Wallflower of the Jeepney: Swensen's

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Swensen's Philippines launches "Strawberry In Love"'

WHEN IN MANILA and having that sweet cravings this summer? Swensen's Philippines can give you the creamy satisfaction!

Swensen's was first established in 1948 by Earle Swensen, who opened his first ice cream parlor in San Francisco and eventually made a name for himself -- concocting more than 180 flavors of ice cream, which dubbed him as America's "Ice Cream Man"

Swensen's Philippines has launched another must-try creamy variety this summer everyone will surely fall in love with! Introducing "STRAWBERRY IN LOVE".

Their newest offering focused on bringing together two favorites flavors: strawberries and chocolate! Served in an artistic manner one will leave a lip-smacking delight!

First of the two is the Strawberry Chocolate Lava - made with scrumptious chocolate lava cake, topped with cold fudge, strawberry syrup and fresh strawberry fruits topped with a scoop of strawberry ice cream, whipped cream and almond slices. Yummm!

Definitely a must-try! I love how scrumptious and creamy the strawberry ice cream is and more love for the lava cake! It was oozing with delightful chocolate goodness leaving wanting for more!

Next up for grab is the Strawberry Crepe - a mouth-watering combination of crepe with cold fudge, scoops of whipped cream, blended strawberry toppings and topped off with almond slices, fresh strawberry slices and icing sugar. Double yummm!

The crepe complemented very well with the ice cream and strawberries! It was cooked with just the right softness that matches with everything on the plate. Oh yeah would love to have one again and again and again!

with blogger Duane Bacon having a great taste of Swensen's Strawberry in Love!

with fellow When In Manila writer, Aldous Calubad :)

STRAWBERRY IN LOVE are readily available for everyone at Swensen's branches in SM Mall of Asia and in Eastwood Mall. Go get these awesome delights and prepare to fall in love! Spread the love =)

Swensen's Philippines
G/F SM Mall of Asia, South Wing
Seaside Drive, Manila Bay Reclamation Area
Pasay City
(02) 804-0046
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SwensensPH

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Food Trip Saturdays: Big City Grilled Hotdogs and Sausages and Swensen's sundaes

Pardon for this delayed post but my flu over the weekends gets the energy out of me. Somehow I feel better today that's why I managed to make 3 blog posts of different topics ! Huzzaaaah I am so superwoman! Ha ha!

I would like to call my Saturdays now my 'Cheat Day Saturdays'. Not because I'm cheating with you-know-who but with my stomach! Yes, I am on a serious dieting mode now which consists of 2 bananas and an oat fiber crackers for lunch and no dinner for me (or I'll just include crackers just before 6pm). I do it routinely for almost 2 weeks now and guess what? I LOST 3lbs! I created this diet routine myself and it works like magic!

Okaaaay, I'm not here to brag about my dieting wonders but I'm here to tell you how I treated myself for a day. I really can't help it. I LOVE FOOD! But I should discipline myself with my eating habit or else I would end up a mini-whale T__T For last week's Saturday, we ended up at SM Mall of Asia. Le Boyf wanted to buy me a present: a sturdy bag that can handle my essentials. To make the story short, I wasn't able to buy one because I'm too picky. So we ended up eating a lot and to rest our tired feet inside the restos.

First stop is Big City Grilled Hotdogs and Sausages. It's a small store in the middle of two main restos which I completely forgot. But looking the interior, it will catch your fancy mainly from the bright lights and colors. Red, orange, yellow will dominate your sight upon entering, homey and warm.

Le Boyf ordered All Beef Burger with your choice of fries or onion rings and a drink | Php100. He's a big fan of juicy and meaty patties so this goes to his favorites as well. I hesitated to try the onion rings but when I tried one, I grab another until gone! Perfect with mayo!

Mine was an All Beef Sausage with pickles and relish with choice of fries or onion rings and a drink | Php 130. I think the best hotdog I've ever tasted yet! They just grilled it in perfect time to be that juicy and tasty!

What we didn't like there is their ketchup. What constitute a great hotdogs and burgers stand are the condiments dude, and they like diluted it in water. Maybe they want to have more amount of ketchup in the bottle but it tasted bland, definitely killed my hotdogs. Hoping the next time we visit them, the consistency and the tomato-ness of the ketchup will be there.

Next stop, Swensen's!
My intense dieting made me crave for sweets. So I didn't let my Saturday pass without having one! We darted to Swensen's just in time for our dessert.

Lookie-lookie at their glass! It's so cute and I want to take it home!

We settled for a small glass of sundae. Knowing Swensen's hefty servings of real good ice cream, we might not be able to finish the whole glass! Sayang! I ordered Chewy Chocky Fancy | Php 135.

And maaaan, it was heavenly to the last spoon! I simply love those divine wafers and the frozen cherries on top! The hot fudge envelopes the creaminess of the chocolate ice cream, creating a delightful mood within me!

Le boyf has his choice of American Tower | Php 140. Same thing! It was simply divine! Most especially when we reached the strawberry flavored part of the ice cream, not too sweet but just the right thing to leave you smiling and wanting more!

If you're a close friend or following me on my Facebook and Twitter, I posted many times how one day I craved for Almond Roca -- a chocolate of some kind. I was web-browsing and when I saw it somewhere, kid memories came flushing in and in an instant, I wanted those ASAP. Imagine my surprise when I saw a cute, small packet of Almond Roca at Mall of Asia!