Chilling@Cibo

A short break from our US trip posts.

Manila, and I think the entire archipelago, is suffering from a tremendous summer heat. It is scorching hot. I feel that each day the temperature goes higher and higer. In fact, last Wednesday at 4:00pm, 5th of May 2010, it reached a  record high of 37.5 degrees C. Good thing that J and I were at the comforts of our airconditioned offices. (to all the people out there doing field work, please take the necessary precautions against this deadly heat)

This heat is so bad that one is already profusely persipring after stepping out of the shower. It is really difficult to move around because the slight movement will result in a thousand sweat, I'm not kidding.

Anyways, to beat the summer heat, J and I went to the mall to cool down and of course everyone in the Metro also had the same idea. Boy, oh boy, was the mall packed. Furthermore, almost all of us there were looking for a cold, cold drink to beat the summer, thus, the restaurants selling ice creams, fruit shakes, milk shakes and every other conceivable ice-cold drink were teeming with customers.

For our cool down pit stop, J and I went to Cibo for the sole reason that it was the only restaurant at that time that was not packed, thus, their airconditioning was good. Plus, they offer great food/drinks and service.

We ordered iced-tea and caramel cheesecake. The cheesecake was delicious and the iced-tea cooled us down.

 

A cheesecake as delicious as this deserves two photos: top view and side view