A taste of indulgence

Get one before they’re gone! The bestselling two- layer cheesecake from Hokkaido, Japan is now in Manila for a quick pop-up.

LeTAO is celebrated around the globe for its delicate and velvety cheesecakes. Its products are concocted with the combination of the historical charm of the old port city of Otaru in Hokkaido and the contemporary image of the brand in mind.

During its launch in Manila, guests sampled this indulgent cheesecake at Chef Jessie in Rockwell, Makati City.

LeTAO is also popular for it s Double Fromage Cheesecake that has two layers: the upper layer is creamy, smooth no-bake cheesecake; and the lower layer is rich, tasty baked cheesecake. It melts like snow in the mouth with a rich milky taste!

Double Fromage is a cheesecake that represents LeTAO, focusing on highquality ingredients and modern manufacturing processes of using fresh cream, wheat and eggs from Hokkaido.

The company’ s patissiers are always in a continuous pursuit to make their cheese cake better for their customers, even using ma scarp one from the Lombardy region in North Italy by Ambrosi. In making this top- of- the- line ma scarp one, trials were repeated over and over, skills were improved to enhance the velvet texture and milky taste even more.

LeTAO also created a recipe and freezing technology that allows it to offer its products around the world. This recipe took three years of testing so the company can finally freeze Double Fromage while keeping its great taste even after thawing. Personally, I like mine both thawed and frozen!

The Double Fromage Cheesecake is the sole product available for this special popup, which will only be at Greenbelt 5 and Uptown Mall BGC until March. Watch out for the LeTAO store opening in Manila in October.

The LeTAO pop-up store offers the indulgent Double Fromage Cheesecake.

(From left) Dom Hernandez, Ces Oreña- Drilon, Jin Perez, Yvette Fernandez and Bryan Tiu.

(Seated) Cherina Sy Ty, Leah Puyat and Audrey Zubiri; (standing, from left) Dom Hernandez, Rica de Jesus, Kaye Tinga, Ana de Ocampo, Angelette Calero, Trina Borromeo and Nix Alañon.

Photos by TAMMY DAVID (From left) Susan Vergara, Linda Yu, Winnie Chua Go, Bryan Tiu, Abeth Yu and Ruby Chua.

Winnie Chua Go, Roxanne Wong and Mimi Que.

MJ Benitez and Raymond Ang.

JJ Yulo and Sasha Lim- Uy.

Jin Perez and Lorraine Lao.

LeTAO’s Double Fromage Cheesecake melts like snow in the mouth with a rich, milky taste.

(From left) Bryan Tiu, Berns Puyat, Sam Milby and Dom Hernandez

Ifoods overseas business consultant Ryota Utsumi.

Chris YamDaez.