friends to join me try Love Desserts since year 2012, yet due to busy-ness, we don't pursue. BUT, just last April of this year, I have been given this wonderful chance to finally taste all the sugars from the ever famous Love Desserts. (insert suuper big, mouth-watery smiley here)


Love Desserts is located at 915 Banawe St., Corner Roxas t., Manresa, Quezon City. It's actually easy to find since it is near Banawe's Z Square Mall. It offers a buffet of desserts for only P199 pesos. You are allowed to stay for 2 hours since the place is not that big to accommodate all the people who would love to take a plunge on the buffet.

And so, after office, three of my office buddies decided to, finally, go and enjoy Love Desserts offered confectioneries.

We arrived around 7:00 p.m. and we are already on the waiting list. After almost 30 minutes of waiting, we are ready to sit and bite.

the facade

maraming tao when we arrived

Here is a peak on the buffet table:

Ze Cakes

their version of tiramisu, its good, not that special though

i think this is vanilla-coffee..didn't enjoy this, icing overload!

icing overload here also..chiffon was good.

W.O.W! their brazo de mercedes was to die! not that sweet but the taste bursts in the mouth

black forest rolls, chiffon was not that good

dulce the leche..tempting.. good!

 Other Pastries:

mini cupcakes..the choco topping is great and the moist-y cupcake compliments the taste

the carrot cake was really good!! the dynamite for our kontra umay is perfect. 

eclair..im sorry but i think the doughs not fresh..:(

eclair..wow caramel but bread's not good

its like blueberry trapped in two sweet breads with nuts, the taste is so,so

yummy sansrival..:)

revel bar was ok. (i just assumed this is a revel bar)

Other sweets:

halo-halo section, haven't tried this

tried the coffee and choco shake, typical.

these are yummy!

choco crinkles aren't sweet, choco cookie is ok

didn't try their version of champorado

Crepe station, im sure to try this next time

ice cream toppings.

calamansi flavor of big scoop bites..hehe

And the kontra umays:

this sweet nachos are very promising!! I even forgot im allergic to mangoes! :D

the empanada is very tasty!! I advice not to each much of this if you want to enjoy sweete, sobrang nakakabusog sya

singkamas at manggang hilaw

the nacho sauce, mayo sauce and bagoong

We literally tried everything on the buffet table, that's why, after our 2 hours of stay, we all felt bloated. hehe..

our table..
sharing is PROHIBITED! we are just lucky the staffs didn't see us..hehehe

All in all, my Love Desserts experience was worth my 199.00 peso. I am planning to come back for the empanada, sweet nachos and dynamite. Plus, I haven't tried the crepes and some shakes so its one more reason to come back. :D

Pix of us enjoying our dessert buffet experience:

Trying out the Newest Craze (Family Mart's Twirl All You Can Ice Cream review)

A week ago, we tried the newest, most talked about twirl craze in town, The Twirl All You Can Ice Cream by Family Mart. We are lucky enough we are near Fairview Terraces and the mall has a Family Mart Store.

The P25.00 Ice Cream can be twirled in plain flavors and can be a mixture of the two available flavors. They say some stores offer the 3 flavors, which are White Chocolate, Dark Chocolate and Green Tea, but most stores offer only two for a day.

Mind you, the queue was really long and each person to twirl should wait for atleast 20 seconds for the ice cream to be good. Staff says its for the ice cream to be thicker and fuller.

LOooONG line!

just to try the twirling, you need to fall in line the long queue

my buddy Jane holding her cone

Then, after some 15 minutes, we had our turn to twirl.

urgh, not that way Jane! you have to pull it down harder!! 

ang hinhin ni ate, tinulunganna sya ni kuya staff

Then the finished products, not that perfect though, but this will be perfect in time..:D

mine was on the left

 The Ice Cream Lover verdict? Well, the dark chocolate tastes like dark chocolate and the green tea is a must try! Its not that ordinary ice cream taste from other convenience store, its creamier, fuller and yummier! A must try to beat the summer heat!!

