Tiger Sugar's First-Ever Café Serves a Mean Chicken Rice Bowl

Tiger Sugar Café
2/L One Ayala 1 Ayala Avenue, Makati City
Facebook: www.facebook.com/tigersugarphilippines/
Open daily from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

(SPOT.ph) One Ayala continues to surprise us with all the brands of restaurants they're bringing in. From the likes of expensive restaurants like Ikinari Steak to Paul who are both what we'd consider unexpected eats inside a transport hub, the soon-to-grand-launch One Ayala has also another unexpected restaurant within its walls: Tiger Sugar Café. Not just a first in the Philippines, but the first café from milk tea brand Tiger Sugar in the entire world.

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Check out the first-ever Tiger Sugar Café in the world:

Located on the second floor of One Ayala, Tiger Sugar Café is placed right near the entrance of the transport hub. It's admittedly small for a café-restaurant, with a 28-seating capacity, but milk tea fans can nevertheless grab a table and chair, get comfortable, and order their go-to Tiger Sugar drink and order from the extended menu.

The menu has every drink and pastries sold at other Tiger Sugar stores and kiosks, but what makes the café different is the hot food. Yup, you can sate your hunger here as they've got rice meals, burgers, pasta bowls, and fries. Also on the menu are Cheezo Drinks which are fruity-cheesy smoothies, available in Mango Cheezo (P180), Berry Tropical Cheezo (P180), and Strawberry Cheezo (P180).

What we recommend to order at Tiger Sugar Café

If any dish on the café menu would get a perfect 10/10 score in the flavor, texture, and taste departments, it would be the Signature Chicken Rice Bowl (P305). The boneless fried chicken has juicy, brined meat and crisp, golden skin that demands to be eaten right away because you don't want it to be hard to chew. The meat is accompanied by steamed Hainanese ginger rice to give it heft, a perfectly circular sunny-side-up egg, thin slices of cucumber, and blanched purple and green cabbage to make it a complete meal.

For those who don't like rice but are curious to try the chicken, the Signature Fried Chicken Burger (P325) has the same glorious boneless fried chicken. It's sandwiched in between brioche buns—stamped with Tiger Sugar branding, pickled onions and cucumbers, and a spicy mayonnaise dressing.

For those who prefer Asian flavors, Tiger Sugar Café's Kung Pao Pasta (P295) has that familiar, Chinese-esque taste we all associate with whenever one thinks of the spicy, nutty Kung Pao. The noodles are stir-fried in this spicy sauce, chunks of boneless chicken, bell peppers, chives, and peanuts. But for those who can't handle heat well, try the Creamy Mushroom Pasta (P285), which is milder but no less satisfying.

The other pasta bowls on the menu are the Pork Dandan Pasta (P285) which is what you'd get if you made a dry version of the tantanmen (ramen); and the Chinese Shallot Noodles (P265), which tugs on the heartstrings of people who consider a certain instant noodle brand as comfort food. 

And the award of the wildest wildcard item on the Tiger Sugar Café menu is Brown Sugar Boba Fries (P168). If you're craving a sweet-salty combination, these are french fries topped with the milk tea shop's signature soft, no-need-to-chew boba and brown sugar, and are served with a cheesy dip. It's hard to get the boba with the fries, so best to use your fingers to pick up the soft pearls, but if even that is a struggle, ask for a fork to skewer the boba.

In a conversation with Tiger Sugar, they've shared that there are indeed plans for Tiger Sugar Cafés opening in the Metro. But for now, no specific location for a second café is disclosed, so best to visit the first branch at One Ayala first.

Check out this Tiger Sugar Café opening promo:

Tiger Sugar Café is set to have its grand opening on October 17, which is also the same day as One Ayala's grand launch. The café is holding a pre-grand launch promo on September 16 wherein customers can buy any drink from Tiger Sugar Café's drink for P100, for a minimum spend of P250. But if you wanna be there during the grand launch itself, there's more to watch out for on D-day.

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