Coffee Cat serves frozen yogurt as well

Red Mango, meet Cebu's Coffee Cat.

 My friends told me that I must try the yogurt or yogo. Ironically, this coffee shop is known for it's frozen yogurt. So, i was wondering "why the yogo not the coffee."

Coffee Cat is situated in IT Park, Cebu. few blocks away from The Walk.

When we arrived, "it's like Starbucks for the first time," no seat available.  People, young and old, gathered having yogo and coffee, and some with their laptops. I was also fascinated with their cakes but my friends told me that it's not lami (delicious). I ordered one hot cafe mocha and one large original flavored yogo with 2 toppings, that i would be sharing with my little bro. For our toppings, I chose Oreo cookies and my bro was mango. Here's my fave part.. the taste!! yogo tasted like manila's Red Mango. the coffee was not your ordinary coffee. It wasn't Starbucks but it's goooood.  As may li'l Bro had said, "may sipa!"

Available toppings for the Yogo

Large Yogo 145.00php + 2 toppings 30.00php

Prices

Hot Drinks ............................................   75.00php - 130.00php

Iced Drinks ...........................................   70.00php - 135.00php

Avalanche Ice Blends (Frap) ........................ 120.00php - 145.00php

Yogo (Frozen Yogurt) ................................  80.00php - 220.00php

Yogo Smoothies ...................................... 110.00php - 140.00php

*They also served pastries, sandwiches, Pastas, and Waffles.

JapaNice Dinner at Nonki

Nonki Japanese Restaurant located in Bakilid, Mandaue City, Cebu. 

When I was standing outside the restaurant, my first impression was "dito ba talaga? bakit parang hindi restaurant"  but when I slide the door to open, I was "wow." I never been in a Japanese restaurant like this. I love the interior design! Tables are divided with Japanese style divider.  As I go in to our private cubicle, I thought we will be sitting in seiza style in a flat cushion. but there's a space below our table so that we can seat naturally.

The food were the same as the other Japanese restaurant I've been.  Except that the Uni Sashimi here has more serving than the other.

Tempura Vegetable (potato, Carrots)

Salmon Sashimi

Big bowl of Miso Ramen

Gyudon served with misi soup

Oyakodon served with miso soup

Yakisoba

Brunch at LemonGrass

After our facial cleaning at Belo, Ayala Center Cebu (ACC), my sister and I decided to have our lunch or brunch (breakfast-lunch) in ACC.  Achi suggested to eat Chinese cuisine, but there's only two Chinese fine restaurant in ACC; the BIG MAO and TSIM SHA TSUI. But I had bad experience in both restaurant...

Flash Back

at BIG MAO. I ordered steamed rice but it taste like microwaved rice. medyo dry na ang ibabaw ng kanin.  same goes to my steamed fish.  I also did not enjoy the tofu.

at TSIM SHA TSUI. Despite of their "eat all you can dimsum," you can only eat few or selected dimsum in the menu. And the taste? It's taste like DimSum Break (fast food chain) but their price is more expensive and location is more fine.

So, I suggested Lemongrass, Vietnamese and Thai Cuisine. I love the theme of the place.   We enjoyed the company of each other. Both of us were hungry. And we like the food. It's not fancy or special but we love it.

Our Brunch...

Gui Cuon, carrots + crab meat + cucumber + Chinese parsley  wrapped in a thin rice wrapper served with peanut sauce

Pho Bo or Beef noodle soup

Steamed fish with lemon (small serving)

Stir fry vegetables (we like this)

2 jasmine Rice

Citrus Herb Lemonade

Thinking of....
Sex and the City 2;the movie.. on how Carrie wants to keep the "sparks" in their relationship, and Big offers her a 2 days off in their relationship every week. Sooo, How can we keep the "sparks" in a relationship?

Craving for Fish n Chips

Yesterday, I was craving for a classic "fish n chips" or rather "fish and rice".

As in I want.. I want.. I want.. I want.., haha!!

Anyway, Da was kind enough at sinamahan ako sa Trinoma and kumain sa  Fish&Co..

I had my Fish and rice, yey! We also ordered shrimp with creamy mushroom sauce pasta dahil bitin ang isang fish&rice sa aming dalawa, plus strawberry lemonade (for Da) and strawberry ice tea (for me).

In the end, Satisfied!!! Even Da likes it... lucky him, I wasn't selfish!

We were served nicely and politely. Pati Manager nila was nice to us. Sobrang importante kasi sa akin ang good customer service.

4 plates on our table. All are dirty with black thingy

Here's the booo part, dinner plates are already on the table. But it seems like they haven't checked it for a week. Maalikabok ang plato plus may nakasingit na tirang food. Hope the dishes that they served to us were clean though.. so far tummy is ok!

