I am surprised to see this stall of gourmet apples in Mall of Asia two weeks ago. As it is, if I may say, San Fo Treats is the pioneer in the Philippines, for bringing the carameralized apples. I am a self-confessed sweet toothie that I cannot pass these new treats:
Don’t you love the smileys? 
PhP100 each
I would love to multilayer (coat) one. PhP120 each.
Selling at PhP150 each. See the kisses?
One of the premium apples. PhP200 each.
Wedding give-away at PhP500/set.
Meet, Mr. Apple! 
The stall’s personnel were so accommodating and oriented with what they are selling. Raiza and Rommel Camua are the owners of Czarina’s Gourmet Apples while Edgar Camua is its Reasearch and Development Director. I would say that this calls for a healthy competition with the San Fo Treats.
At the time of my visit, they were carameralizing some of the apples on site, that I got to try it. I bought one and was so excited to get a bite as soon as I got home:
Nice packaging.
My apple.
Well, this gourmet apple is easy on my eyes but not in my mouth. You know what, no matter how big your mouth is you wont be able to bite this. And of course, I have dentures (braces)! So I had to cut this. It is multilayered. After the candy/nut topping, comes the choco drizzle, then the caramel coating, and so the apple (unpeeled, could be Fuji, Green or Granny Smith). I am relieved to see a fresh apple inside. To be frank, I was having second thoughts of buying one since I am not oriented with the demand for this produce so I reasonably suspected that there “might” be some rotten apples already. Again, I am lucky, I got a fresh one. I don’t think that San Fo Treats and Czarina’s Gourmet Apples would buy my idea of “hey, you should slice it first to check if it is a fresh one or not, and then I pay for it”. So, what happens is that there’s a caveat in buying one.
Why are these expensive? I didn’t ask the stall personnel nor send an email to the owners. Personally, I think that it is because of the work involved. Caramelizing an apple is an art and involves discipline. Is it worth buying? Yeah. It satisfied my curiousity and sweet tooth. The caramel is of good quality though it gave me a hard time with the biting and it is soooooo chewy, remember my dentures. But yummy. Don’t mind the price, anyway, we don’t eat gourmet apples everyday.
Czarina’s Gourmet Apples & Homemade Confections Branches:
*K331, 3rd Level, Bridgeway, Festival Supermall, Alabang, Muntinlupa City
*Ground Level, Main Mall, near the Skating Rink of SM Mall of Asia, Bay City, Pasay City, egacamua@gmail.com czarinas.gourmet@gmail.com
Landline: +63 2 4823359; Telefax: +63 2 7813471(More photos)
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They accept orders for debut and wedding cakes, party, corporate, wedding and christmas give-aways.
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