Don Henrico's

Glorietta
Date: March 27, 2005
Time: 1:30 pm

We should've stayed away!

Wanted to see what is new in this formerly often visited pizza & pasta house. Regrets!!

Their Philly Cheese Steak Pizza was bland, full of red & green peppers (check pic on the right). Buffalo wings was too sweet and the dip was obviously diluted. Emperor’s Pasta was not available and there was no diet soda.

One had to call the waiters to get refills on the sodas & iced tea, as they were all next to the counter. Same problem in the now closed Libis outlet.

The only good thing about the meal was the dessert, but it was something we brought in. Heavenly delicious chocolate cake from a stall inside Glorietta. But that is another review.

(this review was written by my Dad, Vic Arboleda!)

Leslie's Terrace

Tagaytay
Date: March 25, 2005
Time: 1:00 pm

...Ho hum...



VIC:
A beautiful view of Taal Lake & Volcano.

Food was OK and were served all at the same time. This was great except that a 2nd order for fried rice took follow ups with 4 different waiters and came very late.

As a stop over, you can do better but on the other hand, there is that great view. Thank God for that!

Total bill – P2,022. 90 for 5 people

EJ:
The view was great. But the service was terrible. The waiters were not friendly and service was very slow.

The bulalo was excellent -- gumuguhit ang sebo. The tawilis was fried just right. But, frankly, you would get the same quality of food elsewhere.

Unless the food is exceptionally exquisite, the service is really the deciding factor for me. If up to me, I probably won't come back.

Mannang

Megamall Basement, Building A
Date: March 6, 2005
Time: 8:00 pm

Definitely worth a second visit. Maybe even a third and even more.

VIC:

A pleasant surprise. Next to Mann Hann and obviously related. But instead of the Chinese food that the latter is well known for, Mann-Ang serves Filipino food and really delicious Filipino food at that.

Nice presentations on serving bowls with candles/warmers. Inexpensive and delicious.

The caldereta was great, the fried squid was delicious, the palabok was tasty. The baked oysters were surprisingly as good as in the more expensive eateries.

Definitely worth a second visit. Maybe even a third and even more.


Kaldereta -- see the lighted candle to keep the food warm?


Oysters


Halfway through the Palabok


Squid

Outback

Libis
Date: March 2, 2005
Time: 8:30 pm

Food was still OK but service was disappointingly poor

VIC:
Food was still OK but service was disappointingly poor. It was a Wednesday evening and the place had only few empty tables. The waiters & servers looked a bit overwhelmed.

The appetizers had to be followed up twice. The onion rings and the cheese fries were alright though the fries were obviously much fewer than before. They did not increase prices but they served smaller orders

The soup came with no spoons and requests for extra soup bowls had to be done twice, again. Then, after about 10 minutes after placing our orders for entrees, the waiter came back to say that they have run out of pork loins, one of the orders. It took them that long? So the change meant more minutes waiting.

Refills for drinks had to be requested.

It wasn’t this way before. Maybe, there was an unusually large crowd for Wednesday?

Total bill – P4,759.32.