Best Frozen Yogurt in Manila

After two weeks away from exercise—which I had to take to recover from a sprained ankle I incurred during the office badminton tournament—I felt blubbery and disgusting. So, despite not yet being 100%, I tagged along to Barre3 with Dr. ilegna csm, figuring, hey, in case I aggravate this injury, she can carry me home. Heh.

I did need to exercise to regain strength and flexibility in my injured ankle, but while the doc had to run some errands after our Barre3 class, I just waited at the nearby grocery store. When I started feeling peckish, I went around to look for food.

I love frozen yogurt, but most of the frozen yogurt I've had in Manila is way too sweet. If I wanted something that sweet, I might as well order ice cream instead (which I'd usually do). It gets pretty expensive too. But I spotted the Frutti Yogurt stand, and I was impressed that majority of their topping selection was real fruit. For me, fruit is the perfect pairing for yogurt—again, if I wanted chocolate syrup or mochi bits on a frozen dessert, I'd rather get ice cream.

I first asked for avocado, but was told I could only pick from the frozen fruits in the left case. Eh? The non-frozen fruit turned out to be reseved for smoothies. I settled for the big pile of ruby-red frozen strawberries. I was surprised when Ate literally filled the cup to the brim with a very generous serving of strawberries, instead of putting yogurt in first. She took out a little cup of plain yogurt, and then I realized that she was putting the frozen strawberries and yogurt into a machine.

When the yogurt was given to me, I received a lovely pink mound in a cup, specked with strawberry bits and seeds. I took a bite, and it was GLORIOUS. It wasn't sweet! I even made a face when I tasted how sour it was. FINALLY! TART FROZEN YOGURT! In Manila! I also got a little crunch from the strawberry seeds with every spoonful. Oh, it was amazing. And it was cheap—only 75 pesos for a cup with one fruit topping (but a generous serving of it). Hah, take that, foreign frozen yogurt franchises.

I then noticed that Ate was wearing a Dizon Farms apron, which explained the wide variety of fruit toppings—or perhaps blend-ins would be a more appropriate term. Do read this article on Frutti Yogurt to learn more about it. Frozen yogurt stands are now a dime a dozen in the metro, and I'd given up on all of them because I concluded that I would never find tart frozen yogurt here. Please pay Frutti Yogurt a visit so that they can still keep running, and I can keep getting my tart frozen yogurt fix.

Frutti Yogurt is available at Dizon Farms' stands at Market Market (Taguig), Mall of Asia (Pasay), and Makati Supermarket (Alabang).