It was a great Saturday and Transformers 3 : Dark of the Moon is currently showing in cinemas. Me and my sisters decided to watch the movie in SM Megamall and have dinner there. The lines for the movie tickets were so long even though T3 is being shown in 10 out of 12 cinemas of SM Megamall. I was glad I bought the tickets online at smcinema.com which saved me from the hassle of the long lines. I just had to click a few buttons online and have the code sent via SMS scanned through the machine in the cinema, and voila, instant passes.
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T3 tickets printed by myself |
And then the much awaited dinner. I purchased a Gumbo groupon from Deal Grocer and I decided to finally use it and try out the food of Gumbo. The whole deal was good for four persons.
Upon arriving at the restaurant, we were immediately greeted by their cheerful staff. I told them that I would be using my Deal Grocer groupon. They have a special menu for the deal as described by Deal Grocer. They also handed us their regular menu for extras.
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Gumbo menu |
For the Gumbo deal, you get to choose one grande salad, one grande pasta, two main entrees, and one dessert. Drinks are not included. While waiting for our order, we were served with two small loaves of bread.
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Bread and oil with garlic |
The salad was served afterwards. We ordered the Southern Chicken Caesar. It is tossed crisp Romaine lettuce, home made Caesar dressing, with crunchy croutons and lots of grilled chicken breast. I do not really like much salads but I loved the grilled chicken cubes in it.
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Southern chicken Caesar salad Petite 375.00 Grande 595.00 |
Next was the pasta. We chose the Sicilian Favorite. It is penne pasta cooked in vodka with andouille sausage, basil and tomatoes, in Creole seasoning garnished with parmesan cheese. It was kind off spicy but is rich in flavor.
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Sicilian favorite Petite 295.00 Grande 475.00 |
The two main entrees we ordered were both delicious. One is the Bourbon-style baby back ribs which was char-broiled to perfection. The other is the Cajun fried chicken. The two main dishes each comes with side dishes. We had mashed potato which is creamy and tasty and corn on a cob. We ordered extra cajun rice.
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Bourbon-style baby back ribs Petite 495.00 Grande 945.00 |
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Cajun fried chicken Petite 325.00 Grande 495.00 |
To cap it all off, hot chocolate cake a la mode was our chosen dessert. It was just right to balance the taste of all the flavorful dishes we ordered.
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Hot chocolate cake a la mode 275.00 |
Over-all, we were all satisfied and full. It was a really great deal. It would have cost us P2800.00 but because of the Deal Grocer groupon, it only cost us half the price.
I will definitely visit Gumbo next time and try out their seafood dishes.
