Bascon Café

Bascon Café is a dessert place. As the sugar capital of the Philippines, Bacolod City has never run out of producing sweets or putting up establishments that offer dessert. Bascon Café is one of them.

The place offers a very wind-down atmosphere; it’s a place to hang out with friends to exchange stories and what have you’s. The place also offers free wi-fi so for the internet addicts out there (such as myself), this place is for you.

We ordered coffee. I had cappuccino. I love how establishments in Bacolod have muscovado sugar as a default condiment. It certainly is healthier than taking in the chemically processed white sugar. I rarely put sugar in my coffee, I prefer it with just the cream or milk, but when I do, I put only a little of it. I’m trying not to gain too much weight and I actually prefer the bitter taste. Although this cappuccino was nowhere near bitter, it was quite good, especially combined with the slices of cake we ordered. Aside from that, it was affordable too. It was just Php 56.

Sadly, the cakes were to sweet form my palette. Calea cakes are certainly better. We ordered these cakes on the photo (Sansrival Mocha (Php 70) and Baba Small (Php 100)) but I could barely remember the taste save for how sweet they were. Good thing that nothing in Bacolod was overly priced.

I suggest to try their other pastries (as they offer breads) and other coffee concoction as this place for me is a really good and affordable alternative for Starbucks (yes, the city has one Starbucks but with how expensive their coffees are, I wonder if they make money in Bacolod?).

Bascon Café

205 Ascalon Bldg., 27th Lacson St.,

Mandalagan and C.L. Montelibano St., Bacolod City