chateau verde

beef salpicao

callos

paella

YUM!!!

those are among the dishes i've tried at Chateau Verde, a little and little-known restaurant inside the UP diliman campus. they are sumptuous, in my opinion. last week, a few of us (two were Korean) had dinner at this stone's-throw-away-from-Shopping-Center resto. they really loved it -- the food, the place, the ambience.

"are we really inside UP?" one of them asked incredulously, unable to believe right away that there was such a dining place inside the campus that didn't have the noisy-cafeteria-atmosphere of a school canteen.

what more can i say? hmm...oh, did i mention the wine? i don't know much about that, but one of my companions said that chilean wine is supposed to be commendable (so we chose that over the spanish one we were offered).

oh, and in case you decide to check it out one of these days, the resto doesn't have a sign -- that is, nothing that reads "chateau verde." just a big leaf overhead that points to the entrance. don't worry, the leaf is lit up at night so it's easier to spot.