Just now, I won a Furano top from Circles En Dots by just entering their mini contest. I answered their question with the help of Google and I won! I can't wait to pick it up at their shop @ATC this weekend!
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El Buono Pizza and Pasta
It's a February 5 and we call it the "Jo and Bea Day!"
One day, nag-aya ang mighty loyal kong alipin na si Bea Naval na gumala at kumain as a way to say "thank you" kuno. Libre daw niya yung kainan namin and so, tatanggi pa ba ako dun?
May nakita akong brochure ng El Buono Pizza sa office namin at sinabi ko sa kanya na dun nalang kami kumain. Very inviting kasi yung promo nilang "EAT ALL YOU CAN PIZZA AND PASTA for P299 each!" Imagine that? Pizza and pasta you can eat at that rate? Woooo diet crashed!
Of course, that challenge comes with their rules:
- Strictly no sharing
- Good for 2 hours only
- Leftover food will be charged Php150
- No take out
- Only for Pizza and pasta
Decided na kami kumain dito. Ni-ready ko na sarili ko for this eat all you can challenge nila by not eating last night's dinner and that day's breakfast. I'm in the state of super gutom na. Nag-meet kami around 4:30pm along Buendia then gora na kami sa Makati Cinema Square. The restaurant was small though pero ang cute ng interiors and very warm ang ambiance. Small but very inviting! We seated bandang window para kita sa labas, para din makita ng mga tao yung kinakain namin. Haha yabang lang!
Nang makaupo na kami, nilapitan na kami ng waitress. Inabutan ng menu, pumili ng oorderin at tinanong na nya kami ng "Anu po order niyo ma'am?" Sabi ko iaavail namin yung Eat all you can niyo. Pili daw kami sa menu kung anung pizza gusto namin. Unfortunately that time, 3 choices lang pala ang pwede ng pagpilian: Margherita, La Verdure and IL Hawaii. I chose the Margherita and for Bea it's the La Verdure. Then sabay hirit sa ate ng "And for the pasta?" If I remember well sabi namin kahit ano basta magkaiba? Not too sure.
Naeexcite na akong kumain since mukhang yummy talaga yung food nila. Naiimagine ko yung plate ko na may pasta and a slice of pizza sa side. YUMMEH!
After ilang minutes, dumating na yung order namin.
Nang makaupo na kami, nilapitan na kami ng waitress. Inabutan ng menu, pumili ng oorderin at tinanong na nya kami ng "Anu po order niyo ma'am?" Sabi ko iaavail namin yung Eat all you can niyo. Pili daw kami sa menu kung anung pizza gusto namin. Unfortunately that time, 3 choices lang pala ang pwede ng pagpilian: Margherita, La Verdure and IL Hawaii. I chose the Margherita and for Bea it's the La Verdure. Then sabay hirit sa ate ng "And for the pasta?" If I remember well sabi namin kahit ano basta magkaiba? Not too sure.
Naeexcite na akong kumain since mukhang yummy talaga yung food nila. Naiimagine ko yung plate ko na may pasta and a slice of pizza sa side. YUMMEH!
After ilang minutes, dumating na yung order namin.
Unang dumating yung pasta plates and yung isang vase nila ng juice. I was asking myself habang sineserve, "HA? Ganito pala ang pasta? A one big plate of pasta?? And two big different servings of it??! Ang damiiiiii!"
I thought it would be like a slice of pizza and a serving of pasta ang magiging itsura ng plate namin pero heck, iba pala! Malaking serving talaga! After a few more minutes, our pizza came:
Waaah ang laki ng serving! It's a big plate din pala of pizza! Well, nandyan na yan so better munch on it while it's still hot and fresh! Hey, no doubt about it but their pizza and pasta taste oh soooo good! Italian much indeed! If you are thinking that this is another nick-nacks of Eat all you can restos that cut off their original ingredients? You better consider this different though. Theirs the best! Palatable much indeed.