Disappointing; Amorita Beach Resort

Amorita Beach Resort

Panglao Island, Bohol

Summer 2010

"Amorita is Bohol's 'beloved' (or 'little love').  Nestled atop a seaside cliff at the north-eastern end of the famed Alona beach in Panglao Island, Amorita treats every guest with a breathtaking 180-degree view of the Bohol Sea." (http://www.amoritaresort.com/)

The view of the beach from seaside cliff is truly a breathtaking . One of the most beautiful and cleanest resort I've seen.  When we arrived in the resort our first impression was "worth na mapunta ang ipon ko dito."

We arrived one hour early from check-in time. What bothered me then was pinabayad niya kami agad, as in full payment. but then again, the resort was so beautiful.  We checked-in exactly 2pm  the room was luxurious with our own private mini pool. Feeling ko mayaman ako.

Gusto namin agahan ang dinner kaya't 6pm pa lang pumunta na kami sa restaurant ng resort.  Unforunately, hindi sila na-inform about sa binayaran namin na free meal. We waited for hours. And the Food manager, Bong, decided to feed us first and attend to the money matter later. They served us chicken soup (na lasang "lucky me" that's how my sister describe it), with our own choice of main course meal.  I wasn't impressed with the food. Mainit na ang ulo kaya I really didn't appreciate the foods, nothing like the food in the Bee Farm.  I kept reminding myself or rather Da kept reminding ourselves that we're on our vacation. enjoy. enjoy. enjoy.  After Dinner, Bong told us that he'll take care of the bill for a meantime.  But around 11pm, a waiter woke us up (yes, we slept early) to give us our bill!!

The next day, we talked to Bong and he apologized and explained that he clearly ordered his waiter about our bill. Then, he told us that the meals we paid for or included in our package was one meal/pax.  and the sales person we talked to on the phone for our reservation was no longer part of their company. It was so devastating, we confirmed our stay one week ahead and assure our meals. Dapat kasi wala na kami iintindihin na payments, but then.. Haay.  He explained to us nicely that the management decided that we need to pay for the food we ate the night before, for it was not included in our package.  In return, he offered us free kayaking, or biking; but we're not into it. Ang balak lang talaga ay matulog, beach and relax.


Sobrang panget pa ng service ng reception.. i mean, we call for a water and ni isa walang dumating. We even called twice! Para sa akin, ang lakas ng loob nilang singilin kami ng full ng wala pa kaming nakikita na facilities or good service, tapos wala pala silang maipapakita.

Lesson learned: hindi dahil expensive and look luxurious, maganda.

Overall

Rooms/Facilities:  Satisfactory

Food:  Fair

Service:  Poor

Value for Money:  Poor

view from the cliff

Bohol Bee Farm Restaurant

CHOCOLATE HILLS, Bohol

Etong nakaraang Holy week, nagdecide kami ni Da mag-bakasyon sa Bohol.  First time ko pumunta. First time ko rin makasakay ng SuperCat.

Nag-tour kami sa mga famous tourist spots; ang Baclayon Church, Butterfly Farm, Hinagdanan Cave, nadaanan din namin ang man-made forest, nakipagkawayan sa mga Tarsier at ang napakagandang view ng Chocolate Hills. Dahil sa maulan ng araw na yon, nag mukhang freshly baked ang chocolate hills.

Pagkatapos ng aming tour, nag-stay kami sa Bohol Bee Farm. Noong nakita ko ang website, I told Da, kailangan mapuntahan ntin ang Bee Farm. So we booked overnight!

Hindi lamang dahil sa ito lamang ang resort na may ganitong feaures (farm), kundi ang mga food nila dito ay fresh from the farm. Hindi rin naman mahal ang accomodation dito. tatlo kami pero ang room na kinuha namin ay pang 6 na tao.

Dinner time!! para hindi kami mahirapan mag-isip ng oorderin naisip namin mag-buffet. pero di tulad ng ibang buffet dito walang long table.. ire-refill nila ang mga plato namin. Ang kakaibang experience ay..

•  ang kumain ng edible flower (bulaklak) kasama sa salad. lasang lettuce na medyo matamis, crunchy konti.
• Ang Cabcab na gawa sa cassava. na nagsilbing parang Nachos.
• mga homemade spreads
• Camote rice and Camote bread
• Buko Pasta
• Malunggay Ice cream at Ginger Ice Cream; lasang green tea na minty flavor
• 500php bawat isang tao. (well, hindi 'to kakaiba, isinama ko na lang)

Tulad din naman ng ibang hotel, malinis at maayos ang mga kwarto at facilities nito.
Biro nga namin kung mayaman lang kami, pupunta kami ng Bohol (one day trip) para lang kumain dito!!

Overall

Room and Toilet: Clean, Good

Food: Satisfactory

Service: So-so

Value for money: Room-Cheap, Food-not too expensive

HoneyComb Suite

Squash Muffins, Camote Bread, Cab-cab, Three flovered spreads

First Plate; Grilled Marlin, Honey Glazed chicken, Baked Ribs   Second Plate; Veggie Lasagna

Buko Pasta

Grilled Shrimp with Organic Salad and Camote Rice