Disclaimer: This review is based only in our opinions and experiences. Feel free to try out the resto and tell us your own experience. =)
Yay! It's the first
day of 2012 and hubby asked me out! Weee!!!
It was actually
unplanned. We just got bored and since it's the last day of our
"vacation" (we didn't have a holiday, since Christmas and New Year
landed on weekends. TT__TT), hubby asked me to go out, for us to be able to
have a little hubby-wifey day out… hehehe… it turned to a night out because my
sister, brother-in-law and baby niece showed up at home and we had to
accommodate them. Talk about wrong timing! Haha! Anyway, not that I'm pushing
her away, I told her that her barely five-month old baby can't stay out for
long. We took a cab and dropped them off at Sta. Mesa. Since SM Centerpoint is
near, my hubby directed the driver to drop us off there. It was only a few
minutes away from where my sister got off - more or less than five minutes(?
- it wasn't that traffic) and it took me that same amount of time to put on BB
Cream, powder, a little blush on and a swipe of red lipstick-lipgloss combo. I
was able to finish dolling up myself soon as the driver stopped in front of the
mall. Haha!
Very Quick FOTD! ^__^v
Sweet image... =D
Pa-cute lang... =D
A very happy wifey... ^__^
Spongehubby? (Look at his hair... he doesn't want to get his hair trimmed yet... His head looks like a sponge! Hahaha!)
It's been years
since I have last stepped foot on that mall. I can remember, when we were younger mom often took us there even after
school. We'd watch movies, do groceries and go shopping. I remember the Sanrio
Store there. I loved that place! Now, it's gone. =(
Anyway, my hubby and
I went around the mall, looking for restaurants and deciding which one to go in
to. He wanted to have some soup, as much as I do. We had a lot of fun the night
before and had tequila and vodka and it probably was the reason why we feel
kinda bloated… =D
We came across this
restaurant-fastfood place and since
hubby wanted to have bulalo (Beef Bone
Marrow Soup), we decided to give it a try.
We ordered a bowl of
Kansi Bulalo good for two, two orders of rice, and I got a side dish of Ensaladang Talong (Filipino Eggplant Salad).
For drinks, as usual, I got bottomless iced tea and hubby got a can of soda.
♥ FOOD ♥
Kansi Bulalo
Ensaladang Talong
Sati Rice
My Say:
I found out that
this dish is just a variant of the Nilagang
Baka (Beef Shank Stew). It's called Kansi
in Iloilo and Bulalo, which is famous in
Batangas. Since it's an Ilonggo restaurant, they followed the recipe coming
from Iloilo. Therefore, it's called Kansi
Bulalo.
When we were digging
in the soup, we only found small chunks of meat and a chop of jackfruit. We
were like "No veggies?!? o__O" I told hubby to just give it a taste
first, maybe we won't get disappointed.
I like the soup
although it tasted more of a Sinigang (A
dish of either beef, pork, fish or shrimp with a sour soup). My hubby explained
it's because of the jackfruit in the soup. Actually, it's because this dish has
an ingredient that naturally makes the soup sour, and it's called batwan fruit (which, I am not really familiar
with… =D). I am not that certain whether
they had that fruit in or they only substituted it with Sinigang or Tamarind
Mix.
The Sati Rice is
just okay. It's just like a cross between Java Rice and Yangchow Rice. I
thought I couldn't finish my rice but I was surprised to do so. =D
As for the Eggplant
Salad, it was disappointing because the eggplant was hard to chew. They have
served it with a lot of onions and less tomatoes. The onions were spicy! Good
thing is, the bagoong (shrimp paste)
they served it with was good, hubby and I think it's a "Barrio Fiesta" brand. I had more of the
shrimp paste than the side dish itself.
Hubby Said:
"That place is not for me."
♥ SERVICE ♥
The service was
rather off, it made us regret it a bit because the crew were slow. I had
bottomless iced tea and I usually get a lot of refills from other restaurants
but in this one, I think I only had… hmmm… about three refills. We even had to
call the waiter to refill my glass. In most of the restaurants that we visit, crew or waiters walk around with the
pitcher and check if customers had a full glass; if none or a little is in their glass, they'll
quickly offer to refill it. For a P30
bottomless drink, it's just okay; however, I was so thirsty that night, I
didn't know why…
Aside from the slow
service, their cash register is broken and the receipt looked like an order
receipt from a street food stall or in Filipino term, "Carinderia".
♥ AMBIENCE ♥
The place has the
Filipino feel. The chairs were made from iron but the bamboo reed gave a native
touch. Large photos of the famous Masskara Festival are displayed on the wall.
♥ CLEANLINESS ♥
Hubby and I sat just
in front of the cashier and just beside it was the plates and utensils -
plates, bowls, spoons forks, etc… all exposed. Hubby told me, "I'm
wondering why those stuff are there. They're not supposed to be there. They're
supposed to be in the kitchen." My response? "We're thinking of the
same thing."
As soon as the plates
and spoons were placed in front of us, first thing I did was, wipe them with
the tissue. I just wanna be sure that we won't get any extra stuff with our food.
RATING:
FOOD:
SERVICE:
CLEANLINESS:
OVERALL:
2.5 out of 5
Hubby and I are not really picky eaters, that's why we decided to try this restaurant. But we'll probably not
return there. Aside from the fact that SM Centerpoint is out of our way, the food in Inasal at Iba Pa is something so ordinary that even my hubby could cook... or even much better. We would rather travel to RJ's Bulalo in Mandaluyong or just take
a trike ride to Bulaluhan sa Espanya.
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