{"id":38196,"date":"2020-03-10T17:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T09:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/?p=38196"},"modified":"2024-06-11T11:00:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T03:00:31","slug":"nuki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/location\/philippines\/pasay\/nuki\/","title":{"rendered":"(CLOSED) Nuki in Pasay: A Dessert Combination of Honest-To-Goodness Churros and Gelato"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Even after a meal or two, one would always have a room for dessert. Especially if it&#8217;s as good as the authentic taste of Spanish churros and Italian gelato.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Inside\u00a0<strong>SM Mall of Asia <\/strong>is a newly opened dessert kiosk\u00a0named <strong>Nuki. <\/strong>For every bite of their churros and every speck of their gelato\u00a0will bring you a zest you never tasted before.<a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5038.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38202\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_4991.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_4991.jpg 628w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_4991-228x218.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>IMAGE from Philippine Primer<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Elena Balaguer<\/strong>, one of the owners, walked us through in their business; from the concept, to how they choose the ingredients, to the process, and even up to checking the final products.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_4994.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38198\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_4994.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_4994.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_4994-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_4994-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Elena Balaguer, one\u00a0 of the owners of Nuki \/ IMAGE from Philippine Primer<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Both Elena and her business partner <strong>Rica Lorenzo<\/strong>, had their own knowledge when it comes to making churros and gelato, respectively\u00a0until they decided to partner up in creating this kiosk\u2014a concept of combining Spanish and Italian desserts together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Creating churros may sound easy as combining the three elements: flour, water, and salt, but the challenge for them is in the process itself. Since churros are handmade, they had to tweak the whole recipe in order to proportionate everything.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38199\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5007.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5007.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5007-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5007-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Churros \/ IMAGE from Philippine Primer<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/NukiMenu2020__072.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38259\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/NukiMenu2020__072.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/NukiMenu2020__072.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/NukiMenu2020__072-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/NukiMenu2020__072-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Churros with sprinkled sugar alongside salted caramel and milk chocolate dip \/ IMAGE from Philippine Primer<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">With their churros, you can hear the crispiness in every bite and you wouldn&#8217;t feel or taste the oil that is used to deep fry it. Other than that, it is best served when hot and they have a range of three choices for your dip: hot chocolate, milk chocolate, or salted caramel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38200\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5020.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5020-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5020-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Churros dipped in chocolate \/ IMAGE from Philippine Primer<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is good to take note that the Italian dessert, gelato, is different from ice cream\u2014the air content of ice cream is bigger than that of gelato.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elena also shared that when you buy ice cream, you are actually paying for the air, unlike gelato in which you\u00a0truly pay for something liquid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For their gelato, they made sure that the mixture is made with real milk as the base, which will wrap your tongue with creaminess once you taste it. Since their gelato is dense, scooping it is also a different process\u2014they had to carve it as if it is a sculpture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5041.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38203\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5041.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5041.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5041-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5041-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Chocolate and Pistachio gelato \/ IMAGE from Philippine Primer<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/NukiMenu2020__025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38256\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/NukiMenu2020__025.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/NukiMenu2020__025.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/NukiMenu2020__025-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/NukiMenu2020__025-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">From left to right pistachio, ube, chocolate, and strawberry gelato \/ IMAGE from Philippine Primer<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They offer a variety of flavors such as the classic chocolate, ube (purple yam), strawberry, coconut, pistachio, yogurt, vanilla, and the crowd favorite cookies n\u2019 cream.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The latter flavor is unlike those that you can buy from supermarkets. They mixed some cookies in the base but they also put another batch of cookies after the base is done, making it a heaven for the cookies n\u2019 cream buff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5050.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38204\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5050.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5050.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5050-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5050-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Ube, Chocolate, and Pistachio gelato \/ IMAGE from Philippine Primer<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other than gelatos and churros, Nuki also serves milkshakes, soft serve, sherbets, as well as coffee and drinks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Perhaps, one of the real deals in their range of products is the combination of churros and gelato. Aside from the actual dips they have, you can try dipping the churros in one of their gelatos, making it better together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5058.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"489\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38205\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5058.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5058.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5058-290x177.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_5058-768x469.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Churros dipped in gelato \/ IMAGE from Philippine Primer<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/NukiMenu2020__416.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38258\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/NukiMenu2020__416.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/NukiMenu2020__416.jpg 600w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/NukiMenu2020__416-145x218.jpg 145w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/NukiMenu2020__416-400x600.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Churros and gelato paired together \/ IMAGE from Philippine Primer<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Currently, they don\u2019t offer catering to parties or having pre-packed churros and gelato yet. This is to ensure the quality of their products as it best consumed within the moment of buying it. As per the idea of expansion, their team is still looking into expanding in other areas such as Makati.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_4986.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"441\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38206\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_4986.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_4986.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_4986-290x160.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/IMG_4986-768x423.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Nuki kiosk in Mall of Asia \/ IMAGE from Philippine Primer<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>How to get here<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">From Buendia Avenue (Sen. Gil Puyat Ave) continue to Pasay till you turn left in J.W. Diokno Boulevard. You can turn right upon reaching Seaside Boulevard. Continue to reach the parking lot. Nuki is located at the South Entertainment Mall beside the open area music hall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Written by Kaycee Villamater<br \/>\nImages courtesy of Nuki<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nuki offers an honest-to-goodness Spanish churros and Italian Gelatos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":38209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,29,2931,26,27],"tags":[5097,1809,5106,5100,5103,1709,5094,5095,395,5092,5093,5101,5096,5105,634,1115,5099,5098,5104,5102],"class_list":["post-38196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-italian","category-spanish","category-philippines","category-pasay","category-moa","tag-chocolate-gelato","tag-churros","tag-churros-and-gelato","tag-coconut-gelato","tag-cookiesncream-gelato","tag-gelato","tag-hot-chocolate-dip","tag-milk-chocolate-dip","tag-milkshake","tag-nuki","tag-nuki-churros-and-gelato","tag-pistachio-gelato","tag-salted-caramel-dip","tag-sherbet","tag-sm-moa","tag-soft-serve","tag-strawberry-gelato","tag-ube-gelato","tag-vanilla-gelato","tag-yogurt-gelato"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38196","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=38196"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52430,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38196\/revisions\/52430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}