Cul de Sac Cafe, Talamban Cebu City

Hey guys, here's another restaurant in Cebu that I'm sure you'll definitely love! Cul de Sac Cafe, a Spanish-inspired restaurant located inside Sto. Nino Village in Talamban.

The pictures I have here were actually taken about 5 months ago when I was still pregnant. (I just got the time of blogging again, was really busy with the little one!)

Anyway, I really like the place. Very cozy and romantic. If you've read about my post on 10 Dove then yes, they're just neighbors! :D Although a little bit far from each other. Cul de Sac Cafe is much closer to the village entrance. It's right at the end of Maya street (the first street to the right, see map below), where it's name was actually coined (cul de sac, which means "dead-end street").

So my hubby and I went there last February to celebrate Valentine's Day. It was the perfect place indeed --- dim-lighting, floral seat and table covers, light jazz music -- aaaahh! romance is in the air!

So I'm pretty sure you're all excited to know what we ordered and without further adieu, here it is:

For the entree, we had Veggie Salad with (Php70.00), and Shrimp Linguine Marinara (Php110.00).


For the main course, we ordered Usso Bucco (Php280.00), and Fish with Spinach (Php190.00). Both dishes tasted really really good that just thinking about it makes me wanna run back to the cafe!

Usso Bucco is like kaldereta, except that it is beef and has a creamy sauce made from coconut milk.

Orders under Meat and Seafoods come with a choice of soup & a scoop of ice cream (we had ube) :)

Okay, so I mentioned above that these pictures were taken about 5 months ago so I kinda forgot what we ordered for the soup (so sorry about that). But I think it was Pumpkin and Creamy Mushroom. Anyway, both tasted really good especially that they sprinkled it with some pepper and herbs.

I really had a great dining experience at Cul de Sac Cafe. Once my baby's big enough, I'm surely gonna go back there! Here's a picture of their facade.

So I hope you enjoyed reading my review guys! 'Til next time!



Disclaimer: This is my honest and unbiased review of Cul de Sac Cafe and I am not paid whatsoever to do this ;-)

Besties! Hehehe!

These are two of my many cats, AJ and Nighty. They're besties :) AJ is actually older than Nighty and yet he's much smaller. I've actually mentioned him (and his brother BJ) in my previous post about CJ, the crippled cat that I picked up from the street one afternoon. Unfortunately, BJ disappeared just a few weeks after I posted that story. I really don't know what happened to him. Yeah it's really sad. I really liked BJ coz he's so adorable and playful :( I miss you BJ! wherever you may be right now! T_T

Anyway, so AJ was the only one who survived among the kittens at that time. About a month later, another one of my cats gave birth (with me as the OB-GYNE!) to three adorable kittens and one of them is Nighty which as you can see is very big right now. He's really adorable and very very playful. He never fights with the other neighboring cats. He also has a very sweet voice for such a big and beastly looking creature ^_^

Both AJ and Nighty always eat, sleep, and play together. They even clean each other as you can see from the pics ^_^

Serene Scene - Friday (7/29/2011)

Location: Tangke, Basak, Lapulapu City, Philippines - right across JMX (formerly Cebuano Headway Unlimited).

Raaaawwwrrrrrr!!!! Phantom!

Everybody, meet Phantom, the not-so-friendly neighborhood cat. Her name, (yes it's a she) was originally "Scarface", which was supposed to be after the villain in Batman, but a friend reminded me that it wasn't Scarface but Two Face. So I later renamed her "Phantom", which I think is more appropriate after another friend of mine said that she's like the Phantom of the Opera ;-)
I actually just found her lurking outside our house one morning looking for food. When I saw her face I was like "Man alive!!!!", hehehe! And now she's all mine, nyahahahahaha!, well...almost. My husband and I actually just recently decided to stop adopting cats anymore now that we already have 4 and we also have a baby. So yeah, can't have Phantom :(

We still feed her though, especially that she just recently lost her two kittens. Yeah, poor Phantom. She looks for them every now and then. She didn't know that they died. It really breaks my heart when she calls them out.

Anyway, I think she's over it by now. I hope one of our neighbors would adopt her or at least feed her when we move to another place. I'm surely gonna miss Phantom by then :)

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