Cyma Greek Taverna
Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On October 20, 2008
Cyma Greek Taverna
(02) 729-4837
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I was really excited when I learned that we will have our team dinner at Cyma.
Cyma is really one of the most popular restaurants in Greenbelt. It’s a Greek Restaurant and seemed to be a place where people would prefer to go to for dinner.
My boss ordered the ff. for all of us (except for the lemonade w/c I ordered hehe):
- Lemonade (Php 95)
We can choose either regular or bottomless. I chose bottomless. Very fresh drink & it’s good.
- Saganaki Flaming Cheese (Php 330)
OPA!! The waiters usually shout it when they serve something flaming & this is one of them. We ordered this Traditional Greek Cheese w/c is Kefalograviera cheese. Served with bread, nice way to start the meal.
Another flaming cheese you can choose is mozzarella, parmesan & evoo for Php 200.
- Pastisado – Greek Osso Bucco (Php 650)
Beef shank braised in Greek Tomato Sauce served over spaghetti. In short, this is bulalo in tomato sauce served over spaghetti hehehehe.
- Horiatiki Salata – Greek Village Summer Salad (Php 470)
Feta cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, capers, red wine vinagrette served w/ grilled garlic bread.
- Souvlakia Souvlaki – Greek Shish Chicken Kabobs (Php 320)
Chicken skewered with fresh vegetables. This is my favorite among the ones we ordered. Yummy yummy! 
- Souvlakia Souvlaki – Greek Shish Lamb Kabobs (Php 430)
Lamb skewered with fresh vegetables. I didn’t try it, I was really full already 
- Cyma Roasted Crabs (Php 750)
Roasted mangrove crabs with garlic, black pepper & evoo served with garlic pasta.
Don’t have much meat in the crabs but still OK.
- Giant Shrimp w/ Dill & Ouzo (Php 550)
served w/ tomato cream sauce & rice-stuffed peppers.
We can actually choose to side it with Greek roasted potatoes rather then the stuffed peppers.
- Cyma’s Gourmet Hummous (Php 350)
we can choose either steak, chicken or vegetarian. We chose vegetarian.
This is a unique dish. I like it.
- Moussaka (Php 250)
Greek’s national dish. Well it looked & tasted like lasagna heehhee.
description from the menu: layered seasoned ground pork & beef, roasted Japanese eggplant & Greek beechamel sauce.
- Paidakia (Php 595)
Char-grilled lamb ribs with Greek roasted potatoes.
Just like the other dish, we can also choose rice-stuffed peppers as the side dish.
- Lamb Gyro (Php 220)
marinated lamb w/ tomatoes, red onions, tsatziki & wrapped in pita.
We really are so full when we finished eating. 
Just a lil vocabulary: EVOO is extra virgin olive oil hehehe.
I’m not that impressed with the food as I’m not fond of pasta, what I was really impressed on awhile ago was the service. Best service ever. Since I left early, I pretty am sure those waiters got a good amount of tip from us.
iPhone Keyboard Themes
Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On October 20, 2008
My favorite so far is chromium keyboard w/c I use everyday.
This is going to be my master list, I’ll update this blog post as soon as I download new themes.
 Original |
 Chromium Keyboard |
 Glossy Keyboard |
 Macbook Air Keyboard |
 Macbook Black Keyboard |
 Neo Keys |
 Neo Keys Dark |
 Neo Keys Dark (White Space) |
 Krystal White Keyboard |
 Krystal Turquoise Keyboard |
 Krystal Red Keyboard |
 Krystal Purple Keyboard |
 Krystal Pink Keyboard |
 Krystal Green Keyboard |
 Krystal Blue Keyboard |
 Krystal Black Keyboard |
Razon’s of Guagua
Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On October 18, 2008
Razon’s of Guagua
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After Abe, we went to Razon’s of Guagua.
Only Halo Halo since Razon’s is best known for it’s delicious Halo Halo.
A combination of banana (saba), macapuno, dayap and leche plan with milk & shaved ice. I still can’t figure out what their secret is but this certainly is delicious.
Halo Halo (Php 73)
The goood halo halo has already compensate that
so does it really matter now? heheheAbe
Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On October 18, 2008
Abe
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We think that this is the best place to go to since we are taking our non-filipino colleagues for dinner. I do believe Serendra will be a great place to hang out to. Since Abe is popular for its filipino dishes, this is where I recommend us to go to.
