After we looked at the amazing stylish and cheap shoes and slippers in Gat Tayaw Street, we got hungry and it was time for lunch! So what do people look for when finding the place to eat? Of course the taste of the food, the place or environment, and also the prices.
One restaurant in Laguna has them all: Arabela: Camello’s Bakehaus and Coffee Shop in Liliw, Laguna--a unique restaurant located just a short walk from Gat Tayaw Street.
And yes, uniqueness was what struck us when we got to the place. Arabela is a tiny restaurant with a ceiling that was about less than 6 feet high and not so spacious. So if you are more than 6 feet you would have to stoop your head. It was like a doll house with the design of small European street coffee shops. There was relaxing sweet music, also a mini candy store at the side and the glass refrigerator where people could see their beautiful cakes. Everything was just so sweet in there!
It was now time to check out their menu. Arabela’s specialties include cakes, pasta, pizza and hot drinks. We ordered different dishes of pasta and different flavors of pizza for lunch. Then after waiting for just a short time our orders arrived. Wow, the food was not plain or common looking as I thought it would be because I thought that such a small restaurant would just offer simple food. The pasta dishes were set in the plates creatively that made us take pictures first before eating them. Moreover, it was not only presentation that was remarkable. The taste, magnifico! Their pastas tasted so good, as if a real Italian chef made them, and the pizzas are also so good and have very thin crusts just like the home-made pizzas in Italy.
Eating in Arabela felt like dining in an expensive Italian restaurant yet it was just within the country and it was not very expensive at all. Their plate of Lasagna costs P70 only. Their Chicken Parmigiana costs P145 and their whole pizzas with so many varieties of flavors are at P350.We tried four flavors of pizzas and one of which is the yummy Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza. We tried the yummy Eggplant Parmigiana which was priced at 120 pesos only and has generous serving.
It was unfortunate that we were not able to try their coffee, cakes and brownies because eating four kinds of pizza and plateful pastas made us very full. But we were sure that everything they offer is good especially their brownies because they had been selling those for almost 50 years and also because there are groups of people outside waiting to be seated. People actually should make reservations some hours before the time they want to eat then the staff would just text them when their turns are near.
In Arabela everything was there; excellent food, very unique place, reasonable prices and great customer service. Arabela would surely make anyone “take-out” a unique and memorable dining experience. Buon appetito!
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