Crossroads Cafe and Lounge

Crossroads Cafe and Lounge is located inside Hotel St. Ellis in Legazpi City at the ground floor. It is one of the best restaurant where you can dine-in here my city. They always offer exquisite food for everyone. They don't just give you satisfaction but also pleasure from every food that you'll order. This is a place where you should eat, chat or hangout with your workmates, classmates, friends, family and love ones.

Eating at the Crossroads wasn't really the first time for us. We always go back in here to celebrate special occasions or just to have an elegant dinner date on a regular day. We never regret the food that we ordered and tasted. So when we checked in at their pulchritudinous hotel, we were able to eat the Crossroads again, again and again. Haha. :D Here are some photos of food that we ordered last August 4-5 to seduce you of their sexy and yummy cuisines.

Four Season

Bacon and Potato Chowder Soup. It's a yum! Perfect for my taste.

And for my main dish, Ellis burger. Super yum and tasty.

A big burger that you should try.

For my boyfriend's main dish: Hoisin Braised Pork Belly.

Delactable!

For dessert: Mississippi Mud Pie!

A delicious treat!

The night was perfect with luscious food.

The first night that we had in Hotel St.Ellis was premium, from its facility , staff and great cuisines. This end our day 1. :)

Day 2 at the Crossroads excites us even more because we knew it was a buffet. ;) Eat all you can. Haha. YUM. Here are some photo of us during our breakfast last August 5. ;)

The coffee.

Lugaw. Yum

Omelette

Serve by request.

Chicken adobo, bread with butter and jam and Fried squid ( I forgot ).

Happy breakfast.

Yum Yum Yum!

Well, this end our breakfast.We had it at around 9:30 in the morning and we admit that we had a lot for breakfast. So, at the same day, we had our lunch at the Crossroads again even if we checked out already by 2pm. :) We decided to order pasta as the main dish. Well when it comes to pasta, the restaurant never let us down. Here are some photos that I could share. :)

Mango Juice.

Charbroiled Chicken Sandwich. Another tasty sanwich.

Carbonara Linguine. A very delicious pasta. It's creamy and so tasty. You should try it.

Blueberry cheesecake for dessert. Giggles!

Nom Nom Nom!

We had a wonderful time checking in at St. Ellis and experience elegance, comfort and location. We never regret choosing this place as one of our destination here in my city. You should experience it too. Before I go, I just wanna share this picture of ours because we also celebrated our 7th year anniversary dinner date at the Crossroads.

7th year anniversary dinner date. It was a surprise.
I didn't know that we will dine-in here after we got back from the city.
Just got home from CWC. :)

We just don't go here to celebrate special occasions, if we want to treat ourselves with elegant food, we go here and just eat whatever we crave for. :)

Just an ordinary day. Crossroads made it special. :)

Thank once again Hotel St. Ellis and Crossroads Cafe and Lounge. :)

You may still try their Mongolian Dinner Buffet at the Crossroads. :)

Mongolian Dinner Buffet

A Mongolian dinner buffet in a world-class restaurant with live acoustic band and the people you love. Experience all these at Crossroads Cafe and Lounge of Hotel St. Ellis every Friday. Fr. Hotel St. Ellis

You may also wanna try their weekend promos too. :)

Contact them:

Address: Rizal Street, Legazpi Port District, Legazpi City, Albay Philippines 4500
Telephone Number: (052) 480-8888
Fax: (052) 480-1800
Email: reservations@hotelstellis.com.ph
Website: http://hotelstellis.com.ph/
Facebook page: Hotel St.Ellis in Legazpi City



- This blog was based from my own experience that I wanna share. If you don't find this writing helpful and informative I would like to apologize for that but if you find it interesting and great I owe you  lots of thanks. Some information such us contact details  were taken from the net. Thanks Google. Thank you for reading. May God bless us all. More food to tastes and places to experience soon. :)


- Next stop. The Oriental Hotel and Jasmine restaurant. :)

Hotel St. Ellis in Legazpi City

My boyfriend and I celebrated our 8th year anniversary last August 4, 5 and 6. Hotel St. Ellis is one of our chosen place to celebrate it. We had an early reservation last July 2012 and we avail of their promo that was published in their Facebook page. The reservation is quiet easy and no sweat at all. I reach them through their mail and phone. Their staff and the one who emailed us was very friendly and easy to communicate with. They even sent me a confirmation letter that week to confirm that my reservation was been approved. No hassle at all. So what we did is just wait for the time for us to stay there.

