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| - I've had Fat Cats bookmarked for a while as I've really wanted to sample their eclectic menu. But it wasn't until I saw their menu online and found that they offer Filipino lumpia that just lit a fire under me and finally decided to go there for lunch. As soon as we sat down, without even looking at the menu, I asked our server to bring us lumpia for starters. Our server then brought us some bread with olive oil, balsamic vinegar and chopped olives for dipping. Nice touch! Browsing through the lunch menu while waiting for the food, decided to share the spaghetti squash with calamari and spicy marinara and the Korean barbecue ribs.
Ok, the lumpia arrived. There were 3 on a small plate with a couple of sauces. I think one was mustard-based and the other was apricot-based. I tend to be a purist and don't really like sauces. I tasted them, but went without for much of the lumpia appetizer. The good part? They were crispy, but that's about it. I could've sworn that when I saw the menu online, I saw pork lumpia. Traditionally, in Filipino cuisine, lumpia is filled with ground pork. The owner/Chef, Ricardo Sandoval is Filipino... so there was no reason for me to think that this lumpia would be filled with any other protein but pork. Disappointedly, I discovered in my first bite that the mushy filling in this lumpia was tofu. It prompted me to grab the menu again to verify (again, I didn't look at the menu when I asked for lumpia upon first sitting down). Sure enough, the menu says tofu. Definitely not grandma's lumpia and far away from tradition. Such a bummer! But I'm not mad at Ricardo... Fat Cats is known for the eclectic menu, not a traditional menu.
Onto the entrees. The spaghetti squash and calamari was delicious. My only criticism with it was that I thought the spaghetti squash was overdone and mushy. I'm used to spaghetti squash being more firm. The ribs... they were pretty good - it just wasn't what I expected, which was beef short ribs. The menu was a little vague with the description. When I hear Korean barbecue, I automatically think of kalbi - which I was really hoping for. The pork ribs that I got wasn't bad - nicely flavor and well-spiced. Aside from the spice, I failed to make the Korean connection. Loved the tiny fries that came with it.
Dessert... got the bananas foster bread pudding with ice cream. It was great!! Deep flavors on the well-done (burnt) and buttery caramel sauce flavored with rum was killer!
This visit was a-ok, but there are so many more yummy-looking items on their menu that I'd like to come back to try. This wasn't a strong first impression, Fat Cats, but fear not... I'll for sure be back to find something I like!
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