Sweet Searching

The fennel bulbs are quite a bunch of dessert lovers. However, it is a tad sad that the metropolis does not have much wonderful places where scrumptious desserts can be eaten. And with greater numbers of independent individuals honing their baking skills to sell pastries and other sweet things, the dessert dining scene in the metropolis is just quite not enough. 


One nice place that serves dessert in the metropolis, and one that the fennel bulbs have returned to, is Chocolate Fire in Salcedo Village. The place is nice and cozy, and they usually have gone to the place on
Saturdays where the crowds are more tolerable. 


Of course, the speciality is chocolate - be it Pringles dipped in chocolate, strawberries dipped in chocolate, chocolate bars with apricots or nuts amongst a roster of other ingredients. Coffee can also be had, as well as pastries. Now, the fennel bulbs were not just going to be contented with some chocolate - they wanted some cake. And so, they had some carrot cake and an Australian style fruit cake. 

This is the carrot cake blob (priced at Php120). It is cheap enough, and its overall theme seems to have been merged with the chocolate theme which the restaurant is exactly all about. Sadly, this cake does not have enough integrity to stand on its own - it's called a carrot cake blob, but it tastes more of chocolate, but it is not deviant enough to lead the person to misconstrue it as a chocolate cake blob. The carrots do not make themselves felt at all and there's not enough nuttiness associated with a traditional carrot cake, which by the way is one of the their favorite cakes. Overall, it is a sponge cake blob with chocolate accents. 


And so, they moved on to taste the second offering: 

The Australian Fruit Cake (priced at Php160). It's small, compact, and extremely dense - it is a heavy piece of cake. It is good enough to redeem the lackluster appeal of the carrot cake blob. The sprinkles are small red and green Christmas trees which add to its charm. The taste and texture is overall good and heavy, as it can be quite assumed that fruit cakes are quite dense. Also, the nuttiness is quite pleasing. 


Beside it is an chocolate-dipped Anzac biscuit (priced at Php55). The dipped goodies are a bit too much in terms of the price. And yes, Anzac biscuits are available at Landmark supermarket.


Though imperfections may be had at Chocolate Fire, some details are quite commendable, despite the loud music which is just deplorable. 

Yes, Evian glasses with peaks resembling the Alps (Evian's logo, after all) at the base of the glass. :-)


Good night.