Pizza Hut Bistro

We could not agree where to eat to today. Although, Gentley was kind enough to drive us to Glorietta as Mimi and Chay have some shopping to do at Shoemart.

Along the way, we settled to come back to Pizza Hut Bistro. Well, it has only been me and Gentley who had tried the place. Mimi, Chay and Maidette have seen place but did not have the opportunity to actually try out the new Pizza Hut concept restaurant.

Maidette had only begun her reading of the Harry Potter book - the Deathly Hallows. She's tugging along the book, and would continue to read even in the hallways, in the car and even in the restaurant. She was oblivious of the noise, the conversations in the table but would only stop and ask about what's the thing we laughed about when she couldn't resist the temptation. I know, the true Harry Potter fanatic would even postpone sleep just to get to the last part of the book and these people refused to listen or read about the reviews and spoilers that came out. Good thing, the mania had started to wane.

We went through the entire menu of Pizza Hut, and Mimi and Chay have some favorites. However, I chanced upon the promo of group dining, where a certain menu of Ceasar salad, pasta, Pizza and soda - good for a group of 4 people can be had for Php699.00. It was glad to know from Marilyn, our waitress, that we can actually substitute the pizza flavor by anything that we choose from the menu. It was not a hard sell to the group, we settled for the group menu offering.

Gentley suggested to change the cheesy pops pizza to a seafood pizza. No one objected. I wanted to try out their steak french fries, as an additional appetizer and we had it. The fries came in some mustard, ranch flavored dip and everyone liked it. The Ceasar salad was not as good. The dressing was a little bit too much while the lettuce was not fresh anymore. The cheesy pops seafood pizza came. Oh, I love the cheesy pops. It came with two cheeses, the mozzarella and cheddar and it literally pops in your mouth when you take a bite off it. The seafood flavor though wasn't a hit. The pizza tasted more sweet and flavorful. I think it was the shrimp and crabstick that lend more its flavor than the cheese base. Besides, the pizza wasn't prepared with the usual tomato sauce base. Other than its sweet taste, the pizza was ok.

What came out most disappointing was the spaghetti pasta. It just didn't taste right. Since there were two platefuls of pasta, barely less than one half of one plate was touched. We have to have it wrapped, the leftover pasta, as no one cared to touch it anymore.

We contemplated on having our dessert. We joked about how much our bill would be. We often see on the computer screen a very similar amount of billing to what we think our food should cost, and this made us hesitant to buy any more dessert. In the end, no one objected as I ordered the dessert sampler. The dessert sampler is a combination of panna cotta, the lava cake and brownie ala mode. Every one had their opinion on the lava cake and we agreed this lava cake could not hold a candle flame to Global Cafe's lava cake that oozes with chocolate and melts in your month texture.

Nonetheless, the panna cotta had some mixed reviews. Maidette loved it while most of the group did not like the idea the the panna cotta was not a jello like. It bordered on being a harder refrigator cake, more ice cream like than soft and gelatinous. The brownie ala mode was more ice cream and it melted as no one cared to try it that much.

Anyways, we only paid Php200.00 each for this meal. Really cheap lunch indeed.