November 29, 2010 – I went to Sweet Craft, a place where you can find anything you need for baking, to buy the chocolate that I need for making truffles (which will be given to my professor in Computer 1 as a souvenir for my presentation). After buying all the ingredients I need, we stopped at Charlie’s to grab our lunch. I and my boyfriend both had Black Angus Burgers with Fries. They were very satisfying. We ordered a Turtle Pie for dessert but unfortunately, it was out of stock. But then we didn’t stop at that, we’ve got to have dessert! Beside Charlie’s stands Cab Café wherein we bought a slice of Strawberry Shortcake for dessert.
Strawberry Shortcake is made of 4 layers of shortcake (a sweet crumbly biscuit that is leavened by baking soda and/or baking powder), whipped cream, and strawberry jam. Cab café's version of strawberry shortcake does not taste like strawberry shortcake at all. It lacks the strawberry flavor since there is more whipped cream than strawberry jam. In fact, Everything in the cake tastes dull. I also don't like the texture and the flavor of their whipped cream because it is made of commercialized cream that does not melt in room temperature.
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| Stawberry Shortcake - Php85 per slice |
For me, the best desserts are made with the best ingredients. This cake was apparently made with average, if not bad, quality ingredients which makes the result also an average or even below average. I think they are trying to cut down on cost to be able to get more profit from their cakes but it wouldn't work because they cannot make a good dessert that people will want forever if they are using bad ingredients. If they want to gain money, they should work on pleasing their customer's palate first, not cutting back on them.
My Rating:
Strawberry Shortcake - 2/10
Address:
18 East Capitol Drive, Kapitolyo Pasig
Tel. No. 634-0152
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