{"id":31762,"date":"2019-05-13T14:39:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T06:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/?p=31762"},"modified":"2019-05-10T21:08:16","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T13:08:16","slug":"yelo-yelo-reinvents-classic-filipino-desserts-and-snacks-in-uptc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/restaurant-type\/cafe-resto\/yelo-yelo-reinvents-classic-filipino-desserts-and-snacks-in-uptc\/","title":{"rendered":"Yelo Yelo Reinvents Classic Filipino Desserts and Snacks in UPTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yelo Yelo  | Philippine Primer Eats\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u9qmM6cR6ok?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the blazing summer heat, it\u2019s hard not to crave for cold drinks and iced desserts and in the Philippines, it\u2019s almost an automatic response to look for halo-halo once the sun gets a little too warm. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Typical, since the shaved iced dessert is undoubtedly popular (and not to mention delicious), but the Filipino dessert is more than just halo-halo (just like how Filipino food is more than just adobo) and <strong>Yelo Yelo<\/strong> is here to prove just that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31763\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-00.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-00.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-00-290x194.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-00-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yelo Yelo is a concept born from the same brilliant mind behind Sushi Nori and staying true to its name&#8212;which means ice in Filipino&#8212;the dessert cafe puts a twist to favorite Filipino desserts and snacks like halo-halo and turon. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One perfect example is their signature <strong>Mangga\u2019t Suman Yelo Yelo (Php 169)<\/strong>. Yelo Yelo made the foolproof combination of mango and sticky rice into a shaved ice dessert&#8212;just like halo-halo. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31769\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-08.jpg 534w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-08-146x218.jpg 146w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-08-401x600.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Mangga\u2019t Suman Yelo Yelo (Php 169)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Made with mango milk ice, mango, Batangas suman, muscovado, caramel latik, barquillos, and topped with mango ice cream, Mangga\u2019t Suman Yelo Yelo is a good way to beat the heat with friends as their servings are good for sharing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aside from Mangga\u2019t Suman, Yelo Yelo offers eight other unique Yelo Yelo flavors on their menu, including their classic <strong>Buko Pandan (Php 129)<\/strong>. They also have their signature flavors, which includes their rendition of the OG <strong>Halo Halo (Php 169)<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31768\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-07.jpg 534w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-07-146x218.jpg 146w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-07-401x600.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Buko Pandan (Php 129)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31767\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-06.jpg 534w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-06-146x218.jpg 146w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-06-401x600.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Halo Halo (Php 169)\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Their Halo Halo has the usual ingredients of the local iced dessert like beans, banana, langka, and leche flan but it is also drizzled in their in-house ube or purple yam sauce with a side of their homemade pineapple crisp. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31770\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-09.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-09-290x194.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-09-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition to desserts, Yelo Yelo also puts a twist to well-loved <em>merienda<\/em> or snack staples like turon or fried banana rolls, which they aptly call prito prito, the Filipino term for fry. These rolls also make for the perfect afternoon snack to share with family and friends. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They serve the classic <strong>Banana Langka (Php 99 for 5 pieces)<\/strong>, trickled with their chocolate sauce and sprinkled with crunchy pinipig. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And if you haven\u2019t had enough of mangoes and sticky rice yet, they also offer a prito prito version of this for Php 99. The rolls are topped with the perfectly sweetened caramel latik and pinipig. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31772\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-11.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-11-290x194.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-11-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>(L) Suman Mangga (Php 99 for 5); (R) Banana Langka (Php 99 for 5)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For those who enjoy a little spice should try the\u00a0<strong>Dynamite Cheese (Php 99)<\/strong>, which is green chili stuffed with cheese, topped with spicy mayo and sesame seeds. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31773\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-12.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-12-290x194.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-12-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Dynamite Cheese (Php 99 for 5)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The cafe does not only highlight Filipino desserts and snacks, but it also pays homage to Filipino brands as it uses ingredients that are locally-made. Their chocolates, for example, are exclusively sourced from Davao.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It also serves hot and cold drinks, which are fondly dubbed as Mainit and Malamig. Mainit means hot in Filipino, while Malamig means cold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31765\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-03.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-03-290x194.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-03-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yelo Yelo is located at The Courtyard of UP Town Center in Katipunan, Quezon City and though fairly new, the cafe is pretty hard to miss. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since the whole idea was to reintroduce and promote Filipino desserts, especially to the younger generations, the whole vibe of the store is colorful, quirky, and retro&#8211;which makes for a good IG feed addition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31766\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-04.jpg 534w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-04-146x218.jpg 146w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Yelo-Yelo-04-401x600.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So go on, expand that Filipino desserts and snack palate and be a certified #YeloYeloBaby!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How to get here: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yelo Yelo is at The Courtyard of UP Town Center in Katipunan Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City. The cafe is situated beside Yabu, in front of H&amp;M. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yelo Yelo puts a twist to favorite Filipino desserts and snacks like halo-halo and turon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,257],"tags":[3409,3410,3406,3407,3408,3405],"class_list":["post-31762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cafe-resto","category-up-town-center","tag-filipino-dessert-cafe-in-katipunan","tag-filipino-desserts","tag-yelo-yelo","tag-yelo-yelo-filipino-dessert-cafe","tag-yelo-yelo-filipino-dessert-cafe-in-uptc","tag-yelo-yelo-uptc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31762"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31795,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31762\/revisions\/31795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}