It took me a while to get here, after a couple of previous attempts found them closed when they should have been open. But they were open today for lunch, so I finally got a chance to try it.
The food is laid out on a steam table, already prepared. As I found out later, the steam table is not even turned on. So the food just sits there in an unattended congealed lump. I should have taken this as my cue to leave, but I didn’t.
I went for the marinated milkfish, my favorite Filipino dish. I’ve never had a bad version. I also went for a kind of beef jerky in a tangy brown sauce, served with fried eggs and garlic rice. This is also a dish that can’t be ruined.
Served room temperature and congealed, the food was just this side of acceptable, but nothing I care to experience again. To add insult to injury, it was surprisingly expensive, though it was a very large piece of fish.
Far, far better (and fried to order) is the marinated milkfish at the nearby Fairfax Inn, which is a diner inside a medical building in Seven Corners. It’s a five star Hungry Onion delight. The rest of the food there is served hot as well and with a side of atchara, a sweet picked papaya condiment that is transportive. If you go, the dinuguan is also another great order that packs a wallop.
