Duz Grill - Home Restaurant

Last March 19th of year 2014 marks our 83rd month of leaning on each others arms. We normally celebrate it with just a simple yet memorable dinner. He opted to go to Rodeo's Grill but sad to say the restaurant is still closed by the time we got out of the office and yet the girl scout in me has this certain restaurant going on in mind. Knew about it through this blog I Luv Cebu. According to this blog, Alduz Aizon or Duz started with cooking for his friends on gatherings and wanted to share his cooking with the rest of the Cebuanos. He begun welcoming customers in November 2012 at their residence in San Antonio Village and had been getting good reviews from diners.

Restaurant: Duz Grill

Address: 33A Fourth Street, San Antonio Village, Apas, Lahug, 6000 Cebu City

Mode of Payment: Cash

Contact Number: 0939 9369103 | 401 9012
 

We then took the route hoping to be able to pass by the Camp Lapu-lapu in going there but the guard didn't let us in. We asked a couple of people nearby as to where the 4th street of  San Antonio Village and they led us to a route in relation to the route of the 17B Jeepney. We simply followed the jeepney and from then on we saw the appropriate street. This was the map we had as reference.

 When we arrived, their gate was kind of huge and has this small signage that's why we realized that we're already here.

When we came in, what welcomed us was the romantic setup of their outdoor dining area. And so, we chose to dine outside which has this whole nature thing setup. Also, if you are wondering, you could easily park your car/motorcycle inside. These are some of the pics taken while waiting for our orders.

Finally, our orders arrived! Excited to have a sumptuous meal! HAHA! :)

An iced tea doesn't look like an iced tea. It looked like an orange juice but it's really sparkling and has that lemon feeling of an iced tea. I wonder what this is made of. It's only for P35.00 per glass.

Their one of a kind rice container. HAHA.. simply took a picture of this since it's not common to have a rice on this type of container. This is in bundle with their must-try original pork ribs.

This is their pork ribs. It may not look huge in the picture but it is quite huge. Maybe that's the cause why they separated the rice in another container. This costs Php175.00 together with the rice.

We got also their must-try original meat burger for only P80.00.

Got this icy choco for desert for only P70.00.

Over all we're very full in this awesome dinner. Also, got some photos worth remembering for our 83rd monthsary! Thanks boyfie John Joven for the treat! <3 u! ;)

Lakwatsa Sa Sugbo 2014

Few weeks ago, I was invited by my friend blogger-photographer Roxanne Tamayo (FotografiRox) for this event called Lakwatsa Sa Sugbo 2014 which is organized by a family of tour guides (Saynes Family) and headed by Jingle Mirafuentes Saynes. I was excited to attend the event since even if I'm a Cebuano, I am not familiar with Cebu's history and it's spots. So I immediately grabbed the opportunity and get myself listed for the event.

The event was held last April 27, 2014. The meetup place was near JY Mall at 1pm. When we arrived, there is already a Natalie Bus waiting for us and a couple of freebies and shirts when we came in the bus.

The contents of the bag were loads of stuffs. There's a Lakwatsa sa Sugbo 2014 shirt, a Lakwatsa sa Sugbo 2014 tumbler, a Lakwatsa sa Sugbo 2014 towel and a bottled water which is very useful for the tour.

Around 1:30pm (waited for 30 mins for a couple of guests who arrived late) we started our tour. Our first stop was Taoist Temple.

Red Mango

Yesterday, we had a meeting with my younger brother's bestfriend, Rueno at Red Mango in Ayala Center Cebu. We had a great talk with a healthy Green Tea Parfait and Green Tea Waffle for each one. We originally planned to have the parfait but we saw an advertisement at the counter that you'll get less 50% off on the next item you buy in a single purchase. So we also decided to get the green tea waffle. Here's what the goodies look like.

Green Tea Parfait - Php 140

Green Tea Waffle - Php 85 less 50% off so that makes it Php 42.50

We left the cafe around 5PM and went home. It's a nice hangout if you're looking for a decent internet connection, healthy food and long chat with friends and since the place is not that crowded, you'll enjoy it.

Cafe Marcelino

My parents had this seminar at Cebu Business Hotel in Cebu City. They invited me and my sibs to spend time with them. We went to Dimsum break for dinner just before going to the hotel. On our way to their room, we stopped by Cafe Marcelino, a cafe with tasty food and drinks inside the hotel premises and found at the 3rd floor of the hotel to be exact. They're food is very affordable and inviting. They also invited their colleagues to drop by the cafe to chill.

