I had mentioned before that Coke Zero doesn’t taste any different from other diet sodas. But after eating out at restaurants and getting served Coke Zero because they don’t normally carry Diet Coke anymore, I developed an acquired taste for the reformulated sugarless cola drink. I still think that normal Coke tastes better than Coke Zero, but that’s already a given because sugar automatically makes anything unhealthy taste superior to its healthier counterpart.
The text message from Crisela was “The Coffee Bean” at the Shangrila Plaza Mall. I vaguely remembered a coffee shop beside Cravings on the 4th level (5th?) so I went up the escalators to look for it. Upon seeing the signage “Coffee Beanery” , I knew right away it wasn’t The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf that I often go. It didn’t deter me to check out their cakes and drinks after I was assured that there was no other “Coffee Bean” in the mall.
The Cashew-Durian cake (priced at 95 pesos a slice) piqued my curiousity. I love anything durian, even the fruit. The prices of the drinks seemed reasonable. I ordered the calamansi-mint for 40 pesos. I love how they presented me with my order. So zen-like. Minutes later, Crisela arrived. She apologized that the text meant to say “Coffee Beanery”.
At Chowking, you don’t have to worry about the rice shortage one bit. Eat as much rice as you want at Chow King because their yummy chao fan (fried rice) contains more rice and ingredients at a rolled-back price. If you think that it sounds too good to be true – trust me, it isn’t. I was pretty skeptical at first because obviously if a product is going to be cheaper, it can only mean that you’ll receive smaller servings or that more inferior ingredients will be used. But after trying out Chow King’s chao fan today, I discovered that servings-wise nothing has changed and quality-wise, the fried rice tastes even better.
The Jollibee pancake sandwich has been around for quite a while, and I’m surprised that a lot of people haven’t heard of it yet. And those who have heard of it don’t quite like how it tastes. I first tried the pancake sandwich over a year ago, when I was still in college and would hang out at the Starbucks in Katipunan Avenue in between classes. Since I’d be too cheap to get anything from Starbucks, I’d skip off to the Jollibee next door and grab my breakfast there. The pancake sandwich was an accidental discovery.
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