I really like the convenience brought about by the adjoining branches of Green Mango and Coffeebreak. One can have the best of both fast food and coffee shop worlds in just one sitting. I’m particular about the one in front of the Nelly Garden because it offers a look, literally, into Iloilo’s glorious past while enjoying a cup of coffee or just having a filling lunch. The most recent, at Plaza Libertad, offers a different ambiance though still with an air of heritage brought about by the historic plaza upfront. But the most convenient for me is along Valeria Street - very accessible and walkable too, and almost where most of my reviews took place. 
It was almost like a “fiesta” recently when I visited Green Mango and Coffeebreak Valeria days ago. A late lunch it was but craving for my ultimate favorite – Bistek Tagalog was put on hold when I found out it was recently off the menu. I would have opted for ultimate craving – fried pork chop but I decided to ”beef up” and went for Beef Caldereta. Together with my default drink – Hi-C Apple, it was a satisfying lunch.
It was actually the lure of the fried halo-halo that brought me to this fast food then. Yes, for blogging purposes for during the food tasting session we had that time, I didn’t really capture the essence of GM’s newest dessert offering (along with Maja Blanca, Choco Heaven’s Torte, Mango Sans rival and Chocolate Turon).
It really gets one’s attention and curiosity to read – Fried Halo-halo, but it looks like any fried spring roll when it was presented. So I requested it to be cut in half so one can actually see what’s inside. Indeed it was a “mix-mix” of ingredients found in a traditional halo halo - ube, red beans, macapuno and langka to name a few. For only PhP35, its one good way of presenting a traditional Filipino dessert in an unusual manner though it’s reminiscent of the one started? by Goldilocks before.
I really imagined it to be “ala mode” for you know, halo halo and ice cream makes a good combo. Maybe they can do that too and while on it, I really like it when they serve it cut (maybe 2 pieces) so that one can really see it what’s inside.
So where was I? Yes, my imagination for ice cream beside that fried halo-halo. It didn’t have one, so I just made a quick trip to Coffeebreak beside it and ordered not one but two gelatos. It dismayed me not to see my flavour-of-the-moment, kalamansi (to which the baristas say it tasted like ice candy). So I just settled to the durian and as recommended, espresso.
The durian was refreshingly good – creamy, sweet and full of flavour. I wished I had more but the espresso was also enjoyable – very “coffee” and a perfect partner for the sweet durian gelato. It was as if I was having a coffee with the essence of durian (they actually have this in Davao City). I really took my time savouring this gelato combo and yearned to bring home some – lol. But I had to settle for assorted cookies (M&Ms, chocolate chips, oatmeal raisin, choco pixies and coconut) as pasalubong.
It was almost like a “fiesta” recently when I visited Green Mango and Coffeebreak Valeria days ago. A late lunch it was but craving for my ultimate favorite – Bistek Tagalog was put on hold when I found out it was recently off the menu. I would have opted for ultimate craving – fried pork chop but I decided to ”beef up” and went for Beef Caldereta. Together with my default drink – Hi-C Apple, it was a satisfying lunch. 
It was actually the lure of the fried halo-halo that brought me to this fast food then. Yes, for blogging purposes for during the food tasting session we had that time, I didn’t really capture the essence of GM’s newest dessert offering (along with Maja Blanca, Choco Heaven’s Torte, Mango Sans rival and Chocolate Turon).It really gets one’s attention and curiosity to read – Fried Halo-halo, but it looks like any fried spring roll when it was presented. So I requested it to be cut in half so one can actually see what’s inside. Indeed it was a “mix-mix” of ingredients found in a traditional halo halo - ube, red beans, macapuno and langka to name a few. For only PhP35, its one good way of presenting a traditional Filipino dessert in an unusual manner though it’s reminiscent of the one started? by Goldilocks before.
I really imagined it to be “ala mode” for you know, halo halo and ice cream makes a good combo. Maybe they can do that too and while on it, I really like it when they serve it cut (maybe 2 pieces) so that one can really see it what’s inside.
So where was I? Yes, my imagination for ice cream beside that fried halo-halo. It didn’t have one, so I just made a quick trip to Coffeebreak beside it and ordered not one but two gelatos. It dismayed me not to see my flavour-of-the-moment, kalamansi (to which the baristas say it tasted like ice candy). So I just settled to the durian and as recommended, espresso.
The durian was refreshingly good – creamy, sweet and full of flavour. I wished I had more but the espresso was also enjoyable – very “coffee” and a perfect partner for the sweet durian gelato. It was as if I was having a coffee with the essence of durian (they actually have this in Davao City). I really took my time savouring this gelato combo and yearned to bring home some – lol. But I had to settle for assorted cookies (M&Ms, chocolate chips, oatmeal raisin, choco pixies and coconut) as pasalubong.
