There's a new restaurant being constructed here in San Pablo near Teacher's Village in San Roque called "Samuel's Plate Gastropub". They're actually constructing a stand alone building for it, and from the way it's looking now, it looks kind of classy.
I can imagine the owners of the place trying to Google the name of their resto and finding themselves here wondering why I'm writing something about something that's not open yet. Your building is giving me high... REALLY high hopes! I hope your food and service are awesome! I hope there's something unique and not just a rehash of the same old pastas and burgers on chopping boards and drinks in hipster mason jars!
I probably won't go there opening day. You know these San Pablo folk... practically the entire population will be there on opening day so it can get kind of crazy. Remember when Pizza Hut first opened at the plaza? They literally ran out of pizza by the afternoon of their opening day. I'll probably go a week or so after opening. Don't disappoint me, Samuel's Plate!
They already have a Facebook page!
https://www.facebook.com/samuelsgastropub.official/
Friday, March 18, 2016
Friday, March 11, 2016
Domino's San Pablo City
We were having breakfast today at McDonald's San Pablo, Plaza branch when we saw a big sign for Domino's Pizza opening soon, situated just across McDo, where the old Brownie's Burger used to be. I gotta give it to Domino's for their sheer determination to make it in San Pablo. I remember them opening a branch (and even constructing a building for it) here in town a decade or so ago near Farmacia Linda near the public market. I remember going there and marveling at a huge hand painted map of San Pablo showing their delivery coverage area.
The weird thing about that old branch is that if you wanted to dine in, you had to go out of the building, and bring your pizza up to the second floor via a stairway outside. I remember the pizza not being very nice. I remember it being very limp and a bit soggy. And I didn't like the taste of it. Actually, I hated it. Add to that their prices were in the rather expensive range, it's no wonder they didn't last long. Which is pretty unusual because pizzas are a big thing here in San Pablo. I guess the location is also to blame. Locating their branch near the palengke wasn't probably a good idea because the the people that populate the area wouldn't really be the clientele for their kind of pizza. They also practically had no parking space. This is a lesson Shakey's learned the hard way. Shakey's Pizza also opened a branch near the palengke around the same time. It wasn't as successful as they wanted so they eventually closed shop and moved next to the National Highway where they have ample parking. Now more often than not, they can't handle the amount of people that want to eat there.
So now Dominos' is opening a new branch at the location of one of the first fast food joints in San Pablo. There's parking for maybe 4-5 vehicles and it is along our main road. They could be more successful in this location. Hopefully, their pizza is better. LET US SEE.
The weird thing about that old branch is that if you wanted to dine in, you had to go out of the building, and bring your pizza up to the second floor via a stairway outside. I remember the pizza not being very nice. I remember it being very limp and a bit soggy. And I didn't like the taste of it. Actually, I hated it. Add to that their prices were in the rather expensive range, it's no wonder they didn't last long. Which is pretty unusual because pizzas are a big thing here in San Pablo. I guess the location is also to blame. Locating their branch near the palengke wasn't probably a good idea because the the people that populate the area wouldn't really be the clientele for their kind of pizza. They also practically had no parking space. This is a lesson Shakey's learned the hard way. Shakey's Pizza also opened a branch near the palengke around the same time. It wasn't as successful as they wanted so they eventually closed shop and moved next to the National Highway where they have ample parking. Now more often than not, they can't handle the amount of people that want to eat there.
So now Dominos' is opening a new branch at the location of one of the first fast food joints in San Pablo. There's parking for maybe 4-5 vehicles and it is along our main road. They could be more successful in this location. Hopefully, their pizza is better. LET US SEE.
Saturday, March 5, 2016
Recipe: Simple Grilled Tuna
It's been a while since I posted a recipe of something I cooked. This time around it's nothing so complicated. I saw a bag of frozen cubed tuna at our local grocery and I thought I'd just grill it. You will just need:
Tuna steak or cubed tuna.
