It was an unplanned session as a friend and I along with two more decided to try out some nice italian afternoon snack. One of us suggested to have a 45-minute drive to Pagadian City and get some carbonara from a well known place called Carmela's.
Side note: Effective this day we have decided to have a format of our review for every food place in this sequence - Food, Service, Cleanliness. We will no longer be hinting on the exact prices but we will only indicate amounts as "very affordable", "average", "reasonable", and "overpriced"
The Food - We ordered a couple of servings of carbonara, empanada, siopao and softdrinks (coca-cola.) Of course, we all know what coca-cola products are and almost everyone in this civilized world already tried these drinks, so we are not going to review these products ever.
Carbonara (Spaghetti) - the servings we got were generous, very generous in fact. As for the way it was presented, nicely average as we expected. After tasting them, WOW, excellent. The food we had met our expectation for a carbonara. We all agreed it is worth rating 9.00 / 10.00.
Empanada - the serving is as big as that of Jollibee's pies-to-go and are very affordable. They are served in a small plate, quite too ordinary. Unluckily, the empanada is something we can all consider as a me-too product, nothing really unique but is worth trying. We all agreed to rate it at 5.00 / 10.00.
Siopao - we all know what a siopao is. That white bread-like stuff filled with meat inside much like of a meat-bread just that siopao is steamed. The siopao's were fairly priced as very affordable products from this establishment and comes fully stuffed. We can all sense that the meat used were freshed as it didn't have some diturbing smell nor taste. Their siopao is really a delightful treat! We rate it at 8.50 / 10.00. (We were still at the heavenly satisfaction from the carbonara).
Service - well, the establishment is a "self-service establishment. So the only criticism we can give is about their sales-people at the point-of-sale area. Unluckily, the way they are staffed is much like of an ordinary bakery and we think they will be better-off if they had uniforms. At this category, we can only rate them at 4.00 / 10.00 as they tidy enough.
Cleanliness, the place is clean and is presentable. 8.50 / 10.00.
From the outside the establishment looks like an ordinary rural restaurant. Given the fact that this establishment already has a huge following from its clientelle, it is probably a good move for the owners to "upgrade" the place. (Though this is already none of our business are what were there for is the food and not the place.)
The final average ratings:
Food = 9.00+5.00+8.50 = 22.50/3 = 7.50
Service = 4.00
Cleanliness = 8.50
where we can get a franchise of this food place business???
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