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		<title>By: meyen</title>
		<link>http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/798/comment-page-1/#comment-18230</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 01:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JUST WANNA SHARE THE EXPERIENCE WE HAD WITH PETRA &amp; PILAR&#039;S DELIVERY SERVICE (WHICH ACCORDING TO THEM THEY DO DELIVER FOR AS LONG AS IT IS JUST WITHIN THE MAKATI AREA).  OUR ORDER WAS FOR OUR BREAKFAST MEETING TO BE HELD AT 8AM TODAY. WE MADE CLEAR TO THE STAFF TAKING THE ORDERS THAT IT IS FOR DELIVERY AND EVEN GAVE OUR OFFICE ADDRESS AND LOCATION.  OUR CONTACT NO. WAS ALSO GIVEN AND THE NAME OF THE PERSON PLACING THE ORDER.

USUALLY, OUR MEETING STARTS WITH THE BREAKFAST BEFORE THE MEETING PROPER.  THE STAFF DON&#039;T EAT THEIR BREAKFAST AT HOME AS THEY EXPECT THAT WE WILL HAVE IT HERE IN THE OFFICE.  HOWEVER, WHEN 8:00AM CAME, THERE WAS NO FOOD.  WE WAITED ANOTHER 10 MINUTES, BUT STILL NO FOOD.  WE CALLED THE NUMBER THAT WAS PLACED IN THE FLYER GIVEN TO US BUT IT ONLY GAVE THE MESSAGE &quot;THE NUMBER YOU HAVE DIALED IS NOT ACCESSIBLE AT THE MOMENT.  PLEASE TRY YOUR CALL LATER&quot;.  THIS TYPE OF MESSAGE COMES FROM PHONES THAT ARE USUALLY OFF THE HOOK.  WE DECIDED TO CHECK THE INTERNET FOR THEIR OTHER NUMBERS AND WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET ONE.

THE MOST FRUSTRATING PART IS THAT WHEN WE TALKED WITH THE â€œSUPERVISORâ€ AND TOLD HER THE PROBLEM, SHE NEVER APOLOGIZED FOR WHAT HAPPENED BUT KEPT ON SAYING THAT THERE WAS NO NOTATION ON THE ORDER SLIP THAT IF IT IS FOR DELIVERY OR PICK-UP.  SHE EVEN SAID THAT WHEN SHE ARRIVED AT 7:30AM SHE WAS ADVISED THAT THE FOOD WAS PREPARED ALREADY.  IF SHE WAS A COMPETENT SUPERVISOR, WHAT SHE SHOULD HAVE DONE WAS CALLED OUR NUMBER AND ASKED US.  AS A RESULT OF THEIR INCOMPETENCE, OUR BREAKFAST MEETING HAS TO BE MOVED TO ANOTHER TIME.