1/2 cup Kikkoman soy sauce
juice from 4 pcs. kalamansi
1 teaspoon sugar
I just had some fresh thyme lying around so I used some.
Thaw the tuna completely. Combine the soy sauce, kalamansi juice, sugar and thyme and let the tuna marinate in it for an hour or so.
Fire up your grill. I used a stove top grill. Make sure your grill is smoking hot. Reduce temp slightly. Grill your tuna, turning often until there are no more pink tuna flesh showing (you might need to break one cube up or slice your steak to see). Cooking time depends on how thick your tuna is. Slicing up the steak slightly would be actually OK so you can baste it with the remaining marinade as you grill. Since the marinade has sugar in it, be careful not to burn the outside too much.
Once done, place on a serving plate. Heat up the remaining marinade and pour over the tuna. You can top that with some fresh thyme for you know.... effect. And taking pictures.
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Lucky Finds: Ox & Palm Corned Beef, Landana Cheese
I love going to the grocery. I always say it's kind of therapeutic, but it's more than that. I really enjoy going and seeing all the colorful and interesting things in it. There's something bountifully optimistic about them. That said, if I don't have money it's deeply depressing stepping into one. But when me and Ilyn have a bit of extra cash, we indulge in one of our very few guilty pleasures, and that is food.
A couple of weeks ago we went to Rustan's in Makati to see what new and interesting things we can take home. I love going to Rustan's because it has so much more than what your regular grocery usually offers.
For one, they have an absolutely awesome deli with incredible selections of cheeses and meat. In the old days we would buy things like Roquefort and Brie because they're the famous ones. Roquefort is notorious, being a blue cheese, for it's dark greenish mold all over it. Sounds disgusting? It smells weird and tastes weird, but strangely awesome. Check out this video of me eating Roquefort. To me Brie smells even weirder. Ilyn likes it. I like it too but not often. Because these cheeses are so er... unique and well, rather intense to eat, we don't get to eat it often so it just sits in the ref until it expires. And it's just too bad.
So anyway, when we went to Rustan's we decided to check out other cheeses. There were so many to choose from. Randomly I chose two: Gruyere and Landana Gouda Olives and Tomatoes. I don't know why I chose them, I just did.
That's not the actual cheese package I bought (that's just some random photo I saw online). The one in the deli was a big block and I asked to get just 200 grams, sliced thinly. The gruyere we got as a block because it's a hard cheese and it's usually grated.
Wow, did we luck into these cheeses! We love them both! First the gruyere. It's actually a melting cheese that's put in pasta and soups and can be eaten as a snack. I love eating it as is because it tastes really mild and not overwhelmingly salty. It also works really really well with pasta. It melted right on the pasta without any additional heating and added a really nice taste. But the Gouda. Oh my God. It smells very slightly weird, but you forget about it as soon as you put it in your mouth. It's mild, and the olives and tomato are just in the perfect proportion to give a slight herby taste. We couldn't get enough of it. We finished all 200 grams in just a few days.
I also did a grilled cheese sandwich combining both gruyere and gouda and Ilyn really enjoyed it!
We loved it so much that when we went to a different Rustan's the past weekend (Marketplace at BGC), we got another 300 grams! At around P170 per 100 grams, I think it's very worth it!
Earlier in this blog I wrote about my favorite Corned Beef. My favorites included brands like Delimondo and Purefoods, both local Philippine brands. I really, REALLY hate to say it, but I found a new favorite in Ox & Palm. I only heard about this brand from a few, well, older people on Facebook, asking if we of the younger generation even heard of this brand. I do vaguely remember it, but I haven't been seeing it on the shelves at all lately.
So when I saw it at Rustan's I knew I had to get one. It was actually kind of expensive at P145 for a 200g can. I think that's twice as expensive as Purefoods. Would it be worth it? You see I love to try different canned corned beef brands. And more often than not I come away disappointed. I don't like brands like Libby's or Target because the meat is shredded a little too fine. I like my corned beef to have some body and heft and still looks like it did come from beef.