A Vikings Experience

One of the most famous foodgasm nowadays is plunging into buffets. There actually are lots of restaurants which offers a mouthwatering buffet spread in the metro. One of the best I heard was Vikings.

Vikings actually has five branches, four here in Luzon (SM Megamall, SM North, SM MOA and SM Marikina) and one in Davao. I got the chance to try Vikings at Sm City North EDSA last March 17 with two of my college buddies. It wasn't planned, we were just planning to go somewhere and chitchat since Kringles will be leaving for Boston on Friday. And so we all decided to try Vikings. By the way, one of our college friend, Ange, works as a chef on the pastries section so we got the privilege of a 5% discount. :D

Original Dinner Rate: P 888.00
Discounted Rate: P 843.56
Service Charge: 5% of the total bill

Lunch buffet is served from 11:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. while the dinner buffet from 5:30 p.m. to 9:45p.m. Lunch every weekdays is for P688 and on weekends and holidays, the rates are same with dinner buffet at P1,088. Other rates apply to different branches. Kindly check it here.

There are different buffet spreads once you enter the resto. Elegance welcomes you and an ambience of joy will surely put a smile on your tired, stressful mind. The place was big, I bet even 500 persons or more can be accommodated. The buffet tables are classified to grills, meat, seafoods, kiddie meals, pasta and pizza, sushis and other chinese cuisine, maki's, salad bar, and ofcourse mi favorite spot..the dessert spread.

Here are some pictures of the buffet tables arranged from the entrance until you reach the dessert bar. Forgive the not so good shots from a not so expensive android phone..;)

lamb, turkey and beef station (liver sauces, and other sauces for the meats are also available)
It was my first time to eat turkey and,mind you, it really is tasty! Beef was mediumly cooked, you get to choose 2 from the 3 served.

Drinking station, filled with a variety of sodas, juices, teas, shakes, choco and coffee, even wine and beer
I sticked with Red Iced Tea all through out our yummy stay

failed to try that milo shake

 makis and wasabi..
sorry, im not a fan of these stuffs

sushis
i tried a little but it didn't fit my taste buds.

pasta and pizza corner
i wonder why we didn't get a slice of pizza or two..

ze salad bar
again, not a veggie lover here

grilling station
i tried some grilled pork and i can say its grilled to perfection!
sausages are those common taste, they even have quail eggs

And the my favorite:

breads, brownies, cupcakes and cookies

some more yummy pastries perfect for a sugar rush

halo-halo fills

the yogurt station!

things to top your yogurt

oh my, some more sweets. fruit salad, buko pandan, jellies, etc.

ice cream!! :D

And the foodies we tried:

baked mac, turkey, beef, mojos, fish finger and  liver sauce
The mjos are yummy with a little bitter taste though. Baked Mac, was not that good maybe because it wasn't hot, the fish fillet was great with sweet and sour sauce.

hakaw, spicy sea food, bulgogi and sushi

maki and sushi

baked tahong

mini cupcakes, doughnut, brazo de mercedes, grilled pork, grilled sausage
The brazo wasn't too sweet, cupcakes also, the mini doughnut is tasty

mini cupcakes, choco bread, mallows, cheese puffs and fruits dipped in choco
choco bread and cheese puffs = not good

green tea and cookies and cream topped with mallows
green tea's flavor is strong, cookies and cream is great!

And the place:

Jho's such a photo bomber!!

seatS

The experience was actually worth it, foods are (though not all) great, the desserts were soOo good.

I feel so sorry that I was so full I didn't get the chance to try everything. Next time, I promise to try the pizza and pasta and some salad might also do.

The prize was just right, given you can stay for hours. Buffet spreads were perfect for picky-choosy people like me. Will I try again? Definitely, with the 5% discount from my friend of course. :)