Café Tiala Princess Room

Coffee shops are sprouting like mushrooms in the queen city of the South, Cebu!  Each has its own gimmick aside from the usual coffee and tea menu to capture the interest of the costumers.  The last time I visited Cebu in November 2014, I checked into Café Noriter from where I was mesmerized by the post-its and graffiti.  The café-ing theme was all so new to me which I enjoyed a lot so I asked my cousin, Morishka to take us to another café with a different setting.  So we ended up at Café Tiala Princess Room last Friday night.  

Café Tiala is a quaint little coffee shop nestled at Unit 2D, 2nd Floor, The Forum Building, Archbishop Reyes Avenue, Cebu City.  It is very accessible from Ayala Center and Waterfront Hotel and Casino.  In contrast with Café Noriter, Café Tiala is a very neat and dainty place fit for a princess. 

So if you are the girly/prim and proper/ladlylike type, this kind of rendezvous is definitely for you 'coz you'll not only feel like a Korean princess with its ambiance but you'll also be treated as one with their cute Korean-look-alike maids-in-waiting!

The food is also fit for royalty.  They not only serve sweets and drinks as all coffee and tea shops do but also "real" food for the hungry ones and for the I-want-salty-food people like me.  They have ramen and Korean tteokbokki which is made of rice cake and fish cake in sweet and spicy chili sauce.  The honey bread topped with whipped cream is actually bigger than in the photo below and it can be shared by 2-3 people.  The smoothies are not as sweet as Noriter's which I found better plus the hot chamomile tea gave me a relaxing evening after a very long journey from Ozamiz-Laguindingan-Cebu.

For its nice place, good food, and fine service, I give Café Tiala a royal approval!  An evening here spent with my cousins just marks the beginning of our family summer Cebu South escapade.  As Café Tiala's tagline says, "Make a good experience at Café Tiala.  We are serving a precious memory, not just food." 

Goofing 'Round Café Tiala

Watch out for more posts as we took an adventure off the beaten path of Cebu's South!  So stay tuned only here on The Other Side of Mae! :)  #tosomtravels

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There's this episode in Sex and the City when Carrie Bradshaw was dumped by a boyfriend through a post-it (2003).  There's also this local movie, My Amnesia Girl which starred Toni Gonzaga and John Lloyd Cruz that made use of plenty of post-its (2010).  Additionally, Matteo Guidicelli swept Maja Salvador off her feet in real-life through post-its (2012)!  And to further mention, I also have my fair share of post-its here.  Post-its are in, post-its are timeless, and post-its are everywhere in this artsy little café in Cebu, the Café Noriter.

Café Noriter is a Korean coffee and smoothie shop brought here in the Philippines by fellow JCI member, Chimin Yun who is 2014 Executive Vice President of JCI Korea-Daegu Daedeok.  I was glad he was wearing a JCI poloshirt when me and my friends visited the place so I got to introduce myself to him.  He was so hospitable but we only spoke little because he has "little English" as he said and air-quoted.  Unfortunately, I also haven't taken any photo with him because I haven't thought of it!  Oh, how silly I was.  I had taken photos all over his place and of ourselves but not one of him.  Maybe I was just overwhelmed that I had found a co-JCI member who accommodated me well and exchanged business cards with.  

But anyway, I was also mesmerized by the place because it was so colorful, so playful, and so vibrant!  In short, I was so giddy by the sight of it.  Café Noriter is just so clever in making use of all the tiny space they've got.  They have cute nooks installed up-and-down that you will not feel crammed once you are settled inside.  It is just so comfortable like home, sitting barefooted and doing whatever you please.

Moreover, Café Noriter can make you feel like a child again!  It is inspired by a playhouse which houses the most comfortable pillows and huggable bears.  We were literally playing like kids while being there!

And just like kids at play when moms also get us something to drink, the drinks at Café Noriter are extra special.  They are extra sweet as the preference of every child but not to us at all.  So we asked for water to neutralize the sweetness of our drinks.  Hehe.....

Thank you, Café Noriter for a fun-filled afternoon!  And thank you, Chimin Yu for a lovely place!

Lastly, since graffiti is all over the place, I was caught in the act writing mine but I didn't have it on a post-it.  Surely, post-its had been part of many love stories but I scribbled on wood so it will stay there until it will be seen!

  

LIKE Café Noriter on Facebook here! :)  But better visit them in their branches in Cebu and Manila.

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