Skydreamer Eats: My Italian Breakfast

After my Italian dinner, I decided to make a couple of Italian dishes for breakfast. I made caprese salad and veggie pizza.

For my caprese, I used one tomato, mozarella cheese, pepper, olive oil and parsley (because I had no supply of basil).
Verdict: It was not as good as I thought it would be so I added a little bit of Deli dressing to help blend the different flavors and it did the trick! It tasted fresh, zesty and herby.

Since I was still hungry, I made "pizza" using pita bread. I topped it with tomato sauce, tomatoes, black pitted olives and mozarella cheese.
Verdict: it was, in my own opinion, perfect for me. I know my husband wouldn't have tasted it because it was too simple and had no meat. But that's exactly why I loved it. The flavors blended well together for my palette.

Here are the pictures:

Pita Bread with tomato, olives and mozzarella

Homemade Caprese

Skydreamer Dines in Cebu: La Tegola in Ayala Center Cebu

One Saturday night, we decided to check out that "li'l Italian below Starbucks." And so we went to La Tegola Cucina Italiana, albeit the many bad customer service feedback.

When we got there, I immediately felt at home. The furnishings, the ambience, the staff and the aroma of the dishes being cooked in the kitchen made the place warm and cozy. Add to that the friendly and attentive staff including the manager. Yes, I've heard too much bad rap about this place - slow and bad service, overpriced but tasteless menu - but everything was just the opposite when we went there!

First off, they gave us complimentary tomatoes with olive oil in focaccia. It was admittedly tasteless, but everything else was great - their aglio olio had the right amount of oil that made it non-greasy; their lasagna tasted of rich tomatoes; their pizza was simple but flavorful and their vesuvio used a great brand of mozzarella cheese and good quality black pitted olives.

To some people, La Tegola may be too expensive; for others, it's just fitting given the quality of food; for a few people, it's pocket change. A cheap and quick no frills Italian go-to. For me? It's just right, but that doesn't mean I'll be going back anytime soon. Yes, the price may be right but I can't afford to dine there every weekend. But if you have the moolah, I'd say do check them out.

Restaurant's manager dancing with lil Seth

They serve these tiny bruschettas complimentary

Aglio Olio (simply fab!)

Skydreamer Dines in Cebu: Call a Cab!

Hubby and I used to eat yellow cab pizza a lot. But it came to a point when it started tasting like cardboard. So we just stopped...

But today, on a lazy Saturday afternoon, we decided to get their Manhattan Meat Lovers and New York's Finest in one 18-inch layer.

Eating it again felt soooo good! And Yellow Cab started to taste normal and great again.

New York's Finest