Cafe Egao is a tiny (can only accommodate less than 20 customers) and homey (gives you a sense of organized chaos when you step inside) coffee shop in Nasipit, Talamban, whose spread isn't limited only to cups of coffee (Php 100-150) but includes soup, salad, pasta, snacks, and desserts (Php 77-100). And then there's the occasional noodles and rice meals.
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While waiting for your cup of coffee, there are knickknacks and thingamajigs to keep your eyes busy. Books and magazines, though most are in Japanese, are also piled on the side for your reading (or skimming) pleasure.
You can also poke around the cafe, look but not touch their coffee corner, or sit still and keep your thumbs busy connecting to their WiFi on your phone or whatever gadget you have on your person.
Or admire Elvis Presley as he silently serenades you while the Japanese owner prepares somebody's food.
By the time you finish exploring all the nooks and crannies of the cafe, the food will have arrived. Six takoyaki balls all sitting in a row, smiling. These tako balls are aptly call Egaoyaki.
Then the hot, fresh off the oven, gratin. Cheesy. Creamy. But not overpowering. This will give a person who doesn't like pasta second thoughts.
And, to cap off the meal, a lovely bowl of anmitsu - a delectable dessert of red beans, fruits, vanilla ice cream, and jelly in syrup.
Cafe Egao indeed lives up to its name.
Here are two happy and smiling customers as proof.
Photo inspired by Whacky Adventures* ;-)The two happy customers will be back soon...
...with a smile from top to bottom.Cafe Egao
Buot Compound, Nasipit, Talamban, Cebu City
(032) 479 9286 / 0917 321 5042
10AM to 12MN Daily
How Cafe Egao made Mustachio's pocket smile:
Egaoyaki Php 77
An-mitsu Php 77
Gratin Php 77
