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!!!!!
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