Today's Finds (06/04/2010)

Today’s Finds (06/04/2010)

Indulging ze sweet tooth!

Nothing beats a batch of freshly baked cookies. Whether it’s from Micha’s Los Baños or Mrs. Fields, it’s hard to pass up on this sweet treat once the aroma grabs you. Unlike Micha’s or Mrs. Fields though, Famous Amos doesn’t specialize in the soft, chewy variety. The factory-baked, packed-and-sealed Famous Amos is just all right but the freshly baked cookies from the Famous Amos shop are something else.

You can take your pick from five cookie types: no-nut chocolate chip, macadamia chocolate chip, chocolate chip pecan, double chocolate chip, and butterscotch chip pecan. I got 200 grams of no-nut chocolate chip and double chocolate chip; the cookie bag is almost empty now!

I’d seen a lot of J. Co cafés over the past few years but never really bothered to enter one until today when I saw that it offered frozen yogurt. Incidentally, I was also told of its prized donuts so I had to make time for coffee there this afternoon. I have to say…

J. Co did not disappoint. The donuts were amazing.

So amazing that I didn’t mind getting three donuts when I only ordered for two. Apparently, you get a free donut when you get a coffee, but how was I to know! Anyway, I think the measure of the awesomeness of any donut brand lies in its humblest hoop, which is usually the glazed. I thought nothing could come close to Krispy Kreme’s glazed but one bite into J. Co’s version had me wanting more. (Thank godz for the free donut!) I think this is how the glazed donut should be: sweet but not too sweet (Krispy Kreme’s is a little too sweet), poofy, soft, and, most importantly, melt-in-your-mouth. It was so good that I wanted to nab the one the person at the other table left untouched on his plate.

But the crew member got to it first. (What was that customer thinking?)

The other donut I got, Cheese Me Up, was also very good but it had the disadvantage of being sampled after the amazing glazed. The coffee-of-the-day (which they like to call COD) was all right. (I’ll write about the frozen yogurt in another entry.)

It was a crowded afternoon at the coffee shop but I was still able to read my book in peace. Aside from the good food (which was reasonably priced, might I add), what made this coffee experience a little more special were the little details about the place.