I DRESS-UP AND EAT

SBARRO is a familiar pizza and pasta chain eatery as it is also available in the Philippines.  I am not honestly a fan of SBARRO but have tried some of their pizza and pasta back in SM City Cebu. This specific Italian chain of pizzeria at this particular branch is memorable to me since this is the very first eatery that we have dined outside of the house when I first arrived in Doha, Qatar early this year.  Hence, a blog post is a must. SBARRO SUCCESS STORY via the wikipedia... Sbarro, LLC  is a chain of  pizzeria  that specializes in  New York style pizza  by the slice and other  Italian-American cuisine .   Sbarro was founded in 1956 by Gennaro and Carmela Sbarro. The couple and their three sons, Joseph, Mario, and Anthony immigrated to America from  Naples ,  Italy . The same year, the Sbarro family opened their first salumeria (an Italian grocery store) at 1701 65th Street and 17th Avenue in  Bensonhurst ,...

A weekend with the family is not complete without having to dine at any restaurants in the city.  I scouted for some place where we have not dined out yet.  My choice, and so it became theirs too, was Rica's Restaurant at The Henry Hotel in Cebu City. Below are photos of the foods that we ordered for snacks and sort of early dinner.  I failed to take note again of the foods that we ate, please bear with the photos. Salad:  - MIXED GREEN SALAD - White Thin Pizza: - FOUR CHEESE PIZZA - another White Thin Pizza Starter:  - SPICY CHICKEN WINGS - - FRESH FRUIT SHAKE -   - ICED TEA - Dessert: - MONKEY BUSINESS - Banana, Nutella, choco sauce on ice cream Rica’s Restaurant at The Henry Hotel Cebu   Address/Location: 1 Paseo Saturnino, Maria Luisa Road, Banilad, Cebu City   Contact Number: +63 32 5208877 (Cebu) | +63 917 3050737 (Mobile) My overall rating (food + ...

A is for Alphabet, P is for pasta! Yes, Pasta!  The main dish for our dinner.  The foods above made up our humbling dinner which was good for some dieting that I needed though.  My sister planned for this dinner and she was the chief cook that night too.   We named this dish as A-B-C PASTA ALA MAY (f.y.i - May is my sister's nickname).  The main ingredient:  The pack of pasta that I bought from Hong Kong but was actually made in Italy. It was the first time that I saw a unique form of pasta, so I did not hesitate buying it.   The other equally important ingredient  is the red sauce with ground pork and sliced veggies.  The molten cheese as the perfect garnishing.   Can you locate the letter"B"?   We enjoyed looking for the letters of our names.  We sort of played a game as to who can form her / his own name.  Well, I did not win though. With 5-letters from my name to dig int...