Brazo de Mercedes and ensaymada @ Quezon

Brazo de Mercedes (Egg Meringue Roll) which is considered a cake in the Phillipino cuisine.

 

There were four cakes to choose from, Taro roll, chocolate roll, egg meringue roll, and this other one which I didn’t know what it was.
Brazo de Mercedes (Egg Meringue Roll)

brazo de mercedes

 

It is a rolled cake made of egg whites with a rich custard filling, or sometimes lemon.
The one I had contained some lemon flavouring.
The texture of the meringue was interesting, it was denser than normal meringue, almost like cake.
I wondered if they added some flour into the meringue or it was the method they used to make the meringue.
Italian meringue is also dense, but this one is much denser, it feels like your eating a cake.

In the Phillipines, they were colonised by the Spanish, some foods were influenced by them.
I tried the ensaymada, which was slightly Spanish.

  

Ensaymada is a brioche made with butter instead of lard, and topped with grated cheese (usually aged Edam, known locally as "queso de bola") and sugar. Upscale versions of ensaymada are also topped with butter cream.
The one I had was slightly bland, so I put some of the sweet meringue on it, which made it just right.

In general Phillipino food is colourful, from purple cakes to green puddings.

A straw that brought excitement & dissappointment @ Starbucks

drinking straw? liquid cake inside?

 

I would not have noticed the soy strawberry cheesecake if it had not had a green straw stuck in it.

I was excited thinking the cake could be liquid filled or drinkable at the bottom, otherwise what is the purpose of the straw? decoration purposes only?

To my dissappointing the cake was just solid.
The top of the cake which looked like whipped cream was meringue!
So basically it was sponge covered with soy cheese.

As for the taste, it just tasted like a normal cheesecake, the taste of soy couldnt be tasted at all.
The cake was not sweet at all which was good, but the sweetness was compensated by the merigue topping.

 

Finally tried the fish maw @ Marriott Cafe

Apart from The Lounge at JW’s I have always wanted to try Marriot Café.

Marriot Café is slightly cheaper than The Lounge, however the range at Marriot Café is more Chinese.

The environment is noisier than The Lounge, which is expected, because there are more locals there for Chinese cuisine.

The carvery had chicken, which was good for people who do not eat beef.
The chicken tasted like Tandoori chicken and there were about eight different sauces. The green one (mustard with tarragon) was the best.

 

 

The abalone and fish maw tasted how it should, but theses days they can be bought cheaply at the supermarket, but it is a matter of cooking it.
Refills of food and drink were faster here than The Lounge, however the choice of drinks that were included were not as good as The Lounge.

 

It would be cool if they had a super expensive buffet which has all the highlights of JW such as caviar, lobster, abalone and fishmaw.

The new talk of bread in town @ BreadTalk

 

This branch of bread talk is located within the Wellcome supermarket.
It is rumoured that mall has been run by a Singaporean company hence it makes sense that there is a BreadTalk there.
However I wonder how long it survive because BreadTalk is quite high end for that area.

Anyway, it offers the same variety as their other branches.
I decided to try their cakes, so I bought three: Taro and kaya cake, lemon meringue tart and boston cherry chocolate cake.
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Taro and kaya cake

 

Taro and kaya cake
For this cake, it was a sponge roll filled with purple taro paste.
I could not taste any Kaya or see any kaya as stated on the label.
The taro paste was rather starchy.
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Lemon meringue tart

 

Lemon meringue tart
This was interesting because it actually had a slice of lemon on top.
It tastes like the usual lemon meringue cakes but it was too sweet.
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boston cherry and chocolate cake

 

Boston cherry and chocolate cake
This was the best out of the three, it was not that sweet, and there was so many of cherry.
It was decorated with a small of macaron on top.