Restaurant Review: Sunburst Chicken Ayala Terraces Cebu

The entrance to the resto

their 2-piece chicken

Anyone who grew up in Cebu in the 80s would be familiar with Sunburst chicken!  When I was in high school this was one of the preferred places to eat!! You have to remember that in the early 80s, Jollibee and McDo were not that ubiquitous yet, and were not considered 'class' places to eat for a celebration.

Fast forward almost thirty years later and the first resto I wanted to try out in my recent Cebu vaycay was, well, Sunburst! I bumped into my cousins late afternoon Wednesday and I coaxed them to join me for an early dinner treat.  They just had clubhouse sandwiches while I had their version of a 2-piece chicken.  Well, sad to say, the chicken was really bland and not tasty at all.  T'was a bit of a disappointment really since Sunburst chicken is considered "homegrown" food for many Cebuanos - and we have wonderful memories of the food.  Not this time though.  Maybe I should try their branch at SM City Cebu next time.

Restaurant Review: Moon Cafe at the Ayala Terraces in Cebu

quesadilla

spare ribs - A MUST TO ALL MEATLOVERS!

grilled tangigue - A MUST FOR ALL FISH LOVERS!

the scene inside the resto that Wednesday night - t'was packed!!

the whirling fans that definitely provided some cool to the customers!

Moi avec ma cousine et sa epouse!

Anyone who loves spare ribs should try the spare ribs of the Moon Cafe at the Ayala Terraces Cebu.  It's tender, delicious and the servings are huge vis-a-vis the price!!  Imagine, I ordered quesadilla, a burrito, then my cousins ordered tangigue and spare ribs, plus two bottomless iced teas and calamansi juice and three cups of plain rice - and our bill DID NOT EVEN REACH 900 pesos!!!

In Manila, the spare ribs alone WOULD BE 900 pesos!!  I love Cebu hahaha!!

Anyhow, try to skip the Mexican food, you can get better tasting Mexican food here but do try the spare ribs and tangigue and maybe the rest of their Pinoy food menu!! It was just really MALINAMNAM!!  And REASONABLY PRICED!

The Impressive and Expansively Glittering Ayala Terraces in Cebu

All these photos were taken at midnight already after I had dinner with my cousins last Wednesday, December 28, 2011.  I dare you say that this Ayala mall is actually the best of all the Ayala malls.  I just love the garden and the flowing mini-waterfalls and how they zoned everything from electronics to sportswear, to restaurants.  Good job to the people of Ayala malls!

By the way, I was in Cebu 2008 and I was really surprised to see that everything has been finished already when I returned there last week!