When the first spoon of Ox & Palm entered my mouth it was like holy crap this is awesome. It has a slightly intense smoky beefy flavor that was seasoned perfectly right. The beef still had some body to it like the beef had just fallen apart (and not mechanically shredded). It was amazing. At P145 it's absolutely worth it. Sorry Purefoods and Delimondo! I still love you guys (and will still hang out with you once in a while), but for now Ox & Palm is my beef buddy!
EXTRA! I'm always on the lookout for new and interesting sodas, or different iterations of common brands. So when I saw this Coca-Cola Life, I just had to try it. They say Coke tastes better when cane sugar is used. I actually couldn't tell the difference taste wise, but drinking this, which is sweetened by both cane sugar and stevia (the new hipster sweetener), it felt softer in the mouth, a bit more subtle.
Anyway, that's it for now. If ever we visit the not so usual grocery again like Rustan's or Makati Supermarket (which is curiously in Alabang), or South Super Market (in Los Baños), I'll make sure to post some of the unique and interesting things we might find.
A couple of weeks ago we went to Rustan's in Makati to see what new and interesting things we can take home. I love going to Rustan's because it has so much more than what your regular grocery usually offers.
So anyway, when we went to Rustan's we decided to check out other cheeses. There were so many to choose from. Randomly I chose two: Gruyere and Landana Gouda Olives and Tomatoes. I don't know why I chose them, I just did.
That's not the actual cheese package I bought (that's just some random photo I saw online). The one in the deli was a big block and I asked to get just 200 grams, sliced thinly. The gruyere we got as a block because it's a hard cheese and it's usually grated.
Wow, did we luck into these cheeses! We love them both! First the gruyere. It's actually a melting cheese that's put in pasta and soups and can be eaten as a snack. I love eating it as is because it tastes really mild and not overwhelmingly salty. It also works really really well with pasta. It melted right on the pasta without any additional heating and added a really nice taste. But the Gouda. Oh my God. It smells very slightly weird, but you forget about it as soon as you put it in your mouth. It's mild, and the olives and tomato are just in the perfect proportion to give a slight herby taste. We couldn't get enough of it. We finished all 200 grams in just a few days.
I also did a grilled cheese sandwich combining both gruyere and gouda and Ilyn really enjoyed it!
We loved it so much that when we went to a different Rustan's the past weekend (Marketplace at BGC), we got another 300 grams! At around P170 per 100 grams, I think it's very worth it!
So when I saw it at Rustan's I knew I had to get one. It was actually kind of expensive at P145 for a 200g can. I think that's twice as expensive as Purefoods. Would it be worth it? You see I love to try different canned corned beef brands. And more often than not I come away disappointed. I don't like brands like Libby's or Target because the meat is shredded a little too fine. I like my corned beef to have some body and heft and still looks like it did come from beef.
When the first spoon of Ox & Palm entered my mouth it was like holy crap this is awesome. It has a slightly intense smoky beefy flavor that was seasoned perfectly right. The beef still had some body to it like the beef had just fallen apart (and not mechanically shredded). It was amazing. At P145 it's absolutely worth it. Sorry Purefoods and Delimondo! I still love you guys (and will still hang out with you once in a while), but for now Ox & Palm is my beef buddy!
Anyway, that's it for now. If ever we visit the not so usual grocery again like Rustan's or Makati Supermarket (which is curiously in Alabang), or South Super Market (in Los Baños), I'll make sure to post some of the unique and interesting things we might find.
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
DISAPPOINTMENTS
Ilyn and I love to eat out, if we can afford it. We're not spendy on a lot of things. We don't have gadgets, we don't have a car and we spend very little on clothes (I think you can notice that if you know us). But we're prepared to spend quite a bit on food and travel.
We like to experiment and try out restaurants at places we've never been. Once in a while we'll try something a bit expensive just to see what the fuss is about.
