Greenbelt’s Cyma
It has been a while since my elementary school best friends, Shiela and Sheila, and I saw each other so we decided to meet up last Tuesday for dinner. We rendezvoused at Ayala Triangle before choosing a place to eat. Shiela was craving for ribs while I could go with anything. Sheila, being a “somewhat foodie” that she is, thought of bringing us to Cyma, a Greek restaurant in Greenbelt 2. It was my first time trying Greek cuisine and was apprehensive of the whole thing, but I was in for a huge surprise! Not to mention Sheila was really pitching for the place throughout our walk to Greenbelt. “It’s Greek! You know, Greek!”
Located at Greenbelt 2, Cyma offers food from salads, pasta, meat, soup to desserts. Some of their dishes, when being served, requires their crew to shout “Opa!”, which according to Shiela, was very surprising. “Couldn’t they at least warn us!?”
We first had their Roka Salata (fresh arugula, chopped romaine lettuce, sun dried tomatoes, candied walnuts, shaved parmigiano. Served with traditional Greek vinaigrette). And it was the most delicious salad I’ve ever had so far! The one we ordered was for sharing but I’m sure any of us could have finished it on their own. The nuts provided an added crisp to the salad while the vinaigrette added a tangy flavor to it. It’s not very heavy compared to the salad (with those oh-so-flavorful salad dressings) that I’ve had in Japanese restaurants.
It was then followed by Spinach and Artichoke Fondue (with their blend of melting cheese, sun dried tomatoes, feta). This was also good but instead of the garlic bread, it would have been great if they were all feta instead. When we were ordering this, Shiela and I were scratching our heads since we kept thinking of the chocolate fondue.
Next up was the Chicken Gyro (Greek pita wrap with tzatziki, onions, tomatoes, romaine lettuce, feta. Served with fries and honey mustard sauce). By the time we had this, we were already too full from the salad and could only take on the fries. We tried a bit of the chicken gyro and had the rest taken home.
Last one we had was their Salmon Psari Fournou (salmon with fennel, dill, tomatoes and saffron. Baked in parchment paper. Served with your choice of side.) Since we already had fries before, we asked to have the side of the salmon switched to roasted potatoes. Well, they’re essentially the same… potato, but at least they were cooked differently! Anyway, the salmon was really soft and didn’t have an overpowering fishy taste.
This roasted potato came with the salmon as a side dish. Wasn’t too salty but still remained flavorful. It was easy on the stomach too.
The dinner cost around Php2,000 for the three of us. Though it’s somewhat pricey, I find their food really good. I’ll definitely come back and try their other best sellers.
You can check out their menu and prices here.
