Chelsea

Hubby and I had a fun household* meeting today and since its date night, we decided to splurge a bit and celebrate our joy in being pastors to such a dynamic and interesting group.
We headed to Serendra Mall, Fort Bonifacio for a nice dinner and this time we tried out Chelsea Market Cafe.

The ambiance is nice and cozy. Although that time, the air conditioner was not functioning well so it was a bit warm inside. The restaurant, as the waiter said, offers classic American comfort food with a classic twist. However, I got a bit confused with what the resto actually projects since almost all of the stuff sold there were Italian (there were Russian cookies too hahaha).

Hubby and I were just so happy today. It was indeed one of those days that you get fulfilled as a person, moreso, in our case as a couple. We are now happily leading a group of young couples who like us, continues to struggle and face the challenges of married life and parenthood. Its refreshing to have this group whom we can truly relate our everyday life with. We meet almost twice a week and it has been both an inspiration and breather for us to meet with them. Hubby and I have been pastoring couples since we got married (that’s almost 5 years now!) and this year, we both promised that we will try our best to be better household heads. We promised to each other and to God that we will diligently prepare for every meeting and that we would fervently pray for all their concerns and issues in life.

Today’s household meeting was quite exceptional because we capped a series of discussions relating to a movie that we saw as a group. Today, we gave them a book called “Love Dare” wherein they would have prayers and tasks everyday that would greatly contribute to enhancing their unions. We were excited that the group got excited to doing it and it was a great affirmation for hubby and me. Today’s datenight conversation mostly revolved around how we could enhance our meetings more and how we could make it much more interesting and practical for our young couples.

Food Talk. We weren’t super hungry so we just decided to share.  We ordered the Cheese Fondue set  and Angus burger. The appetizer (cheese fondue) was huge! The fondue pan was like a huge kaldero with melted cheese. It was nice but the cheese got a bit stringy after a short while. We also noticed that the dippers were mostly bread and it crumbles easily. Some of the other dippers were cherry tomatoes, red & green bell pepper, carrots and yeah…crumbly bread. We were getting stuffed halfway through the appetizer so we moved on to the main meal. Angus burger with fries….just like the fondue, it was humongous. Good thing we decided to share! The beef patty was cooked just right and tasted like the genuine angus beef. The taste of the lettuce, tomato and condiments blended well with the patty. The bread however was too toasted and was a struggle to chew. Same with the poatato wedges.

Chelsea was a nice place to hang out, but not the type of restaurant that we would keep coming back to. The place looked great with nice ambiance but the food was nothing extraordinary.

Our date night ended well though ‘coz despite the pricey and not so nice food nothing beats the feeling of a great conversation and a great day.  





*household is a mix of couples grouped together to form a support group in Couples For Christ.