And because we love to experiment there are times when we come away very disappointed. And sometimes patterns emerge. For instance, in the many times we tried eating at Serendra, we're almost always disappointed. YES. Serendra. First we tried DUO (It's closed now.). The food was just OK. Barely OK. No wonder they're closed. Next time we tried CENTRO and their famous Corned Beef Sinigang. I also tried their caldereta. We didn't like both. Both were fatty. Masebo. That slimy sticky feeling you get on your lips? UGH. They may have invented Corned Beef Sinigang, but Cafe Juanita does it far better. Next we tried MAMOU. I mean, hey, how can you go wrong with MAMOU? Well, I didn't like it. I had the rib eye and there was just something about it that didn't give me the OMG this is some awesome steak feeling as I chew on it and swallow it. Their side dishes and sauces were just too tasty that it felt like they were competing which could overwhelm my taste buds more. A little subtlety please!!
The last time we ate at Serendra we ate at BALDUCCI and for once I can say we enjoyed ourselves. Good job, Balducci!
If you're in the area, I suggest you just cross the road to Market! Market! and eat at their huge open air food court. Make sure you go and try one of the places that offer "paluto". You'll enjoy yourself far FAR more and you'll spend a quarter of how much you spent just across the road.
Now, Glorietta. Glorietta is 50/50 for us. There are places were we enjoyed like Modern Shanghai, Tony Roma's, and Spaghetti Factory. In the old days we would go as a family to eat at Kenny Rogers and Superbowl of China. BUT OMG there are places we tried that just disappointed us. MU Noodle at the newly furbished wing of Glorietta post explosion. We didn't even get to try the food. We went in. Sat for 5 minutes trying to get the attention of waiters. Feeling unwanted and ignored, we left. MU Noodle Glorietta YOU SUCK. So we went to SOI. OMG what an experience. Read more about that horror story here.
You know which mall we've yet to be disappointed? CENTRIS, at the corner of EDSA and Quezon Avenue. Now, I actually don't like this mall. I don't like how it looks, I don't like how I feel when I'm there. Parts of it look like a ghost town, specially that area with the bumper cars. But I do have reason to be there because KOMIKET is held at CENTRIS ELEMENTS, just a few steps away. But when it comes to the restaurants, we've never been disappointed yet!
First we tried ASYA. Now the food here was just OK. It wasn't mind blowing. But for some crazy reason, we ordered things like ginataang kuhol, caldereta, some fish and some vegetable dish. That's a lot for just Ilyn and me. AND WE FINISHED ALL OF IT. We were so stuffed. OMG. That's one of the most awesome meals we had. Like I said, the taste wasn't mind blowing, but we just can't stop eating it.
The other day we tried Uncle Cheffy. Wow. I love Uncle Cheffy. I like how they cook their chicken, how they cook their steak and I love their panizza. It's not a unique item to them, but it was at Uncle Cheffy where I first tried it and it was great.
I really REALLY hope we no longer get disappointed in the future because you know, we just want to eat nice food. But I have a feeling that I'm just wishful thinking.
We like to experiment and try out restaurants at places we've never been. Once in a while we'll try something a bit expensive just to see what the fuss is about.
And because we love to experiment there are times when we come away very disappointed. And sometimes patterns emerge. For instance, in the many times we tried eating at Serendra, we're almost always disappointed. YES. Serendra. First we tried DUO (It's closed now.). The food was just OK. Barely OK. No wonder they're closed. Next time we tried CENTRO and their famous Corned Beef Sinigang. I also tried their caldereta. We didn't like both. Both were fatty. Masebo. That slimy sticky feeling you get on your lips? UGH. They may have invented Corned Beef Sinigang, but Cafe Juanita does it far better. Next we tried MAMOU. I mean, hey, how can you go wrong with MAMOU? Well, I didn't like it. I had the rib eye and there was just something about it that didn't give me the OMG this is some awesome steak feeling as I chew on it and swallow it. Their side dishes and sauces were just too tasty that it felt like they were competing which could overwhelm my taste buds more. A little subtlety please!!
The last time we ate at Serendra we ate at BALDUCCI and for once I can say we enjoyed ourselves. Good job, Balducci!
