It's no big secret among my friends that I've been a big fan and a regular at Mooon Cafe from when it started out in Guadalupe in a funky old house with various pieces of art all over the place. It's the first place I tasted and got hooked on the chimichanga (and still get over-excited at the mention of it!). It's the place I used to drag most of my dates to. It's the place my friends and I gather for dinner every time I'm back in my hometown. Despite its menu not being Cebuano, I feel like I've come home everytime I go to Mooon Cafe for a bite to eat.

 

     I love that their menu has a variety of choices among Mexican-inspired dishes and that there are some other delightful extras on it as well, like sisig...which I got my brother to eat a whole plate of before telling him what it actually was. (Note: he hasn't touched the dish since then because, apparently, something about eating pig's ears turns him off, but he did manage to eat nearly a whole serving of it before the big reveal. Which just goes to show that Mooon Cafe makes a darned good sisig that can nearly convert any non-fanatic of pig's ears!) But I digress. It amazes me that Mooon has expanded with few more branches and still manages to fill up nearly all the tables with ravenous customers. But then again, their menu is so good that it keeps me coming back for more, so why shouldn't it be the same for the rest of Cebu? And I still experience the same quality of service at the different branches, which makes me give an enthusiastic thumbs-up to the proprietors. The interior is quite interesting as well and while I wouldn't want to be wearing waitresses' frilly uniforms, they still maintain a level of friendliness and efficiency that any customer will be happy to experience.

 

     So, how long will the good flow of Mooon Cafe last? A long, long time, I hope. After all, I need to be able to go back there with my pals and have them roll their eyes at me, while telling me how they don't understand why I even bother to look at the menu when I have my favorites all lined up in my memory anyway. Yeah, it's official. I heart Mooon Cafe.