Chelsea 3

This time we had dinner in Chelsea. Was finally able to get their complimentary bread with some roasted garlic. yum! That alone and I was already full! These are what we had:

Grandma's Crispy Duck Confit and Mushroom Risotto Php 295- I very much enjoyed the roasted peppercorn sauce. Also, it's final, duck just really isn't my kind of protein.

Juicy Whole Garlic Rosemary Lemon Roasted Chicken Php495- What a long and complicated name for such a simple dish! In fact, it was quite forgetable! 
You get one whole chicken, boned, with wild rice pilaf and kalamata olives. 

Chelsea 2

On a very late lunch, yet very early dinner with two of my bested friends, we decided to eat at Chelsea and these are what we ate:

Caprese Extreme Php 220

Fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, sagada oranges and arugula pesto. Nothing spectacular. The oranges were very refreshing though. Serving was small for the price.

Gridled Farmer's Ham and Edam Cheese Sandwich Php250

Has mesclun greens and potato wedges on the side.

Marinated Pesto Organic Vegetables Php230

With a tabouuleh side salad and marinated rosemary feta. This is the best sandwhich I've had in a very very long time. Very easy to eat. You know it's healthy. Great vegetable combinations. I can easily have this everyday.  Most enjoyable dish I've had in Chelsea so far. 

Chelsea (finally)

After the long wait, I was finally able to eat here. Had an early dinner with my bestfriend. Right away, I noticed that they had changed the menu from the last time I was able to see it. They are still in their soft opening stages and are probably still getting a feel of the market. A lot were removed from the menu, and a lot were added also. More noticeable however was the change in the prices of the items. Also it was so hot that night too. None of the aircons were again working. Also, we noticed at the end of the meal that we weren't served the complimentary bread plate and the people in the other tables were! Injustice!
They really have to fix their service! I found the cutlery, plates, pepper and salt containers to be so adorable!


We started off with a glass of White Tiramisu Martini

White Tiramisu Martini Php160

This was made of mascarpone cheese, brandy, amaretto and cream. It really felt like I was drinking purified cheesecake batter. Inspite of that, this was strong and had a quick effect on me. I'd probably try something else before getting this again. I personally don't prefer dessert tasting liquor. My bad, should have gone with something else.

Carbonara Php 325

This was good. The cheese shavings were really a great addition. We both felt like the pasta tasted much better on our second serving than on our first. Weird huh? Maybe because it wasn't steaming hot then. I don't know.

New York Style Peppered Pastrami Php350

This was divine! First off, I was ecstatic they served me a fairly lean pastrami slice. I found the bacon soaked sauerkraut to be very delish and complimentary to the the sandwich. The melted emmenthal cheese was also sooo yummy. I could have eaten that (papak) alone all day!

Hershey's Banana Crunch Cream Pie Php160

This was so bad. It was such a sad end to an amazing meal. Conti's cakes are much better and cheaper too!


Would definitely have more of those sandwiches. The pasta and cake weren't that enticing but the sandwich sure was! Gosh I miss New York...Hope to see you soon NY!

Almost Chelsea

Went to Serendra for lunch. We were supposed to eat at Chelsea, the main reason we went to Serendra even if there were not that many stores there yet. We were ushered inside, sat down, served water then was told that they didn't serve any real food for lunch. Only desserts. The earliest they could serve would be around 3pm since they were still in their soft opening stages. Well, we were starved (and it was only 12 then) so we decided that maybe we'd come back another day. Too bad! I was really pumped to try the Pastrami Melt, and the cakes didn't look bad either....