Last August 4 at around 6:00pm, we checked-in at their hotel after a long and adventurous activity that we had in our ATV tour. ( I will be writing a blog about this soon.) Their staff greeted us and gave us a welcome drink.

With the welcome drink.

My baby with his welcome drink.

We just waited  few minutes at the front desk for the checking of our reservation. And after that we had our welcome letter and the key card in our room. The reservation that we had was at the Deluxe Room for two with free breakfast and free usage of their gym and pool. The room was located at the 5th floor of the beautiful hotel. We were a bit excited to go up and see the luxurious looking room. And then this is what we've got. A very clean and nice place to stay at. 

The door.

This door is so cool. It opens through a card key and it automatically locks itself too. This door has a double lock inside. :)

Complementary

Coffee, water, pili nuts and a cute coin purse are all complementary. They have a little refrigerator under this and it is equipped with some drinks for the mini bar.

Free pili nuts and coin purse. They also let us bring our welcome drink in our room.

The bathroom. It's neat and it smells good.

The bathroom is clean and neat. 2 tissue papers were available and a towel on top of the bowl is ready too. Sorry I forgot to take a photo of the shower area. But they have hot and cold shower.

Very nice.

The bed!

After we took a rest for about an hour in the room, we decided to swim in their pool which is located at the second floor near the spa. My boyfriend and I didn't brought any towel with us because we know that it'll be provided but we weren't expecting that there will be a separate towel which will be given to us for swimming. I just find it nice. :) So here are some pictures at the pool area.

The pool.

Their pool is so clean and we were just lucky because we were the only ones who is using the pool that time. Haha. This pool is 5 to 5'6 ft. high. This is quiet wide also which is good for everyone who likes swimming.

Their shower room and comfort room is separate from each other.

This furniture is perfect for the place.

The other view of the pool. Sorry for the face. Haha

Their pool is operating from 7:00 in the morning till 8:00pm at night. We were just fortunate to extend some time from the pool till 9:00pm. ^_^ After few hours of swimming, we realized that we're both hungry. So we are guilty in that case, without reasonable doubt. LOL. We didn't bring any chips with us, just the pili nut that we saw from the room. So after we took a shower, we went at the ground floor to eat at the Crossroads Cafe and Lounge of the hotel.

Lovely dinner.

It's not our first time to dine in here. Crossroads Cafe never let us down when it comes to their dishes. (Please click here for my separate blog about Crossroads.) We had a wonderful dinner that time. There was a live acoustic band too which makes the dinner pleasing. After we had our appetizing dinner, we went back to our room to take some rest. :) That's it for the first day in Ellis.

The second day was awesome too specially when we saw the buffet breakfast at the Crossroads. Their buffet is free of charge and you don't have to pay anything for it. They serve buffet breakfast as early as 5:30am up to 10:00am only. :) Good thing we were just on time.

Takaw mode.

After we had our breakfast, we decided to explore the hotel more and take some picture as a souvenir. Here are some photos that I can share.

The don.

The donya.

The elevator.

THANK YOU HOTEL ST. ELLIS FOR BEING PART OF OUR CELEBRATION. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS HOTEL NOT JUST HERE IN LEGAZPI BUT TO ALL THE TRAVELERS OUT THERE WHOM LIKE TO HAVE A GREAT STAY IN THE CITY. THIS IS ONE OF THE PERFECT PLACE TO ROOM YOURSELF IN FOR A VACATION. IT HAS PERFECT AMBIANCE, GREAT STAFF AND SCRUMPTIOUS FOOD.

BEST PLACE FOR WEDDING RECEPTIONS, BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS, SWEET DATES, FAMILY GATHERING AND MANY MORE.

