Reunited with Lava cake

   Having declared a cool off with Bizu we went to Cena, still at Greenbelt 2, for desserts. Like Bizu, we have a long standing love affair with Cena and we hope to keep it that way.

    Mango Cream Pie. The only dessert on the menu that we haven’t had before. It wasn’t on the list the last time we were there. You can eat this guilt free because the sweetness is just right. Balanced fusion of the taste of mango and cream.

    Blueberry cheesecake. Look at that masterpiece. It tastes even better than it looks.

    This is Lava cake. A chocolate cake filled with chocolate syrup that oozes out when you fork a piece into your mouth. Truly a chocoholic’s dream.  

   We discovered this cake, and thus Cena, about five years ago. It was ring-shaped then,  the vanilla ice cream served in the middle of the cake and on the side was a queue of strawberry, blueberry and mango jams. We would always ask for extra serving of jams and the waiters would happily oblige. One night we were attended by a probably new waiter. When the six of us ordered one lava cake each he politely told us that the lava cake is good for sharing. What came next was a barrage of…..

   "I don’t believe you!", "Hindi totoo yan!",  and the classic "I don’t want to share!"

   We ate lava cake like it was going out of style. Maybe twice a week. 

   Until the lava hardened. No more chocolate syrup oozing out when you fork a piece. It became just like a simple brownie ala mode. We parted ways with Cena’s lava cake. The search for replacement led us to a fleeting affair with a restaurant in Podium. Then Plato Platina at Jupiter street. It was good but our hearts, er, tastebuds longed for the original. We found that the lava cake at Plato Platina at Blue Wave was closer to Cena’s original so a love affair began. It was a high maintenance affair because Plato Platina’s lava cake is so pricey and Blue Wave is  far from where we work. 

   Then came last Friday. We ordered Lava cake at Cena and hoped for the best. Oh, what a sweet reunion it was. Our lava cake is back. It may look differently but it is the same lava cake that we fell madly in love with five years ago.