Biella - Cafee Pizzeria Ristorante

Last week my friend gave her birthday treat at BIELLA Cafe Pizzeria Restaurant at Water Front Gate Mall in Festival City. It's an Italian restaurant. We chose this restaurant because earlier one day when we were passing by it, we happened to check out it's menu, and we had seen almost 1/3 of the menu being vegetarian. And since 2 out of 3 of us were vegetarians, n myself being a 'trying to turn vegetarian' non-veg, it was a unanimous decision to go for it. We wanted to sit in the area allocated by the restaurant outside in the canal walk, but it was raining that afternoon, so we decided to sit inside. Every table was well decorated, giving you the 5-star feel. But personally I did not like the menu card, I mean I was expecting it to be like a book and everything, but it was made out of cardboard, and it was how it is in the small cafes. Everything on the menu, I mean the basic name of each of the food item, was not in English, but I would make a guess, in Italian. But ya, the detailed description under each of these Italian names was all in English. This gave the restaurant an even more authentic feel to it I believe. Anyhow, we ordered for 2 kinds of pastas. I did not want to order for pizza because just the other day we had pizza, so even I went for pasta - Arrabiata Penne, and my friends went for another pasta where the name of the pasta was weird CHILLI LINGUINE. Anyway we had also ordered for a starter, which was.. hmmm great I don't remember the name, but it was an item with buffalo cheese slices, tomato, olives and alot of vine leaves. Even that was quite nice. But the pasta was amazing. After long I came across a pasta that fit my tastebuds. And yup, another thing that most of these Italian restaurants provide, and even Biella did, was providing hot garlic bread, with butter and parmesan cheese provided separately to spread. Wow, just writing about it is making me go yummmmmmy. The service was very nice, friendly and cheerful, and always out to help. All in all, it was another great experience with my friends, and heres thanking my friend for her birthday treat!!! And hey, no abbreviations in this one I believe.. hmmmm :-) !!!!

Thank God It's Friday!!!

Well.. I just had 2 blog abt dis b4 my frnd did.. evn tho according to wat we had decided, she'd b da one blogging, since it ws her bday surprise, but den we decided it's alryt coz both of us wud hv different perspectives, evn tho we're blogging abt d same thng.. See, tht's da gr8 thng abt blogging.. same topic, different perspectives!! Nway, as da topic says.. Thank God It's Friday!!! Da 1st tym I hrd it, I ws kinda shocked.. I mean a frnd of myn said dis phrase aloud, but weirdly it wsn't a friday.. n I for a moment thot tht my frnd had gone mad.. it ws only after seeing my look did he say tht Thank God It's Friday means TGIF, da renowned restaurant chain. Well 2day I ws actualy lucky 2 hv visited dere.. It wsn't planned at all. Me n my frnz went 2 Water Front Gate Mall keeping one thng in mind, tht is we'd go for da Gondola ride in da canal.. but once we reached da mall, we all unanimously concluded tht we're hngry. So we decided 2 hv ice cream n shake at Coldstone Creamery, da same place we visited couple of days bak. But TGIWC - ummm THANK GOD IT WAS CROWDED!!! Since dere ws just no place 2 sit, I just shouted out, hey let's go 2 TGIF, n try da Jalapeno Poppers dere.. coz my frnd had alwz bin rambling on abt hw gr8 da cheesy food in TGIF is.. So we all headed for TGIF.. n we ordered for yes, da Jalapeno Poppers n sum Potato Chips Wafers wit cheese, tomato, onion, n sauce etc on top.. Once da order ws placed, my frnd excused himself to attnd nature's call. But strangely he ws bak real soon. Immediately I jumped at him askn SO SOON??? Lil did we knw dat dis ws a part of da plan.. So da food arrived.. it ws just delicious.. so cheesy, 'OH MY GOD' (F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Style).. We wr just full.. n den once da plates were cleared, da surprise hapnd. My frnd, hu's bday is just arnd d corner, n hu's boyfriend had excused himslf, ws just saying, dat she wished she cud c dese TGIF waiters n waitresses dance, coz dere is sum bday dance dat dese ppl do, if deyr askd 2. U won't bliv it, ryt den I saw a hole bunch of em walking towards our table with cakes.. Initially I thot ok, so it's someones bday, lyk wat r da chnces, n I lukd arnd our table 2 c hu is da lucky one.. But den I saw dat dere ws no1 arnd us.. n I ws lyk hey, wat's happening.. n I ws on da verge of getting off da table 2 say hey, I think u got da rong table.. but den I hrd em singing da TGIF style happy bday song for my frnd.. n I understood evrythn. All da 3 of us were just shocked, n speechless. Yes yes, evn my friend's boyfrnd, hu had planned dis whole thng ws surprised.. n don't evn lemme get strtd on my bday frnd.. she almost said HEY MY BDAY IS ALMOST A WEEK AWAY.. but sumhw she dint, n we're so glad she dint! At d end of dis biiiiiiiiiiiig surprise, she cut her cake. Actualy dey wr 3 slices of cake, each in da form of a burger.. as in da sponge chocolate cake being da breads, n da yummy chocolate cream being da burger sandwiched between da breads. Da cakes had whipped cream n cherries as topping.. Wen I saw d cake I ws lyk okay, it luks alryt.. but my God, wen I tasted it.. I ws in a different wrld.. it wil hv 2 b one of d best cakes tht I hv had in recent tyms.. I luvd it so much, tht at d end of gobbling da cake, I cried out 2 my bday frnd THANK YOU FOR BEING BORN!!! Da main reasn y we had cum 2 Water Front Gate Mall, which is for da Gondola ride, nva happened.. But no regret or complaint.. We had a wonderful experience.. coz as my topic says - THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY!!!!