Food Tripping: Secret Haven Cafe

This is my second time here! Finally get to blog about it. So this place is already internet famous. Secret Haven Cafe in Noveleta, Cavite is a place where you can dine as if you are at your own home.

They open at 11 am it is best to be there before anyone else if you want to take photos and enjoy the peace and quiet. Their garden is filled with cactuses and succulents. It also has a rustic and sweet at the same time.

You found Klea

Let's get to the food. The first time I visited this place, I have ordered their version of butterbeer and clubhouse sandwich. It's called Prague Castle in their menu. If I remember it correctly.

My date for the date

This time I got to try their plates of pasta. I forgot to write down the names, but one as in red sauce and the other in white. I also got one of their best selling drink, mint iced tea.

So sorry for forgetting the names of the things we ordered. This blog is so late really. It was an awesome afternoon date at this place. I would definitely go back to try the other items on their menu. I have heard good things about the milkshakes that they have. 

For now, I'm glad to finally know about this secret! :)

Food Tripping: Tom N Toms Bacolod

Where to get coffee in Bacolod

There are a lot of coffee shops in this place, and I got to visit a few of them. Let's talk about Tom N Toms first. They are a coffee shop chain from Korea. They are similar to a known coffee shop in the metro. They have there only line of  tumblers and mugs.

This place is pretty chill. Fun thing is that it is open 24/7. Located at the corner of 26th and Lacson Streets Bacolod City. We had breakfast there before going to Campuestohan. We got the following Cinnamon Cafe Mocha and Caramel Macchiato with extra Espresso shot for our drinks. We ate Onion Bagel and Corn Pretzel too!

This is a pretty chill place, too chill that if you are in a hurry you must not eat here. It took a while for us to get our order and it felt like the hot coffee was not longer hot. They did not serve the coffee without our food so the coffee was warm when we got it. Good point is that the pretzel was made fresh and it was delicious! So, as a tip, if you are in a group order in batch, coffee first then your food.

The breakfast buddy and his Onion Bagel

Corn Pretzel

I wonder if it is the same in their Quezon City branch. I hope not, as I want to try more items from their menu. It will be a good chance to compare them as well.

Food Tripping: Lizzy at MOA

Welcome to the new Lizzy Latte!

It has been two years since I have been to Lizzy Latte! I have been monitoring their page since then. I know that for sometime now they had closed the store in Makati with a promise to come back to a new place. I have waited patiently for updates. You should have seen may face when I read this post. 

I work in Makati and seriously their branch in Salcedo was just an eight-minute walk from my office. Sadly, out time never synced. So, now that they are at SM by the Bay and they have longer operating hour, I will definitely have more chances to visit them. 

We were told that they are still on soft opening mode. I'm glad to see that people are noticing them even though they have not advertised the place in full blast. It is somewhere between Grilla and Razon's.

Mocha Mint Marvel

Green Tea Grandeur

The dorks

So, for this Food Tripping blog, I was with Cindell and Sherome. I got Mocha Mint Marvel Habitual and they both ordered Green Tea Grandeur Habitual. Sizing guide for cold drinks: Habitual I think can match up to SB's Grande and Addicted is their version of Venti.

Truffle Parmesan Fries

Truffle Parmesan Fries

Free Oreo Cheesecake*

Food! OMG! The Truffle Parmesan Fries is love. Look at the photo again makes me hungry. The potato was awesome the skin was crisp but the inside was moist! Also, we got free cake for being nice. Kidding! It was a complementary cake for being customer in the Makati branch. I just love the fact that the owner was so nice to give us free cake, even though they have just opened. It is not everyday that you get to encounter someone like that. 

Sherome also ordered Spaghetti with Meat Balls and it was heaven as well! It will pair well with the Truffle Parmesan Fries. Our friend Cris, came late, she ordered Blueberry Cheesecake and Vanilla Velvet. 

Next time we visit, I think I will get myself a cup of green tea latte with 3D latte art and mozzarella sticks! I can't wait for their Grand opening on July 17, I hope I remembered it correctly.

   

Spaghetti with Meat Balls 

Blueberry Cheesecake

Picture time:

Photo Op!

A new dork

The walls still sport the same color scheme from the Makati branch. The mural now though it depicts the sites you can see in and around the Mall of Asia and people that are most likely close to the owner. The chandeliers were missing as Ms Liz said that she did not want guys to feel that Lizzy Latte was for girl only. 

Mood lighting in the restroom

Sorry for the dark group pic.

Have you been to Lizzy Latte in MOA? How was it? Did you leave your feedback on their golden notebook? Don't you just like the way they serve the guest as if they were serving a friend!

Don't forget to visit their social media accounts!
Facebook: facebook.com/lizzylatte.ph/
IG: lizzylatte.ph

Silventures: The World of Coffee

The passport to the event

Starbucks was busy this weekend with their Coffee Appreciation Festival held at Glorietta 2 Activity Center. The event is about the different coffee beans they offer and the methods of brewing coffee. Getting is was simple you need to have a Starbucks Card. Get your passport get stamped and you are off to learn more about your breakfast drink.

Stamped

Let's get this started

So, they have featured, beans from Kenya, Sumatra, Columbia and Cafe Vinta. The first three stations you can get a stamp on your passport for your freebies. There where a lot of trivia about coffee and the machines used you brew coffee to get a different flavor every time. I enjoyed the coffee tasting, I just have to remember next time to have water with me and eat before tasting coffee.


 Check the crowd and the displays:

reason why coffee from the highlands is different from the ones in lower grounds

Coffee Vinta station

Coffee art

I like this piece a lot. This is Rise and Shine by Rev Cruz

Demo for the AeroPress

The AeroPress is a simple machine that I think you can use while on the go. You just need hot water and your ground coffee beans. The taste of the coffee for me is similar to the instant coffee we have but with this you are sure that you are using pure coffee beans. Although, this is ideal for personal use only.

Demo for the Siphon Brewing Process

Siphon Brewing Process is just so amusing

If you are a coffee loving artist, this is the type of process you will like. According to Coffe Master Ana, Siphon is a theatrical way to make coffee. I mean look at that set up. Also, this is not for someone that is in a  hurry. It highlights the actual taste of the coffee you are brewing.

Chemex Demo

The Chemex Brewing method is simple just like the AeroPress. For me, it does take more time than the AeroPress, but it does not give me the feeling that I'm forcing the flavors out of the coffee grounds. You need to place your filter and coffee on the brewer that looks like a pitcher and slowly pour hot water on the coffee. It is relaxing to see the coffee drip from the filter too.

Sparkling Coffee Lemonade

I waited for the last station to serve this one. Sparkling Coffee Lemonade is Starbucks' newest product. Lately, people are in to machines that carbonate your water for you. This follows the same method, but SB carbonated everything not just the water. I like this one, too bad only selected SB has them.

Done with the stamps

Freebies

Short Video of the Siphon brew demo:

This was a great event. I love learning new things. However, I did forget to ask what is the best brewing method and coffee bean from someone who is acidic as me. Maybe next time I see a Coffee Master, I can ask. :)