Contis Bakeshop & Restaurant

Contis is a bakeshop & restaurant and one of their famous product is the Mango Bravo - a mouth watering seven inch tall cake made of soft butter cake with layers of cashew meringue wafers, mousse, mangoes, and cream ensconced in white cream. It is drizzled with chocolate syrup and topped with mangoes and served frozen. It is both sturdy and delicate truly a must try for anyone with extreme indulgence to cakes and pastries, which I, myself is guilty of.

And because I've been craving for it's scrumptious taste, I decided to visit one of their branch which is in Greenbelt (I've been to their Nuvali and Trinoma branch). I ordered none other than the famous Mango Bravo, it never fails to satisfy my taste buds. I also ordered  Choco Overload - made with layers of moist chocolate cake with rich choco creams and icings topped with ganache and drizzled with chocolate syrup. For me, this is the best tasting chocolate cake in the local market, they are the best in what they do -  in terms of cakes & pastries. For my main dish I had Chicken ala Kiev, bathe in white cream sauce with corn as a side dish. They also offer bottomless Iced Tea, which tastes good and I can say that it is a "real" tea compared to ice teas that are sold in fast food which are just made from Nestea. 

One of the best resto I can recommend for the whole family most especially for their cakes & patries. Good ambience, the food taste great, affordable (not really), quality and they have branches in several locations. (This is not a paid advertisement, I paid for my own bill).

Rating:

8 out of 10

Panaderia Antonio Bakery & Restaurant

As part of New Year celebration my wife and I decided to celebrate it somewhere cozy but I insisted that it should be a local resto in the area so we end up in Panaderia Antonio Bakery & Restaurant located in De Venecia Hi-Way in Calasiao, Pangasinan. It was established in 1998 and started as a Bakery which specializes in bread, they also claim that they are the ones who started "Plato Wraps"

The place and setting is really nice, ideal for a great picture souvenirs though there are some flies flying around which I believe the owners should really deal with. They also sell souvenirs such as shirts, Spanish sardines, Starbuck's Frappucino Cafe is also available together with other imported goodies.

We ordered their pizza called "Pizza Supremo", it is huge and the taste is great for it's price. Chicken Pesto is okay though I find it quite expensive considering it's not that special. We also had a Coleslaw for a side dish - it was nice, and it's really worth it for the price. The chocolate and strawberry shake is fairly good but what I'm really disappointed at is with is the Chocolate Mousse and Tiramisu. I thought it was a cake placed in a cup, how disappointed I am. It was just pure icing, nothing but icing, but in fairness it tastes good but still lacking.

Rating:

6 out of 10