Pizza and Pasta at an Italian Restaurant in Tagbilaran Bohol
Greetings dear readers! I am so glad today because finally, the husband's company had messaged him about the Macbook Pro, and the conversation went like this:
Admin: Bai James, naa na sa service center ang laptop, daku daw ug damage!
(your laptop is already in the service center, there's a huge damage)James: Thanks sa update bai, niya pila ang bayad?
(thank you for the update, so how much am I going to pay?)Admin: Nadala ra sa warranty bai!
(it was covered by the warranty)James: Wow! Thank God!
So we are just happy that we won't be paying anything for the damage! Thank God! Praise God! So today, let me share with you a food trip that my husband and I did on the first week of January, I am craving pasta right now so that's why I went on searching for some Italian food on my drive.
In the first week of January, my husband and I decided to stay in Tagbilaran City because it was a pain getting a stable internet connection in the province. Due to Typhoon Odette (Rai), we lost electricity (it's still not restored today), we lost our internet connection, although it was restored a week after, it isn't stable so it was the best option at that time to stay in Tagbilaran City, my brother has a house there and we stayed for a week.
My husband found a co-working space, it's a cafe that turned their spot into a co-working space, they offer a 50 PHP rate per hour but if one orders drinks or food, it will only be 30 PHP per hour. It was still expensive, my husband pays around Php 700 for the entire day's stay because he has to eat lunch and then buy drinks, and then pay for the number of hours of stayed there.
On Thursday before that week ended, we decided to look for another place for lunch, we had been staying at the house for four days and we wanted a new ambiance. The city has no electricity but there was news that some establishments had their power restored already and so we decided to look for a cafe.
We drove for quite some time until we reached Remulador Street and found this Italian Restaurant. I am not so good at reviewing food cuisine, of course, we went inside just to check out the place and try some Italian food. I am not well versed with this type of food so we only ordered pasta and pizza, and oh some drinks.
Thankfully, this restaurant has a good and spacious parking spot, we didn't have a hard time parking. Thank goodness as well, there were only a few people inside, and upon getting in, I immediately asked the staff if they offer charging ports, they smilingly nodded and so we decided we had found the best area so we could charge our power banks, mobile phones, and laptops.
We settled in a table good for four, but we were eyeing that spot near the glass wall, low lounge and it was nearer to the power wall outlets. The lady who was solely sitting there offered that we use her extension wire instead. We also brought along our extension wire just in case and it was indeed helpful so we could charge all things at once as it has a lot of ports.
And so I began checking out the place. From the furniture to the wall decors. Check out these images:
I believe the last Italian restaurant that we had been to was Matteo Guidicelli's in Cebu called Trattoria da Gianni and they offer great food. We ordered also pasta there, I forgot the rest but we had rice and some proteins too.
As I was taking photos, the staff already arranged our table with some table mats and utensils and then gave my husband the menu.
My husband didn't want to deal with the numerous letters on the menu, so he handed it to me and said I should take care of the food orders. I did. I scanned through the menu, there were a lot of options. There were breakfast meals served with coffee, burgers and sandwiches, coffee, they offer blended and non-blended options, they also got some tea available as well as other healthy drinks. Of course, the pasta, pizza, and the rest are there too. That's where I was looking.
We ordered healthy drinks such as frozen cucumber mint lemonade and a Pineapple shake. Our companion ordered iced Americano too, she asked for a small size but we were all surprised as it was served in a tall glass, we both wondered how huge the medium and the large ones were!
Except for the coffee, I got to taste both the watermelon and the frozen cucumber. The latter somehow had reminded me of Feria's Crazy Basil which I was crazy about. Whenever we would eat there back when I was still working, I would always look for this drink because it's a bomb.
Terraza has its own version but it didn't come with any basil, instead, it comes with mint. Still a good choice though, I love the feeling of drinking a healthy juice or shake.
As for the coffee, I was laughing at our companion who came with us to the city so we could have someone to take care of the cooking. She told me how bitter the coffee was, turned out, that she didn't put the sugar just yet as it was in a separate container.
After a few minutes, our pizza came. Our of the list, only a few were available this is because their suppliers are affected during the typhoon too and so we ended up with this pizza which I forgot the name, it has tomatoes and cheese. It's definitely a basic type of pizza but it costs more than PHP 400. I forgot the exact pricing though.
But I like it! The crust was also good, not too hard, and not too chewy. We shared this huge pizza and we were really looking forward to receiving the pasta already but we were almost about to finish the pizza when the pasta arrived. We just shared the served pasta, one is carbonara with a pair of baked focaccia with olives.
And another one was like spaghetti except that it didn't come with meat. This was the cheapest on the menu that I could order. Terraza has expensive pricing and I whispered to my husband about it and he said it's okay, this doesn't happen all the time.
Both plates of pasta were good! The taste is unlike what we have here in the country where the pasta has to be sweet. The pasta texture was also al dente, it was just enough to be eaten but not too soft that it is mashed when pressed together.
Overall, I liked the way how the pasta was cooked. Although the taste wasn't sweet as how our pasta is cooked in the country, I appreciate that this is an authentic way of cooking the Italian way.
After a while, the woman who was at the low lounge decided to go home already so while I continue taking a photo of the place, we slowly transferred over to the lounge. This was better and easier. We stayed at the restaurant for a few more minutes and then we noticed the environment was starting to darken.
Then the staff turned on their evening lights.
The hanging lights were pretty and there were more and more people coming in. I told my husband it was time for us to go as there were more who were real customers coming in. We have to give way for them to pick their preferred seats.
Overall, it was a good restaurant but the pricing was a bit on the expensive side. However, we like how the staff were treating us, even if we were done eating, they allowed us to stay in the restaurant and charge our devices.
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Nakakatakam naman po mga foods na naorder hehe.. epic nung kape.. Super relaxing din po yung atmosphere niya dulot nung mga designs niya.