CHi the spa

after spending hours running around SM cebu searching for an xd card- as most shops sell only sd- and picking-up our laundry, we got back in our hotel dead tired. So we- tet and I- decided that we needed/deserved some pampering. So we decided to book an appointment to the in-house spa of Shangri La...CHi.







The whole place is “tranquility” translated into architecture. It’s a village composed of small garden suites with individual changing rooms and massage rooms. We opted for a traditional Philippine “hilot” package. It’s an hour and a half full body pampering. And boy-oh-boy, it was truly a bliss!!!... After the “hilot” we were both smelling good enough to eat because of the coconut oil used, and since we can’t eat each other in CHi, we just decided to eat @ CHi as they also have an in-house chef that serves “tranquil foods”.








We both ordered the set menus, Tet’s was “elements of fire”, while I ordered for “elements of water”. We were first served with vegetable crudités with some garlic/lemon dip...(i’m not a big veggie fun, but the veggies are just so fresh, they’re very sweet that I actually liked them..)








then we were served with our main dishes: Tet’s dish was thin tuna slices on a bed of veggies, and mine was spiced sea bass on a bed of pineapple salad...my dish was a perfect marriage of the spiciness of the sea bass and the freshness of the pineapple-every bite the pineapple just bursted in my mouth, it’s the gastronomical equivalent of a cool breeze in a summer afternoon...the sea bass was so fresh it was as if the sea was put on a plate.













To clench our thirst we had a concoction of watermelon and kiwi shake..it’s summer in a glass...totally refreshing!!!!and a perfect ending in a totally relaxing and rejuvenating CHi experience ...


and so we decided to walk back to our room...so I could finally have my coconut flavored dessert....(*naughty wink, slurp!)...


cheers!!!

-eat well; live well and be merry!!!