Cyma Restaurants

I still got a couple of thousand Cyma Gift Certificate (GC) at hand which is more than a year old already. I thought at first that the GC is already expired, but since there are not expiry date indicated, my girl and I took our chances at Cyma Shangri-la. And I'm glad we did.

The restaurant is a bit occupied as there is a reservation for two groups of 10, I think. Thus, we got not other option but to be positioned at the seats outside of the store. The ambiance is still cozy nonetheless. We prefer to have our GCs validated first before we placed our order. Yes, you read our minds. Our order will depend on the result of the validation, LOL! Upon confirmation that we could still use our GC, we ordered a complete set of meal (less the drinks).

For our appetizer, we ordered Kalamarakia valued at P300. It is a Crispy Baby Squid breaded and deep fried to a crisp served with Tzatziki sauce with sprits of lemon. This is a meal in itself, I could have just ordered an extra rice for this. But of course I won't, as I need to consume the value of my GC, ha ha.

For our main dish, we opted at having Souvlaki and Pasta. We ordered Seafood Swordfish (P395) which is served with grilled warm pita bread, parsley salad, and yogurt garlic sauce. I can take the pita bread less the souvlaki. I am curious if the pita bread is the unleavened bread mentioned in the Bible. Our pasta dish is Baby Clams Angel Hair (Solo at P300) which is composed of Cyma Original - Pacific baby clams, white wine, lemon parsley, grated parmesan cheese and garlic EVOO. But since our souvlaki dish is enough to feed two hungry stomach, we opted at having our pasta for take out.

Lastly, for our dessert, we ordered a scoop of Pagoto (P145) - Pistachio Ice Cream that is served with pistachio bits and honey. Well, the honey seem not to complement the ice cream. I would still go for Selecta's Pistachio.

In total, we had around P1,300 (SC included). So I still got a thousand to spare. I believe Cyma Trinoma is already waiting for us. :)