| Matcha French Flan (280 php),♥ Matcha Milk Jam Croffle (250 php) and ♥Ube Matcha Latte (260 php) |
| Tsinoy Foodies Review Rating | The Matcha Tokyo Menu | |
| Ambiance | ★★★★★ | Menu 1 | Menu 2 |
| Taste | ★★★★ | |
| Service | ★★★★ | |
| Price | ★★★ | |
| ♥ = Favorites or Recommended | ||
| The Matcha Tokyo | |
| Branches | Gateway 2 Ground Floor, Gateway Mall 2, General Araneta, Cubao, Quezon City, 1109 Metro Manila Mitsukoshi BGC Grand Central Park North, Mitsukoshi Mall, 8th Ave, Corner 36th St, Taguig, 1630 Metro Manila |
| Business Hours | 10am-10pm(mall hours) |
| Payment Options | |
| Service Charge | N/A |
| Budget/Person | 250-500 |
| Free WiFi | No |
| Contact | |
| Other | |
Given a chance to be warped into another world, you would take it right? Allow us to invite you to Kurimi クリーミー Milk Tea Bar, a fun, cool and quirky 2D Cafe in Tomas Morato, Quezon City.
Kurimi is actually an onomatopoeia of the word "creamy". As we've researched, Kurimi is Filipino-owned and it also tapped young Filipino artists in order to conceptualize its cafes. It has multiple branches and all have their own distinguishing features.
| Kurimi Tomas Morato Facade |
While it looks surreal in photos, it is even more surreal when you're actually there.
So, we are quite fortunate that we can easily access this kind of cafe. Kurimi's food and drink price point is very affordable too.
We can still recall the time when we visited a 3D Illusion Museum, the entrance was pricey and it was quite exhausting to roam about.
The experience with a 2D cafe is totally different. It grants you the relaxing and dreamy nostalgic feeling of childhood dreams. You can simply take your time to appreciate the cartoonish 2D art at your own pace. Whenever you are seated, you are surrounded with 2D illusion objects. The place is well-utilized (even the restroom!). You can also play around to be whatever you wish like: 1.) fitting in as a character of a.) a 2D comic, b.) a black and white drawing or c.) an uncolored page of a coloring book or 2.) simply pop out as a colorful special hero or heroine.
Of course, the food and drinks are another way to enjoy the place too.
Drinks
Kurimi has an extensive selection of drinks and toppings so it can cater to a wide-range of preference.
| ♥ Kurimi Milk Tea Baby Special Oreo-Cheesecake with Pearl (145 php/L), ♥ Strawberry Cream Cheese with Pearl (125 php/L) & ♥ Fruit Tea Special Mango with Nata de Coco (120 php/L) |
Signature Milk Tea
The Kurimi Milk Tea Baby Special Oreo-Cheesecake with Pearl is a must-try! It really lives up to its name.
Cream Cheese Series
Those who prefer fruity and milk drinks will enjoy the Strawberry Cream Cheese with Pearl. This is a level-up version of the classic strawberry milkshake.
Fruit Tea Special
Unlike the two other drinks which were thick and rich, the Fruit Tea Special Mango with Nata de Coco offers a lighter and refreshing experience.
Food
Kurimi is owned by the Milkin Corp., the company behind Fiorgelato and Japanese fast food DM EXPRESS so they offer the same food.
| Gyoza (70 php) |
We had the Pork Gyoza (70 php) & Proscuitto E Formaggio (Ham and Cheese) (160 php).
Visit them on Thursdays with your vaccination card and avail a 20% of discount! Thumbs up for this nice incentive. With this kind of mentality, we are more confident that we can achieve herd immunity and economic recovery faster.
Tsinoy Foodies Verdict
Guess what's our new profile picture? Yes, that's our way of convincing you to visit Kurimi クリーミー Milk Tea Bar! You can also order via grab and foodpanda.
| Tsinoy Foodies Review Rating | Kurimi クリーミー Menu | |
| Ambiance | ★★★★★ | Drinks | Food |
| Taste | ★★★ | |
| Service | ★★★★ | |
| Price | ★★★★ | |
| ♥=Favorites or Recommended | ||
| Kurimi クリーミー Tomas Morato |
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| Business Address | 88 Scout Limbaga Ext, Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila |
| Business Hours | 11am-9pm |
| Payment Options | Cash |
| Service Charge | |
| Budget/Person | 100-300 |
| Free WiFi | No |
| Contact | (0951) 355-8571 |
| Other | |
Colobaba Cafe Philippines (卡乐巴巴)is now here in the Philippine to bring some color and vitamin boost in our lives.
| Superfruit Tea 超级水果四季春茶, Cheesy Strawberry 奶盖草莓, Dragonfruit x Mango 火龙果芒果, Chocolate Souffle 可可舒芙蕾 and Full Mango Ice Flake 雪花冰 |
It is well-known for its colorful fruit juice blends and IG-worthy interiors. We have to admit, we've busy with work and have lessened our blog entries but our love for food photography is still burning with passion as shown in our Instagram. Follow us there if you haven't already.
