Along the exit road of the Waterfront Hotel in Lahug is a small, bright-looking place called CMYK Café. The moniker comes from the color model (Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black) but has been styled after something sweeter: Chocolate Makes You Kiss.
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| Vanessa Grace Maliao and Lea Ann Duhaylungsod |
The people behind the name are two young ladies. A product of the University of San Carlos with a BS in Hotel and Restaurant Management (HRM), Lea Ann Duhaylungsod is fond of photography and likes the arts. Her business partner, Vanessa Grace Maliao, a former chef of a five-star hotel,provides the kitchen savvy to the perfect recipe that is the CMYK Café, which opened last November 28,2012.
The goal is always to become the best in the industry, not necessarily by competing with the best and becoming a carbon copy,but by looking for an as-of-yet untapped niche. Social media sites has given them an idea. Aware of the trend today of people taking photos of their food and drinks and posting them online, the dynamic duo has engineered a one-of-a-kind café targeted to this young and hip crowd.
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| Green Tea Frappuccino |
The café's simple interior design gives hipster vibes and at the same time a cozy and relaxed atmosphere. Savory food and delightful drinks make for easy subjects for costumers trying their hands at rudimentary photography.The menu reflects the café's essentially indie spirit as embodied in the Hamburice- a rice sandwich with beef patty in the gravy sauce zipped with green tea frappuccino.
But CMYK does not get its name for nothing. The café boasts of delicious desserts served with aplomb.They have everything from cakes that combine flavors of mango, caramel, and chocolate to the eponymous Sizzling CMYK, a sweet fudgy brownie topped with vanilla ice cream overflowing with sizzling chocolate sauce. Their drinks also have fun names like Last Tear Drops and Zesty Lemon.
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| Hamburice |
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| Mango Crepe |
As the proverbial new kids in town, Lea and Vanessa are working hard to get their names out there. Putting up a business is never easy but when you have built your business around a product concept that is unique, you have an edge. Every successful entrepreneur could attest to that.
The CMYK Café is open from Monday to Sunday at 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. For more info, you can visit their facebook page at : http://facebook.com/cmykcebu
Photo by : Donald Moga
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