At the cafe they had this karaoke that is of unlimited use as long as you order beer or any alcoholic drinks. Sadly, the cafe closes at 10:00PM. I only ordered Cali Shandy since I'm not really into alcoholic drinks which only costs P45 and you get to sing a lot of songs since they don't have a lot of customers. Actually we are the only ones inside the cafe that time since the guests at the hotel are mostly the only ones that visit the cafe.

Here's the look of the cafe's interior.

I was unable to take a picture of the cafe outside. My apologies. Here are my companions for the night. LOL. My sibs are not found in the picture since they chose to stay at the hotel room last night.

One Claypot House

For our Valentines' Dinner I bumped into a blog post by Phoebe Roxanne who coincidentally is my sister's high school friend and I really wanted to try their food. So I immediately suggested to pay a visit to this restaurant to my boyfriend this memorable day. He and his friend who suggested to have a double date on Valentines' Day checked on their facebook page and immediately made a reservation at around 6:00PM. This is their menu that you can also see on their facebook page.

We arrived at around 5:30PM and checked on their ambiance. They have this great Valentines' Day setup.


After we came in, they immediately gave me a red heart cusion with a Happy Valentines Day label on it (as you can see on the pic). Since it's Valentines' Day, they have a special menu for this special day which made the dinner a bit costly than their usual menu offer.

Since this is a double date, we opt to have 2 sets which costs P500 per pax and per set is good for 2 people so that makes P1000 per pair (costly though).

For our set, we chose Sawasdee Noodle Salad for our Appetizer, Prawn Paste Soup for our soup since we don't have option and for our Main Dish we chose Lah-lah-lah Claypot (small) and Chicken Wings and not to forget their lovely dessert Waffle Ice-Cream.

For the other pairs set, they chose Spicy Spring Rolls, Prawn Paste Soup, Lah-lah-lah Claypot also since it's their best seller, Pork Chop and Waffle Ice Cream.

Drinks is not included on the set so we ordered it separately and ordered their specialty, Milky Bandung (lovely pink colored drink).

We really love the ambiance of the place but it's a bit pricey since we visited it last Valentines' Day. I don't know if it's good for the restaurant though since a lot of pairs who made a reservation backed out after checking on their special Valentines' Day menu. These are some of the pic inside the restaurant. I just grabbed this pics from their facebook page since I wasn't able to take any because we dined outside.

These are some of our pics. :)

Mr and Mrs Barbeque

I am an online/freelance Web Developer/Online Marketer since I graduated from college. Just last year, I got employed at an unregistered IT firm located somewhere in Mabolo area and I came to know a budget restaurant near our home office. Last Valentines day, in order to fool me to have a normal lunch date like we always have, JJ asked me to have lunch in Mr and Mrs Barbeque instead. So we went there and enjoyed the new ambiance since they already moved into their new location in Persimmon Mabolo. 

This is the list of what we ordered.

Torta - P45

Shell Soup - P45

Squid - P50

Rice (per cup) -  P10

Leche Flan - P25

We had our motorcycle washed at a car wash nearby. Finally he got a bath after so many years and picked it up after lunch.

Rates:

Motorcycle - P100

Car - P180

And finally the SURPRISE! I never expected to have on Valentines' Day since he doesn't usually give flowers on memorable dates.

6 pieces pink rose flowers in a bouquet - P1000

I really asked him for the price of the flowers (LOL). He bought it at Kaye's Floral Accent located in 13-Z Archbishop Reyes Avenue Cebu City (032-234-1894/032-233-0277). It's a bit pricey since it's peak season considering it's Valentines' Day and there are lots of typhoon visits this past few months.

After our shift, the actual Valentines' Day dinner date is up at One Claypot House.

Famous Belgian Waffle at JCentre Mall

This is my first post for 2014. December 2013 activities wasn't posted on the blog yet since I am busy with work and also I don't have an internet connection at home due to poor Globe service. On the last week of December 2013, we had a family gala at JCentre Mall AS Fortuna Avenue Mandaue City. We watched an MMFF entry starred by Ryzza Mae Dizon and James Bimby Aquino Yap. The movie was very funny and had some scenes with drama in it. And not to mention, the movie has loads of advertisements in it. Anyway, after watching the movie, my parents, my sibs, my bf together with my cousin stroll around the mall and I happened to notice my favorite waffle store. I immediately offered to treat them for them to be able to try it. My favorite is BlueBerry Cheesecake so I suggested them to try that one. Then enjoyed it but due to some issues with the waffle, it's kind of difficult to finish the whole waffle cause you get so used to the taste that you can only finish half of it.