After our Saturday morning errands, we went to Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf (CBTL) for brunch. Armed with a Belle de Jour Power Planner Buy 1 take 1 coupon, we were able to get two breakfast meals for the price of one (Php 229 only).
A couple of strong brewed coffee gave us a nice perky start. Since I am not really used to too much caffeine, I had to tame it with a lot of milk and sugar. After maybe half a liter of milk and half a dozen sugar packets, my coffee was perfect. Now, there was nothing wrong with CBTL’s concoction, I just like my drink sweet and creamy.
While waiting for my Eggs Ben(edict), I filled my mind with thoughts of Egg Utopia. I was dreaming of golden liquid flowing out and staining the immaculate white plate, the hollandaise sauce rich and creamy flavor mingling with the luscious yolk. The cheese, focaccia bread and turkey ham, though delicious in their own right, played second fiddle to the stars of the show.
After a few minutes our orders arrived. My Eggs Ben looked perfect… but my day dreaming came to an abrupt end when I sliced it in two. It seemed like the yolk was taken from utopia and thrown into scorching dystopia… it was well done! I don’t know if they’re afraid of salmonella, but in my humble opinion it was a waste. The taste was still good, but overall it was far from perfect (because they murdered the egg!).
Good thing, the wife ordered Salmon Scramble. We loved the distinct smoked salmon flavor mingling harmoniously with the fluffy egg clouds. This is a must try.
Eating breakfast is a good way to start the day. Having it the CBTL way is not at all a bad idea. Having a breakfast plate for free is a great bonus. But next time I’ll insist that they don’t give the egg a hard time. =)
Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf
3rd level Atrium, SM Megamall, Ortigas Center
Yeah, this will surely be a great store for Mystery shopping.
Posted by optimuspride at April 8, 2009, 12:43 pmWe haven’t used that coupon yet. I’d probably go for the well-done eggs, hindi ako talaga fan ng runny, goopy eggs 
Have you tried their Toblerone cheesecake? Fattening.
Posted by Abi at April 9, 2009, 8:33 amHey Abi,
Yeah, we used our Buy 1 take 1 cake coupon to try out CBTL’s Toblerone cheesecake. Every calorie was worth it.
Cake 2 Go in Katipunan sells Toblerone cakes. Their version is our favorite.
Posted by optimuspride at April 9, 2009, 9:09 amThe owner of Cake 2 Go was sone of the owners of Goodies and sweets. They also have a branch in Timog Q.C. Yummy cakes!
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hmmm yummy… hope we can do MS for them. tee hee ^_^
Posted by hanika at April 8, 2009, 10:49 am