If you're in the area, I suggest you just cross the road to Market! Market! and eat at their huge open air food court. Make sure you go and try one of the places that offer "paluto". You'll enjoy yourself far FAR more and you'll spend a quarter of how much you spent just across the road.
Now, Glorietta. Glorietta is 50/50 for us. There are places were we enjoyed like Modern Shanghai, Tony Roma's, and Spaghetti Factory. In the old days we would go as a family to eat at Kenny Rogers and Superbowl of China. BUT OMG there are places we tried that just disappointed us. MU Noodle at the newly furbished wing of Glorietta post explosion. We didn't even get to try the food. We went in. Sat for 5 minutes trying to get the attention of waiters. Feeling unwanted and ignored, we left. MU Noodle Glorietta YOU SUCK. So we went to SOI. OMG what an experience. Read more about that horror story here.
You know which mall we've yet to be disappointed? CENTRIS, at the corner of EDSA and Quezon Avenue. Now, I actually don't like this mall. I don't like how it looks, I don't like how I feel when I'm there. Parts of it look like a ghost town, specially that area with the bumper cars. But I do have reason to be there because KOMIKET is held at CENTRIS ELEMENTS, just a few steps away. But when it comes to the restaurants, we've never been disappointed yet!
First we tried ASYA. Now the food here was just OK. It wasn't mind blowing. But for some crazy reason, we ordered things like ginataang kuhol, caldereta, some fish and some vegetable dish. That's a lot for just Ilyn and me. AND WE FINISHED ALL OF IT. We were so stuffed. OMG. That's one of the most awesome meals we had. Like I said, the taste wasn't mind blowing, but we just can't stop eating it.
The other day we tried Uncle Cheffy. Wow. I love Uncle Cheffy. I like how they cook their chicken, how they cook their steak and I love their panizza. It's not a unique item to them, but it was at Uncle Cheffy where I first tried it and it was great.
I really REALLY hope we no longer get disappointed in the future because you know, we just want to eat nice food. But I have a feeling that I'm just wishful thinking.
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Arcy's Root Beer
I'm a big fan of root beer. I have no loyalty towards any kind of brand, as I like to try all different kinds of root beer. I do have my favorites like A&W, but my choices are of course, severely limited by where I live. I get access to imported brands through S&R and Rustan's, but here in San Pablo all you get are brands like Sarsi, Mug, Zesto and... well, that's it. A&W used to be more accessible locally, as well as Barq's, but local groceries don't stock them anymore.
I think my favorite would be Dr. Pepper, which sometimes makes an appearance at Ultimart Mall, sourced from, I believe, S&R. It's debatable whether Dr. Pepper is actually root beer, so to avoid any debate, I would say my favorite would be A&W. As much as I like it, it's something I wouldn't want to have regularly. It's the kind of root beer that's so rich and thick that it can get old very quickly if you drink it on a regular basis. For that I would have to go with Mug, which is the kind of a perfect regular root beer for my taste. Light, no too heavy, not so bubblegummy. I also love Sarsi (there's a kind of loyalty involved as it started out as a local brand) but like A&W, it's something I wouldn't want to drink regularly. I think Sarsi and A&W would be just perfect in small doses. Barq's is well... just a little too bubblegummy for me.
So how about Arcy's Root Beer? I saw this online one day and saw that it was being sold locally. But I haven't seen it anywhere here in San Pablo. It's part of the RC family of sodas which should make it easy to access here since RC Cola is sold here. Not as prevalent as Coke or Pepsi, but it's here if you look hard enough.
As a fan of root beer, I wanted so bad to find Arcy's and try it. I was willing to go from sari-sari store to sari-sari store to do it! I even left a message at their official Philippine website, asking if I could order 2 cases of their 240ml bottles (I was that confident I would like it). But I never got a reply.
