Lunch at Hukad inside Abreeza Mall Davao City

Grandpa invited us to have lunch at Abreeza mall yesterday, he wants to show us a place where he had previously eaten. He had all praises for the place because of its delicious foods. The place he was referring to is Hukad which was located at the 2nd floor of Abreeza mall, not much familiar yet with the exact place in the second floor so if you ever decided to go there, just ask around.

The place is not that big though but the waiters and waitress are very accommodating. We only ordered a few foods, I hope we had ordered more because the food was (and my father was right) DELICIOUS, to be exact lutong pinoy and on top of that unlimited rice!!!! that alone my friend is a big YES for me hahahahahaha. Here are photos of the place and some of our orders.

Hukad sa Golden Cowrie

Accommodating staff (rice please hehehehe)

Some of our orders Cebuano Kinilaw, Bicol Express, Blue Marlin, Chicken Barbecue, Sago at Gulaman.

Sunny Sunday at Mintal

Kinilaw is one of my favorite dish, although in some restaurant they serve this as an appetizer. But for me its one of my main dish. Me and my wife are craving for kinilaw last week, so yesterday we went to order a kinilaw. Its was delicious and if kinilaw was not enough we also ordered a kilawing kambing hahaha. Man are we that hungry we cleaned those up to top with 4 cups of rice. We each had two cups each.

After eating we went to Mintal to visit our house, upon arriving we notice our electricity has been cut hahaha. We failed to pay the electric bill on December last year (Ohh the bill was 20 pesos only). So we change our dress to start cleaning the house. Luckily it was a sunny Sunday, good for cutting grass outside of the house.

My wife was such a tireless workhorse. She finished cutting grass on all 3 corners of the house, I on the other hand was struggling to finish one side hahaha, maybe that's why shes born on the year of the horse she has an abundant of stamina compared to me. After we finished cleaning we pack our things and went home.

Do you still tip?

When I was young, when me and my father would eat in a restaurant or maybe go to the barbershop. My father always give a tip. I didn't ask why he would do it, but he always gives a tip. Now that I'm all grown up, I keep asking myself do we need to tip? I mean do we give tips to waiters, barbers or bellboys. We all know they are paid to do that. Although most of them are below minimum wage.

I ask my mom if she also tips a person for his services, and she said sometimes, especially if the person giving service to her is well mannered and quick to do the task. She said tipping is just her way of saying "Nice job" or "Well done".

Me i only give a tip when i go to the barber shop hahaha, especially if the barber really did a good job of trimming my hair. But when it comes to restaurants i don't give tip, i just don't. Correct me if I'm wrong about this, but restaurant usually include a service charge on your bill, I think its about 10%.

How about you? do you tip?