I am not a fan of Magnum. There. I said it.
I never went wild and consumed Magnum every day when it was launched. It tasted
like your usual ice
cream to me. But the thing is… I drooled when I found out that there will
be a Magnum Manila Café. Yeah, yeah, why am I saying this just now? It has been
up and running since early last year. Well, I was a late bloomer with Magnum Manila
Café. Just like Ippudo, whenever I plan to visit, it gets cancelled. Luckily,
my favorite Dragon lady was game to try it with me before 2014 ended.
Finally!
Hello, Magnum Manila! Whaaaazaaaap? (Okay, too much enthusiasm there.)
T and I did
our best not to order the popular chocolate dish from Todd
English just so we could stop by Magnum Manila. And it was lovely to see
the place without a crazy line in front. We easily got a table and we ordered Pink Friday (PHP290) and Trio of Hot Chocolate (PHP180). I also
got a cup of Hot Cappuccino (PHP110) while T went for
her usual black coffee.
While
waiting, we got mesmerized by the wall filled with Magnum stamped Popsicle sticks.
Pretty!
Soon, the Pink
Friday dessert was served. And it sure was very pink.
The dish is
made of strawberry
marbled cheesecake
on a bed of Speculoos tea cookies. It also has strawberry
nerds and a pink chocolate
dusted vanilla Magnum on top and strawberry
coulis on the side.
