We went all the way to Angeles City to have lunch today. My daughter has been so curious about this place whose popularity skyrocketed eversince Anthony Bourdain, the American Michelin Star chef dined here in 2008, and featured this restaurant in Discovery Channel.
We left the house at 10 am with empty stomachs. It would be a 10 course meal so we didn’t want to lose our appetite. And we didn’t want to be late either because we were told that they would start on time, at exactly 12 noon.
We arrived at 11:30 and had time to relax a bit. But by the time food was served, at 12:30pm I was already starving. They were right in saying that it’s the longest lunch, because it was, maraming mga introduction before each sampler dish. By the time the second dish was served, I was already having some stomach pains.
But this did not deter me from eating, and enjoying my meal.
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Antique gasera
This house was built in 1991.
My most favorite daughter
I did not like the idea of sharing the banyo with the opposite sex.
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The inside stuff did not appeal to me. The room needs some re-organization and cleaning.
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This SUNGKA has a stand.
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They ferment their own suka. By looking at these jars, you cannot make me sawsaw in those suka, parang feeling ko . ekk. My husband said masarap daw.
Buffet table
The Yee family waiting for food, medyo rayuma na’ko kauupo.
Nung buhay pa ang Kuya Ben ko, mahilig din sya sa ganitong mga upuan na kahoy.
Claude & Marian Tayag take photos of every customer and place them in the album. lahat may dedication. While waiting for food, you can look at the famous faces in the album.
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They don’t serve sorbetes, props lang siguro ito.
12:30 pm, Welcome drink, fresh orange juice with ice cubes and muscovado sugar. I took tatlong patak na sip and passed it to my son. I cannot drink citrus with an empty stomach at kung hindi, migraine would be my companion for the next 2 days.
Next is the welcome frozen bimpo.
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Shredded pork with tortillas. They call this lechon. I will call this adobo flakes. Masarap din naman.
Bulanglang Kapampangan ang tawag nila. Pero maysabaw na bayabas, parang sinigang pero matamis. Okay lang din.
kanin
Lahat ng tao ngayon may camera, sobrang superstar ang mga pagkain, kahit okra, bago sintensyahan, pi picturan muna.
Prices range from P95,000 to P375,000
Passion of Christ, ewan ko kung magkano ito, hindi ko nakita presyo.
Mahilig sila sa lumang bentilador
Ewan kung ano ito, parang, ewan.
Mabuti pa huwag ng magsama ng bata kasi maiinip lang at mangungulit. Yung mga matanda nga ay naiinip, mga bata pa.
Humingi si husband ng Pako plant or fern, pang salad daw. Edmund likes to garden. Naku, ewan kung merong kakain nitong Pako salad sa bahay. Masarap lang ito kung sa restaurant. si Joyce kaya mapag gawa ng dressing?
The trip was fun, food was good, but not something I would crave for. I don’t like to seat for several hours waiting for my food. Nasisira ang momentum ko. parang gusto ko pang kumain pero parang tamad na ako. The trip was worth it for the first time as we would always be curious. It’s also family bonding. But to go back, travel for 2 hours (traffic not included) and another 2 hours back, seat for almost 4 hours waiting for food, endure the humidity because there’s no aircon, pay more than P2,000 per person, spend money on expensive gas and pay toll, hmm, I don’t think so.
all restaurants are full. People like to eat always.