Davids Kitchen @ IT Park, Lahug Cebu

Davids Kitchen is located at the ground floor of eBloc 2, Cebu IT Park Lahug, Cebu City.  From the outside, the restaurant looks classy, modern and expensive.  My friends and I decided to dine there because for one my best friend Gemma insisted that she wants a steak for dinner and it should be at David's Kitchen and two because Davids Kitchen looks very promising from the outside.

first steak 

As we got into the restaurant, we were greeted with a pleasant and polite hostess that sat us all down.  She handed us the menu in an instant which was an indication of a fast service.  The menu looked delicious and our mouth were watering just flipping pages of super yummy looking steaks.  However, when it was time to take our orders, the order taker was a bit unprofessional - when my friends ordered for a steak he didnt even upsell us with that was his best recommendations.  And he did not asked the ladies how their steak should be done.  When I ordered for a steak that was medium rare - he simply told me "mam, naa ni syay dugo" (ma'am this will have some blood)..I didnt understand if he was telling me or if he was asking me.  But this to me was - RUDE!  Didn't we know that the customer is always right? But anyway, if I didn't want my steak without blood in it, I would have asked for it WELL-DONE.  So, well I got my way and told him that it was what I wanted and so he left the table however his body language and his facial expression was like waiting for something to punch us with.

second steak

After almost an hour of waiting, someone else brought our steak which was so different from the pictures in the menu.  And unfortunately my steak was as dry as welldone.  When I asked them about it, they took it and then came back with it and told me that the chef said it is medium rare.  My god! who are you kidding? So, I insisted that they should change it to medium rare.  Anyway, they got back with another piece but forgotten to give me my mash potato side dish.  The meat was horrible, about half of the whole steak was fat and it was like chewing rubber.  I guess the chef was mad when I returned the first piece so he got back to me on the second.

half of the steak was impossible to eat!

Anyway, the whole order from our table was mostly wrong but, we didn't take offense and just ate but complained amongst ourselves, laughing as if we had a great time.  But in all honestly, we will never go there again.  It's a shame ones name will just be ruined by some unprofessional individual working for them.

Moms HUMBA de Cebu!

From the word, one can’t figure out what it means unless if you are Bisaya or someone from the Central Part of the Philippines.  It is our version of pork stew. Most Cebuanas (and I mean women from Cebu) are known to be a good cook, a lot to do with our culture, although, this theory may not be applicable to me and that is why I specifically used the word "most" and not "all".  Women rule in the kitchen but this true in other aspects as well.  For one, our moms are Director of Finance of our house, they would keep all the money for the family, dad’s will have to work and give all their earnings to Mom every pay day not even keeping a cent for their personal use.  Although it sounds like our mommies are having the better half of the pie, its not! Our mom would bear the burden of budgeting the whole months menu and everything else, including kids and dads allowances.  My mom is great with it!  For one I am very lucky that I grew up with moms home cooked food.  My mom would patiently wake up early morning to pick up fresh produce from the market.  But that was, I guess before the supermarket was built next door, we didn’t have frozen goods then. Everything was sold in the market, and we cant opt for a cup noodle or frozen chicken. And I seriously thank God for it! I was raised eating fresh food.

hmmm...Yummy!!!!

So one of my mom's hat is an engineer, she does it better with food!  Her Humba is one great example.  I’d die everyday for this, although, it may not be the healthiest to eat everyday but I would be a willing victim.  Humbas main ingredient is pork.  My mom would fry pork until it is golden brown and the she would stew it with vinegar, soya sauce, water, black beans, salt and pepper.   But our favourite of all is the banana that she would fry first and stew it along with the pork.  Hmmm, my mouth is watery thinking about it. Actually my brother and I would fight for the last piece of banana in the Humba more than anything in it. I love it so much.

Pizzeria Michelangelo, Banilad Cebu

Came here the first time with a friend looking for decent restaurant in the City.  This place came highly recommended by friends and relatives.  I've never heard of this place before and I don't even know how to get to the restaurant, however most recommendations had a promising note.  So, there you go, I went looking for it for a Sunday lunch.  The place was not that hard to find and it has its own parking area which is convenient.  A lot of places in the city doesn't really have a parking area, unless if you head to the malls there are plenty you don't have to drive around looking for a place you can leave your car.  Although I must say that the parking space is limited to a few cars, however one can always find a parking space within that strip.

restaurant interior

With the name, I didn't expect too much of the place, however it was exactly how a friend of mine describe the place it should be.  The ambiance is cool, clean, decent and so as the people hanging out there.  The wait staff were friendly, attentive and knows their menu.  We were also surprised that the food came very quick.  After dining in the city for a while now you can only wish that restaurants pay attention to the time they serve the food.

I love this!!!

The food was great and just the right size.  They said luck will not strike twice, so I visited this place again the second time with other friends however we went in for dinner instead of lunch.  The ambiance changed a bit, but it looks better during the evening than it was during day time.  The food was still great and so were the staff. I would highly recommend this place.

PIZZERIA MICHELANGELO

#1 Paseo Saturnino, Old Ma. Luisa Road, Banilad, Cebu City

Tel. No. 6332. 236 4297

Oh and I just found out that they have a branch at Mango Avenue, at Mango Square and another one in Mactan near Shangri'Las Mactan in Punta Engano.