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The structure is reminiscent of the settings of old Sampaguita movies I used to watch as I spend lazy summer afternoons with my maternal grandmother. The old mansion's stucture undisturbed, each room interconnected and filled with tables and chairs.
There are several dishes made with angus beef, and I found the angus beef kare-kare very tasty.
There is a soda and iced-tea refill station on one end of the hallway.
The husband and wife team of the Laudicos have always presented Filipino food with a twist. So I was looking forward to their dessert offerings. They have this latik fountain where you can dip suman balls and other native kakanin.
They also have frozen brazo and halo halo served in shooters. For most of the ladies I had lunch with, the star of the dessert table was the self-service soft ice cream. It is a carabao-milk-based frozen treat which tasted like pastillas de leche.
At the time of my visit, the place was packed-solid with patrons. The sizable variety of food choices and the buffet price is a good deal.. Although service was far from perfect; chafing dishes were left empty and wanting for refills on more than one occasion; they ran out of salad greens in the middle of lunch-time rush. But given more time (as they just opened a few months ago), the place should be able to handle the sizable crowd it finds itself with during meal-times. For the price and the food offering, it is worth another visit.
They also have frozen brazo and halo halo served in shooters. For most of the ladies I had lunch with, the star of the dessert table was the self-service soft ice cream. It is a carabao-milk-based frozen treat which tasted like pastillas de leche.
At the time of my visit, the place was packed-solid with patrons. The sizable variety of food choices and the buffet price is a good deal.. Although service was far from perfect; chafing dishes were left empty and wanting for refills on more than one occasion; they ran out of salad greens in the middle of lunch-time rush. But given more time (as they just opened a few months ago), the place should be able to handle the sizable crowd it finds itself with during meal-times. For the price and the food offering, it is worth another visit.
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This restaurant is only a few blocks from my house, and yet I haven't even thought of visiting until I read your post :)
ReplyDeleteyou should tryit, Judy. Especially if you are going to be the one paying - the weekday lunch buffet very affordable.
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