More than Spaghetti

Recently discovered a new dessert offering at the Old Spaghetti House (TOSH): Creme Brulee! It comes in three different flavors in three little cups served on a rectangular platter. (And since I never seem to have my camera with me, I just downloaded a copy of their dessert menu from their website.) There's regular, citrus, and chocolate. I couldn't really tell the difference between the regular and citrus, but they were both standard--with a thin layer of hardened sugar that you have to crack with your spoon before you can get to the creamy custard below. Pretty good. The chocolate was rich--a bowl full o' fudge with a sprinkling of confectioner's sugar. And the best part? The whole shebang is less than P100! So worth it! I had it alongside the Mudpie, which is a smaller, cheaper version of Friday's mudpie: a square cake made of mocha ice cream in some chocolate sauce, topped with crushed chocolate cookies and drizzled with caramel. There's also a lovely surprise waiting in the ice cream--small, chewy bits of toffee. Be careful though--the unsuspecting might chip a tooth or find a crown coming loose if they take overeager bites into the hidden bits of candy. P.S. This treat is only P90! Panalo!

TOSH also offers other desserts (which I ignored because I zoned in on the Creme Brulee and Mudpie) including rich, yummy cheesecake and spaghetti ice cream. Before you start gagging, it's just vanilla ice cream shaped like spaghetti noodles! The "sauce" changes depending on what topping you get. If you order it with "meatballs," you get some Maltesers on top. Brilliant.

TOSH has branches along Katipunan, Paseo de Roxas (one on the Legaspi side and another behind Paseo Uno), Leon Guinto cor. Capt. Ticong (also in Makati), Amethyst Drive, Madison Square, Sgt. Esguerra, Congressional, Libis, Banawe, and Sumulong Highway.