Real Italian Food is not a Fast Food: La Buona Forchetta!

Food is what makes us all alive. But beyond eating to physically survive, there is something in food that makes us feel delighted. Who wouldn't remember a food hopping scene of the famous Julia Roberts in Eat Pray Love shot in Italy? 

Yes! Italy is indeed known for its famous Gourmet. This blog entry will bring you to the world of Italian dishes. Let's go and dine at La Buona Forchetta in Cebu. 

La Buona Forchetta or "The Good Fork" in English, is an Italian restaurant serving authentic Italian dishes. 

Location: 

Advent Business Center, 139 Acasia St, Kamputhaw, Cebu City

Hours of Operations: 

Mon-Sun 11:00AM - 2:00PM

5:30PM - 10:30PM

Mode of Payment: 

Cash, Visa, Mastercard

Contact: 0999 336 4130

12.28.14. This was a night well spent on the Holiday season with some of my closest friends in the company. Truly, good food are best shared with good people to celebrate friendship and milestones at work. 

We started with the "Focaccia e mixed vegetables" as appetizers. I personally loved how the crispy Focaccia topped with fresh eggplant, tomatoes, and mushroom blended its taste and the unique texture it gave when in the mouth. 

 

Since everyone in the group loves pasta, we had 3 orders of it. Each plate could serve 1-2 persons.

"Zucchini eTonno". This pasta goes out to all veggie & seafood lovers who couldn't resist pasta. The irrisisting taste of Tuna and Zucchini (summer squash) cooked in an orgasmic olive oil, makes you crave more. I loved the taste even more when I mixed their home made chili sauce on it. We had it finished quick thus, made us get for one more order.

Señor Paolo (the Italian born owner) shared to us his one of a kind twist of this dish, that was topping the pasta with grated Parmesan cheese. It tasted odd, but it was great.

"Alla Bolognese". This next dish is common to everyone, A pasta mixed with tomato sauce and ground pork. 

Going Pizza. I definitely am picky when it comes to pizza. Yes, I am not a fan of it and would only grab some when its dough is as thin as skyflakes. lol

Good thing the house has great pizzas to offer. All at their thinniest dough. This is "La Buona Pizza". It's made of a thin dough topped with seafood combination i.e. Shrimp, Squid, and Tuna.

By the way, i didn't realize i failed to take a photo of the other pizza - "Romana". It's topped with mozarella cheese, capers, and anchovies.

"Filleto Alla Paolo". It's made up of marinated beef tenderloin with potato. 

It was such a great dining experience for us all. Indeed, Real Italian Food are not Fast Food. They are prepared and cooked well ensuring they are worth waiting.  

What better way to cap the night than imbibing to an all Authentic Italian alcoholic drinks. Thanks to the young and handsome lad (also, the only son of Paolo), Giovanni for these complementary drinks. His hospitality not only made us feel so welcomed but also enjoyed our entire dining experience. 

See this glass of alcohol lit up? Yes, you'd need to dip your finger, letting the alcohol transfer to your mouth with the flame burning. It was cool! The flame made the alcohol sweeter. 

Groupie: (L-R) Guy, Me, Joy, Giovannie, Marcial, and Laarni.

Come and visit them and indulge yourself in an Authentic Italian cuisine. 

"eating is just eating, unless you dine with friends"

- Josh

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Skin 911

So Holiday is certainly just around the corner. This is the time to feel good and look good. Speaking of looking good, i had some delimma on unwanted warts around my face. It just distracted me every time I stare on the mirror.

So I decided to avail a groupon coupon for an unlimited warts removal at Skin 911. Their new home is located at El Durado building in Banilad right near the fly-over, besides Julie's bakeshop.

This is the lobby which will greet you once you enter their 'homey-feel' clinic.

Their receiving area...

Prior to the wart removal, I decided to have my diamond peel done first, just to remove some dead skin and white heads. Their diamond peel was just a very short procedure, started with cleansing, then preaking, and lastly, peeling.  To me, it was just an ordinary service compared to some posh clinics. But it was fine though as the price was just cheap. 

Wart removal. Their procedure involved putting an anesthetic cream on top of the warts to be removed. Then, I had to wait for 30 minutes before the attendant started to burn my warts. The procedure is called Electrosurgery and curettage. This procedure involved burning of warts to remove them. 

It was a bit painful procedure and I'm waiting for these scars to recover. Will update this article once I get its full result.