Comments on: Loyola Memorial Park Marikina & Shanghai Bistro, Libis

By: Blaise Fortuna

Blaise Fortuna — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 06:53:19 +0000

Had a company training there about two years ago, yes their service sucks, but the good thing about it is that I am always in touch with the Marketing / Accounts Officer (I was the ne who scheduled the training there, cheaper than a hotel definitely), so I could easily tell her that the waiter is not paying attention despite of that I already mentioned twice to remove the lamp in the middle of the room.. the food is very good though, the chef is from Shanghai, China, but when I tried their siao long bao, it was rather dry..

By: jampackedbear

jampackedbear — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:16:19 +0000

Good thing I found your blog about Shanghai Bistro. We were close to considering this as an event venue. But I have to agree that the food is good. Bummer on the service quality.

By: starbuxadix

starbuxadix — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:57:52 +0000

My hubby and I recently ate at SB’s Eastwood Branch last month, indeed the pacing was very poor considering we didnt get any appetizer and went to get just a main meal. The yang chow fried rice wasnt warm when it was served and both the viands we ordered came 15 minutes later. The service would have been acceptable if we didnt have to keep asking for things like chopsticks, bowls, saucers, etc, but i’ll give their service an easy go because the fish fillet in salted egg yolk coating is delicious. And, fortunately though, we were spared from the waiter’s “pushing” coz of my british accent which possibly gave him the idea that i wouldnt understand anythin that he says in tagalog.

The service in Paseo branch was better, either it naturally is or they’ve mistaken my hubby to be a chinese national and seated us in what i now call VIP area (read: cushioned comfy chairs, nicer table cloth, table napkins, water goblets and the works) I even felt that the waitress would be amenable to shove the food into my mouth if ask so. Our SB Paseo visit would have been quite pleasant if only we didnt over hear a chinese guest rude remarks to his companion that it was unacceptable that a chinese marries a ‘filipina house helper’, I so wanted to send him straight to his grave but then again decided to take the higher road.

By: RT

RT — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 13:47:32 +0000

Yo Guys,

MM, great to see you at Salcedo Market this morning. Anyway, it was a blast to see all your comments regarding Loyola Park. Incidentally, my wife works for Loyola Group Sales & Marketing inc. Aridelos is correct, Loyola is run by different divisions, one for the sales, one for the plans, one for the parks and one for the chapels. My wife will forward this discussion to her immediate boss and let us see what happens.

By: HD

HD — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:39:41 +0000

This was explained to me by someone who works for Manila Memorial Park, Paranaque, they do have sprinkler systems. But the default grass that they use is carabao grass. There is some sort of maintenance which is limited to watering, and mowing.

They will not immediately nurture the grass should it get damaged. It gets damaged when there are funerals near your beloved’s lot, trucks containing the soil to be used to fill the grave might pass on it, or if it’s too near, they will be damaged by the funeral goers.

In our grandma’s case, there was a time that absolutely no grass was left. A combination of those things and bad soil conditions happened. We had to pay for a caretaker to re fill the soil with good one, and to maintain the lot. Fortunately, he accepts late payments, we rarely visit, we don’t even visit on November. But when we do visit, we pay the debt plus we give a couple of months advance plus bonus.

By: hchie

hchie — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:15:43 +0000

Haha! Good one millet :)

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:53:39 +0000

Grazia, yes, thanks for that heads up. Several readers have emailed and I bought the magazine on a recent trip to HK. I am so proud for our food! Was planning a post on the issue soon…

By: Grazia

Grazia — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:12:14 +0000

Hello! I just received the Feb 2007 of Saveur. I thought that you would love to know that “Philippine Food” was mentioned as no. 28 on the top 100 food/people we love (Thomas Keller was voted no. 2). The article mentioned fried mackerel and pinakbet, and writes that Philippine cooking actually requires ‘cooking’ rather than quick stir-frying, thus giving it a depth that distinguishes it from other Asian cuisines.

By: edel

edel — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:22:07 +0000

on restos:

waiters and resto managers are more attentive to celebrities, politicians

had a not so nice experience at fish & co a few months ago. i used to frequent this resto with a celeb friend and we always get good service.. then one time i happen to drop by alone.. and what did i get but a crappy service.. with the waitress whispering loudly to another waiter that i prefer warm water (its what i usually order) with my food! i’m proud to say that i’ve boycotted that resto eversince and even told my friends about that incident

By: sha

sha — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:17:33 +0000

ashes to ashes…along the coastline in the med…