Comfort Food at Conti's Bakeshop and Restaurant

 Comfort food for the rainy season! Conti's always has that heartwarming cozy interior that's perfect for the rainy night. Ordered Symphony salad with tomato vinaigrette and Chicken ala Kiev. 

The symphony salad with tomato vinaigrette tastes so so, the vegetables are fresh and crisp. 

Chicken ala kiev is a block buster hit! The photo on the menu is really really tempting that me and my baby brother ordered the same thing. The chicken is crispy on the outside but juicy on the inside courtesy of the herbs and butter stuffed inside. Creamy sauce blankets the chicken is perfect. This is a really flavorful dish that's perfect with garlic rice and buttered vegetables.

Masatami Shave Ice in Chocolate

I was craving for something sweet when I checked out looloo and Masatami Shave Ice came up so I decided to give it a try.

Swiss cheese is their best seller but since I'm not into cheese, I opted for a small cup of chocolate ice shaving (Php60). It tastes just like Milo! The ice is thinly shaved so it looks really interesting and it instantly melts in your mouth. A lot say swiss cheese is creamy but this one is not as smooth though, I can feel the texture of ice melting in my mouth but I'm not complaining, they did market it as ice shaving. To be fair, it tastes creamier and smoother than regular ice shavings but not too smooth to be considered ice cream. Yummy! I was able to finish the whole cup within a few minutes.

Might try swiss cheese next time if I'm feeling a bit adventurous just to see what everyone is raving about.

Rosemarie's French Macaron: Salted Caramel and Nutella

I was taking a stroll at Robinson's Magnolia while waiting for my scheduled Pacific Rim viewing when I chanced upon Rosemarie's French Macaron. I wanted to give a newly opened famous macaron place a try but this was tucked at the food bazaar at the food court, I thought this might be a hidden gem. 

And I found treasure! I tried the salted caramel and Nutella for Php35 a piece. It has a soft initial bite with a chewy core. It's something good to nibble on while you're resting your feet from the long walk. 

The salted caramel is not too sweet, the hint of salt balances out the sweetness which was perfect. I ate this pretty quickly as I was so excited to sink my teeth into one. The Nutella is my favorite! I really love Nutella and I'm biased towards this, what gives this a nice kick is that I can taste the nutty fragrant hazelnut flavor more than scooping a spoonful of Nutella from the jar. Perhaps they added real hazelnut to this? It's really good! I really enjoyed the two and I will try the other flavors when I go back. I even wanted to drink some hot tea with this, tea will bring out the macaron's flavor really well. Other macarons within the same price range are just too sweet that you can't distinguish the flavor anymore but this hidden gem is bang for the buck.