It didn’t disappoint
Here are what we ordered:
- Crispy Shrimp Binondo (Php 195)
Finger picking little shrimps fried to a crisp in their shell. Take note, you can eat the shell… yummy!
- Mutton Adobo w/ Popped Garlic (Php 395)
Lamb adobo… yummy!
- Binukadkad na Pla Pla (Php 365)
a Best seller in Abe. Don’t forget to dip the fish in the provided sauce. I can’t figure out what the sauce is but it’s really good.
- Gule Magalang (Php 220)
- Paco Fern & Tomato Salad (Php 145)
Ferns w/ Salted egg, tomato & vinaigrette dressing.
- Spicy Sisig Pampanga (Php 175)
- Lechon Cubano (Php 420)
When I see this, I felt like my diet will be really ruined. heheehe I guess, it’s not really everyday that we eat something like this. Let’s reward ourselves sometimes, right?
- Fresh Fruit Shakes -Watermelon & Ginger, Green Apple, Tamarind Shakes (Php 105 each)
Aside from the food, their drinks are also superb! They’re unique, well thought of menu items.
The food is deliiiiiiicccciiooouuuus 
As a bonus, rice are unlimited for only Php 45.00.
So far, I think this is the best place we went to eat for the past week. I greatly recommend this restaurant if you’re in Serendra.
Cafe Ysabel
Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On October 18, 2008
Cafe Ysabel
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It has been such a long time since I went to this restaurant. When we were told that we’re eating at Cafe Ysabel, I was even imagining another restaurant in Ortigas hehehe.
It took us quite a time to wait for the food to arrive. Imagine, we were only able to receive our orders after 1 whole hour? Later on, we found out that the students were the one who cooked our food and the chef has to approve them first before serving to us.
Is it worth the wait? Maybe, but 1 hour is really too long.
We were served the ff. though while waiting:
- Freshly Baked Bread
This one is served with olive oil & balsamic vinegar.
- Virgin Mary
Guess who served us this free offering by the restaurant? A local celebrity here in the Philippines named Janice de Belen. She was telling us that this is something we can take before eating anything. It should be called bloody mary but since this particular shot doesn’t have alcohol then they would call it virgin mary.
This tasted like tomato juice eeheheh but it was good.
Finally, came our orders.. But they tasted good!
- Sopa Ysabel (Php 115)
Mixed seafood chowder w/ saffron.
- Gambas (Php 218)
This tasted normal. Just like what restaurants usually serve. I like this version better than the ones served in Filipino grill restaurants.
- Prawns Thermidor (Php 488)
Shrimps stuffed w/ young mushrooms, vegetables, cheese (baked).
This one I ordered, I was able to cook something like this myself before when I took up a 1-day cooking class. So I had an idea what this dish should taste like. And I’m happy that it is indeed delicious.
- Mariscada (Php 488)
mixed seafood in olive oil, herbs & tomato sauce.
- Silk Road Salad (Php 298)
A salad w/ sausage, noodles, apricots, smoked salmon, mango & leaves in apple sprice dressing.
This looked really yummy, I just thought that the salmon looked rare so I didn’t try it when it was offered.
- Pan Roasted Seabass (Php 988)
We can either choose vietnamese butter & mixed seafood in Crustacean sauce or hazelnut butter w/ wild mushroom ragout. This particular dish that our colleague ordered is the mixed seafood in crustacean sauce.
- Glazed Spare Ribs (Php 398)
When we say spare ribs, I never really imagine it as ribs… because other restaurants usually serve this in chunks. So I was pleasantly surprised to see how this dish was presented.
It’s honeycured spareribs coated w/ fruity barbeque glaze.
- Lapu Lapu Al Graten (Php 358)
it’s described as a pre-war favorite (I don’t know why it is though hehehe) .
this was cooked the Spanish way with red wine, cheese and tomatoes
- Crepe Ysabel (Php 148)
Cafe Ysabel is most famous for their desserts. This is one of them.
Cafe Ysabel serves international food (Filipino, French, Italian, Mediterranean & American). The restaurant used to be an old Spanish house that was transformed into a dining place & cooking school.
We went on a thursday night so there was no pianist. I would advise everyone to go on a weekend so you would hear good music while also appreciating the good ambiance this restaurant has.