After a couple of U-turns along Katipunan Road, my food trip buddy and I finally agreed to visit a cafe in Taft Avenue I chanced upon in another blog. It was a city and some serious traffic away so we decided to take the train instead. He was allergic to dust and pollution and wasn't really supposed to be commuting, but he was the one that volunteered the idea so I had to give in.
We started towards SM Marikina for a cheap parking space but was forced to stay in because of the sudden rain. I didn't want to risk my shoes getting soaked so I suggested we look for an endemic restaurant to eat in. We searched the whole mall but found only one (actually, two. But the other one was just a lumpia stall and I really didn't want that one to count). So, here's
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| My Pao at the Foodcourt area. |
Foodtripbuddy ordered
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| Chicken Asado Noodles |
while I ordered
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| Special Mami |
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| and Pork Siomai. |
He had nothing to say about his order, but he did find the Pork Siomai hilarious. According to him, we ordered 4 pieces of siomai but we only got 3 because the other one did not qualify as a siomai. What then is a pork siomai? A pork siomai is supposedly a pork meatball enclosed in a flour wrapper. Unfortunately, that certain piece was a pork ball AND a wrapper and cannot really be considered a pork siomai. The other 3 pieces held up and, although kinda dry, were actually good with lots of soy sauce.
Anyway, my mami was indeed special. It had ingredients I didn't expect a mami would have. It had a couple of dimsum and some small pieces of pork rind. The soup wasn't that distinctive but it wasn't too salty either. Just right for me.
Overall, that Chinese booth served to be a good way to warm the tummy and get full especially during this cold rainy season.
My Pao
SM Marikina Foodcourt
Price range: Php25-100
2 comments:
The chicken asado noodles looks interesting though :)
Yup! Sa tingin ko, mas okay yun kesa sa Asado rice toppings. haha
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