Fujinoya
This cafe infuses new and refreshing twists to Western-style dessert favorites by using Japanese styles and techniques. Popular for their matcha dishes, they surely won’t disappoint with their matcha shortcake and matcha mousse.
Wilson St., Apas, Cebu City, Cebu
32 Umber
While serving real, good coffee that’s best paired with made-with-love desserts, 32 Umber’s interiors are perfect for that instagrammable shot. They’re best known for their coffee, but their matcha oreo tart and matcha-strawberry cake are noteworthy too.
The Forum, 6000, Archbishop Reyes Ave, Cebu City, Cebu
Room for Dessert
Specializing in premium soft-serve ice cream enveloped in delicious fairy floss, this dessert cafe also has a wicked matcha selection. You can opt to have it served hot in a latte or cold in an ice cream smoothie.
3rd Floor, Skypark Area, SM Seaside City Cebu, Cebu South Coastal Rd, Cebu City, 6000 Cebu
Gelatissimo
Of course, we can never forget to have matcha in gelato. This gelato shop is a favourite among Cebuanos and their gelato is perfect to beat Cebu’s tropical heat.
Level 1 The Terraces, Ayala Center Cebu, Cebu City
Bubbletea Station
Proudly homegrown, they serve milk teas, fruit teas and specialty teas. Indulge in their matcha milk tea and support local while you’re at it, too.
Banilad Town Center, Cebu City
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Room For Dessert’s signature fairy floss topped with ice cream. (Photography by Nath Ybañez/Originally published in Zee Lifestyle, April 2016)
From the family behind popular restaurant Casa Verde, Room for Dessert sits on a stand-alone structure atop a water feature in Seaside’s Sky Park—in itself already a feast for the eyes. In lieu of the previous brand’s famous ribs, Room for Dessert’s claim to fame is the fairy floss topped with ice cream, a sugary concoction that’s incredibly photogenic—something tells us Instagram’s gonna be filled with images of this cloudy treat.
The dish features a sugar cone or cup topped with a generous serving of cotton candy fluff, and topped with soft serve ice cream and a number of other treats. There are different versions of the dessert, each one equally tempting: the Jayden’s Jar of Cereals, Ting’s Heavenly Chocolate, Juliana’s Cookie Madness, Mason’s Bear Belly topped with gummy bears, and the K Pop C’s which has popcorn.
The Cookie Dough Cheesecake is also a must-try. (Photography by Nath Ybañez/Originally published in Zee Lifestyle, April 2016)
Not to be outdone, the cakes are just as remarkable. Whether it’s the colorful Rainbow Cake, the tart Lemon Curd Cheesecake or the Tiramisu Cheesecake, they’ve transformed the treats into the highlight of the meal, and not just something to cap it off. A favorite, though, is the Cookie Dough Cheesecake.
For those looking for something more savory than sweet, Room for Dessert also offers sandwiches. The Egg Salad Sandwich is a classic, while the Roast Beef has thick slices of meat for a more filling meal. Top it off with their selection of smoothies—the Mango Banana is a perfect refresher for the summer days.
Sure, Room for Dessert’s own name encourages us to leave room for what some may argue is the best part of the meal. Their selection of treats, though, is enough to convince others that maybe we can skip the rest of the meal altogether and save all the room for what matters.
Sky Park, 3L SM Seaside City Cebu
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