I TOLD HER THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE WILL TRY THEIR DELIVERY SERVICE AS OUR COMPANY USUALLY HAVE MEETINGS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE THEIR &quot;CARINDERIA&quot; IN OUR LIST OF RESTAURANTS FROM WHERE WE USUALLY PLACE OUR ORDERS.  BUT IF THIS IS THE KIND OF SERVICE THAT WE WILL GET, WE MIGHT AS WELL STICK TO OUR CURRENT LIST WHO GIVE GOOD SERVICE AND DELIVER OUR ORDERS ON TIME.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JUST WANNA SHARE THE EXPERIENCE WE HAD WITH PETRA &amp; PILAR&#8217;S DELIVERY SERVICE (WHICH ACCORDING TO THEM THEY DO DELIVER FOR AS LONG AS IT IS JUST WITHIN THE MAKATI AREA).  OUR ORDER WAS FOR OUR BREAKFAST MEETING TO BE HELD AT 8AM TODAY. WE MADE CLEAR TO THE STAFF TAKING THE ORDERS THAT IT IS FOR DELIVERY AND EVEN GAVE OUR OFFICE ADDRESS AND LOCATION.  OUR CONTACT NO. WAS ALSO GIVEN AND THE NAME OF THE PERSON PLACING THE ORDER.</p>
<p>USUALLY, OUR MEETING STARTS WITH THE BREAKFAST BEFORE THE MEETING PROPER.  THE STAFF DON&#8217;T EAT THEIR BREAKFAST AT HOME AS THEY EXPECT THAT WE WILL HAVE IT HERE IN THE OFFICE.  HOWEVER, WHEN 8:00AM CAME, THERE WAS NO FOOD.  WE WAITED ANOTHER 10 MINUTES, BUT STILL NO FOOD.  WE CALLED THE NUMBER THAT WAS PLACED IN THE FLYER GIVEN TO US BUT IT ONLY GAVE THE MESSAGE &#8220;THE NUMBER YOU HAVE DIALED IS NOT ACCESSIBLE AT THE MOMENT.  PLEASE TRY YOUR CALL LATER&#8221;.  THIS TYPE OF MESSAGE COMES FROM PHONES THAT ARE USUALLY OFF THE HOOK.  WE DECIDED TO CHECK THE INTERNET FOR THEIR OTHER NUMBERS AND WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET ONE.</p>
<p>THE MOST FRUSTRATING PART IS THAT WHEN WE TALKED WITH THE â€œSUPERVISORâ€ AND TOLD HER THE PROBLEM, SHE NEVER APOLOGIZED FOR WHAT HAPPENED BUT KEPT ON SAYING THAT THERE WAS NO NOTATION ON THE ORDER SLIP THAT IF IT IS FOR DELIVERY OR PICK-UP.  SHE EVEN SAID THAT WHEN SHE ARRIVED AT 7:30AM SHE WAS ADVISED THAT THE FOOD WAS PREPARED ALREADY.  IF SHE WAS A COMPETENT SUPERVISOR, WHAT SHE SHOULD HAVE DONE WAS CALLED OUR NUMBER AND ASKED US.  AS A RESULT OF THEIR INCOMPETENCE, OUR BREAKFAST MEETING HAS TO BE MOVED TO ANOTHER TIME.</p>
<p>I TOLD HER THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE WILL TRY THEIR DELIVERY SERVICE AS OUR COMPANY USUALLY HAVE MEETINGS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE THEIR &#8220;CARINDERIA&#8221; IN OUR LIST OF RESTAURANTS FROM WHERE WE USUALLY PLACE OUR ORDERS.  BUT IF THIS IS THE KIND OF SERVICE THAT WE WILL GET, WE MIGHT AS WELL STICK TO OUR CURRENT LIST WHO GIVE GOOD SERVICE AND DELIVER OUR ORDERS ON TIME.</p>
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		<title>By: dHomemaker</title>
		<link>http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/798/comment-page-1/#comment-16920</link>
		<dc:creator>dHomemaker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh gosh, I would wanna share this hilarious experience we had just to find Petra &amp; Pilar. Read on...
It was shared to us by a couple of our Titas when they purchased their famous &#039;corned beef&#039; at the Saturday market, Salcedo Park. We had it for merienda paired with ciabata bread. Saying they got the address from a newspaper, off we went last rainy Sunday afternoon, planning to get a sumptuos dinner at the said &#039;carinderia&#039;. You know what?!? They got the address 2311, instead of 2111. As you would expect it, we were searching for the place around the Mantrade area. Yeah, I know we&#039;re way off the right location. We had to do a few u-turns and breaks just to ask if they ever heard about Petra &amp; Pilar. Hmmm... people we&#039;ve asked definitely didn&#039;t hear the names yet. Until it took us about an hour, so exhausted, we ended up eating at a Japanese resto within the vicinity we were in. Sad and frustrating...
And then one sunny day, I found my way walking the sidestreet near Makati Med to get a document certified, and guess what?!? I found the &#039;carinderia&#039;. The least expected time. So it was just there all along. It was funny, thinking that we were on the other end of Pasong Tamo looking for the spot.haha!
So we&#039;re planning to eat out this weekend, where else..... to finally meet Petra &amp; Pilar. :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh gosh, I would wanna share this hilarious experience we had just to find Petra &amp; Pilar. Read on&#8230;<br />
It was shared to us by a couple of our Titas when they purchased their famous &#8216;corned beef&#8217; at the Saturday market, Salcedo Park. We had it for merienda paired with ciabata bread. Saying they got the address from a newspaper, off we went last rainy Sunday afternoon, planning to get a sumptuos dinner at the said &#8216;carinderia&#8217;. You know what?!? They got the address 2311, instead of 2111. As you would expect it, we were searching for the place around the Mantrade area. Yeah, I know we&#8217;re way off the right location. We had to do a few u-turns and breaks just to ask if they ever heard about Petra &amp; Pilar. Hmmm&#8230; people we&#8217;ve asked definitely didn&#8217;t hear the names yet. Until it took us about an hour, so exhausted, we ended up eating at a Japanese resto within the vicinity we were in. Sad and frustrating&#8230;<br />
And then one sunny day, I found my way walking the sidestreet near Makati Med to get a document certified, and guess what?!? I found the &#8216;carinderia&#8217;. The least expected time. So it was just there all along. It was funny, thinking that we were on the other end of Pasong Tamo looking for the spot.haha!<br />
So we&#8217;re planning to eat out this weekend, where else&#8230;.. to finally meet Petra &amp; Pilar. <img src='http://dessertcomesfirst.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: charmaine</title>
		<link>http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/798/comment-page-1/#comment-16901</link>
		<dc:creator>charmaine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>my officemates and i just came back from petra &amp; pilar to have lunch, and not only were we disappointed, but we were also outraged by the lousy service we experienced:

1. considering that it was supposed to be &quot;carinderia&quot; style, it took an hour before our food arrived. when we followed up our orders after around 30mins of waiting, the waitress said that it was already being prepared. then after 20mins when we were stilll following up one or our orders, another waitress told us to wait for 5 mins because it was still being cooked. 

