I work in a very cool office where I have to wear a thick coat every single day.  Yet, my life seems not cool enough so I decided to chill out at Cold Layers Cafe.  

So off I go to Fishermall to share a meal with fellow foodies. 

Turns out, they have a menu for savory meals too.  Charging off our meal with the Creamy Chicken Pesto.  Let me just point out that this pesto-spiced pasta is as creamy, cheesy and chicken-y as stated.

The savory options comes in a worldly variety.  Yes!  There's Chicken Teriyaki!  It was soft, sweet and saucy, served in a way that could sweep your soul away.

There is also Chicken Cordon Bleu.   How is that for a French meal?

If there's a Pinoy-style spaghetti, this has got to be a pinoy-style Cheesy Meat Lasagna.  It's got the sweetness that will bring you back to joyful childhood sensations.  

Because life is fast, I do appreciate everything prepared slow.  Thus, my favorite amongst the savory meals is the Slow Cooked Beef Ribs.

Since I wouldn't share the Slow Cooked Beef Ribs, good thing there the Fish n' Chips for sharing.

Sure, the savory meals were a pleasant surprise.  But, my eyes shines upon the sight of snow ice.  

I found the "Let's Split" interesting.  I have thought of two perspectives for this treat.  One is to order this for sharing.  The other is to order it for as a foreshadowing treat before delivery a breakup speech.

I feel "Summer Fling" is inappropriate for this one.  Sure, it might be light but it's so captivating  that you'd want to have it longer than just one summer.  

The Snow Ice selection that really spoke to me was the "Meant to Be".  A spoonful of this and I knew it was destiny!  This matcha really got me.  I bet it will mean the same thing for other matcha lover.

The "First Crush" is light and Chinese-influenced just like my first crush. 

Ahh... I do love horlicks.  We used to alternate plain milk, Milo, Ovaltine and Horlicks every night when we were kids.  So yes, the Sweet Surrender is Tsinoy Foodies approved!

They have cool drinks too.  I was expecting frappes to be caffeine loaded and stuff.  But, the Chocolate Frappe was rather sweet and chocolatey like Chuckie or Moo served with whipped cream on top.

I've been studying for a long time since the age of two so I guess it's reasonable to miss studying.  So I have to admit, I was really excited to attend a week of seminar for our mandatory continuous learning.  When I'm learning, I always end up hungry so my after-class destination is the newly opened Hungry Samurai Fast Japanese in Tomas Morato.  

It even occupies the same shop location in Tomas Morato.

So what's surprising about the Spicy Salmon Surprise?  It's was not a bit spicy despite having an orange sauce which I presume is hot sauce.

We don't control our cravings so on days I don't crave for ramen, I might opt for the Honey Orange  Chicken.  We may not have Panda Express in the Philippines, but we're fortunate we have the Hungry Samurai for these.

You have a same choice for chahan.  Finally, this is what you're Samurai Meal will look like.  Whether for dine in, take-out or delivery, they are ready for it.

If there's one word to describe me on a usual day... it would be "Frazzled".  (Now, you know why this author has maintained anonymosity even to the 1000th post!)  So for a change how about I take a splendid time with fellow foodies and let The Frazzled Cook take charge.  

If you've been reading my blogs, you'd know my philosophy on dining is for sharing.  And, I really think that's why I love the Philippine foodie community the most.  You get to meet so many people and everyone is just so warming and sharing.   I guess that's why despite being a wallflower, I never worry about what it's like to go to one food event after another.  

Now, I know there are non-foodie people.  But, there are a lot of foodies so I consider it as one of the biggest mix of people.  There are practically foodies from all walks of life.  

So in a food event, you'll see so many foodies.  There's the ordinary foodie like my long time IG friend Niel (which bothers me because he suddenly quit), social media influencer foodies, Zomato top reviewers as part of what they call Zomato Foodie Meet-up (Zomato FMU), Looloo top reviewers as part of what they call Looloo rendevous, food bloggers like me, media and more!  

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If you've been following my IG stories and IG posts, I've been having this coming-of-age thought all of a sudden.  This may be funny because this is so easy for many but let me share with you something I've been promising myself since forever:

1.  Learn photography - Yes, I don't know anything about it until now.  But, every time I go to events and see someone really good especially my street photography mentor Sir Ted Claudio, I've been really wanting to learn.

My resolve:   You see, I really have poor self-discipline so in order to start change, I have to make an indirect change to push me to go out of my normal and comfort practice.  Thus, I sold my old camera real quick by selling it at a giveaway price.  Testing out new cameras in manual mode.  I am viewing more photos in IG and 500px.

2. Adopt a healthier lifestyle 

My resolve:   Subscribed to the nearest gym so I wouldn't have any excuse.  As for diet, yes I eat more greens!

So I am happy to share that I happily devoured on this Herbal Chicken Salad with basic vinaigrette the most!

One of the special gestures made by The Frazzled Cook especially for us is to let us try the Truffle Mushroom Pizza.  I felt like we hit the jackpot with this one because it was so rich in truffle flavor!  Fellow truffle lovers, do try this when it officially becomes part of the menu.    

I recall when the whole "wagyu" craze hit Manila, I used to be so excited to have more and more of it.  It was more premium than our local beef in terms of texture and price.  Soon, my excitement faded as it was the same one after the other.  But, guess what?  When I popped one of these Wagyu Salpicao cube unto my mouth, it surprised me that it was not just the soft almost melting into your mouth sensation that got me popping one cube after another.  It was every component of the dish: (1) the generous garlic bits, (2) the fragrant rich garlic taste that has seeped well into the oil were the wagyu cubes swam (3) the soft wagyu cubes (4) the salt, pepper and the balancing subtle hint of mint and bitterness from the dried parsley bits. 

You can already diagnose my impression of the Chicken Cordon Bleu just by visual inspection.

So moving on with a new found favorite salmon dish: the Grilled Salmon with Mango Salsa.   This has pushed the usual Baked Salmon dish to second in rank.

While I hate to make comparisons, I must say this time the Paella Negra  is the winner amongst the two.  Every black grain delivered a rich squid ink taste.  On some occassions, I even though that squid ink flavor is hardly detectable by the most delicate tongues.  Yet, The Frazzled Cook has worked wonders by magnifying the taste making us wanting and worshipping such dish till the end of our meal.

I would have been a devoted worshipper for the Paella Negra, if only we weren't served the Truffle Pasta.  It was like a holy grail for both truffle lovers and bacon lovers and I happen to be both!  It is actually mellow to the mouth as every component created a harmonious melody of flavors.  

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