calle Z café — Restaurant in Tacloban

While travelling to Tacloban we have sent our orders through Messenger. It was convenient, and the only thing to do is come to the restaurant and wait for the food to be served.

The ambience is nice, very upscale.

I ordered beef tapa with egg and sprite in a can. The plate was oily. I understand the the egg and tapa may be oily in the cooking process, but there was so much oil in my plate, including my rice. Beef was not tender enough too.

I tried the buttered chicken as well. It was oily too. It lacks butter flavor.

My friends' drinks arrived on our table, but my sprite is still missing. I asked the waiter...

INSTITUTION. The best definition of it. Nostalgic, cozy and warm. I am a proud taclobanon and if I’m looking for something comforting aside from my mother’s or my wife’s cooking, I go to Calle Z, straight to their counter and order their Bulalo. For me, the best in Tactown. Tender beef cut, balanced soup and good amount of bone marrow. Just thinking of it makes me salivate. You get the point. They also have great crispy tenga and lechon kawali as well as a good fried chicken. Dont order their Seafood, it is not their strong...

Way back 2009, my colleagues and I went there for dinner. The food was fine and the ambience they are trying to give to the customers are okay. The things that bothered me was that when we were dining at their garden area, there was dog poop near our table and we saw a big rodent running on the roof's gutters. If it weren't for the food I wouldn't have tried it in the first place.

I just hope it's not the...