Greek Treat

Today, we decided to watch a movie and as usual, check out a new restaurant.  We wanted to go somewhere with less people and less complications.  So we went to Alabang Town Center (A Mall in the South of Manila with the crowd mostly from the middle to upper class).  We figured that it was near our province and the mall setting was more casual and laid back.

I (the wifey) usually decides on what to watch.. hehehe. And so, I decided: Miss You Like Crazy.

The film is a comeback movie of John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo.  So much media hype was given to this movie thus the reason why I forced my hubby to watch it with me.  Of course, this is besides the fact that I am an avid supporter of Pelikulang Pilipino (Filipino Movies). Most especially the love stories.

I don't need to tell the whole story, but it revolved around the "illicit" affair of John Lloyd and Bea, the messages written in stones, Malaysia and just plain falling in love.

Honestly, we got disappointed with the storyline, with how it ended and the values that it tried to convey to the audience.  We don't quite agree with the idea that "living-in"was okey and that it was, as it appeared in the movie--normal.  However, we both agreed that the cinematography was quite good and the actors were styled nicely.  But we still can't get over the fact that it was embedded with screwed up values like breaking relationships, illicit affairs, living-in and one night stand. However, we liked Maricar's acting (John Lloyd's girlfriend that he left for Bea), this kind of roles suits her perfectly...she speaks nice English. But we definitely hate the wigs. 

We went out of the movie house disappointed so we looked for a highly recommended, nice restaurant to make up for our frustration.

CYMA Greek Taverna... our new favorite place. to eat!!! This restaurant is sooo panalo (a real winner!)!

We both loved the "ROKA SALATA", its a salad made with chopped romaine lettuce, arugula, sundried tomatoes, candied walnut and shaved parmesan cheese in Greek vinaigrette.  This salad super rocks!  It even made hubby reminisce on how eating salads was one of my biggest influence in his life, made us both remember our mission days in Kenya when we hated eating arugula (rocket) because by itself, even if you dunk it in whatever dressing, its still bitter.  But going back to this wonderful salad... Roka Salata was simply amazing.  The whole dish was a harmonious marriage of ingredients.  The bitter taste of the arugula, the sweetness and crunchiness of the candied walnuts, the kinda sour taste of the sundried tomatoes and the saltiness of the shaved parmesan... perfect gayot (really perfect!)!

And our main course, "Paidakia" Char-grilled lamb ribs and roasted potatoes.  This dish is to die for!  Although it's a bit pricey, but definitely worth it.  I say its worth every penny and it definitely compensated for the bad movie hahaha!.  The lamb was grilled wonderfully, its meat falls right off the rib and the potatoes are a perfect siding to complete the meal.

Both hubby and I realized that food was something that brought us closer to each other.  As we ate our wonderful meal, we both became sentimental on our past adventures before, even when we were just mission partners, and it all involved food!  When we were sad, we compensated the feeling by eating nice food at nice restaurants. When we are happy, we celebrated with the same. Hahaha. In short, we LOVE food. And we will look for every excuse to eat out and try any kind of dish.

Hubby and I went home smiling.  Good food + Good memories - bad movie = Great date night!