By Allain Dumon Fonte
If I am to choose between “sex or chocolate”, the obvious choice is chocolate. Who would choose sex over chocolate? Everybody loves chocolate! Thanks to Dr. James Baker who discovered how to grind cocoa beans in 1764. This started the chocolate revolution. Now, chocolates have evolved from drinks to cakes.

The Baker Chocolate Company history book by author Anthony M. Sammarco
Speaking of chocolate cakes, my friends know how I love them and how picky I am with chocolate cakes. I want them smooth and silky to just slip from my lips to tongue and down to the throat. They must be sweet enough to tickle my taste buds but not too sweet to hurt my tonsils. I also like my chocolate cake to be soft and tender that they melt in my mouth. Most of all, I want my chocolate cake to be very moist.
It is quite challenging to find the perfect chocolate moist cake. In my pre-pandemic travels, The Le Don Bock in Rue Dancourt in Paris has a chocolate moist cake that brings happy thoughts in every bite. During the lockdown, I craved for Le Don Bock’s chocolate cake; until I found a chocolate moist cake in Cebu that satisfied my cravings. It has ticked every criterion in what I am looking for in a perfect chocolate cake, and it is Beanleaf Coffee and Tea’s chocolate moist cake.

Beanleaf Coffee and Tea’s staff slicing the café’s renowned chocolate moist cake.
Beanleaf Coffee and Tea’s chocolate moist cake is a must try if you are in Cebu City. From the taste to the softness, and to the silkiness, Beanleaf Coffee and Tea’s chocolate moist cake will surely raise the bar higher on chocolate cakes.
Photos by: Ephraim Basbas

A slice of Beanleaf Coffee and Tea’s chocolate moist cake

Beanleaf Coffee and Tea’s chocolate moist cake with heart designs

Beanleaf Coffee and Tea’s a-must-try cakes in different flavors: (clockwise from left: blueberry cheesecake, chocolate moist cake, mango cheesecake, chocolate moist cake, and red velvet cake)
Photos by Ephraim Basbas
Zee’s creative writer, Allain Fonte, was treated to a unique and sweet but healthful dessert. Celebrity chef Tristan Encarnacion of the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino crafted a masterpiece like no other, and it is the Avocado Cheesecake. The avocado cheesecake is Chef Tristan’s signature confectionary treat to his patrons and followers; and is now Waterfront Hotel’s most sought-after last course.
The Avocado Cheesecake is perfect for anyone who is craving for a creamy, soft, and out-of-this-world kind of sweet dish. Truly, the avocado cheesecake gives delight to every bite.
The avocado cheesecake can only be pre-ordered at Café Uno at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino or at the Waterfront Airport Hotel and Casino for only PhP790.00.
Please also check other cooking videos of Chef Tristan Encarnacion at Weekly Eats with Waterfront Chefs youtube channel.

Chef Tristan Encarnacion’s Avocado Cheesecake

A slice of the avocado cheesecake, showing its perfect texture.

Truly, the avocado cheesecake gives delight to every bite.