Celebrating My Birthday at Seda Hotel 2018

This was taken during my birthday January 2018. We had a family dinner at Seda Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City. My birthday falls on a Friday and Seda Hotel had a Barbecue Grilled buffet that night. We really enjoyed their food and their desserts were superb. I think this is the 2nd or 3rd time that I celebrated my birthday in their restaurant because, obviously, we loved this place! It was not crowded and we certainly liked the ambiance, perfect for celebrating birthdays with my love ones ♥ We went home fully-sated.

Opening of Gringo CDO 2017

Gringo: Chicken*Ribs*Friends opened their 9th branch last October 11, 2017 at SM CDO Downtown Premier, Cagayan de Oro City. This was their first branch to open outside Metro Manila.

Gringo, a homegrown restaurant specializes in Latin-Mexican food like chicken, ribs, tacos, and burritos including Catfish. So if you're craving for some Latino food, then this place is definitely for you.

The grand opening was very well attended by CDOBloggers, Manila Bloggers, Social Media Influencers, Lifestyle Bloggers and Vloggers.

Celebrity Lifestyle bloggers/vloggers Dani Barretto and Verne Enciso were present that night and made Gringo's grand opening more exciting! And so nice of them to accommodate us with some photo ops :-)

Celebrity twins Joj and Jai were also there and joined the games. And yes, that's me and the sweet Dani girl :D

One of Gringo's bestseller foods is their Baby back ribs. They also served original or spicy chicken (see right pic).

Above left pic was their fried Catfish, another bestseller. Picture on the right was my plate. It has a little bit of everything: Chicken, Baby back ribs, catfish, Mexican rice complete with side dish (corn and carrots)

Mexican food won't be complete if there is no taco. Dessert served was composed of sweetened sticky rice topped with ice cream. It was my first time to try such dessert but the taste was good.

If you have't visited Gringo yet, you can locate them at 2/F SM CDO Downtown Premier and get to experience the Mexican vibe.

Choobi Choobi CDO 2016

Last May 1, 2016, Choobi Choobi officially launched their newest branch at Limketkai Center, Cagayan de Oro City. The store originally opened its first branch in Cebu on July2013. Currently, the store has 16 branches nationwide and still continues growing.

Choobi Choobi’s tag line is “Lingaw Lingaw Kaon!”, a Visayan word for Enjoy, Enjoy Eating! To give a brief background of this store, it is a family oriented casual dining restaurant. Although some thought that this is a Korean establishment because of how the name sounded, the restaurant actually offered Filipino Food Comfort. Their house specialties are mostly shrimps, and there are also squid, shellfish, fish, lobster, giant bamboo clam and baby lobster.

For the not so seafood-lover, you can order their Choobi crispy pata, Fried manok, crispy adobong kanding, fried herbed spring duck, belly dance, sizzling boneless bangus and many more. Try to check their food posted below so that you know what to order when you are planning to visit the restaurant.

A selfie with Erich Gonzalez

Choobi Choobi’s grand opening at LLKS was attended by their new brand ambassador, Kapamilya actress Erich Gonzales. Fans flocked at the mall’s rotunda to get a glimpse of her and fortunately for some, they got to dine with Erich at the store located at the 2^nd floor of the mall.

Local Medias were invited to grace the event and as a member of CDO Bloggers, I got the chance to see and interview Ms. Erich up close and personal. She entertained all questions thrown at her on why she chose to endorse the said restaurant. Being a seafood-lover, she did not hesitate to accept Choobi Choobi’s invitation to be their brand ambassador.

Social Media CDO Bloggers with the Brand Ambassador Erich


The proud Endorser

In case you have not yet tried the restaurant, visit Choobi Choobi at the 2^nd Level East Annex Building at Limketkai Mall or you can also visit them at the 2^nd floor of Centrio Ayala Mall, Cagayan de Oro City.

Posting some of their menus below:

Newest Menu - Chesapeaks Bay Crab and Shrimp boil

Grilled pompano fish

Stan's Fried Black Pepper Shrimp and my Favorite!


Chilean Mussels 

Hungry Plate

It was still early for lunch but we were all hungry after a short visit from my children's pediatrician. Since there are so many newly-rise establishments in our city, we tried dining at the The Hungry Plate. I was hesitant at first because I knew it was a fine dining restaurant, meaning, quite expensive compared to our go-to restaurant. But my husband wanted to try it...and the kids were also famished. So, off we went and voila, we were their first customer that day, hehe.

But they have a nice ambiance. Their staff were friendly and accommodating. While waiting for food, they have this area where kids can play so my little one didn't waste her time playing. Their menu was not really that expensive yet not so cheap.

When our lunch was served, we were delighted to see that their good for 4 menu was more than enough for us. And the food tasted good! Overall, we enjoyed our good meal and all were fully sated. It was worth trying in that new resto and we definitely want to go back in there to dine again!

If you want to try this place, visit The Hungry Plate at Corrales St., Cagayan de Oro City.

Oh, I just love their tagline - "We are open when you are Hungry" (",)