They say that “life is all about choices.” Some choose to live
off on hamburger and French fries (guilty as charged!) while some want to go on
an organic and healthy diet. If you belong to the latter group and if you are looking for a place to dine and shop
for all natural products, go to ECHOstore. ECHO means Environment and
Community Hope Organization. It is indeed the first concept store about healthy
and sustainable lifestyle here in the Philippines. I heard about this store
from my friend who happens to fancy about all natural products. I thought at
first that the store and its cafรฉ caters only to those who are healthy buff gypsy kind of
people. But earlier after a buffet style lunch, my mom wants to have a cold
drink before going home. And after thinking about all the calories and fats intake we had earlier, I suggested to check the ECHOstore here in Davao City.
When we went inside, I could feel a cabin like homey vibe.
You can see different products displayed on some corners. It is kind of
crowded to be honest. Maybe because the place is not that big of a store and a
cafรฉ rolled into one with all the displayed goodies as well as some refrigerator for
ice cream plus tables and chairs. But amidst the crowded feel, this place has a
great organic vibe.
The ECHOstore
On one side of the room you can see products made from
organic and natural resources. There are home and body basics from insect repellent,
body scrub, conditioner, shampoo and a lot more. They also sell healthy and
home grown food products like brown rice, natural cocoa, herb, coffee, vinegar, sweet potato (Camote) chips, virgin oil, etc. They also sell the famous Carmen’s Best ice
cream here in Davao City.
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| Coffee |
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| Cacao, Coffee and Rice |
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| Healthy Cookies and chips |
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| Virgin Oils |
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| Vinegar and Juices |
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| Herbs and Teas |
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| ECHOstore Area |
On the other corner of the room, you can see colorful
homemade tote bags made of straw. A great way to commercialize native Filipino
products in this brand conscious market nowadays.
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| Beautiful Woven Bag |
The Echo Cafรฉ
Their cafรฉ offers cold and hot drinks as well as
healthy food choices. You can order breakfast treats or some pasta, sandwiches
and salads. You can also choose amongst their wide array of delicious hot
drinks from cappucino, cafรฉ Americano, tsokolate (chocolate), espresso, milk
and tea. If you opted for a cold one, there are also choices of coffee
based cold drinks to ice blended as well as some fruit smoothies for you to
choose from.
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| The ECHOcafe Menu |
Like I mentioned earlier, we just went to an eat all
you can buffet so at this cafe, we just ordered their famous Carmen’s Best Salted Caramel ice
cream. This ice cream is made from 100% fresh cow’s milk and cream. It's quite known
because this was one of the famous treats that Pope Francis enjoyed on his way
home from the Philippines. My mom and I are really impressed on how smooth and
creamy this ice cream is. It is not too sweet and you can really taste the
freshness of the ingredients unlike other ice cream sold in the market today.
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| Carmen's Best Ice Cream |
Our overall experience in the ECHOstore Davao
branch is very satisfying and amazing. I will definitely go back and sample
their other sumptuous menu in the future.
ECHOstore Davao
Unit 1 Lenel Bldg. Robinsons Highlands
Carlos P Garcia Highway (Diversion Road)
Buhangin, Davao City
Opens 9am to 10pm daily
If you wish to visit other locations of ECHOstore in the
Philippines, please check their website www.echostore.ph.
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