CECIL’S CAFE: Home-Cooked Food Stop on Your Way to Tagaytay

I’ve always been curious about Cecil’s Cafe. We pass by it every time we head to Tagaytay via Sta. Rosa. Although it looks homey and inviting from the outside, we hesitated for a while because we don’t know if the food is yummy or if it is just one of those provincial commercialized cafes.

One weekday morning, we decided to try it for lunch. Here’s our Cecil’s Cafe experience:

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We were welcomed by Cecil Inducil-Jacinto, who was excited to welcome guests to her quaint cafe and have people taste her home-cooked dishes and Green Patio’s Chinese specialties.

(Note: Green Patio is the popular Chinese restaurant of Cecil’s mother in Greenhills before.)

It’s operated like a home kitchen, with food freshly prepared and cakes ready for you to indulge in.

The menu is simple: Home-cooked Food, Home-baked Desserts + Green Patio’s Specialties.

CECIL’S CAFE MENU:

• Something New, Appetizers, Soups & Salads
• Pasta, Cecil’s All Time Favorites
• Cakes & Pastries, Drinks & Fruit Shakes
• Coffee, Special Tea & Pure Cacao

Caesar’s Salad – Organic (P160).

The salad is fresh with a very flavorful dressing — just the way we like it at home.

★ Green Patio’s Fresh Xiamen “Amoy” Lumpia (P65).

One of the specialties is the Fresh Amoy lumpia, which passed the discriminating taste of my Chinese wife (although I think it has more peanuts than usual). They can improve it by making it more compact.

It’s actually already good by itself but you can add the sweet sauce to enjoy it.

★ Vegetable Lasagna (P165).

One of their specialties is the Lasagna — very rich and yummy, considering that it’s all vegetables.

Grilled Salmon in Honey-Coriander Glaze (P290).

They have rice meal options, too. The salmon we ordered was just OK.

Green Patio’s Cua Pao (2pcs./order – P95).

Another specialty is the Cua Pao, served hot and steamed in a basket. It was good and served just the way the Chinese foodies like it — with a thick layer of really soft fat.

 
★ Tootsie’s Sans Rival (P85).

The sansrival was rich. Some people might find it too sweet and overly buttery, though.

Overall, Cecil’s Cafe does deliver on its promise of home-cooked goodness. It’s great that it also offers Chinese specialties from its Green Patio lineage. It’s a quaint resto that you can stop over before or after going to Tagaytay, especially if you are in the mood for home cooking while near the Nuvali area.

CECIL’S CAFE
CVI Bldg. ATI Complex, Sta. Rosa-Tagaytay Rd
Sitio Muson, Brgy. Puting Kahoy, Silang, Cavite
Operating Hours:
Tuesday to Sunday, 11.00am to 8.00pm
Closed on Mondays 
Mobile: +63 920 915-7517 
Email: cecilscafe@gmail.com
Facebook: Cecil’s Cafe

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Full Disclosure: We paid for our meals. I wrote this blog post myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I have no business relationship with any company mentioned in this post or any organization promoting it. As a policy, I don’t receive compensation from food and travel places we feature in the blog. 

P.S.  If you are going up to Tagaytay via Sta. Rosa, drive past the Nuvali area and the food stalls area along the road selling steamed corn. Once you see the road goes up, look for the commercial establishments on your right and you should see the Cecil’s Cafe logo.