Wine Experience of Beginners

We are new to wine although we're very much interested to wine pairing and wine itself for quite a long time now.  I've always associated wine with happiness, romance, good food, intimate conversation, celebration, classy, and long lasting. Well, that's how I see it based on the movies that I watched and the helpless romantic in me. Whenever there's a scene wher the couple are on a date to celebrate their anniversary, or their still just getting to know each other, or the guy proposing or there's just something to celebrate, there's always wine or champagne in their table. I remember a scene in the movie, the devil wears prada, where Anne Hathaway was cooking her dinner. She prepared a very simple dinner for herself, a pasta paired with a wine and she looks so satisfied and happy. Even in birthdays and weddings, we always toast with a wine. And whenever a classy couple having steak for dinner, it's always paired with wine and everything seems super delicious. 

Then there's the picturesque vineyards looking so elegant and divine be it in Italy or France. When the camera is focused on the grapes, the oh so beautiful it seems so sacred grapes that will be made into wine. Picture that then ask yourself if you want a taste of the wine that it would become.

The thing is, wine is still alcohol and I'm not fond of the bitter taste of alcohol. I can't drink beer cause it's bitter. For cocktails, I'm a frozen margarita girl and maybe a moderate amount of cosmopolitan. But wine, I don't know. Honestly, I'm quite afraid that if I find it too bitter it will ruin how I see wine.

I like my wine sweet, not fruit juice sweet but a good blend of bitter, sour and sweet.

Cebu's Zubochon Experience

It is a well-known fact that when you're in Cebu, Philippines, you should HAVE their famous Cebu Lechon (Roasted Pig). One of the known Lechon Restaurant in Cebu City is Zubochon, we have heard of CnT and Rico's as well but Zubochon's name was stuck in my mind. While we were checking in at the hotel, I immediately asked the receptionist where is the nearest branch of Zubochon and they mention Escario branch but it's quite a long walk from the hotel.

Since our afternoon nap took longer than expected, we actually didn't know where have dinner since the mall is already closed. The receptionist told us that we can still try the restaurants and fast food in Cebu IT Park, good thing they offer service car for hotel guests and we only paid 50php since it is farther that Cebu Ayala Mall. We were surprised as there are so many restos and fastfood like Jollibee, McDonald's and KFC that are still open, it was around 11pm when we arrive there. We were driving around, looking for a restaurant that will catch our eye and at one turn, I saw the logo .... Zubochon's logo! And in unison, we told the driver where we want to eat and we all excitedly walk to see if it's as tasty as they said it is.

For a party of 3, this is what we had:

Part of Zubochon's menu featuring the main dishes