Valentines Day in Subic dinner at A TAVOLA

I did not know where we were going to have our Valentines dinner in Subic.... so I asked my friend, Jeremy Simpson, where they serve good food.... he recommended to me ... The Lighthouse and A Tavola. Since I love Italian food ... I decided to give this restaurant a try. Tom, my son made reservations.

Located in the Duty Free Shopping center off Argonaut Highway in Subic Bay. It is in the same shopping center as Pure Gold and Subic Duty Free.

When we walked in the restaurant, the first thing that caught my eye was the checkerboard floor..the stone oven and the wooden furniture that gives a feeling of quaintness to the place.

here is what we ordered....

CARCIOFI OLIVE E CAPPERI....  ( 220 PHP )

We all liked this dish....  it is pan-fried artichokes with black olives and capers.

CALAMARI FRITTI.. ( 250 PHP )

INSALATA CAPRESE ( 350 PHP )

fresh tomatoes and Italian mozzarella topped with fresh basil and garlic..... We also liked this one... the mozzarella melted in our mouths. 

                             

PARMIGIANA DI MELANZE ( 250 PHP )..

this was a bit salty.

                            

CALZONE FARCITO  ( 450 PHP )
Cris ordered this dish....... we all loved it..... It is a folded pizza stuffed with mozzarella, salami, ricotta cheese and mushrooms.... We wanted to order another calzone but we were scared it would take another hour for it to arrive.

LINGUINE ALLA PESCATORA ( 350 PHP )..

Seafood in light tomato sauce and olive oil. Lulu ordered this and she commented that it lacked shrimps in this dish. Again... the dish was a bit salty.

                             

SCALLOPINE ALA MARSALA
they used Australian Beef.... Ernie said it would have tasted better if they used pork instead. The dish was salty.

RAVIOLI AL POMODORO ( 320 PHP )

this was my order..... I found the dish a bit salty and the ravioli was like it was fresh out of the can... I wasn't able to finish my dish...

SPAGHETTI AGILO E OLIO ( 260 PHP )

Tom had this dish.... he said... it was also salty to taste. 

My comments about A TAVOLA:

If you want to know what we all thought about the food in A TAVOLA???? We all liked our appetizers ( especially the CALZONE , CALAMARI and the  pan-fried ARTICHOKES )... although their serving was so small we could not even share the dish. Our main course was salty.... all the dishes we ordered were a bit salty.  If you notice all the dishes that was served to us .... had no garnishing at all on the plate.. I wanted to order another calzone but was scared to do so because it might take long before we can get served again. 

What about their service???? They only had 2 waitresses that night ( can you imagine??? ).... There were other people who came in and left because their orders were not attended to or it took ages ( we had to wait for almost 20 minutes for bread and another 10 minutes for the water to be served )..

and lastly..... they had one huge dining room... we asked to be seated in a NO SMOKING AREA since we had a baby with us.... they gave us a table by the bar... which was fine... but they did not have a door that would separate us from the smoking area. Iggy had to bring Una ( my grand daughter ) to a table near the entrance of the restaurant because there were people smoking in the main dining room.... yes, he had to have his dinner there too... 

What could have been a wonderful evening spent with my family and friends turned out to be a SALTY EXPERIENCE for all!!!!!

Valentines Day in Subic aboard the SHIBUMI for a sunset cruise.

I together with Ernie and Lulu Kamatoy wanted to experience the SHIBUMI sunset cruise. This was my second time aboard the SHIBUMI and the first time for Ernie and Lulu. I have been telling them all about my experience on the SHIBUMI last new year's day... it was fantastic!! They should try it!!!

Iggy dropped us off at the Subic Yatch Club to meet up with Jeremy Simpson, owner of the SHIBUMI, for another sunset cruise around Subic Bay. This time we came early.... We set sail at 4:00 pm that afternoon... the water was calm. But it was overcast that afternoon... I was scared we might not be able to have a beautiful sunset....

Jeremy had invited another couple Tony and Au... to help with the sails.

Lulu and Ernie tried their luck in sailing the Shibumi.....

When we got out in the bay... the weather cleared up..... the sun started to shine.... a good opportunity for me to take some photos while waiting for the sun to set.

and have some wine perhaps??

after an hour..... the time we were waiting for has arrived..... Jeremy positioned his boat towards the mountains ( called cinco picos ).... and we got our cameras ready......

You can hire SHIBUMI.... for the sunset booze cruise. You can charter SHIBUMI and its skipper, Jeremy Simpson. It costs 8,000 PHP ( for the boat ) and 500 PHP per person for the booze and chips.... Usually it takes 2 - 3 hours long.... The maximum number of people that can board this 42 footer sailboat is 10 people. You will have to book in advance if you want to do this.

as the advertisement goes... " YOU MIGHT GET HOOKED and fall in love with sailing the SHIBUMI and SUBIC BAY.... but then there is nothing wrong with that!! "

 I would reccommend this sunset cruise..... SHIBUMI is the perfect place to spend the afternoon sailing!!!!  You won't regret it!

Happy Chinese New Year and Happy Valentines Day to you all!!!




SHIBUMI SUNSET CRUISE


contact person : Jeremy Simpson
tel. nos.   +63 918 903 4226

Valentines Day in SUBIC

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY and a HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR to you all!!


This weekend was a good opportunity for me to bond and spend quality time with my family and very good friends...

I went to Subic, Zambales this weekend with my family............

 Tom and Maite with their kids Miguel and Rocio ,

Iggy and Cris with their daughter Una

and Ernie and Lulu Kamatoy ( friends from the States who were visiting ). We all stayed at Vasco's. After lunch, Tom, Maite, Miguel and Rocio went to Zoobic Safari, Croco Loco, watched the Aeta show and the   animal show.

Miguel enjoyed his adventure to ZOOBIC SAFARI and had a lot of stories to tell us when they got back from the zoo. Maite, my daughter-in-law, was able to document it for me...

The rest of us drove around Subic and we visited the Triboa Country Club. It was the place where the 18  heads of state stayed during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC ).

Today, the Triboa Country Club is being used as wedding venues, functions and seminars.

Later that day we all went to Scuba Shack to wait for the sunset and had dinner there... 

So.... How did you spend your Valentines Day??????