Then one day I saw a 1.5 liter bottles of Arcy's being sold at Ultimart! I almost flipped! But I didn't buy it. My reasons are weird. I like buying small bottles because I like drinking only small doses per sitting. I don't buy big bottles, drink a glass and save the rest for later. I believe that once you open that bottle, you have to consume it right away or else the carbonation would fall flat and it wouldn't be as nice anymore. I'm perfectly willing to share it with people in the house, but people in the house don't drink soda so much so.... I wouldn't want that much soda going to waste.
So I just let it go, hoping one day I'd find this root beer in smaller bottles.
That's what happened today! I found Arcy's Root Beer being sold in 250ml cans at SM Department Store! I got two cans right away. I wanted to get more, but I wanted to try it out first. I couldn't wait to get home! And once home, I poured it on a tall mug full of ice and then...
wow.
I didn't like it.
Have you ever tasted Bazooka, the bubble gum that came with a comic strip? Well, it tasted EXACTLY like Bazooka bubble gum. What's wrong with Bazooka bubble gum? Nothing really, but as far as root beers go, the ones that taste too much of bubble gum I don't normally like. And this one tasted of bubble gum much... MUCH more than Barq's does.
So now I've got one more can of it. I'm not actually sure if I still want to drink it. Well, perhaps if there's nothing else to drink, aside from water, I probably will. One day.
I think my favorite would be Dr. Pepper, which sometimes makes an appearance at Ultimart Mall, sourced from, I believe, S&R. It's debatable whether Dr. Pepper is actually root beer, so to avoid any debate, I would say my favorite would be A&W. As much as I like it, it's something I wouldn't want to have regularly. It's the kind of root beer that's so rich and thick that it can get old very quickly if you drink it on a regular basis. For that I would have to go with Mug, which is the kind of a perfect regular root beer for my taste. Light, no too heavy, not so bubblegummy. I also love Sarsi (there's a kind of loyalty involved as it started out as a local brand) but like A&W, it's something I wouldn't want to drink regularly. I think Sarsi and A&W would be just perfect in small doses. Barq's is well... just a little too bubblegummy for me.
So how about Arcy's Root Beer? I saw this online one day and saw that it was being sold locally. But I haven't seen it anywhere here in San Pablo. It's part of the RC family of sodas which should make it easy to access here since RC Cola is sold here. Not as prevalent as Coke or Pepsi, but it's here if you look hard enough.
As a fan of root beer, I wanted so bad to find Arcy's and try it. I was willing to go from sari-sari store to sari-sari store to do it! I even left a message at their official Philippine website, asking if I could order 2 cases of their 240ml bottles (I was that confident I would like it). But I never got a reply.
Then one day I saw a 1.5 liter bottles of Arcy's being sold at Ultimart! I almost flipped! But I didn't buy it. My reasons are weird. I like buying small bottles because I like drinking only small doses per sitting. I don't buy big bottles, drink a glass and save the rest for later. I believe that once you open that bottle, you have to consume it right away or else the carbonation would fall flat and it wouldn't be as nice anymore. I'm perfectly willing to share it with people in the house, but people in the house don't drink soda so much so.... I wouldn't want that much soda going to waste.
So I just let it go, hoping one day I'd find this root beer in smaller bottles.
That's what happened today! I found Arcy's Root Beer being sold in 250ml cans at SM Department Store! I got two cans right away. I wanted to get more, but I wanted to try it out first. I couldn't wait to get home! And once home, I poured it on a tall mug full of ice and then...
wow.
I didn't like it.
Have you ever tasted Bazooka, the bubble gum that came with a comic strip? Well, it tasted EXACTLY like Bazooka bubble gum. What's wrong with Bazooka bubble gum? Nothing really, but as far as root beers go, the ones that taste too much of bubble gum I don't normally like. And this one tasted of bubble gum much... MUCH more than Barq's does.
So now I've got one more can of it. I'm not actually sure if I still want to drink it. Well, perhaps if there's nothing else to drink, aside from water, I probably will. One day.