Verdict: For the pastas, we ordered the Carbonara and the Napolitan. First one I tasted was the Napolitan, hardly a typical Italian pasta dish. It's a tomato-based pasta with pepper, cheese, herbs and the works. What I like about it is that it's not that sweet and not that sour. It's perfect for my taste buds ( or maybe I'm just too hungry? Nah.) I'm slurping down all those pastas and every noise I created with each sips makes me crave for more! Not your regular sweet pinoy spaghetti though :)
The Carbonara is great too! The extra creaminess makes it perfect with green peas on it. Although it is heavily creamed, it can make you stuffed soon. LOL
For the pizzas, the La Verdure was heavily topped off with peppers, olives, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes etc. and what I mean by heavily topped is that punong-puno talaga! You will really think na hindi sila nagtitipid with their ingredients. The Margherita is a concoction of mozzarella cheese, tomatoes, fresh basil, herbs and spices and lots. I like the margherita more because I don't have to take the green bellpeppers off which I normally do when eating pizza. Lol
The downside of it is that we are not prepared for this..I mean their big serving. Sabi nga namin siguro kaya one big serving kaagad ang binigay nila para last na daw namin ito, 'di na kayo makakahirit pa ng isa pang order at i-ready niyo na ang Php150 niyo for your leftovers, Happy eating mga madam! Hahaha! No choice kami kundi ubusin ang inorder namin. Masarap talaga siya kung masarap pero it turned out to be gluttony na kasi we are eating what we cannot eat anymore just to finish the whole course. Sobrang sakit na ng mga tiyan namin for eating and laughing out too much. To us, it's a sweet torture. Dumating na kami sa puntong magchikahan habang kumakain para di namin mapansin ang bawat kagat. Unforgettable din yung moment na pagpasok namin sa restaurant sabi namin magaaya kami ng mga friendships namin here to eat pero habang tumatagal kami sa kainan eh nagkakasisihan na wag nang umorder ulit ng Eat all you can nila. Some other day we can go back here pero di na kami uulit ng Eat all you can challenge nila dahil loser kami with that haha!
Oh, and by the way we had some leftovers. Nagbayad kami ng Php150 for that haha! Suko talaga kami sa inorder namin. Overall, it was so delicioso but don't try their eat all you can if you're stomachs are not up for it!
The Carbonara is great too! The extra creaminess makes it perfect with green peas on it. Although it is heavily creamed, it can make you stuffed soon. LOL
For the pizzas, the La Verdure was heavily topped off with peppers, olives, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes etc. and what I mean by heavily topped is that punong-puno talaga! You will really think na hindi sila nagtitipid with their ingredients. The Margherita is a concoction of mozzarella cheese, tomatoes, fresh basil, herbs and spices and lots. I like the margherita more because I don't have to take the green bellpeppers off which I normally do when eating pizza. Lol
The downside of it is that we are not prepared for this..I mean their big serving. Sabi nga namin siguro kaya one big serving kaagad ang binigay nila para last na daw namin ito, 'di na kayo makakahirit pa ng isa pang order at i-ready niyo na ang Php150 niyo for your leftovers, Happy eating mga madam! Hahaha! No choice kami kundi ubusin ang inorder namin. Masarap talaga siya kung masarap pero it turned out to be gluttony na kasi we are eating what we cannot eat anymore just to finish the whole course. Sobrang sakit na ng mga tiyan namin for eating and laughing out too much. To us, it's a sweet torture. Dumating na kami sa puntong magchikahan habang kumakain para di namin mapansin ang bawat kagat. Unforgettable din yung moment na pagpasok namin sa restaurant sabi namin magaaya kami ng mga friendships namin here to eat pero habang tumatagal kami sa kainan eh nagkakasisihan na wag nang umorder ulit ng Eat all you can nila. Some other day we can go back here pero di na kami uulit ng Eat all you can challenge nila dahil loser kami with that haha! Oh, and by the way we had some leftovers. Nagbayad kami ng Php150 for that haha! Suko talaga kami sa inorder namin. Overall, it was so delicioso but don't try their eat all you can if you're stomachs are not up for it!
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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