Bigby's Cafe

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Last semester, before going home to our hometown, we had tried out Bigby's Cafe. We're quite interested when we heard that their dishes tastes good.

This Bigby's Cafe branch is located in Ayala: The Terraces in Cebu City, as usual :). Since it's our first time and we didn't stay long, I have nothing much to say except that their staff are good, and of course their dishes are really good. I forgot the name of the dish but similar to Casa Verde's best sampler where parts of different dishes are served in one plate and the combinations are really good. But as we thought that we got Calamares included, we we're disappointed to find out that it was Onion Rings, we didn't read the menu thoroughly, we just looked at the pictures.

Anyway, we had our fill in there and this place is really recommended. To traveling tech geeks, they also have free WiFi!

Golden Cowrie (Hukad)

Next stop is in Golden Cowrie also known as Hukad. This one's in Ayala: The Terraces in Cebu City's Business Park.




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Being placed in Ayala's new park or zone, The Terraces which looks really classy, one would think that all restaurants and fast foods here are expensive and can really burn a hole to your wallet.

Not with Hukad. True that their restaurant sure looks classy and expensive, but try to dine in and you'll be surprised to find out that most of their dishes are very affordable compared to other restaurants of the same caliber. Here in Hukad,
P300.00($7.00) to P500.00($11.00) is already enough to fill 3 to 4 person's stomach with their delicious dishes coupled with unlimited rice!

We went here twice already and their staffs look friendly so we have nothing to complain about them. They attentively come to your needs like when you want another serving of rice, or you want to order for more.

During our visit here, the dish that we really liked was the Baked Scallops. They also serve Chicken Pandan, and their Lechon Kawali also tastes great! And if you want to be tropical, you can have coconut juice for your drink!

By the way, there is also a Hukad branch in SM City Cebu. Can't wait for our next visit to either of their branches.

To tourists and locals alike, I recommend you Hukad.

Experience in Casa Verde In Ayala: The Terraces

Ayala: The Terraces

Have you been to Ayala: The Terraces in Cebu Business Park, Cebu City? If so, then you might have happened to come by Casa Verde restaurant on the 3rd floor level of Terraces side of the mall. They serve grilled foods as well as some desserts.

Yeah, because of some recommendation that the food they serve was good, we went there, on one very special occasion. We chose the place for that special occasion. What we got in return was very noteworthy. They served us a rotten dish.

Are you familiar with Carbonara? It is also available in KFC, it tastes good. Although it does not smell really appealing, it is delicious.

Casa Verde has some variation to Carbonara. It is flavored with sea-food, specifically octopus or squid. It served as a side dish to the main course which is the back ribs.

The moment it was served, you can literally smell that it is rotten. At first, I suspected it was the back ribs meal but it wasn't. It was the Carbonara. But as it is a new variation to us, we thought it is its natural smell since Carbonara is reputed as not good smelling, so we dismissed it as normal, but we did not ate it! It's too much to handle. We just thought that sea-food carbonara is not for us.

We ate the main course, along with some other dessert, but not the carbonara. We are full, so we decided to have the carbonara packed for take out. If you're the waiter packing the carbonara you're so used to serving, you can immediately notice when something's wrong. But later, the waiter came to hand to us the packed carbonara, so we thought it's fine, it is its normal smell. Conscious of looking ignorant, we did not ask about it and we left.

When we got home, we showed the packed carbonara to my girl friend's sister who frequented to Casa Verde and have known its Carbonara dish long before us and to her disgust, confirmed that it was rotten!


Ayala: The Terraces "Casa Verde's" Carbonara Served To Us Rotten and Stinking

Too late for us to complain for a refund, or a compensation, and you may think it is common sense to detect a rotten food, it is not usually the case. Who would have thought that they would want to piss off their customers? Who would have thought that their staff are into something? I'd say its intentional, they have been given the chance to check it out when we handed it for packing, but they did not seem to care.

To the manager of Casa Verde, if you're internet savvy enough that you may reach this post, and that you care for the future of that STINKING restaurant you're managing, know that your staff served us a ROTTEN CARBONARA, a stinking rotten one, last June 9, 2009. So if I were you, you have to retrain them, or give them seminar how to maintain quality in the food they serve before it will cost you your business.

To customers, I do not say that Casa Verde as a restaurant is not recommended. Yes, they serve good dish, but their staff, is what you will have to worry about, they WILL serve you ROTTEN FOOD. So, you know what you will have to do, avoid them.

But let's hope, that maybe someday, they will change, or improve in a good way, so that their reputation will be redeemed. Their food tastes good after all, it's only in the service that we have a problem.

Ok, we hope they did not do it on purpose. No one in their sane mind will. Let us just give them another chance. It's just that, we are disappointed.

--Ayala Photo by sinjin.ph