{"id":26920,"date":"2018-03-20T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T04:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=26920"},"modified":"2018-03-20T14:58:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T06:58:29","slug":"arabica-bgc-grand-opening-plus-new-exciting-items-on-the-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2018\/03\/20\/arabica-bgc-grand-opening-plus-new-exciting-items-on-the-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"% Arabica BGC Grand Opening plus New Exciting Items on the Menu!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the morning of March 19, I once again set out for BGC where I heard I could get the most effective cure for Monday sickness. I found myself at <strong>% Arabica<\/strong> at W City Center, a vibrant welcoming cafe emanating Japanese simplicity, that was celebrating its grand opening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26936\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/Arabica-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/Arabica-edited.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/Arabica-edited-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/Arabica-edited-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In addition to timeless coffee options like\u00a0<strong>Caffe Latte<\/strong> and <strong>Americano<\/strong>, and the smooth and milky-sweet <strong>Spanish Latte<\/strong>, % Arabica introduced new exciting items on their menu in time for their most-awaited grand opening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26932\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/IMG_6882.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Iced Spanish Latte (Php 170 &#8211; blend; Php 190 &#8211; single origin)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">% Arabica now welcomes matcha lovers with their\u00a0<strong>Matcha Latte<\/strong>, a simple cup of pure, delicious matcha goodness. There are also a lot of new flavors of pastries to choose from, like <strong>Dark Chocolate Salted Oatmeal Cookie<\/strong>, <strong>Apple Danish Tart<\/strong>, and more kinds of croissant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26933\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/IMG_6955.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/IMG_6955.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/IMG_6955-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/IMG_6955-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Matcha Latte (Php 140 &#8211; short; Php 180 &#8211; tall)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26937\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/IMG_6951.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/IMG_6951.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/IMG_6951-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/IMG_6951-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>More pastries to choose from!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">% Arabica also recently underwent a renovation and added more space for coffee drinkers on the second floor, a corridor-like space with high tables and chairs overlooking the whole cafe on the ground floor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26934\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/IMG_6914.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/IMG_6914.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/IMG_6914-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/IMG_6914-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I found myself attracted once again to this simple yet pleasant cafe\u2014and many people do, too. From the outside, % Arabica stands out because of its\u00a0ground-to-ceiling glass facade that lets people easily find a\u00a0vibrant, relaxing refuge inside. This also welcomes a lot\u00a0of sunshine in, letting daytime customers get a ray of positivity while they enjoy coffee inside.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26935\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/IMG_6925.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/IMG_6925.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/IMG_6925-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/IMG_6925-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Vibrant people. The grand opening was joined by\u00a0Global Head Barista Junichi Yamaguchi and Kyoto Head Barista Shu Konishi from Japan.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">At night, the cafe remains vibrant and laidback, as if it has well-preserved the sunlight it got during the day and then let it radiate for its nighttime customers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26938\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/IMG_6869.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/IMG_6869.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/IMG_6869-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/IMG_6869-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">% Arabica is a simply a nice place, day and night, to slow down and watch the world go by through its glass walls. And\u00a0when you need a grab-and-go cure for your Monday-or-any-workday sickness,\u00a0this cafe is also the best place to go.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">% Arabica is now open early in the morning and late at night! Their new operating hours are <strong>5 a.m. to 12 m.n. on weekdays, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekends<\/strong>. Visit them at the <strong>ground floor of W City Center, 7th Avenue corner 30th Street, in BGC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Also read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/location\/taguig\/new-in-bgc-japans-arabica-opens-first-manila-branch\/\" target=\"_blank\">NEW in BGC: Japan\u2019s % Arabica opens first Manila branch<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Written by Rizelle &#8220;Rei&#8221; Lea\u00f1o<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the new menu items and the new look of % Arabica in BGC!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[4491,3610,5164,563,5607,5606,5604,5605],"class_list":["post-26920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-launching-and-opening","tag-arabica-coffee","tag-arabica","tag-arabica-philippines","tag-bgc","tag-cafes-in-bgc","tag-grand-opening-in-bgc","tag-japanese-cafe","tag-japanese-coffee"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/IMG_6890-e1521528831891.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26920"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26947,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26920\/revisions\/26947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}