You may still avail of their promo:

Experience luxury and comfort at affordable cost with Hotel St. Ellis' Book and Buy promo! For only P1,988, you can enjoy an overnight stay and complimentary breakfast for two, and free use of pool and gym! For inquiries call (052) 480-8088, 0939.917.0507, or 0917.559.1917, or email us at reservations@hotelstellis.com.ph. from: HOTEL ST. ELLIS

Contact them:

Address: Rizal Street, Legazpi Port District, Legazpi City, Albay Philippines 4500
Telephone Number: (052) 480-8888
Fax: (052) 480-1800
Email: reservations@hotelstellis.com.ph
Website: http://hotelstellis.com.ph/
Facebook page: Hotel St.Ellis in Legazpi City




- This blog was based from my own experience that I wanna share. If you don't find this writing helpful and informative I would like to apologize for that but if you find it interesting and great I owe you  lots of thanks. Some information such us contact details  were taken from the net. Thanks Google. Thank you for reading. May God bless us all. More food to tastes and places to experience soon. :)

오징어 무침 Ojing-Eo Muchim and 주먹밥 Jumeogbab

Last August 24, 2011 was a great day for me because it was my birthday. LOL. :D Ever-since I was in college, I usually celebrate my birthday with my family, my bestfriend (if she's available) and my boyfriend. Other than them, I don't really invite people to come over my house. I don't invite friends in short. :) I'm happy to celebrate it with them.

I always ask my mom to cook carbonara and chicken curry for me every time it's my birthday. Those are the  foods that I really wanna eat in my special day. It's been a tradition. LOL.  But last year was a little different from what I'm used to. Because I asked my Korean boss to cook ojing-eo-muchim and jumeogbab for me. Fortunately, my request was been granted! Tadaaaa!!!

My two favorite Korean food.

I first tasted ojing-eo when my Korean students together with my boss and I went to a trip in Tabacco. I've eaten lots of Korean food that time but those were the two food that marked in my tongue a lot. And so I grabbed the chance of asking my boss to cook that for me on my birthday. A lot of thanks to her and my friend who joined us to eat that special treat. Here are some pictures that I took last August 2011. 

With ate Lyra and Mrs. Kim.

lol I'm fat! 

Well. What is Ojing-Eo Muchim? As far as I know, it is a squid, seasoned dried shredded squid to be exact.   It has a sweet, salty and spicy taste that blends well in your mouth. It's also chewy so you can pair this with a great drink. You can eat this one with or without a rice, it can also be a side dish or a main course depends upon how you want to eat it. But I assure you everyone will love this food. For the recipe, click here. Here is another photo of Ojing-Eo.

too small : (

What is Jumeogbab? Is it a rice ball as what you've seen from the previous picture. Actually, you can eat it even without a main course. The rice ball itself is tasty already. But it might not suit other people's taste. But I encourage each one of you to try it so you can judge it by your own. Another good thing about this is it's just an easy made food. It will not take you an hour to mix the ingredients and finish the balls. Please click here for the recipe. 

- This blog was based from my own experience that I wanna share. If you don't find this writing helpful and informative I would like to apologize for that but if you find it interesting and great I owe you  lots of thanks. Some information such us contact details  were taken from the net. Thanks Google. Thank you for reading. May God bless us all. More food to tastes and places to experience soon. :)

Kare - Kare for the day.

Yesterday, I asked my mom to cook Kare-Kare for me because it's been a long that I haven't tasted it. I don't know what I'm up to but I really felt excited when my mom said YES. :D My smile was so big it could ripped my mouth. :D Anyway, and then when I woke up at 8:00 am the next day I asked my mom again if the ingredients are already prepared for the said menu. YUM. And then the lunch came so fast, I hurriedly get my plate, put some rice and tasted the delicious food. It was a superb. It's really a yum. It comes with an "ALAMANG", as what they call it. I think it's the cousin of bagoong. LOL

My mom's alamang. How funny when my sister thought it was a corned beef. :D

                                               So here it is. My mom's Kare-Kare. Giggles.

I want to learn how to cook this one because it's really scrumptious. I think everybody will like or likes it. I hope I will be a great cook of Kare-Kare in the future. Who knows? :) So, for everyone who wants to learn how to cook it maybe this site might help you. I just search it over the net so thanks google for providing us a great information. My mom has her own recipe but she rather keep it just among us. :) Thanks for understanding. :)





- This blog was based from my own experience that I wanna share. If you don't find this writing helpful and informative I would like to apologize for that but if you find it interesting and great I owe you  lots of thanks. Some information such us contact details  were taken from the net. Thanks Google. Thank you for reading. May God bless us all. More food to tastes and places to experience soon. :)