The Wander Space | One Stop Shop For Local Brands

If you love supporting local brands then you're in for a treat! We recently visited a concept store at Maginhawa and I'm glad to discover this gem. The Wander Space is concept store and a cafe, conceptualized with the modern day traveler and art enthusiastic mind. This store houses over 50 LOCAL brands that are unique, the owners wanted to create a space for local merchants where they can put up and flourish their startup businesses. For customers, it is a one stop shop for all your travel needs, or other products art enthusiasts may need.

So a little background, Kim and Bam, the owners used to travel before putting up the wander space. It is the result of their memorable experiences during their travels. You can see a lot of travel designs on the walls and even small details. I made a video of what you can buy from the store with just a ONE THOUSAND PESO BUDGET! You can watch it here.

They also hold workshops every weekend so you better be updated on their facebook page!

Now let's look at their cafe!

Inspired by their travel adventures, they stayed at hostels and that inspired the interiors of the cafe. It looks like the common room or common area where you can chill, relax, eat, do whatever you need to. Also before you enter the cafe, shoes off :)

Now to their food! Usually their bread comes in pair, so you have the bread and the drink.

LEFT: PARMESAN ENSAYMADA, RIGHT: REGGIANO STICKY BUN

Yep you heard it right, parmesan ensaymada. So instead of your local cheese they used aged parmesan on top.

The Reggiano sticky bun is one of the delicious sticky bun I tasted, if you think this is just a normal bun then think again because it has parmigiano shavings and reggiano sticky sauce and more parmesan on top.

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CLASSIC PIZZA

If you're really hungry you can opt to their classic pizza. Thin crust with cheese, meat, ham and red bell pepper. Better eat it while it's warm :) Their pizza is paired with the Iced Cacao Tea, which is the BOMB! It's calamansi and honey infused with a hint of cacao.

LEFT: NUTELLA CREAM CHEESE BROWNIE, RIGHT: CHOCOLATE CHIP BROWNIE

Their pastries are also best paired with lattes or chocolate drinks. I must say I loved the nutella cream cheese brownie! It's moist and has the right sweetness.

The chocolate chip brownie is not as moist as the other one and it's not that sweet as well, so altogether they are good!

SMORES COOKIE CUP

The smores cookie cup, you have to eat them while still warm so the base will still be chewy. I enjoyed this one because of the melted marshmallow! Their presentation is really cute!

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AFFOGATO

Not your regular affogato because what they have here is a deconstructed affogato, consists of vanilla ice cream, espresso and tablea cookies. I actually like it since you can control how much espresso you'd like to pour in.

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ICED DARK CHOCOLATE

Surprisingly not that bitter! Since it's a dark chocolate I thought it would taste like that however it tasted nice! I think the milk infused here balanced the taste and it worked well. You can pair this with either the nutella cream cheese, chocolate brownie or lemon cheesecake.

LATTE FLOAT

I remember this drink and I loved it! It has ice cream on top that I know most of you will also enjoy.

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LEFT: LEMON CHEESECAKE SQUARE, RIGHT: MATCHA BLONDIE

I did not expect these two to be good! With the lemon cheesecake I remembered the taste of the lemon curd blondie from Sunnies Cafe minus all the syrup and other ingredients. It has that chewy center and slightly tangy cover, it's all good!

The Matcha blondie is my first matcha dessert, i know... don't judge haha. It's absolutely delicious! you can taste the matcha, pistachios and white chocolate altogether in perfect harmony! This I would love to come back to!

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There you have it, their cafe is super rich with good quality desserts and pastries na swak sa budget! I admit I loved this place, it's unique and their vision is very well executed. Kudos to the owners! If you want to see more of their store check out this video!

OVERALL:

Food - Delicious! Even if they are only on small portions you'll enjoy every bite!

Price - Very affordable even though they have good quality ingredients.

Serving - Mostly for solo but all of them are paired with drinks, you can still buy the desserts in ala carte.

Service - Staff was friendly and attentive to your needs.

Ambiance - Very chill and cool vibe. You won't notice the time when you're here.

Parking - They have a space in front of the building.

The Wander Space

80 Maginhawa Street, Teachers Village East Quezon City

Operating Hours:

Mon - CLOSED

Tues - Sun 1pm to 10pm

Website: www.thewanderspace.ph

Facebook: @thewanderspace

Instagram: @thewanderspaceph

Email: thewanderspace@gmail.com

Lots of love

Alyssa ♥