Dinner At CLS Food Plaza

 

 We had a father-daughter bonding slash dinner last night at New CLS Food Plaza here in Dipolog City. It was an unplanned dinning in the said diner but because my electric burner crashed coincidentally just in time for dinner last night, I thought of just taking my father out and sisters and had our dinner at our favorite diner CLS. Besides, dad has been craving for Sinigang na Bangus and I thought CLS has it.

Papa and Cheep.

Cheep still wearing her P.E. uniform stroke a pose with Papa. Notice the rhum on the table? That is our father's water. He drinks rhum and/or coconut wine everyday. We, his daughters are used to it now. Well, I stuck with my favorite lemon grass iced tea while my sisters had mango juice.

Anyway, we had Balamban Liempo, Sweet and Sour Pork, Bicol Express, and of course the Sinigang. It was my first try of Bicol Express from CLS kitchen and theirs is way better than the ones I've tasted before.

Here's the Sinigang. It is not Bangus though but Marlin, CLS was out of milk fish that night. It was all good. At least we got to have some sour soup. Sigh! It's still nice to eat sinigang that is not cooked by yourself. I ate most of the spinach and never touched a slice of okra. 

My best gay friend was in the picture that night too. To pay Pabz unconditional help that comes over in just one call, respect and loyalty to us, I took him with us to dine out too.

La Fortuna Bakery, Cebu

On the itinerary of my sister's Cebu-Bohol tour, their group was to have a buffet breakfast at La Fortuna Bakery upon their arrival in Cebu.

But my sister said they went to a different restaurant instead. 

I was puzzled at to how a bakery could offer a buffet. My sister couldn't tell more information of the bakery for they didn't get inside. They only passed by as they headed to the nearby restaurant. To fill her stomach sure was the first thing that my sister had in mind upon stepping the ground of Cebu after the long, dizzying sea trip.

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Restaurants and Bars Should Have Hand Dryers

It's a total plus for eateries and restaurants to have Hand Dryers installed in their comfort rooms or at the hand washing areas. Costumers will likely look for these stuffs to quickly dry their hands after washing hands and before starting their foods. I personally think hand dryers are way better to use for drying hands than paper towels as the latter leave some tiny particles on the hands that could be bothersome. In looking for hand dryers, there are online shops you can run to that offers various kinds and designs. You'll just have to browse on to pick your preferred dryer.

The Most Memorable Summer

This post is my entry for Girl's Talk. I write my entry in this blog today because the topic is about places and summer getaways. 

My most memorable summer getaway was last 2008. Why it was memorable? It was memorable because it was my honeymoon. Now, I just realized how the situation back then made us so practical with our honeymoon spending. So, that year of May hubby and I spent summer and honeymoon in Puerto Princesa, Palawan in one expense. We acquired the package tour for 5 days and 4 nights for the two of us.

The package includes:
City Tour:

Butterfly Garden, Crocodile Farm, Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm, Stop- over at Mitra’s pyramid house overlooking the Honda Bay, Stop-over at a hopia store (I forgot the name of the store but I  remember vaguely how yummy their Ube hopia was) and other random places in the city. 

Honday Bay Island Hopping
Underground River Tour and Monkey Trekking
Tubbataha Reefs Dive (which we skipped because I don’t do diving)

I picked a cheap resort called Kawayanan resort for that honeymoon. The place was nice and quite, which was just perfect for my choice of resort. Hubby liked it too, as if he had a choice. I liked it more because it has a swimming pool but there was nothing special with the foods in there though so during meal time we explored the neighboring eateries and restaurants and even rode tricycles for those that are located farther. 

One unforgettable restaurant was Kalui, which was referred by the resort. As far as I know, Kalui does not accept costumers without confirmed reservation. So before going to the restaurant, you must call first for reservation, which we did. Gosh, the foods were yummy and the services were excellent but that place was very crowded though. If you are the type who can handle a crowd, I mean, when we were there, the place was like a market for it was packed with costumers. But with the costumers, the waiters their made sure every costumers were well-served.

The ambiance of the place was refreshing maybe because everything was made with bamboo and wood. I really like the place minus the crowd but oh well, the place is popular for its good food and service. A tip before going in Kalui, don't wear fancy clothing and shoes because you'll take off your shoes anyway by the entrance before entering. You'll then enter barefooted. It would be awkward walking barefooted in your fancy get-up. It was cool! For a first timer, I was overwhelmed with how unique the style of the restaurant was.