If you have heard about DuzGrill,
10 Dove Street and Cul-De-sac, which are restaurants attached to a home inside
a village, another add-up to the list of specialty restau-attached-to-a-house
is Gibbs’ Hot wings. Owned by, Frank Oliva proprietor of Heart Tea Milk tea, he
brings another hot, literally hot craze in town. I know you’ll ask who Gibbs is; actually,
Gibbs is the name of the Golden Retriever that Frank’s son owns, at first I
also thought that it was a name of a family member but surprisingly it’s a dog,
how great is that dog!
Details to remember before
dining:
Location: inside Holy Family
Village Banilad, Cebu City
Budget: 100 up
Parking Space: Available
Reservations: Advised
Outdoor seating: Available
Credit Cards: Not as of the
moment
Store Hours: 11:00-2:00 PM (Lunch)
Tuesdays- Saturdays
5:30-10:00 PM (Dinner) Tue-Sat
5:30-10:00 PM (Dinner) Sundays
Directions:
"Hot wings"- P 175.00
"Cream cheese and Garlic chicken"- P 205.00
Gibbs' hot wings
I don't own the fotos in this post. (c) Emma Zhequia of FTW blog
Following the directions above,
we came up into a small driveway one night, and saw a signage that says “Gibbs’
Hot wings”, along with Zhequia of FTW and Fhebe, we all shared a night full of
hotness and deliciousness. We were guided by the Owner Frank, throughout our
meal and were also entertained by him and his insane wit.
He introduced the
Chicken pockets with Chicken Salad to us, we were lucky to be one of the first
few people to try this dish because her wife came upon this dish few days
before we went there. You have a chance to choose whether, you will fill the
pockets by yourself or just let them do it for you, I’d prefer doing it myself
tho, and it’s a little itsy-touchy with your food before munching it.
The Chicken salad comprised with Cabbage,
Cucumbers, Onions and Tomatoes which were very fresh because all were crunchy.
The chicken was crispy and chock-full with flavour. We filled our Pita breads
with the chicken salad and start tasting the quest within it, I’m one of those
kinds who would like to have my Pita Bread a lil toasted to add crisp and
flavour and so as my friend on the other side of the table Zhee loved it that
way. But, even if the Pita Bread served to us was not toasted the mishmash of
the Salad and the bread was vital, raging of flavours and bursting of the sweet
dressing of the Salad was rumbling inside my mouth. It actually tasted like
Shawarma but the owner preferred not to compare it with that because seemingly
they are different, for me, the dressing me reminded me of that Shawarma, that
little bitch. Hahahaha
Next, a sexy platter of hot wings
with a dip was served in front of us.
Just three things before getting
a hand of these deviously delicious buddies: Wash your hands. Brace yourself. Eat sexy (with bare hands! No knives
and forks!)
I’ve already tried these
beautiful and hot wings before, and I should say nothing has changed, it is
still the Buffalo wings I fell in love with. There is hot for the nerds and insanely
hot for the freaks (in fact the hot itself is very very very very hot) it
is accompanied by a Garlicky dip which I assumed is a Garlic Ranch or anything
closer to it because Frank doesn’t know the name of it. You could see how the
hot sauce embraces the wings so just imagine the tender chicken and innocent
combination of sweet and spicy sauce assimilates and forms an army of
scrumptiousness ready to fill your craving. From a scale of 1-10, the Buffalo
wings from Gibbs is eleven, this is ultimate.
He also introduced us to the
newest add-up to their menu the Cream Cheese and Garlic Chicken. Tender chicken
drenched with cream cheese sauce and topped with grated parmeasan cheese.
This dish was a blend of sweetness
and saltiness; I’m not a fan of cheeses so I don’t really find this dish thaaaat
alluring, the cheesiness was a bit over to me but I guess this dish wasn’t that
bad after all because Zhee, preferred it than of the Buffalo wings.
To wrap things up in a small
platter, the Chicken pockets with chicken salad is a good starter for your
feast, Filipino’s as we know it, rice is good for everything so you can order
one from Gibbs’ even if this is like an American turf because of the wings
Filipinos can still rock the crib and enjoy the meal with our beloved carb.
Lastly don’t ever leave the premise without writing around the walls of Gibb’s
hot wings, you can write anything about the wings, the place and the wingman,
Mr. Frank Oliva.
Atty. Ethelbert Quano named Mr.
Frank Oliva as the newest Wingman of Cebu.
For a happy belly:
"Chicken Pockets with chicken salad"- P "Hot wings"- P 175.00
"Cream cheese and Garlic chicken"- P 205.00
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| Zhee wrote for the first time, I wrote for the second time. We'll see the charm on the third time. |