Monday, January 25, 2016
Si Christina and their Green Bell Pepper Problem
Let me preface this by saying Si Christina is one of my favorite restaurants here in San Pablo. Here's a nice review of their breakfast. I just find it hysterical that they seem to have a real serious problem with green bell pepper. For the life of me, I just can't understand it.
One of my favorite things to eat there is their pizza. Specially their Pepperoni Pizza. You see, I like my pizza like I like my burgers. No frills, simple and pretty much straight to the point. None of that overloaded crap from some popular pizza places. But I also like green bell peppers in my pizza so I usually ask for it as an additional topping. If that would entail additional cost then that would be OK. I mean, pizza places usually charge something for additional toppings, right? So that's just fine with me. Si Christina's Pepperoni Pizza is really simple and that's the way I like it. Of course, it tastes really really nice too.
The first time I ordered it, it turned out really well. But they seem to have problems with it ever since. When I ordered it again some time later, again asking for green bell pepper as an additional topping, they gave me jalapeño instead. Which isn't too bad because I like jalapeño too. In fairness, jalapeño is a green pepper too so I guess they just didn't hear me right.
When I ordered it again the other day, I made sure I articulated "GREEN.BELL.PEPPER." clearly and slowly and several times so they won't mistake my request for anything else. When the pizza arrived, no green bell pepper but they put some hair like reddish things which made me scratch my head. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be RED bell pepper.
I mean, look at it. Two problems: One, I don't understand why they simply can't give me green bell peppers. This is TWICE now. How hard is it to source it? The market nearby and the grocery at the malls in town are stocked with it. Two, how expensive is bell pepper that they have to slice it so thinly that I can hardly see it? I mean how much is ONE bell pepper? Why can't they have thicker slices?
Lest I may seem to be talking behind their back, let me just tell you that I ALREADY sent feedback to them earlier after the jalapeño incident. I suggested that their servers listen carefully to what their customers ask for to prevent confusion. They responded positively to it so I thought that was that. And then THIS. I don't think GREEN sounds anything like RED, does it? Oh well....
You know, I still like their pizza so from now on, I guess I'll just order it out, buy my own green bell pepper and add it at home.
I still love you, Si Christina!
One of my favorite things to eat there is their pizza. Specially their Pepperoni Pizza. You see, I like my pizza like I like my burgers. No frills, simple and pretty much straight to the point. None of that overloaded crap from some popular pizza places. But I also like green bell peppers in my pizza so I usually ask for it as an additional topping. If that would entail additional cost then that would be OK. I mean, pizza places usually charge something for additional toppings, right? So that's just fine with me. Si Christina's Pepperoni Pizza is really simple and that's the way I like it. Of course, it tastes really really nice too.
The first time I ordered it, it turned out really well. But they seem to have problems with it ever since. When I ordered it again some time later, again asking for green bell pepper as an additional topping, they gave me jalapeño instead. Which isn't too bad because I like jalapeño too. In fairness, jalapeño is a green pepper too so I guess they just didn't hear me right.
When I ordered it again the other day, I made sure I articulated "GREEN.BELL.PEPPER." clearly and slowly and several times so they won't mistake my request for anything else. When the pizza arrived, no green bell pepper but they put some hair like reddish things which made me scratch my head. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be RED bell pepper.
I mean, look at it. Two problems: One, I don't understand why they simply can't give me green bell peppers. This is TWICE now. How hard is it to source it? The market nearby and the grocery at the malls in town are stocked with it. Two, how expensive is bell pepper that they have to slice it so thinly that I can hardly see it? I mean how much is ONE bell pepper? Why can't they have thicker slices?
Lest I may seem to be talking behind their back, let me just tell you that I ALREADY sent feedback to them earlier after the jalapeño incident. I suggested that their servers listen carefully to what their customers ask for to prevent confusion. They responded positively to it so I thought that was that. And then THIS. I don't think GREEN sounds anything like RED, does it? Oh well....
You know, I still like their pizza so from now on, I guess I'll just order it out, buy my own green bell pepper and add it at home.
I still love you, Si Christina!
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