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| - I visited Kusina Ni Lorraine the Thursday before the Xmas weekend. My last minute Xmas shopping started very early so that I could beat the Xmas rush. By the time I was done, It was 10:15. Most restaurants are open at 11. My mission was to have lunch at Kusina Ni Lorraine, so I was surprised that they open at 7am!
When I got to the restaurant, the parking lot was empty other than the employees for the restaurants. As I walked in, the ambious is mediocre. It was nice to see that there was a small grocery store to the back left of the establishment.
As I made my way to the lunch counter, all the dishes were fresh and untouched. The few times that I'm so happy that I get to be the first to a buffet line...giddy giddy. Because there was no one else in the restaurant just yet, I took my time to look over the items they had. One of the dishes I thought that my father would love was the breadfruit in coconut. But because I'm not all that ambitious when it comes to dishes, I stuck with mongo beans, beef calderetta, half rice/half pancit. The food was really good.
Another reason why I have been meaning to try out Kusina Ni Lorraine is because I had a copy of their catering menu. They have an option of 5-small platters that feed up to 20 for $110. I think that's a fabulous deal, so even more so I needed to try this place out to ensure it would be worth it for me to cater through them in the future.
At the end of my visit, since the beef calderetta is somewhat similar to chicken afritada, I ordered a small platter for Xmas day at $30. I scheduled to pick up the dish at 2pm as they would open at 1 pm for other catered orders as that is all that they would be open for on Xmas day. I received a call on Xmas day at about 10am asking if I could pick up at 1pm as they didn't have that many catered orders for the day. And I agreed to do so.
My small platter of chicken afritada was packed. It also included hot dogs. I've never seen that before. But the one thing that I was unsure about was how oily it looked. When I got home, my husband agreed. So to make sure it didn't taste oily, we did sample the soup, and it was so delicious. In any case, to help soak up what looked like a film of oil, at the suggestion of my husband, I added rice noodles to it.
So the next time I have a nice little shinding at my home that will include between 15 to 20 visitors, I will be catering from Kusina Ni Lorraine, to include the beef calderetta instead of the chicken afritada.
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