magnum café

i’ve been to jakarta several times already but i haven’t really ventured out of sudirman area apart from that quick trip to mangga dua during my first visit in 2005. so during this early march trip, i naturally stayed within the confines of sudirman. for dinner, i tried plaza semanggi on a sunday and then went back to grand indonesia from monday till wednesday. that’s when i discovered magnum café. a truly delightful place for chocalat-fanatics like me.

this cafe has remained the talk of the town ever since this was set up in mid 2011. i was told that this was the first in asia and was soon joined by the magnum café in bangkok. as this was my first time, i really didn’t know what to order. as they say, when it’s your first time, let your eyes decide what looks yummy and order-able. apart from looking at pics on the menu of these delectable sweets, try to see what others are having. then ask for recommendations from the crew.

the crew actually recommended their cakes such as the deconstructed cheesecake, the fondue or the tartes. but i wasn’t really up for cakes. i wanted that familiar taste of magnum drumsticks. he then recommended the velvet seduction or the antwerp waffle, which i thought was too heavy as i just tried the full-filling nasi ayam ketumbar. from the other table, i saw the mother-daughter team negotiating their way on a delectable serving of 2 vanilla drumsticks with a whole lot of chocolatey toppings. the grand gaufre, the crew said. yup, the grand gaufre it was!

the grand gaufre is made up of vanilla and chocolate magnum drumsticks in crispy belgian waffles. melted milk chocolate covered the waffles, topped with almond crumbs. some chocolate syrup, cream and fresh strawberries completed the ensemble. it was really good. not too sweet, the waffles actually went well with the ice cream sticks. there wasn’t any feeling of being sweet(ed) out. after just under 40 minutes, the whole thing was a history. that was even after having a full meal!

leaving magnum café, i quickly made the rounds in its interior, where they also sell shirts, mugs, bags from environment-friendly materials and of course all magnum sweets possible.

next stop would be siam paragon’s magnum café in bangkok!