From Josephine's to Mexicali

Restaurant: Mexicali

Location: Trinoma

Specialty: Mexican Food

Terri and I had a busy Saturday morning. We had to attend a wedding which was held in Cavite at Josephine's Restaurant and Water Camp. We got there around 11am and left at around 3pm... The food was so so which I didn't bother to take note of or take pictures.


After a long drive home we went to Trinoma and got hungry...Perfect time for a food trip, hmmm we decided to go Mexican but didn't want the fast food watered down taste of Taco Bell so the best place was - Mexicali.

Mexicali is like Wham or Brothers burger there is to Mcdonalds and Jollibee compared to Taco Bell. Hmmm i think that made sense.

On to the food. We got Burrito regular size a Taco and an order of Jalapeno and Cheese Quesadillas, of course bottomless Iced tea and Lemonade all for 300+ pesos not badhuh? a little extra paid for better taste compared to Taco Bell. (Why do I sound like a Taco bell hater? hmmm...)

Breakdown:

Price: Average 300 to 500 pesos for 2 people.

Taste: Better tasting than Taco Bell.

Accessibility: Trinoma and SM north The Block are th only branches I have visited.

Store Ambience: Nice but small.

Monthsary!

So Jan 12 is our monthsary just 1 month shy of being together for 4 years woahhhh!. So Terri and I agreed to visit Chilli's.

Restaurant name: Chilli's

Location: Tomas Morato

Specialty: Famliy Resto (I'll explain this later)

I've only been to Chilli's 3 times while 

it's Terri's 5th visit.  Chilli's is what I classify 

as a family resto where their menu caters to each person in the family - Daddy gets to choose whatever steak he wants, Mom can order a good salad, Ate and Kuya can get their fill of chicken or seafood and the kids get to order burgers and ice cream for dessert. So a jammed pack menu for everyone whatever they are craving for.

For Me and Terri our craving goes for an order of Blackened rib eye steak with mashed potates and brocolli . Second is an order of Monterey chicken with mashed potatoes and the some veggies - I forgot to have the mashed potatoes changed to a rife pillaf but hey it still tastes good.

Bottomless Iced tea and Lemonade is our drinks for tonight. We wanted to get some startes but the serving was just to much for 2 people so we opted just for the 2 dishes.

A great tasting meal for a good price is just what we needed for this occasion. 

Breakdown:

Price: Occasional 1000 Pesos and Up price range( means for Terri and Me we only eat here when there's an occasion haha)

Taste: You get what you paid for - and we paid 1100 pesos and got it's worth.

Accessibility: There are only 3 Chilli's branches the other 2 are at Greenbelt and Greenhills.

Store Ambience: Family oriented veri nice and well lit. There's a bar also.

1st Pick...

Terri and I love Italian Food... Pasta, Pizza and the like, so for our first review it's going to be our favorite Italian place...

Restaurant name: a Veneto Pizzeria Ristorante

Location: Trinoma

Specialty: Italian Food

We come here often to get our fill of good pasta and the like... why do we come here instead of the other known places? well 2 reasons - 1 they have a good selection of Pasta and 2 the place has good prices.

A order of pasta will cost you around

 240 pesos which is good for 2 hungry people (hungry meaning no breakfast and lunch) or 3-4 regular people having pasta and a Large size pizza.

Pizza is ok lot of good flavors - try out puttanesca pizza if your adventurous. 

Our standard order consists of pasta either oil and garlic, pesto, white sauce or red sauce. A chicken appetizer chilli wings or buffalo. Pizza or Calzone and bottomless drinks ( Bottomless Iced tea costs around 65 pesos).

For today our order starts with onion rings,1 slice of cheeseburger pizza and 1 slice of special pizza.

Our main dish is the special Seafood pasta with Asparagus (White sauce with a touch of Curry powder)

An entire meal... a very good meal will usually cost anywhere from 500 to 700 pesos for 2 hungry people or around 1k for 3-4 people. Not bad if you want good tasting italian food - better than Don Henricos, Chef D' Angelo and Sbarro which are restos in the same Price Range (Terri and I have some other Italian Restos to hit next like Roma Mia and Carlos Pizza those places are good too.)

Breakdown:

Price: Average - in the 500 to 1000 peso range for 2 people.

Taste: Excellent if you consider the the price (compared to Italianis - will try to eat here again just for review sake)

Accessibility: Trinoma and Visayas Ave. Branches are those that I am aware of.

Store Ambience: Very nice and Cozy.