The Chocolate Kiss Cafe - Quezon City

What is Dayap? Dayap is a small citrus fruit that is native in Southeast Asia and is also known as Key Lime. Here in the Philippines, Dayap is used as an additional flavoring or main ingredient to desserts like Leche Flan (caramel pudding or flan), Biko (sweet rice cake), Cakes, and more. The Chocolate Kiss Cafe offers this heavenly Dayap Chiffon Cake for those who are not that fan of very sweet desserts. It's a 3-layered chiffon cake with a light dayap and caramel filling, marshmallow icing, and candied dayap rind on top. We bought a whole 9" cake for our mother's birthday because she's not so fond of very sweet cakes. ...Read full post on letteshaven.blogspot.com

Had brunch here earlier today. I ordered Vigan Longganisa which I found to be less garlicky than expected. Regarding the fried rice that came with it, I expected it to be less sticky. However, it was. It seemed like just some steamed rice that they placed into the pan & put some garlic. Voila! Fried rice ???? Miggy wanted to really order Carbonara but with my recent experience of a rather salty carbonara, I urged him to order something else. Glad he took my advice. He got Salisbury Steak instead. According to him, the meat was rather bland but was compensated with the sauce. Nothing really special though. Also, he didn't like the rice. It seemed like it was undercooked. Customer service-wise, they gave me a bottle of vinegar but no saucer came with it. When I requested from one of their waiters, he pointed me to the kitchen staff. I was puzzled as to why. Good thing another waitress overheard and gave me the saucer I needed. However, the saucer was still wet. I wouldn't mind wiping it off but if they stack their saucers like that, it just doesn't seem hygienic. When we asked for our bill, same waiter whom I asked saucer from pointed to the cash register. I didn't get what he was trying to say again ???? So I requested for it from another waiter. Yes, he gave us our bill but didn't seem glad to be of service though. Most of their crews today just seemed disinterested in flashing a smile at 11am.

Had brunch here earlier today. I ordered Vigan Longganisa which I found to be less garlicky than expected. Regarding the fried rice that came with it, I expected it to be less sticky. However, it was. It seemed like just some steamed rice that they placed into the pan & put some garlic. Voila! Fried rice ???? Miggy wanted to really order Carbonara but with my recent experience of a rather salty carbonara, I urged him to order something else. Glad he took my advice. He got Salisbury Steak instead. According to him, the meat was rather bland but was compensated with the sauce. Nothing really special though. Also, he didn't like the rice. It seemed like it was undercooked. Customer service-wise, they gave me a bottle of vinegar but no saucer came with it. When I requested from one of their waiters, he pointed me to the kitchen staff. I was puzzled as to why. Good thing another waitress overheard and gave me the saucer I needed. However, the saucer was still wet.... read more

Nothing beats unli iced tea with honey and calamansi. It's fun to hang out or have a meeting here. There are also plugs so it's easy to work with. Sometimes the waiters have to repeat to notice the orders.

I remember a few years back, I dined at The Chocolate Kiss branch in Bahay ng Alumni. I remember liking the food, so when Father's Day came along, I brought my entire family to the restaurant's newest branch in UP Town Center. At 3pm, I reserved a table for dinner the same night. Hours later, we arrived full of excitement and hunger. Turns out, a number of the menu items weren't not in stock, most of them being the bestsellers. This is how the night pretty much went: Me: "We'll order the [insert name of dish here]." Staff: "I'm sorry but it's out of stock" or "I'll have to check if it's available."  I also noticed that only some of the wait staff was aware of the situation. It even came to a point where I was the one telling the waiter that they couldn't serve a certain dish. He was recommending a certain dish, so I told him what the other waiter told me - that they didn't have the necessary ingredients (like CHICKEN and PASTA). Ang labo eh. They should have disseminated the information properly. Don't wait for the customer to ask for something, only to tell them that they can't have it. It's so disappointing because it was supposed to be a special day for my dad, but we ended up settling for whatever they could cook. Their menu isn't even that comprehensive. Here are some of the dishes we tried ordering, but unfortunately, weren't available: Taco Salad, Chicken Quesadilla, Spinach Cream Dip, Eggplant Parmigiana, Pesto Chicken Penne, Hungarian Sausage and Penne. Too bad I didn't make a list, because I'm sure there's more I don't remember. Anyway, it's really unfortunate since it was a Father's Day and a Sunday. They should have anticipated that a lot of people would be coming. Or you know, they could've told me when I made the reservation hours ago that I wouldn't be able to order half of the menu.  Another thing, the staff didn't seem to care about the customers. They had their backs turned to the diners most of the time, so they couldn't see if anyone was trying to get their attention. I understand that they're on soft opening, but really? There were probably just four occupied tables at the time, and I couldn't even get the attention of one out of five waiters. So we pretty much just settled for whatever was available and that was that. Food wasn't even good. Terrible experience. Never going back. ...Read full post on bettinabacani.com