Maginhawa St. Gastronomic Walk #15: Up in the Clouds

I hadn't gone to my top favorite street, Maginhawa, in Quezon City in a long while so I was happy to be back last month to try one of the newbies there, 
Up in the Clouds Ice Cream & Milk Bar. It's a place that specializes in desserts, particularly ice cream, but there are also rice meals and a pasta dish on the menu. I was with one of my closest buddies and we were there for lunch. 
This place, which opened sometime in mid-2017, is a real cutie! With its airy, bright and cheery interiors, it is very much IG-worthy! One more thing I liked was they offer healthy food options. There's fish on the menu as well as brown rice 
and even fatless tocino! Also, I was fascinated by the black drink 
and food! Taste-wise, everything we've had was good, 
with prices that won't break the bank to boot. 
Our orders: 

Buttermilk Fried Chicken, P245.
Just by looking, I think you would agree with me that the chicken skin is a bit 
over-fried. The flesh however, was done right. I could taste the creaminess from 
the buttermilk and overall, the fried chicken was good. It was the rice which had herbs, that I loved more, tho. I savored the layer of different flavors ranging from 
the zest and tang of the herbed rice to the creaminess with a hint of sweetness 
of the buttermilk chicken. There's truffled maple syrup for drizzling over the 
chicken, yes, but because I wanted to avoid a rise in my glucose levels, I opted 
to have nothing to do with it.

Tinapa Omelette, P165.
This was my friend's order but I had a taste of the omelette and really liked it. 
I love tinapa, it's my favorite breakfast to go with garlic fried rice. Here at 
Up in the Clouds, they make perfect omelette out of smoked fish, I found out 
when I tried this. It was really flavorful and the egg wasn't dry but fluffy the 
way I like it. Too bad this wasn't my order. Hahaha!

Black Lemonade, P90.
My buddy's drink. Do not fear it's dark-as-night color. It has the usual taste of lemonade. 
The blackness comes from activated charcoal, which 
doesn't alter the taste of food and drinks.

Thai Iced Coffee, P90.
This made me a only little happy because I was looking for much stronger 
coffee and it fell short of my expectation. But Up in the Clouds is really 
a dessert place and not a cafe so that's alrighty.

Anyway, I came back to this place last Saturday and I had:

Black Fish and Chips, P190.
The fries, to start with, was really good! The strips of potato were crunchy, some more than the others. However, I chose to eat just three yummy pieces in order to avoid too much oil (and cholesterol), and decided to order brown rice to pair up with the fish. Oh, it was a lovely meal! The fish was delicious, not salty but rightly spiced and really tender. I didn't mind the black batter..well, just a little. Tee-hee. By the way I chose Wasabi Aoili as my dip and it was really hot! I should have asked for Sriracha Aoili instead. There's also Honey Mustard Dip 
but I didn't like my dip sweet.

Brown rice, P40.
The server asked me if I wanted my brown rice fried and I said yes but with just a little oil. When she served it, she happily told me only a few drops of oil were used in my fried rice, 
exactly the way I wanted.

Menu

In and around Up in the Clouds

Perfect spot for your Instagram selfie. Look at those upside-down
 ice cream lights and cloud-shaped chair!

Up in the Clouds Ice Cream & Milk Bar is at 
#99 Maginhawa St., Diliman, Quezon City


Visit Up in the Clouds for some feel-good moments with your beshies, folks. It's the perfect spot whether you're in for a full meal or just for dessert or a light, sweet snack. Aside from good food, service is friendly and fast and prices are affordable. 
Happy eating!