Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Cake Overload @ SECRET RECIPE


Life is undeniably sweet at SECRET RECIPE – a cake shop, café, and restaurant operating in over 250 outlets in 9 countries worldwide to date, 4 of which are in the Philippines.

With more than 20 cakes, 10 pastries, 50 hot meal entrees, and 30 hot & cold beverages, Secret Recipe unquestionably offers a lot to choose from! All day meals are served here: lunch, dinner, and dessert. This time, we dined here for dessert. We don’t want cheesecakes this time, so moist cakes attack! :)



At Secret Recipe Shangri-La Mall branch, a minimalist design is employed – white stools and tables, red couches on corners, white chandelier indoor lighting, and gourmet food portraits.

My good friend Jason sat on the chairs, while I owned the fluffy couch :p

A tranquil atmosphere surrounds the café. The dining area is remarkably clean. The service area (the bar like corner) is notably neat as well. 


You will be welcomed by a variety of their fresh cream cakes and cheesecakes in their dessert display bar as you key in to the place. All the cakes looked plain though, not as appealing as those from Sweet Bella, Miss Dessert, Conti’s, and Xocolat.



First cake slice: CHOCOLATE CHIP WALNUT (Php 95.00 / slice)

It’s comprised of three layers of moist chocolate cake with two layers of fresh chocolate cream, Californian walnuts, and drizzled with pound chocolate chips.

The walnuts perfectly complement the fairly sweet chocolate cream. The chocolate moist cake is denser and moister. I just found the perfect moist in cakes I am looking for. Thumbs up! I wanna have more of the moist cake! :)


Next cake slice: TIRAMISU (Php 95.00 / slice)

It had 3 layers of moist cake flavored with espresso, and two layers of cream filled with mascarpone cheese and cappuccino cream.

This tasted like those standard cakes in the market. I can say that Red Ribbon and Goldilocks can claim that their cakes are better than this one. But not the moist cake layer. Just like the chocolate moist cake of chocolate chip walnut cake, the moist espresso flavored cake is something that Secret Recipe can always brag about.

 
Finally, the most delicious of them all: CHOCOLATE BANANA CAKE (Php 95.00 / slice)

Moist, sweet, and healthy chocolate banana cake! It’s heavenly! Three layers of moist chocolate cake, rows of banana slices lined on a bed of chocolate cream, and topped with melted home-made chocolate. Chocolate divinity!

This slice left me happily full without having diabetic coma – an obvious drawback of other chocolate banana cakes in the market today.


The most valued feature of cakes is the moist. In fact, it can make or break a cake. Even cakes with first-rate flavor but without the perfect moisture cannot be considered topnotch cakes. 10/10 for the freshness and softness of Secret Recipe’s good cakes! Plus, just the right sweetness of cakes. Flavor is what you'd taste, and not sugar.

The servers were all polite and accommodating. In fact, we came in around 9:30 PM already while store supposedly closes at 10:00 PM. They’re so courteous they didn’t make us feel like we have to leave because it’s closing time then. We stayed there until 10:45 PM and everyone greeted us home still with joyful faces :)

Delicious cakes, moderate prices, hygienic dining area, and excellent service – I truly recommend Secret Recipe for your cake time :) 


**Secret Recipe**
Products: Cakes, Pastries, Coffee
Location:  Level 5 Shangri-La Plaza Mall, EDSA cor. Shaw Blvd. Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Store Hours: 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM (Weekdays) / 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM (Weekends)
Contact Number: +632 637 0367


Other Secret Recipe Branches:

*Level 1, 32nd Street cor. 5th Avenue, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Philippines
+632 856 2953

*Level 4, Robinson’s Midtown, Padre Faura cor. M. Adriatico Streets Ermita, Manila, Philippines
+632 567 2042

*Level 2, Mega Atrium, SM Megamall EDSA cor. Julia Vargas Avenue, Ortigas CenterMandaluyong City, Philippines
+632 706 5246

2 comments:

Sam Reyes said...

Like their cheesecakes more than their cream cakes :)

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