Ditchay's

Wow, it’s really November. I still can’t believe how fast time flies! I understood it more when we were living in NYC because the energy levels there are so high and everyone is always so crazy busy and on the go. In Puerto Princesa, we’re busy, but this city is a very sleepy small town especially in comparison to NYC. But somehow we continue to not have enough hours in the day to get everything done. I suppose this is good though. Better to be busy than bored.

Yesterday Marcus and I celebrated the third year anniversary of our second wedding (we got married first at city hall in NYC on August 3rd then again with our family and friends joining us in Arizona on November 4th). We usually celebrate our anniversaries by going out for a special dinner and past locations for our dinners have included Nobu, Babbo, and One if By Land, Two if By Sea. It seemed fitting to try out Puerto Princesa’s finest dining experience on our special day so last night we had dinner at Ditchay’s Cafe. We’d been looking forward to it all day and it did not disappoint. My mouth is actually watering now as I remember our meal. Ditchay’s is all about locally and organically produced meats, veggies and fruits. The food is French with an Asian twist - and it is all so delicious. Our meal started off with bread (it looked homemade) with the best pesto we’ve had in Palawan. After that we had a salad with warm bacon and fantastic beef carpaccio. Our entrees were a delicious native chicken dish with mushrooms and olives and roasted pork belly. Both entrees came with delicious veggie sides including creamed spinach, garlic potatoes, mashed pumpkin and this really fabulous sweetened pickled cabbage (I think it had apples mixed in - it doesn’t sound awesome but seriously it was so good). All this amazing food was washed down with a great 2004 Bordeaux (the only thing Ditchay’s imports is their wine). We were stuffed after all this food but had to try the mimosa tarte. And as if we hadn’t had enough already, we were given a delicious homemade mango ice cream to enjoy while waiting for the tarte. Everything was perfect and we were so happy we went there for dinner. Looking forward to celebrating more special occasions there...