Trippin’ - A travel blog

Too bad the 2 Indian models were already eliminated from the Amazing Race Asia as this week’s pit stop will be in India.

Did you notice the reaction of the teams when they learned that after Thailand, they would be flying off to Calcutta for their next set of challenges?   Their reaction was just so different compared to how their American counterparts would react to the thought of going to India.  The American teams would get excited and all, while the Asians and the white folks based in Asia had a "Oh great..you’ve got to be kidding" expression on their faces.   

I haven’t been to India myself, but from what I’ve heard the place you’d want to definitely visit is Goa - skip Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi and just go straight to Goa and supposedly you’ll have a blast.  What I was told as well was that all you need to bring are 2 sets of swimsuits, a shirt and a toothbrush and you’ll survive with only that for 2 weeks.  Errr….I don’t think so.  If I do get the chance to go there, I’ll tell you about it through this blog.

If someone asked
me 5 years ago what would be my comfort food, my response would be sushi or
Japanese Chicken curry or dimsum.  Now, it’s anything Indian or
Greek.  So I decided to give Cyma a try.  Cyma first opened its doors
in sunny Boracay and now they have arrived in Manila.

The first time I saw their Edsa Shang branch a few months back, I was laughing so hard when I saw an item on their menu (and written on a blackboard) because it had a funny name - Loukanika - well at least I thought it was funny.  Loukanika is a flaming greek sausage, I told my friend that we should definitely have that (pun inteded).

Back to what I thought of the restaurant and how I can’t help but compare it to Cafe Mediterrenean, the menu of Cyma is definitely more extensive than Cafe Med with several Greek dishes which I have never had before and this would include their starters.  I tried their sampler which I believe is called Pikilia - it had Melitzanosalata (eggplant, tomato, garlic, lemon in EVOO), Htipiti (creamed feta cheese) and common favorites tsatziki and hummus.  I noticed the presentation was really nice (as seen in photo) and better than how it is served in Cafe Med.  When it came to the taste, I would have to say that Cafe Med’s tsatziki is way way better than Cyma’s.  The pita bread used in Cyma was also something not worth raving about as it did not taste like it was freshly made in other words, it tasted commercial.  The only time I appreciated the tsatziki was when I mixed it together with their melitzanosalata.  However, what did catch my attention was Cyma’s moussaka.  Now that was really good.  However, I would recommend that this dish be shared with 2 more people since it tastes so rich.  Cyma has a specialty called Saganaki which is flaming cheese - now what’s up with Cyma and dishes that go on fire?  Good question - I don’t know.

Overall, it was an ok experience.  I may go back to try out a few more dishes which I can’t find on Cafe Med’s menu.  However, if I had to choose between the 2, Cafe Med’s food win over Cyma anytime of the day - no doubt about that.