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Van Marley’s – Pass the Dutchkin

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*This restaurant is now closed*
Upon entering Van Marley’s,  you instantly feel the coziness of the small place. Adorned with knickknacks and decor from the Netherlands, you’ll get both a dose of the Dutch culture and cuisine.
The star of the shop are their dutchkins, fluffy baby dutch pancakes with different toppings. Actually they are called “poffertjes“, but they imagined the difficulty people would encounter when ordering, hence the name change.
I’m admittedly not a chocolate love, shocking I know, but that’s how it is. So when Carlos ordered dutchkins with nutella and praline, I was hesitant but he  said it was enough already for the tow of us to share. Lo and behold, I loved the dutchkins. They were so fluffy with the light, slightly sweet nutella peeking out inside. If these wonderful creations can elicit this kind of reaction from a non chocolate lover, what more the many many chocolate lovers out there. Be careful with passing these dutchkins because you might not get them back.
We decided to order another dessert, their fudge brownie that we had half with praline and  the other half with white praline sauce. The brownie should be on the list of all you chocolate lovers out there, its so chock-full of gooey chocolate. The brownie does not fall apart with each slice. I loved the brownie with white praline since it taste more milky to counter the chocolaty taste of the brownie.

Having thoroughly enjoyed my first visit, I had to bring Irene and Lauren there also. Lauren ordered the nutella and praline dutchkins and really loved it though also.

Irene decided to order the original which had only butter and powdered sugar. She was surprised with the fluffiness of the dutchkin. She at first thought it was some thing like your ordinary pancakes. It was fun looking at her reaction when she popped it into her mouth and seeing the look of surprise. She also had a taste of Lauren’s order and found that she liked that one better.

I decided not to order dutchkins this time, since I had spied something on the menu I wanted to try, Kroket. The dutch kroket from other versions since its made entirely out of meat, in Van Marley’s version it’s beef pork and chicken. The meat is slow cooked and dutch spices are added before encasing them in batter and breadcrumbs then frying them. The kroket had a rich surprisingly deep flavor where you can taste the wonderful spices in the meat.

Having gained the thumbs up of all of us, we are surely going to be back at Van Marley’s for many many times. Make sure to check the place out and partake of all their offerings especially the addictive dutchkins.

Van Marley’s
10-A Xavierville Avenue,
Loyola Heights, Quezon City
2pm – 11pm
Closed on Mondays

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Comments

  1. downside of this resto are: no safe parking (even for a bike. sidewalk is not a parking – duh!), for me food are “hit ‘n miss”, size of dory is not consistent, price of dips are overkill, food are in MINI sizes (checkout the ice cream for dutchkins) *sigh* dutchkins are ‘pluizig’, something new but nothing spectacular! goede dag!!

  2. Oh my, from the pictures themselves they looked so yummy and when I read that it has Nutella in it, that does it. I HAVE to come visit this store.