Palawan Trip 9: Fine Dining @ KaLui Garden/Gallery Restaurant

KaLui restaurant is located at 369 Rizal Ave. Puerto Princesa City with phone # (048) 433-2580.  Vicki from PIA-Palawan booked us ahead because this is one restaurant that is always full. You need to have reservations for you to experience the quaint taste and peaceful ambiance of the place. KaLui is like a sanctuary--garden/restaurant/gallery and very fine dining.

Once you enter the restaurant, friendly staff/waiters greet you with a smile and you are asked to remove your shoes so you can walk barefoot on shiny wooden floors. Foot wares are tucked in small basket lockers.  Easy, meditative and or smooth jazz music, candle scents and "hush" conversations from diners get into your psyche.

Vicki reminded us to bring our cameras because the place is just a beautiful fit with nature, food, music and subdued conversation. KaLui is owned and managed by Lui Oliva, who once worked as a UN volunteer, retired and decided to put up this place that has become a tourist's "must see, must feel, must experience" in Puerto Princesa.

We ordered for two sets of "KaLui Special of the Day" that consists of fish steak, prawns, veggies of the day, chilli crabs, rice and starters set (a' la family) @ P400+/set. KaLui menu is well- chosen and its drinks are as cool as its ambiance.

Lindy, Jessie, Soring and the guys ordered for "wheatgrass in coco juice and Palawan honey"; Hazel and Elvie had "Green mango with Ginger;" while I had "Guyabano shake."

It was such a fitting fine dinner with some of my staff.  Our cameras clicked and flashed as we posed and made pictures in almost all bends, nooks and corner gardens of the restaurant.  That was one unique evening experience in Puerto Princesa --@ KaLui,  the most famous and best value restaurant in Palawan.