Mama & Sons

Very enjoyable place with original Filippino dishes. I went for the breakfast meal deal for £10.75, with longanisa, tater tots and an ube latte, and also took away two desserts: the ube ganache for £5.50 and the ube bow for £4.90. Not everything was perfect, but in general I would still consider this place worth visiting. The longanisa was probably the least exciting part of the meal. It was savoury enough, but did not feel dramatically different from a sausage and egg McMuffin from McDonalds. The tater tots were crisp and worked surprisingly well with the calamansi sauce, which added a bright citrusy kick. The real highlight was the ube latte. The flavour was distinctive, fragrant and gently earthy, with that soft, almost coconut-like sweetness that makes ube so appealing. Overall breakfast deal was a good value for the price. I would come back for the ube latte alone. The desserts were descent. Both the ube ganache and the ube bow were generously filled with ube cream and chocolate. They were colourful, creative and satisfying. My only small criticism is that I would have liked the cream to be a little sweeter and the pastry texture to be slightly more flaky and delicate.