Gillian Gail Dessert Buffet

I learned that Gail, a college schoolmate of mine, opened a dessert restaurant called Gillian Gail Dessert Buffet, so I decided to eat there with some friends on my birthday.

With its cozy, homey, and inviting interior, Gillian Gail is the perfect place for people to satisfy their sweet tooth, as the dessert buffet, which costs PHP299 (and is inclusive of a drink) for 3 hours, offers a wide selection of sweet treats. Although the restaurant isn’t large, and the buffet area may seem small, don’t underestimate it! The restaurant maximizes the small space to hold as many sweets as possible: cakes, ice cream, cupcakes, gummies, brownies, cookies, candy, creampuffs, marshmallows, and more. The sweets are even arranged neatly and charmingly: for instance, there was a ferris wheel-shaped stand that held several cupcakes.

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Thoughts on Visiting Home for the Summer Break

In August, I went home for the summer holidays to spend time with family and friends. It was great to be back home after being away for so long and missing a lot of people. I was glad to have spent my birthday with the people dear to me, to see my beloved youngest sister (and how much she’d grown while I was away), to eat food that I missed, to catch up on everyone back home, and to do things I enjoyed doing in Manila. Continue reading