2. it also took more than 30mins when a waiter approached us to tell us that they were already out of kare kare.

3. some customers who arrived later than us got their food ahead of us. 

obviously, the crew was really disorganized and they don&#039;t seem to keep tabs of people&#039;s orders. it was not only us, but other customers were complaining too.

the price is also quite expensive for the food they are serving. actually i wouldn&#039;t mind so much if the service was great. 

never again would i go back to that place. it caused us so much stress</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>my officemates and i just came back from petra &amp; pilar to have lunch, and not only were we disappointed, but we were also outraged by the lousy service we experienced:</p>
<p>1. considering that it was supposed to be &#8220;carinderia&#8221; style, it took an hour before our food arrived. when we followed up our orders after around 30mins of waiting, the waitress said that it was already being prepared. then after 20mins when we were stilll following up one or our orders, another waitress told us to wait for 5 mins because it was still being cooked. </p>
<p>2. it also took more than 30mins when a waiter approached us to tell us that they were already out of kare kare.</p>
<p>3. some customers who arrived later than us got their food ahead of us. </p>
<p>obviously, the crew was really disorganized and they don&#8217;t seem to keep tabs of people&#8217;s orders. it was not only us, but other customers were complaining too.</p>
<p>the price is also quite expensive for the food they are serving. actually i wouldn&#8217;t mind so much if the service was great. </p>
<p>never again would i go back to that place. it caused us so much stress</p>
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		<title>By: Lori</title>
		<link>http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/798/comment-page-1/#comment-16777</link>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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&lt;blockquote class=&quot;quote&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Glenville -&lt;/b&gt;Each dish is about P100.&lt;/blockquote&gt;


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<blockquote class="quote"><p><b></b><b>Glenville -</b>Each dish is about P100.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: Crete</title>
		<link>http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/798/comment-page-1/#comment-16775</link>
		<dc:creator>Crete</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The place and food looks great. But I need the price- i&#039;m in a tight budget right now, as in 100P for lunch is too much, haha!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The place and food looks great. But I need the price- i&#8217;m in a tight budget right now, as in 100P for lunch is too much, haha!</p>
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		<title>By: glenville</title>
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		<dc:creator>glenville</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>this looks very interesting. i&#039;m also a food lover with none of your expertise hehe, but i&#039;d love to try this one for a change. hubby and i have been eating in casual dining / fine dining restos lately.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>this looks very interesting. i&#8217;m also a food lover with none of your expertise hehe, but i&#8217;d love to try this one for a change. hubby and i have been eating in casual dining / fine dining restos lately.</p>
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		<title>By: scuba</title>
		<link>http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/798/comment-page-1/#comment-16703</link>
		<dc:creator>scuba</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>have you seen this? http://www.ourawesomeplanet.com/awesome/2008/05/petra-and-pilar.html#comments</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>have you seen this? <a href="http://www.ourawesomeplanet.com/awesome/2008/05/petra-and-pilar.html#comments" rel="nofollow">http://www.ourawesomeplanet.com/awesome/2008/05/petra-and-pilar.html#comments</a></p>
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		<title>By: theparguy</title>
		<link>http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/798/comment-page-1/#comment-16689</link>
		<dc:creator>theparguy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well written, great pics, time to visit...</description>
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		<title>By: joey</title>
		<link>http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/798/comment-page-1/#comment-16667</link>
		<dc:creator>joey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 16:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This looks really interesting...and near where I live!  Thanks for the heads up Lori!  I have been meaning to try the Delimondo products too (for some reason I never get to buying it at the market)...now I can hit two birds with one stone!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This looks really interesting&#8230;and near where I live!  Thanks for the heads up Lori!  I have been meaning to try the Delimondo products too (for some reason I never get to buying it at the market)&#8230;now I can hit two birds with one stone!</p>
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		<title>By: Mila</title>
		<link>http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/798/comment-page-1/#comment-16664</link>
		<dc:creator>Mila</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 00:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A friend bought a few cans of the corned beef to take home to the US and his family loved it. I also like their chocolate syrup, and some of the pasta sauces. For some reason I thought this was an Ed Quimson product, didn&#039;t connect Jaka to it. Will wander down to the center one late lunch to try out their edibles.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A friend bought a few cans of the corned beef to take home to the US and his family loved it. I also like their chocolate syrup, and some of the pasta sauces. For some reason I thought this was an Ed Quimson product, didn&#8217;t connect Jaka to it. Will wander down to the center one late lunch to try out their edibles.</p>
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