Chocolate Fire

The disappointment that is Chocolate Fire.

Here's what my friends had to say about their orders.

Display was very appetizing - sure fooled us.

Little Banoffee - P132

My staple order. Not that bad, but nothing to rave about! I think I got the best order haha!

Banana Blob - P132

Dry. Red Ribbon banana crunch tastes better.

Hot Milk Chocolate with Cream - P160

Tastes like Milo. My friend said we should have went to McDonald's for hot chocolate

Chocolate Ganache P198

Apparently, you can go wrong with simple chocolate cake. This was like normal sponge cake. It was enrobed with real Belgian chocolate but the sponge cake part was very dry.
It has no flavor. Just chocolate coloring!!

Tiramisu P153

Waste of money and calories. Depressing. Worst tiramisu ever. Chiffon!

Desserts should make us feel better but we got the opposite. We had to go to another place and eat something else to delete the memory of what we ate.

We're just hoping we ordered the wrong things.

Ambiance - 4
Value for money - -5 (Negative)
Taste - Negative

Stella

More from the new High Street in BGC - Stella

Fire Roasted Corn and Shrimp Scampi Soup - P195

Soup was creamy, had tomato, corn and shrimp bits.

Bleh didn't like the complimentary appetizer :p

Wood Fired Garlic Mushroom Cream Fettuccine - P425

Porcini dust, truffle oil, Malagos pecorino, fresh lemon, herbs
In our family, only my sister likes pasta.. But all of us agreed that this was good!

Salt Baked Gindara Fillet - P395

400g, light dill-citrus cream, citrus bits
This one was our least favorite. Although this dish has a lot of good reviews online, we just didn't feel it. Still a bigger serving than the gindara served in Japanese restaurants.

Porcini Herb Rubbed Australian Rib-Eye P995

400g, fire roasted onions, Gorgonzola, and black pepper cream
Serving was huge!! This was bigger than my hand. Maybe two fists! Very soft and tender. I ate half that night and the other half the day after.

Braised US Beef Short Ribs - P495

Spicy, sticky, sweet sesame glaze, grilled leeks, kimchi pineapples
The favorite for the night. Just like the rib eye, it was very soft. The meat slides off the bones. Very tasty and sweet.

Spanish Chorizo Rice and Garlic Fried Rice - P95

This is good for one hungry person, but my parents shared and I didn't get to taste it. They said it was okay.

Homey feel inside Stella

Baon for the next day!

We ordered four main dishes which were all good for sharing! The servers didn't warn us that we were ordering too much. Maybe they thought we were that hungry.
Overall, serving of the food were huge but not too overpriced, and the taste did not disappoint!

Stella:
Ambiance - 4.5
Taste - 4.5
Value for money - 5

Where to find Stella

• Ground Level, Bonifacio High Street Central, 7th Ave cor 29th St, Bonifacio Global City

Nolita: North of Little Italy

I had to eat pizza on my birthday! Thanks to my friends who were supportive and ate pizza (and gelato and macarons) with me. We wanted to try something new too so we went to Nolita. Nolita offers New York style pizza by the slice.

Shrimp Carbonara - P290

My favorite!! Breakfast food and pizza combined! Must try :)

Wild mushroom with walnut - P250

I ate this after the shrimp carbonara, so this was kinda bland compared to that. Not that bad though!

Cheeseburger - P220+

Cheeseburger on a pizza!

Buffalo Chicken - P220+

We also got the potato chip fries (P130), which was like Shakey's mojo potatoes. I was expecting it to be thinner (chips). The dip was also weird for us.

We stayed here for a while, waiting for our other friends to arrive. My eyes were teary after around an hour! It was so smoky inside. They should improve ventilation.

Nolita:
Ambiance - 3.5
Taste - 4
Value for money - 3


Where to find Nolita

• UG/F, West Superblock, Bonifacio High Street Central, 7th Ave cor 29th St
  Taguig 

M&M's Pretzel

My favorite M&M's! This beats peanut, crispy, dark chocolate, almond and peanut butter!

The perfect mix of sweet and salty!!!

What's inside the M&M? A big chunk of crispy and crunchy pretzel!

I can eat the whole bag in one sitting. Hello calories!

Anyone know where we can get this in the Philippines??

Sebastian's Cold Comfort

Cold Pizza - P195

Cookie dough overload cold pizza! Chocolate chip cookie crust + vanilla ice cream + generous amount of cookie dough and walnut chunks!! It would have been perfect if the chocolate drizzle was not frozen.

Store is clean and the staff were friendly.

Chocolate lovers unite! Let's try this!!

Other cold pizza flavors. Cookie Monster and Reese's Delight are on my list.

Haven't tried their chilly burgers yet! They have red velvet chilly burgers for the red velvet fans out there!

Ice cream flavors are posted. My favorite is still the chocolate chip cookie dough!
They have new flavors now like champorado, sapin sapin, halo halo and frozen taho.

Look at those dive bars and chilly burgers!

If you have a sweet tooth, then Sebastian's ice cream is for you! I hope they open a branch in Makati! I miss the stall in G4 Food Choices.

Sebastian's:
Ambiance - 3.5
Taste - 4
Value for money - 3.5


Where to find Sebastian's

• 2nd level, Entertainment Hall, SM Mall of Asia

Ba Noi's

My mind was always closed to think that Vietnamese food equates to only noodles or pho. Silly me! Thanks to my friend KimiLu who kept on insisting that there are choices other than noodles. 

Goi Cuon - P200

Fresh Spring Rolls - Pork, shrimp and vermicelli attractively rolled in rice paper served with their famous peanut sauce.
Not really a fan of healthy tasting food, but it wasn't that bland. The peanut sauce helped too! Hard to eat though as the noodles fall when you bite.

Cha Gio - P190

A mixture of ground pork, shrimp, taro, and black fungus wrapped and deep fried and served with fresh greens and traditional nuoc mam dipping sauce.
Fried = crunchy! You can wrap them with the lettuce if you're feeling healthy.

Pho Bo - P255

Beef noodle soup - A perfected homemade beef noodle soup served with fresh herbs and spices.
Perfect for cool rainy days!

Ga Nuong - P240

Grilled chicken in rich lemongrass marinade.
This was good and tasty!

Dau Hu Sot Xi Muoi - P275

Fried tofu fillet with ground pork mixture, spiced with shallots and ginger, covered with sweet and sour plum chilli sauce.
This was surprisingly very filling! One piece was enough, so you have to share this with friends.

Munch away while waiting for your food!



Ba Noi's:
Ambiance - 4
Taste - 4
Value for money - 4


Where to find Ba Noi's

• Ground Level, Greenbelt Mansions, 
• 106 Perea St., Legaspi Village, Makati