February 21, 2008
Most people will grade food by the number of spoons and dessert by the slices of cake or number of cupcakes. I don’t. Desserts hold a special place in my heart… and tastebuds I often say I have a love affair with them. So I grade food and desserts by the level of relationship. Relationships grow, go on to the next level, take a new turn, or simply die. Take my love affair with Bizu. It’s on a cool-off basis now. And I am reunited with Cena’s lava cake.
I have a new friend and it’s called Sucrée. It is located at the second level of the new midtown wing of Robinsons Place Manila. The following are the cakes my friends and I tried at our newfound friend:
Sucreé torte. Imagine a double layer of chocolate almond sponge filled with chocolate ganache followed by a silky layer of creme brulee and amaretto flavored chocolate mousse, enrobe in a shiny chocolate coating. A torte that truly deserves our name. I don’t agree that the creme brulee is silky. It is a little firm you can even separate it from the other layers. Like cheese on a burger.
Fertility. Ultimately rich chocolate fudge cake filled with peanut butter cream and generously coated ganache and peanuts. The waiter was quick to inform us that the peanut butter cream and peanuts are replaced with belgian chocolate. Where’s the fun in that? They should either change Fertility’s description on the menu to "your basic chocolate fudge cake filled with layers of belgian chocolate" or rename the cake to simple "chocolate cake". I envy those who have tasted Fertility in its natural form. It must be heavenly with that peanut butter cream and the texture of peanuts. I can dream, can I?
Sex bombe. Dome shaped layers of hazelnut chocolate cake mousse, chocolate sponge, and cream cheese filling with walnuts, spiked covered with creme parisienne. This is the best so far. The cream cheese filling with walnuts clinched it. I just don’t find myself gushing with every forkfull. It is like playing safe. It doesn’t bring me to the edge.
I don’t drink coffee so it’s always hot chocolate for me. In the background are cafe americano and brewed coffee. That is Sucrée hot chocolate in front. So rich but not too sweet. It is cheaper than most hot chocos considering its big cup. I like the cup too. I daresay it is now the number 1 hot chocolate in my list.
Will my newfound friendship with Sucrée blossom take the next level? Maybe not. It will just be not-too-close-of-a-friendship.