We went here on an after-work afternoon so we had drinks and cool treats. But, Colobaba also serves meals.
Fruit Tea (巴巴水果茶)
| ♥ Superfruit Tea 超级水果四季春茶 (138 php) |
Cheesy Foam (芝士巴巴)
The ♥ Cheesy Strawberry 奶盖草莓 (128 php) is hands down the best fresh strawberry drink we've had to date! We want to drink this again!!!
Yogurt Baba (酸奶巴巴)
| ♥ Dragonfruit x Mango 火龙果芒果 (188 php) |
The iconic drink of Colobaba around the world is definitely its Yogurt Baba (酸奶巴巴) series. As you can see, it comes in three (3) layers: (1) Mango 芒果 (2) Yogurt 酸奶 then (3) Dragonfruit 火龙果. This my friends is the reason why we dropped by personally! You see the blend will mix together in a matter of minutes. So if you want to take this awesome and colorful bottle shot, you have to order this and capture it at once!
| ♥ Dragonfruit x Mango 火龙果芒果 (188 php) |
House Special
| ♥ Full Mango Ice Flake 芒果雪花冰 (278 php) |
Tsinoy Foodies Verdict
Colobaba Cafe Philippines (卡乐巴巴)is the best cafe when it comes to fruity drinks and treats! We're so happy to have this colorful and vitamin-rich drinks and treats to help as combat the COVID pandemic. Thank you Colobaba for bringing some color, positivity and nutritious food and drinks that is exactly what we need right now! We'll be singing praises of your good offerings to our friends for sure and we'll definitely drop-by or order through delivery soon.
| Tsinoy Foodies Review Rating | Colobaba Cafe Menu | |
| Ambiance | ★★★★★ | Menu 1 | Menu 2 |
| Taste | ★★★★★ | |
| Service | ★★★★ | |
| Price | ★★★★ | |
| ♥=Favorites or Recommended | ||
| Colobaba Cafe Philippines | |
| Branches | Timog Quezon City Unit 9 , ITC Commercial Complex Timog Avenue, corner Panay Ave, Quezon City, Metro Manila Pasay Magdalena Jalandoni St, Pasay, Metro Manila |
| Business Hours | Quezon City: 10:30am - 1am Pasay: 10:30am - 10:30pm |
| Payment Options | |
| Service Charge | N/A |
| Budget/Person | 100-300 |
| Free WiFi | No |
| Contact | (0917) 880-0567 |
| Other | |
Now, these big red linen covered round tables were the much familiar set up for a Chinese restaurant.
While waiting, we were served some complimentary hot tea and peanuts. This is also customary for Chinese restaurants of this type.
Food
As expected, the menu offers both ala carte and set menu. For Chinese restaurants that we regularly visit, we usually take the set menu and the adjust a few dishes therein based on the advisement of the manager. However, since this is our first time to try Sha Tin, we opted to go for the ala carte so we can try the dishes that interested us.
Dimsum Articles
| Kuchai Scallop Dumpling (110 php) |
| Century Egg Siomai (85 php) |
| Prawn Hakao (130 php) |
Soup
| Shark's Fin Soup with Shredded Chicken and Bamboo Fungus L (2,250 php) |
Healthy Vegetarian
| Sizzling Stuffed Pan Fried Tofu (450 php) |
Claypot Dishes
| Beef Short Ribs in Black Pepper Stew L (1,100 php) |
Fried/Salt & Pepper
| Salt and Pepper Chicken L (720 php) |
Nutrient Steamed Dishes
| Steamed East Star with Bean Paste |
| Peking Duck (2,280 php/whole) |
| Peking Duck Pancakes |
The Peking Duck was prepared just beside our table and was served in two ways: Peking Duck Pancakes and Diced Peking Duck.
| Diced Peking Duck |
| Diced Peking Duck in Lettuce Wraps |
Noodles and Rice
| Birthday Noodles L (700 php) |