Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Eat Play Love at Tea Fairy Cafe

Tea Fairy Cafe is a small quiet tea cafe along Boni Avenue in Mandaluyong, in front of Sikap Street.  It's a simple place-- no-flashy colors, luxurious furnitures or chandelier lightings. Just comfortable, as-if-you're at-home surroundings.

The tag line "Eat Play Love" aptly describes the simplicity of experience at Tea Fairy. It's natural-- like the goodness of a homemade food. No fuss, no rush, no put-ons.

Tea Fairy's Motto

Tea Fairy's yellow interior is adorned by wooden tables and chairs, some statement posters, a few framed landmark photographs, and a shelf containing books of varied interests, play boards and checkers and deck of cards. No electronic games, just the traditional ones that families used to play in their living rooms or bedrooms which truly enhance togetherness.  There's a flatscreen TV where customers could watch their preferred programs. Binibining Pilipinas Gold Pageant was being aired when we were in Tea Fairy.

The homey and cozy interior of Tea Fairy

Wooden table where board games could be played

The lone but friendly book and games shelf

The statement posters are specifically eye-catching with their love-ly expressions.


This cute statement is found near the entrance door

"Time for Tea!"


This is cute!


Romantic!

More romantic!


Inspiring!


How to fall in love!!!

Tea Fairy offers fruit teas, frozen teas, and milk teas. The cake bars and pastries are really good--carrot cake, red velvet cake, brownies, crinkles. And they have the so-called Neiman Marcus cookies which are oatmeal cookies with nuts and chocolate chips. Packed popcorns are available and are freshly microwaved upon ordering.

The high wooden counter 


Fruit Tea is Php 70, Sinkers are Php10-20


Frozen Tea is Php80, Milk Tea is Php75


The close-up shot of the piggy bank on the counter


Popcorns and pastries


Posters near the john


The free wi-fi connection is fast. Customers can do skype aside from Facebook and other social networking.

Young people crowd the Tea Fairy Cafe.

A teen couple looking at a gadget

One of the teen customers

The framed photographs behind the teener show British landmarks.


A street direction sign

The Big Ben


Double-decker bus

We had taro, wintermelon and chocolate milk teas with double serving of the soooo gooood carrot cake bars. We also had a bowl of popcorn, the salty taste is a good contrast with the sweetness of the milk teas.

The yummy carrot cake bars


The buttery popcorn fresh from the microwave oven

We had a relaxing experience in Tea Fairy. When we left and I glanced back at the facade which glows in the evening, I thought what if the glow actually comes from the wand of a fairy. Who knows, there are modern-day fairies.  As if I heard the theme of the ballet, The Sugar Plum Fairy, playing.

The cafe glows, is there a sugar plum fairy nearby?

My Rating: 4 out of 5 tea mugs

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