The first time that we went to Casa Manila it was for a friend's engagement party. The food was served buffet style with various dishes offered. My boyfriend is half Filipino and loved the food so much that after we left the party, we decided we would go back again. When the deals were offered on Dealfind and Groupon, I bought three vouchers.
Recently, we went for dinner. Overall, we were very disappointed with this second experience.
We ordered:
- appetizer: sizzling beef salpicado
- entrees: manila chicken curry, pancit canton
- dessert: mango parfait sundae
Taste wise, the food was bland. The beef salpicado was served on a sizzling hot plate but unfortunately, was lacking in taste and very greasy. The manila chicken curry came to our table slightly cold and was almost tasteless. The noodles were quite ordinary (like soy sauce stir fried). The mango parfait also lacked the intense mango flavour that we would have expected in a Filipino dessert.
If I didn't have 2 more vouchers to use, I wouldn't come back. We'll see if the next experiences prove that Casa Manila's food is inconsistent or consistently bad.