Slice's Red Velvet Cheesecake

By: The Moody Critic "Massively and enticingly made!" While other desserts fail to show harmony with the color schematics, this one followed the correct theme with respect to the concept of red velvet desserts: a black base, a white frosting layer, on top and a sea of crimson that manifests a paradox of firmness and velvety consistency intertwined. The cream...

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Dark Cherry Truffle Cake

By: The Moody Critic A newbie among Coffee Bean's arsenal of desserts. There is no question about the cake's elegant and scrumptious presentation. However, having made a replica of a ruptured tumor cell covered in a chocolate ganache really discouraged me to put those so-called dark cherry truffles in my mouth. The milk chocolate frosting sure was an excellent...

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Wildflour's Cronut

By: The Moody Critic The "Croissant-Doughnut" or Cronut, is taking the world by storm; Thanks to the brilliant Chef Dominique Ansel of New York City who learned that not only geneticists or genetic engineers can hybridize things. Within just a few months, several shops around the world have cracked the Cronut code and made imitations of this ingenious pastry. Wildflour...

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New England Pot Roast Beef

By: The Moody Critic The first time I got acquainted with the pot roast was during my childhood days when I used to play the popular old game- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. After being dropped by the Flail Guard - a monster in this game, my mouth would usually drool over this item because it looked very tempting to eat. In those days, I promised myself that I...

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Uncle Cheffy Cheesecake

By: The Moody Critic While waiting for our food, I decided to have a quick tour around the restaurant just to kill the time. The thing that first attracted me was their cake display case. As I look upon the variety of desserts they had on display, one cake stood out among the rest... in a bad way! One look and you'll say that this is one of those forsaken desserts...

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Chocolate Paradise Cake

By: The Moody Critic The first thing that you would probably notice about this cake would be its posterior portion. Its milk chocolate crumbs might give you a scenario of this cake falling on a dirty, rocky terrain and was then picked up to be served on a plate. Nevertheless, it gave the cake a unique eye-catching appeal. The cake had moderately moist consistency...

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Philly Cheese Steak

By: The Moody Critic I started with high hopes but ended up with broken dreams. The culprit here was none other than the dry, hard, and coarse macrosomic bread. They used a bread which was either too big or too thick. In fact, just eating the sagittal half of the bread with all its filling will suffice. All I tasted in this sandwich was bread, bread, and more bread....

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Angus Au Jus

By: The Moody Critic Every time I eat at Racks, Angus Au Jus never fails to be included in my eating program. One simply cannot deny or ignore the quality of a genuine Angus beef. Without any sauce, any sidings, or any elaborate plating, the Angus beef can definitely stand alone on the plate. The way the meat was seasoned was very remarkable. It is delicious on...

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Spaghetti Bolognese

By: The Moody Critic What a delicious-looking dish! The shape of the plate and the parsley really stirred up my appetite. As expected, the parsley gave the effective color contrast on the plate. However, the pasta was undercooked; it needed five more minutes. The bolognese sauce was lacking an effective flavor. All I could taste were the sourness and the metallic "canny"...

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Dolcelatte's Red Velvet Cheesecake

By: The Moody Critic Combining modern defiant crimson with traditional white elegance was never a problem for this dessert. The frosting without a doubt was the trump card of this dessert because not only was it designed to have those intricate rosettes or billows but it was made to harmonize with the rich cheesecake matrix and its semi-bland base. The cheesecake...

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Milk Chocolate Cake

By: The Moody Critic NOT BAD for a home-made desert! For such a small cake, it immediately earned it's title as one of the store's bestsellers. The small grated chocolates which looked like pencil shavings matched the size of this cake. The milk chocolate frosting which served as the skin of the cake seemed like it underwent a lot of oxidative stress because its...

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Déjà vu

By: The Moody Critic I really do hope I will never have a Déjà vu of eating this dessert. The crepe was undercooked as evidenced by its stickiness to the plate and my knife. It was also made too thick due to the redundant folding thus accentuating its eggy blandness. This thickness also disturbed the ratio of the crepe to its overripe mango filling by around 30%. Instead...

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Mango Chiboust

By: The Moody Critic No bee or butterfly would dare overlook this alluring flower-like dessert. The sweet extract from the beautifully arranged fresh mango slices seemed like honeydew from heaven. Surprisingly, the cheesecake matrix had a strange wet cotton wool consistency. Though it may not be as solid or compact like your everyday cheesecake, it didn't melt,...

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Mixed Ravioli

By: The Moody Critic This dish features a duo of spinach and cheese ravioli and a mushroom ravioli. Though I'm not really a fan of vegetables, this dish surely proved me wrong even if meat was not involved at all. The mushroom ravioli was a lot better because it's taste was complementary to the pomodoro sauce. On the other hand, the spinach and cheese ravioli was...

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Envy

By: The Moody Critic Not the prettiest cake to behold especially when you remember the mysterious dripping goo from the Goosebumps show. As described by the menu, it is a super-moist chocolate cake with green mint sauce. And how couldn't it be super moist if it was practically bathed with this minty goo from a witch's cauldron? I think what they were trying to replicate...

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Forest Berry Cheesecake

By: The Moody Critic There's more to this cake than its apparent cuteness. First, you may consider this as a 2-week old forgotten birthday cake in the fridge because the base layer was mysteriously hard, coarse, and dry. Second, the middle layer had a shocking rubbery consistency similar to the nodes of Hodgkin's Lymphoma. This layer would also demand tremendous muscle...

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Two Nut Caramel Cheesecake

By: The Moody Critic With its relatively cheap price, you can never go wrong with this dessert when you come to the shop to fill your empty stomach. The cheesecake matrix was very compact but it slightly lacked the ideal texture that I was looking for. Above the rich matrix comes the poverty-stricken caramel layer. If they managed to saturate this dessert with...

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