Mel and the New Normal

Choco-late de Batirol has been long on my must-try list of places to try when I returned to Baguio. I didn't know what to expect, I just knew I had to try it! That's Josh's snake from his horse ride. It's not part of the menu, haha. This is the Cacao fruit. I really don't know what was running through our minds when we impulsively purchased this. It's like, I expected the whole fruit to taste like chocolate or cacao! (Of course it didn't!) They advised on to suck on the seeds. Erm. Honestly it was not good at all. The ladies in the next table were peering at the fruit curiously, so we gave them some. They though we were being generous, but honestly we couldn't eat any more. Hahahaha! This is the famous chocolate de batirol (hot chocolate) of the place. It was good. However, I was expecting it to taste like Mary Grace's hot chocolate -- thick and goey. It wasn't, it was milky but still chocolatey. It was a good drink for the cool weath...

It's been years since we visited Camp John Hay. We were surprised to see a part of it was developed into an Ayala Land mini-hub kind of thing, with a call center and all. And around the call center? Restaurants galore! There was Fruits In Cream, Yellow Cab, Starbucks, etc! We had eaten dinner already though, so we decided to try a place that had desserts, called "Everything Nice." Well-lit entrance Menu of Beverages J and Josh lining up, checking out desserts. Clean interiors. Waiting for our hot chocolate and cakes Chocolate Mousse Their version of Hot Chocolate J said he was pleasantly surprised by how good the desserts were! Pasalubong shelf All in all, I think we were happy with the desserts! We had their chocolate cake, chocolate mousse, and hot choco, and all were good. Reasonably priced (think Starbucks rates) and a lot of people were going in and out. It's definitely worth checking out, instead of going to the o...