It was a beautiful day today, so I went out to the Timberlyne shopping area in Chapel Hill, North Carolina to eat. After eating a nice meal in Subway, I went to Orange Leaf, the best yogurt place I’ve ever been to in my life. This is the third time I’ve been here, and unlike the first time and second time, there was no line. It’s self-served so you can mix different non-fat yogurt flavors in your container. There are yogurt dispensers as shown in the picture below:

Some flavors I’ve tried are strawberry, chocolate, white chocolate, cookies & cream, peanut butter, pineapple, and of course, cheesecake. Then, as soon as you fill your cup with yogurt, you can put different kinds of toppings such as fruits (blueberries, strawberries, etc.), Butterfinger bits, Oreo, raisins, marshmallow, brownies. And as soon as you’ve finished your self-served yogurt, the price is determined by its weight. Today I paid $5.12 for a cup with peanut butter, cheesecake and chocolate yogurt with blueberries and a Butterfinger bits. Not bad. My auntie who I went with in my second visit told me that it doesn’t taste like a typical non-fat yogurt, “It tastes better than I thought”. And for lactose-intolerant people, there’s one flavor for you: pineapple, which is lactose-free. My brother even requested Orange Leaf to serve other lactose-free flavors. I heard that there will be other Orange Leaf locations in the Triangle that will open soon. If you ever stop by Chapel Hill, go to Orange Leaf, the best yogurt place you’ll ever find.

F.J. Bayog