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Chef Miko
Aspiras
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I am a kid from the 90's and I can still clearly remember about this famous condensed milk. Milkmaid, a premium condensed milk brand made with 100% pure cow's milk, wants to change your mind about condensed milk, and desserts for that matter. To do that, it is teaming up with the country's gastronomic thought leaders to create the first dessert concept lab in the Philippines called The Milkmaid Epicureum.
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| Mikaela Lagdameo-Martinez, Chef Miko Aspiras, and Maggie Wilson-Consunji |
Milkmaid is challenging the city's hottest pastry chef, Miko
Aspiras, to redefine our concept of indulgence. The multi-awarded chef shares
his vision. "Too often we equate indulgence with excessiveness. But indulgence
can also be about allowing ourselves to feel, taste or experience something
new. This is the reason why I'm so excited to collaborate with Milkmaid,
because we're really trying something different in the realm of desserts."
Milkmaid challenged Chef Miko to create new desserts based
on the passions of two of the city's most exciting personalities: professional
shopper Mika Lagdameo, and travel show host Maggie Wilson.
Indulgence In Full
The first dessert, called Chai Tea Floral Leches Cake, was inspired by Maggie Wilson’s love
for travel. Taking its cue from world cultures, it fuses Italian, Japanese, and
Moorish elements. The base is a delicate chiffon cake, trimmed with a tres
leches mixture infused with chai tea. Candied pistachios, playfully sweet and
spicy with a hint of Japanese togarashi, are carefully added to the cake. Finally,
the entire piece is covered with Italian-style mascarpone whipped cream. It is
a coy invitation to get lost in layers of sweetness, creaminess, and crunch.
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Chai Tea Floral Leches Cake -inspired by Maggie Wilson-Consunji
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His second dessert is called Tropical Fruit Pastillas Cheesecake, inspired by Mika Lagdameo's
exuberant love for shopping. This dessert is built
on the same time-honored tradition we see in fashion. It’s classics, reimagined
for the season with a handful of standout elements. A bright lemon cheesecake
is the base, made rich and luscious with Milkmaid condensed milk. Then, various
fresh fruits are topped onto the cheesecake, representing the riot of choices
one would make at a shopping spree: The tropical freshness of watermelon
and the cool flesh of lychees, accented by pops of green sweetness from mint
leaves. Finally, soft buttons of pastillas chantilly, demure in its creaminess,
bring cohesiveness to the entire dessert, similar to the contentment one would
find after a full day of shopping.
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Collaborating for the
Future
According to Harvey Uong, Marketing and Business Development
Director of Alaska Milk Corporation, "When you've got a product as rich
and unbelievably delicious as Milkmaid, it really inspires all of us to
reimagine what food and desserts can be like. This is the first of many steps
that Milkmaid is taking to reinvigorate the very concept of indulgence, so
expect more exciting concepts in the near future."
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Chef Miko
Aspiras & Joey Mead-King
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The intimate event was hosted by Joey Mead-King with her bubbly yet elegant personality. It was a full-house of foodies and dessert lovers who got to taste the two creations of Chef Miko. Milkmaid's collaboration with Chef Miko Aspiras to push the boundaries of confection was a sweet success.
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