Supreme Brazo Bars at Sundown Food Market @ Trinoma!

Up for a foodfest? Don't miss the SUNDOWN FOOD MARKET where Supreme Brazo Bars is among the featured topnotch food products, courtesy of the Parvati Dessert Store!

Drop by Level 1 of the Trinoma Mall, near Gift Gate, from August 27-29, 2010 to for a one-of-a-kind food experience. The event is in line with Ayala malls' ongoing campaign to promote Ayala Malls' Top Food Picks.

Hope to see you there, friends!

 

Great updates on Supreme Brazo Bars!

Hi friends! Supreme Brazo Bars just signed a contract with Citydelivery and Our Awesome Planet for our metro-wide delivery service! That's along with Divine Cookies and St. Francis' Quiche - equally awesome treats too, you should try them. Happening this July!


Also, our goods are still being sold at Parvati Dessert Store at the ground floor of Trinoma. Please do drop by!


Those interested to order can do so here on our Facebook page or through our website, www.supremebrazobars.com.


God is good indeed!


Thank you all for your continued support and patronage! Keep in touch!


- Ces Lopez and the Supreme Brazo Bars Family

Supreme Brazo Bars now available at Parvati Dessert Shop, Trinoma!

It’s been a long time since we last kept you updated, but we’re back!

As you may know, we’ve closed down our Alabang Town Center Branch due to operation dilemmas, yet we continue to operate production at our commissary, now in Galleria Townhomes, New Manila, Quezon City, and we continue to cater to phone-in orders.

And just last week, we’ve struck a deal with Parvati Dessert Shop at Trinoma mall, and our different Brazo variants and well-loved Chocolate Chip Cookies are now available there! Hope you have the time to drop by, and hopefully we’ll see you there, too. God knows how much we miss seeing our loyal customers!

Times may be hard but we’re sticking it out for the long haul. We’ll continue to bring you the homestyle baked goodness we’ve always guaranteed with every pastry you’ll ever try at Supreme Brazo Bars by Ces Lopez.

Keep in touch!

Joan

Photo courtesy of Ourawesomeplanet.com

Dessert Tea Party with Royal Doulton at Rustan's Makati

It's two days away and everone who loves Supreme Brazo Bars are invited!

Supreme Brazo Bars by Ces Lopez is the sole featured dessert and pastry supplier at the Rustan's Workshop Event Series entitled "Dessert Tea Party with Royal Doulton" at Rustan's Makati, on October 8, 2009. The tea supplier is Twinings, which, incidentally, is also the tea line we sell at our store in Alabang Town Center.

Royal Doulton England, as some might already know, is an English brand of tableware, fine gifts and collectibles, sold in the Philippines exclusively at Rustan's. Taken from their website, Royal Doulton "enjoys the distinction of a "Royal Warrant -- a mark of distinction bestowed upon people or companies who have regularly supplied the Royal Family with goods or services. Royal Warrants, regarded as a mark of supreme excellence and quality, cannot be bought or sold." Well, we can only say "wow" to that! We're just so happy and proud to have been given the privelege of taking part in this event.

Special thanks go out to Mafe Marquez, Brand Assistant for Royal Doulton, Rustan Marketing Corporation, for tapping us to be the featured supplier in the Tea Party! It was a chance meeting, actually - Mafe was then one of our happy, bubbly customers about two months ago, visiting the store together with her colleagues. I guess her first impression of our product - and first taste trial - sealed the deal for us! I guess it also did good for Twinings for it was actually because of that chance meeting that Mafe thought of inviting them to be the tea supplier.

Hope to see you at Rustan's Makati on the 8th! The brazos and other pastries we'll be displaying will be free for the taking, and we'll also give away gift certificates to selected guests. The party starts at 1:00pm. See you there!

Back in Business Yet Worried About Pepeng

We ceased operations because of what the typhoon Ondoy did to our commissary, but since God still blessed us with two ovens and one chiller working, allowing us to continue production, we were able to bounce right back and started operations in Alabang Town Center and New Manila just last Wednesday.

But now another typhoon is brewing (in fact right this very moment it's already starting to rain) and the forecast is not good. It's supposed to hit harder than Ondoy and we're worried about our little commissary at 9th Street, New Manila. We do have a contingency plan to salvage the equipment should the water start rising again...but, well...we can only pray and hope for the best.

Keep safe and may God bless everyone.

Ondoy Flood Hits SBB Kitchen, Halts Production

We're not the only victims, I know...but the unbelievably fast-rising flood the typhoon Ondoy brought did quite a damage to our commissary in Rolling Hills Village New Manila and it's devastating. But there's nothing left to do but bounce back from there.

I was in Cagayan de Oro for a video shoot (for one of my sideline projects) while the whole submerging of tita Ces' ground floor, which also happens to be the commissary of Supreme Brazo Bars, happened. I was only informed through text and boy was I panicky. I was also worried about my own family, my 2-year old Jaira and my husband Raffy, even my mom and brothers who lived in an apartment along Mindanao Avenue. Thank goodness I got confirmation that our house in Philam Homes, Quezon City was safe from the killer flood... but it's just sad that tita Ces' house was not spared.

Production was stopped completely. All our three ovens were submerged in water, the chillers, the ingredients, the mixers. Even the antique piano of my lola that was placed in the living room was sent floating and bobbing on the water that was already chest-high by the time tita Ces, her kids and everyone in the house decided it was no use trying to save any more furniture or appliances. They just went up the second floor of the house and sought help. The water was rising fast they were all scared of drowning.

With the help of friends, tita Ces reached the water rescue people. Moments later into the horrific waiting on the second floor while the water rose, the rescue team came aboard rubber boats and helped tita Ces and everyone get out of the house from the terrace. For two days they stayed at my uncle-lolo's place at 14th street.

We still had something to sell at our store come Sunday, and then nothing come Monday as well as today. Because at that time, even as the water subsided, we were cleaning the house of all the mud and muck, trying to recover anything that could still be used. All the ovens and chillers and most of the baking equipment and tools are not usable anymore. We were able to revive one oven though, the one that used to belong to my late dad, and one refrigerator that was intended for home use. But at least we could start production from there.

We can only thank God nothing beyond the submerging of the whole 1st floor happened. I mean, it pretty much wiped out our business investment, what with the commissary being the heart of the business...but we're still thankful that tita Ces, her three kids and all of our staff who were there that day were alive and well. Our hearts go out to other victims of the tragic flood that hit Quezon City, Marikina, Rizal and other places. We will keep praying for all of you, for all of us.

Welcome!

Welcome to the official blog of Supreme Brazo Bars by Ces Lopez here on Blogger! Here we'll give you updates on our store, upload photos and such.

You may also visit our website, www.supremebrazobars.com.

To all who have tried our brazos and loved them, thank you so much and keep on loving them! And keep on spreading the love!