Globy Traveling Chef
One of the cozier restaurants in Boracay is the Globy Traveling Chef. From the outside, it looks quite simple, especially when viewing in under the noon day sun. But after entering its shaded dining area, it takes on a slightly different atmosphere.
And while we had already eaten here on our second day, it was also the last restaurant we dined in for our stay. And if that doesn’t seem strange, I must note that I try to make a conscious effort never to eat at any restaurant more than once. It’s not that the food wasn’t good, it’s just that I want to try as many places as possible for my trip to Boracay.
However, since it was our last day, none of us wanted to risk a new restaurant that may end up giving us stomach problems and ruining our good memories of Boracay. So we opted to go with a place that we tried out already.
Table of Contents
Location
Globy Traveling Chef is a fairly young restaurant, having opened in late 2013. It is one of several restaurants with great beachfront property. Not only does it face the beach, it is a corner property with one side opening up to an eskinita, or small road.
The restaurant is located in Station 1 and is easy to walk to. Coming out of a place like Casa Fiesta, all one needs to do is turn left and walk a few meters.
It isn’t very big, which tends to add to it’s coziness. However, the flip side of this is it is sometimes overlooked by people looking for a meal. The sign is also high up on the building. With the noon day sun as a backdrop, it may be difficult see because it tends to blend with the clouds. The top part of the building is also unfinished, which may lead people to falsely believe it isn’t open yet.
Fortunately, the restaurant has a large version of their menu enclosed in a wooden stand in front of the entrance. And it’s size is what actually drew us to the place.
Apart from listing down the dishes, the menu includes the price of each dish so people can decide whether the food is within their budget.
Dining Area
The dining area isn’t too big and has a collection of padded free-standing chairs and benches attached to one wall. The furniture is made out of wood, with the chairs being surprisingly heavy.
[Yup, I let out a surprised groan when I tried to pull out my wife’s chair.]
There are ceiling fans in strategic places to help keep the place cool. And since it is a corner spot, two of its sides have wide doors that allow the breeze to pass through. So even under the noon day sun, the temperature inside isn’t too bad.
A bar is located at the innermost part of the dining area. This is also where the cashier is located and where most of the waitresses wait because it provides them with a clear view of the entire dining area.
Food
The restaurant offers a wide range of food to choose from. Some of its signature dishes include Brazilian Charrasco, French Coq Au Vine, Malaysian Nasi Lema, Moroccan Lamb Tanjine, and the Philippine Adobo. The menu also contained dishes from Korea, Egypt, Kenya, Russia, Germany, Columbia, Thailand, China, and India.
Our first visit was for lunch so we had hot soup, vegetables, and fried fish. For our second trip, we chose to have a Filipino breakfast there because of our flight. Our choices included Cornsilog, which is composed of corned beef, a sunny side up egg, and fried rice. Another one was Tocilog, which is composed of tocino, a sunny side up egg, and fried rice. In also included Tapsilog, which was made of tocino, a sunny side up egg, and fried rice.
[Got the naming convention yet?]
Their serving sizes are bigger than typical restaurants in the area. In particular, the rice was larger than the other places we visited. So for you heavy rice eaters out there, you may want to order one less cup because it may be more than you can finish.
Although prices are a bit higher when compared to the ones in Manila, they are about average for a place like Boracay. One needs to remember that Boracay is a small island and space is a premium here. The good thing about this restaurant is that you can eat as much as you want and never have to worry about not having enough local currency. Globy Traveling Chef is one of several restaurants that take credit cards so the whole family doesn’t have to keep counting their cash before ordering a meal.
Staff
The staff is very friendly and helpful. The service is more of the relaxed type instead of something with snappy military precision, making it a match for the leisurely atmosphere that Boracay has.
Having said that, if you find yourself to be extremely hungry and are looking for food that is delivered a bit quicker, you may want to visit fast food places along the eskinitas instead.
Final Thoughts
Globy Traveling Chef has quite a selection of food to cater to different types of customers. In our case, their Filipino dishes had the right taste and were bigger than we expected.
The two entrances allowed a bit of a breeze to pass through, making it a little cooler than other restaurants. Just like the rest of Boracay, the ambiance of the place was quite relaxed with the helpful staff working at a leisurely pace.
One of the most convenient things about the place is that it takes credit cards so people don’t have to bother taking cash with them.
Must Do’s
- Take it easy on the rice orders because the servings are a little bigger than normal.
- Make sure to ask if your credit card is accepted if you decide to pay through this option.