Cafe Maurice

The white sandy beaches along the Riviera Maya in the Caribbean have always been a favorite spot for destination weddings and now with the Karisma Hotel built along prime secluded properties, it makes the most favored spot for any vacation, especially with launching of a new concept of Karisma Hotel called “Gourmet Inclusive”. It is an entirely new concept that caters to sophisticated world travelers who have already come to expect and appreciate the fine details behind a good dining experience. Yes, everything is included. But no, this is not your ordinary inclusive fare, service or locales. Their cuisine is served in sleek and sensual sit-down locales and fashion-forward bars. You won’t find a buffet table here (except for kids-they like them). What you will find is cooking that meets the standards of the best restaurants, prepared in a way that will excite and surprise the senses. Special touches include bars equipped with real swings or hanging beds, bars with iced tops to keep drinks frosty cold, tequila lounges with 30 artisanal tequilas on offer, private-label wines from vineyards in Argentina’s Mendoza Valley chosen and offered as they would be in the best restaurants by experienced sommeliers.

Banapple’s version (slice P65/whole P480) has two layers of dulce de leche ensconcing ample and thickly sliced cuts of banana atop a buttery graham cracker crust made pleasantly gritty from the white sugar. There’s the requisite swath of whipped cream and then a deviation from tradition with shards of dark chocolate as garnish.

~ From Dessert Comes First

I love Banoffee pies, the only one that passed my taste was Starbucks’ version. Now Banapple surpassed Starbucks! I love how they present their cakes too, with matching pop displays – it makes me want to try ALL their cakes!

We got to have the lucky opportunity to taste Conti’s Mango Bravo last weekend. Friends bought two large cakes of it at our party. It really is a good tasting cake, but it needs to be frozen because it tends to melt easily. It melted while we busy talking about anything under the sun from auto insurance quote comparison to designer bags.

There is a reason why this cake takes a bright page in their menu:

Admittedly their best selling cake, Mango Bravo did not disappoint. But since we wanted to taste other cakes in the menu to learn more about them, we ordered different slices. We should have ordered one whole Mango Bravo cake though!

1) Turtle Pie 2) Mango Bravo 3) Moist Chocolate Cake

We went to Conti’s to eat their infamous Mango Bravo but we also ate dinner and it was a truckload of sweets after. That day will go down in history as the day I might have had indigestion – really!

I had the usual Chicken Roulade:

I should have gone for pasta since I ate (a lot of) rice for lunch already. I do not need any more carbs (nor human growth hormone!) that day.

This was linguini pesto with shrimp.