last week, Nov 22, burnz and i visited Phoebe's Cupcakery located at Paseo Saturnino Maria Luisa Road Banilad, Cebu City. my gad, i was so amazed by the architecture inside this store. truly an inspiration for people who are about to build their own homes, as in! lavander is not a color that i like but after seeing different hues of such, i now have an appreciation for such color. here's our ganap! :)

burnz and i order red velvet cupcakes (her signature cupcake) from phoebe before, during the time when she didn't have a store yet. now, she has a store na, a very sosyal store! i'm so at peace when i was here. i felt so at home. i could imagine my future abode to have this kind of feel, charot! haha! :)

the comfort room, my gad, super sosyal! its simple but its really very elegant! hay naku, grabe! here's the pic for u to appreciate. :)

here's the most important part of my visit to this store, the FOOD! :)

burnz tried their tuna sandwich. i tried their chicken sandwich. both sandwich passed our taste. its the kind of sandwich that you'd want another order of. hahaha! they use wheat bread and they've toasted it to perfection. i love eating sandwich that's a bit crunchy. its comes with a side dish of potato chips. :)

the warm brownie cup, though most dessert stores have this, phoebe's version of this is very gooey. i love it very much. burnz liked it as well. :)

nuts for nana (banana muffin with nutella frosting) - i'm a fan of banana muffin and i like it moist. this didn't meet my expectation. i find it dry and the nutella frosting was to sweet for me. not a fan of nutella either. lol... burnz wasn't impressed as well.

cinabunny (carrot muffin with cream cheese frosting) - burnz was raving about this that it was really good but for me, it wasn't that good. i find it dry. i'm used to eating moist carrot muffins. well, that's me. :)

they have a lot of cupcakes and other desserts to choose from. i wasn't able to taste all as burnz and i were already very full. hahaha!

if you have time, try visiting Phoebe's Cupcakery. :)

tight hugs,
AC

I spent thanksgiving with good friends last Nov. 22 at Spice Fusion, Banilad Town Center branch. Spice fusion is a resto that cater to asian cuisine. here's our ganap. :)

it was a gathering of friends whom i haven't been with for the longest time. a lot has been discussed on the table - from yoga, to love, to BIR taxes! hahaha! there was a lot to talk about especially when it came to the topic of LOVE. it will always be an issue for us coz its hard for us to find true love, charot! hahaha... i am inclined to believe that its going to be a race for us as we're not getting any younger... hahaha! i won't reveal the real figures as age is only a number, charot! all i can say, we dont look our age, agree?! i am very sure that one of these days, we'll bump at each other at Carmelite, bringing our own petitions! hahahaha! :)

as to the food, we ordered tom yum soup (really good!), radish cake (really good for me but burnz didn't like it! lol), vietnam rolls (good!), mi goreng (not good!). we all agreed that the resto's mi goreng didn't suit our taste. hope they improve their recipe on this particular dish. :)

tight hugs,
AC

last november 4, aki and i bumped into each other in ayala after i watched the boring "skyfall" movie of james bond. yes, you heard me right, "skyfall" is totally boring. its a waste of money watching it. hahai... anyways, aki and i dined at Mesa in ayala cebu branch. and here's our ganap. :)

im impressed with mesa's interiors and fixtures. especially their high back cushioned benches. its very comfortable to sit on. one issue i've noticed though, it takes a long time for the waiters to notice you if you call their attention coz these high back benches, covers the billing area and kitchen area of the restaurant. it was not strategically well thought of. see below what i'm talking about.

below are what aki and i have ordered for dinner. :)

we ordered two viands, the laing cooked in two ways and the stuffed squid. we had bagoong rice as well. my gad, it took almost an hour for them to serve our food! i was infuriated with their service coz its super bagal! what came in first was the laing, so we devoured it first as i was starving to death. then, we had to wait for our stuffed squid again to be served. when the stuff squid was served, i told the waiter, what took this soooo long? the waiter replied, 'ang dami kasing nagpaluto ng lechon kawali'... i replied, 'so its our problem now?... the waiter just apologized... i looked at the waiter with such disappointment. then we continued with our dinner. aki is not the type who complains about service. i'm the complete opposite. i complain about anything and everything that doesn't please me. aki kept on laughing because i'm so hard to please. he tries his best to tame me so i wont flare up. hahaha! i told aki, in fairness to Mesa, they have cute waiters but what is good looks if they dont know what customer service is all about! aki just laughed. lol :) when we asked for the bill, my gad, we had to wait for another 15 minutes, and it took us reminding two waiters for our bill. when the bill was served, i told the waiter, "ang bagal niyo dito grabe, eh wala naman masyadong tao ang restaurant!"... the waiter again apologized...i just snubbed the waiter... i went out of mesa unhappy.. im not going back to this restaurant again! its definitely a thumbs down. very poor customer service, sobra! :(

recalling this dining experience brings back bad memories. hay naku! nakakastress! :(

tight hugs,
AC