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 ;-)

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 :)

A Dinner Date at the Persimmon Plus, Mabolo Cebu City

Last Friday February 18, my husband and I were invited by the Aboitizland for a dinner date at the Persimmon Plus in Mabolo Cebu City. It was kind of like a post Valentine's Day event. Lots of other couples were also invited. I guess the event was also kind of a presentation of some of the shops that are soon to open at the Persimmon Plus, although there were only 2 shops that showcased their products that night -- Happy Rooster, which sells imported home furnishings and caters interior designs, and Urban Living, which is a salon and spa that also sells awesome bath products, I was almost tempted to buy one ^_^.

Anyway, it was really a romantic evening for me and my husband. The food was awesome! It was catered by Dong Juan. They're originally from Manila but they'd be opening a branch soon at The Persimmon Plus to serve their delicious meals for us Cebuanos. My favorite dish from was their Spaghetti. I loooooved it so much that I came back to the buffet table for a second helping, LOL! I wish I had photos of the food but it was a candlelit dinner and my camera wasn't just powerful enough to capture food on a dark background. Sorry guys!

There was also a band which I think was really awesome. They played popular songs which mostly are romantic. Their singers are pretty good, especially their guy singer who has a very soothing voice and almost exactly match that of the original artist's.

After dinner, they held a raffle contest where I won a 20% discount voucher on Oral Prophylaxis from the Bright Smiles Oral Care Center. Awesome! I wonder when I can avail of this service. I think it's been more than a year since I had an oral prophylaxis, hehehe!

So I guess that's all guys. I would really like to thank Aboitizland for inviting us to this awesome event. Wish there are more of this in the future, hehehehe! ;-D

Casa Gorordo Museum, Cebu

Hi everyone! So here's another Cebu heritage that I would like to share with you, the Casa Gorordo Museum. It's one of the oldest houses in Cebu, and is now turned into a museum under the Aboitiz Foundation. It's actually the home of Cebu's first Filipino Bishop, Juan Isidro de Gorordo. It is located along Lopez Jaena Street in Colon.

The structure is kind of similar to Balay na Tisa in Carcar. It is also made of stones but of bituka tabliya (coral stone blocks) instead of tisa (limestones). Too bad it's not allowed to take pictures inside so I'm only gong to be able to show you guys photos of its garden and surrounding area.

So the house was built in 1863. Similar to the Balay na Tisa in Carcar, it is a two-story house, the second floor of which is made of wood and is still furnished with antique furniture and lots of historical collections such as books, paintings and other memorabilia. They even have actual pictures of old Colon street and Plaza Independencia, which I find really cool, mysterious and interesting!

The lower floor, called zaguan, served as a storage place. Right now, part of the zaguan is turned into an office and a small area for painting exhibitions.

As you can see from the photo below, there's a wide balcony called azotea, typical for a 19th century Spanish-inspired houses. The structure of the house is kind of elongated, where on one side are the bedrooms and the other side is the living room and then the balcony. On one end of the house (as you ascend the wide wooden stairs from the landing), is where the bedroom of Bishop Juan Isidro de Gorordo is located. Beside it is a small chapel.

On the other end is a room where they show a prototype of the kitchen. Kitchens of a typical 19th-century Spanish houses were actually separated from the main house, for safety purposes I guess.

In below photo you can see a separate house which serves as a small souvenir shop for tourists and visitors.

A cool thing about the Casa Gorordo Museum is that you can actually hold your parties there such as weddings and other special events. When we went there, a catering service going on and tourists came at lunch time to eat and I guess have a tour around the place.

Across the house is a small resting place, with a built-in brick seating area and trees that provide cool shade. We lounged there for a good 30 minutes before going home :)


I'm not quite sure but I think they're open from Mondays thru Saturdays  at 9:00 am - 12:00 nn and at 2:00 - 5:00 pm.

So that's all for my Casa Gorordo Museum post and I hope you guys like it (even though it's so short and I didn't have much photos ^^). Okay guys I'll talk to you soon!

The Rabbit is Here, Welcome 2011!!!

Happy New Year's everyone!!!

It's officially 12:00 AM, January 1, 2011 here in the Philippines and I'm here again to greet you all a happy new year's! So, as with my Christmas Eve post, what did you have for Media Noche? Hehehe, I know, I'm such a food lover so I always ask ^^. We only have pear-shaped ham, pancit, and lumpia shanghai. Then for desserts we have mango cake and Selecta's Coffee Almond Cookies ice cream :)

Fireworks are now all over the place here :) I had to watch over my cats every now and then coz I don't want them roaming around outside with all those fireworks crackling.

Too bad I can't see the celebrations from different countries coz we don't have TV but it doesn't matter. What's important is I have my family with me ^^

So here's a treat for you guys to start the year right :) I couldn't find a bunny/rabbit video so I just looked up cats instead ^^ It's a short one but so cute and funny :) Enjoy!

Have a safe New Year's everyone! And be careful with those fireworks!

Merry Christmas Pinas!!

Merry Christmas everyone!!!!!

It's officially December 25, 12:00 AM here in the Philippines and the festivities has just started! Fireworks, disco, videoke, torotot, you name it! We're about to eat Noche Buena but I decided to do a quick 'Merry Christmas' post for you guys ^^.

So what do you have for Noche Buena? We have veggie salad, pear-shaped ham, spaghetti and garlic bread, and then fruit salad and Goldilocks Triple Chocolate Brownies for dessert ^^. How about you guys? Comment below and share your Noche Buena feast with the rest of the world! =D

So here's a little something for you guys :) I picked this out at YouTube. I think it's very funny and entertaining so I decided to share it with you :) Have a safe and happy holidays!!!!!

Nights at The Terraces, Ayala Center Cebu

Hey everyone! So this post will be somewhat like a continuation of my previous one which was about The Terraces at Ayala Center Cebu. As you can already see in my photos, I’ll be showing you guys on how it is to be at The Ayala Terraces at night.

When you're in the city, The Ayala Terraces is probably the best place to be at night. If you're the kind of person who's just looking for relaxation and clean fun during the night, I would definitely recommend The Ayala Terraces for you. Aside from the good food and cool ambiance, they also have occasional mini concerts which you can watch while dining or just cozying under the stars. They usually hold the concerts on the 'stage' under the big leaf-life structure at the middle of the park (see below photo).

The great thing that I like about being at The Terraces at night is their lights. They don't only have cute lampposts scattered all over the landscaping but the lights in the buildings actually change in different fun colors. Here, I'll show you:

So the images above show the big leaf-like structure in different colors. And the ones below show the building where the outdoor elevators are.

Cool huh! Anyway, here are the rest of the photos.

Remember this on my The Ayala Terraces post? This was the part of the park where people lounge and have picnics in the afternoon. And the photo below is right beside this 'picnic' area. Both the walk path above and the corridor in the photo below leads to Marriot Hotel. That one with blue neon lights on the right (of below photo) is the clinic of Belo Medical Group.

Okay, I don't know if you can see it but the next photo includes the magnificent Waterfront Hotel towering in the background.

And in the next two photos you can see a small water fountain (which I haven't shown you guys in my last post). This is located in one of the exit/entrance areas of the park where the taxi cabs queue.


So I hope you guys enjoyed this post and I'll talk to you soon! Bye!