Delish Restaurant Blogger's Night

My event: August 25, 2010

Delish Cuisine

103 Maginhawa St.,

Teacher's Village, QC

3555241

Alright, the big reveal, this is my brother and his friends' restaurant! And for the first time, I organized a blogger event not just for one night but two separate nights. Although I am not really new at organizing event because I used to organize kiddie birthday parties, sometimes even a debut and one time a friend's wedding and my very own wedding haha Inviting bloggers is not a walk in the clouds. Buti nalang naawa sila sa akin at pumunta sila . I have to check, adjust the schedule, follow up and confirm even on the last minute ; p 

My brother has been bugging me to organize a blogger event for his restaurant since day 1.  I guess I don't have enough confidence about the food that they served in the beginning that I offered excuses so as not to disappoint him. I published 2 posts about Delish Restaurant so there will be internet presence. Read it here and here.  I gave it some time so that they could experiment and settle for a theme and make necessary adjustments in terms of their specialty and their ambiance. After all, bloggers will write about his/her experience with the restaurant and its food whether its good or bad. 

And after 5 months, I finally had the courage to organize a blogger event. I was not able to take pictures of the food on the first event because a lot of bloggers have shown up even if it's a Sunday haha That's good and I am not complaining!

There are a lot of changes since. New couch, UP students' paintings for sale and a whole lot of new food on their menu. They even have lunch specials to cater to the working class on weekdays. They now concentrate on Filipino cuisine with a little bit of twist. 

The pictures below were taken on a Wednesday, three days after the first event. We were only 5 that night so I was able to squeeze in a few shots!

crispy bicol express PhP185

Don't be intimidated about the green sili on top. It was a balance of spiciness and the flavor of coconut milk. And they don't take the "crispy" word for granted because the pork was fried to perfection.

Special lunch price PhP89 with soup of the day and rice.

New Find: Cerchio

My visit: July 30, 2010

Cerchio

76 Scout Limbaga cor. Tomas Morato

Quezon City

3550998

I read a lot of new good stuff on Philippine Daily Inquirer. When I read about how "the Ivy Almario" designed the interiors of Cerchio- black, white and circular, I thought that this restaurant would be something else. I am crossing my fingers that the food would be as promising as well. Afterall, Cerchio and Romulo Cafe have the same owners. While Romulo Cafe centered on Filipino dishes Cerchio, an Italian word for circle, is a fusion restaurant. It was timely that my college friends have scheduled a meet up. We took the time to wear the same t-shirt we bought some months ago bearing the words "Proud Pinay" lol How cheeky!

(l-r) AC, me and GSE

Even the placemat is round lol Not black or white though haha Gevi, using the menu as a cover up is a no- no! haha

Random Friday

Call me crazy but I bought additional Welcome plant for our living room. Apple was in the mood to join the photo shoot that day lol

gold vase from The Landmark, Trinoma Mall

Of Romulo Cafe and Peking Garden

My DSIL, who is based abroad, stayed with us for her 3 week vacation. I kept on bugging DH to take her out to some fancy restaurant. That's why we ended up eating in Romulo Cafe. 

DSIL and MIL

In my own words, Romulo Cafe is a Filipino restaurant with outrageous menu price. Well, you are paying for the ambiance.

New Find: Romulo Cafe

My visit: February 21, 2010

Romulo Cafe

32 Scout Tuazon cor.

Scout Lazcano, Quezon City

3327275

Two of my friends were raving about Romulo Cafe. Of course, I have to try it out. Last Sunday, DH said a friend of his was coming over, it got me thinking that this will be my chance to urge DH to try this restaurant!

Good thing we went there post dinner time as diners were already checking out. But still we needed to wait for 20 minutes for our table to be ready. This restaurant must be really good to have such a huge following. The restaurant was in full swing that night!

memorabilia of Carlos P. Romulo at main dining

The main dining can seat approximately 45 persons. Black and white dominate the color of this room. The flooring if I am not mistaken, is hand painted. Even the lines on the ceiling too!