Eat's A Date at The Chocolate Kiss Café (Bahay ng Alumni , UP Diliman)

Again sorry for the lack of posts, been busy with my MA and other stuff. 

Anyway, for my 3rd (and husband's 4th) Eat's A Date event, Openrice invited us to The Chocolate Kiss Café at the Bahay ng Alumni in UP Diliman last January 24. (super late post, sorry!)  How can we resist? It is one of our favorite restaurants, hehehe.  We celebrated a lot of memorable events here, sarap mag-reminisce. :)      

Anyway, a brief history of The Chocolate Kiss Cafe can be found here. 

Cho-kiss (that's what Tim and I call it) is one of our faves since it offers good food at a very reasonable price.  Its menu consists of soups, salads & sides, sandwiches, pasta, and their house specialties.  Chocolate Kiss Café has a laid back and relaxed interiors.  During our college days sa UP, we don't eat here because we can't afford it yet back then. hehehe. Fast forward to present time, whenever we go to UP now, one of our choice restaurants is Cho-kiss, may budget na kahit paano for it. :)

During our Eat's A Date visit, a guitarist and a flutist played beautiful music that added coziness to the place.  A live band/musician plays regularly on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 6pm to 9pm.  

First up, the servers gave us a glass their bottomless iced tea (Php70) served with honey/syrup.  This beverage is one of my favorites, since it freshly brewed and not that acidic.  

APPETIZERS:

An assortment of appetizers were served to us. I was able to try some of them, and i can say that they all taste good. 

Chicken Quesadilla (Php225)
Chicken, cheese, bell peppers and onions, sandwiched in between two flour tortillas, and pan-fried to a crisp. Served with sour cream and salsa.  

The Chicken Quesadilla (Php225) is a winner.  I love that the flour tortilla is soft, and it is served with sour cream and salsa.  

Rumaki (Php162)

Other starters that were served to us:

Piglets (Php155) - what a catchy name!!! I rarely eat pork (except for bacon, I LOVE bacon!), but I have to say I enjoyed eating this one.  It's basically chorizo bites wrapped in bacon. :) and it comes with a dip too, kaya panalo! 

Fish Croquettes (Php185 - Flaked fish and mashed potatoes, rolled in bread crumbs, then deep fried until golden brown. Served with horseradish dip.)

Spinach Cream Dip (Php180 - Spinach, mushrooms, and roasted peppers in warm cream cheese dip. Served with butter-toasted French bread. P180) 

MAIN DISHES:

Again, we were served with A LOT of dishes, sobrang dami, hindi namin alam ano uunahin. Thank you Cho-kiss!!! Anyway, I think I was able to taste everything.  There were a lot of stand out dishes for me like the fish fillet with pesto salsa (fish is cooked just right, love the combination of flavors), kalbi chim, and linguine margarita with shrimp (i love pasta, and shrimp, so this combi is a winner for me)

Fish Fillet with Pesto Salsa (Php235)

Grilled fillet of fish served with corn-pesto salsa on paprika rice. P235

Kalbi Chim (Php 240)

Linguine Margarita with Shrimp (Php235)

Other mains:

Chicken Kiev (Roulade of tender chicken breast filled with cream cheese, butter, and herbs. Served with mixed vegetables and rice. Php215

Or served with garlic mashed potatoes. Php240)

Fish Kiev (The fish version of our Chicken Kiev, with the same load of creamy goodness. Served with white wine scallion sauce, steamed vegetables and rice. P250

Or served with garlic mashed potatoes. P275)

Hungarian Sausage & Penne (Php 210).

Beef Caldereta (Php 230)

Callos (Php 255)

Sate Ayam & Nasi Goreng (Php 245)

Cheeseburger (Php 215)

Pulled-Pork Sandwich (Php 205)

CAKES:

I am not really a cake lover, pero I can say na the cakes in Cho-Kiss are delicious. proof: my mother-in-law (who is very pihikan sa food) loves them. hehehe.  Our faves: Sansrival (my ultimate fave, crunchy and creamy, and yummy!!! hahaha!), Kahlua Butter Cake, and Carrot Cake. :)  

Date Walnut Cake (Php Php 80)

Kahlua Butter Cake (Php 105)

Blueberry Cheesecake (Php115/slice)

Other cakes served:

Devil’s Food Cake (Php80/slice) 

Quezo Chiffon Cake (Php85/slice)

Carrot Cake (Php80/slice) 

Sour Cream Cheesecake (Php115/slice)

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake (Php120/slice)

Texas Square Sundae (Php115/slice)

Sans Rival (Php80/slice)

Classic Chocolate Cake (Php103/slice)




Verdict?!
Price : Thumbs up! 
Taste: Thumbs up!
Service: Thumbs up!
Clean: Thumbs up!
Environment: Thumbs up!