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I'm rating this as one star + one Crispy Pata Star.
We came here because we bought the $15 for $30 Yelp Deal. I came from the Philippines and have had Max from the Philippines, which I have enjoyed.
Alas, I cannot say the same here. The service is horrible. So many uncleaned tables and there were people waiting in line. That just shows the inefficiency of this place. Why not clean the tables so people don't need to wait.
We ordered the Crispy Pata, Chicken Sisig and Bowl of Garlic RIce.
1. Crispy Pata
The only thing I'd go back here for (if ever I do since it's too far and this experience was just disappointing) is for the Crispy Pata. The Crispy Pata was done perfectly: crunchy skin and tender meat. That's all I can ask for in Crispy Pata, which for some reason a lot of Filipino Restaurants can't achieve. There used to be another one who can do it best, LJ Kusina, which has closed down already and became an express joint.
2. Chicken Sisig
Excuse my language but... WTH is this? I've been to Max in the Philippines and it's where I had my first Chicken Sisig. It was amazing and addicting. What we got here was nowhere near as close as the one in the Philippines.
First, the meat was just in huge chunks instead of being coarsely minced and chopped as what a sisig should be. It's more like eating non-fried chicken popcorn with some minced onions and stuff.
Second, the meat was white meat instead of dark meat. This maybe because it's targeted more to non-Filipinos who prefer white meat. But this is not what someone who drove all the way to eat what they had in the Philippines comes to expect. Because they used chicken breast, the dish was dry and there was just no flavour at all. I was hugely disappointed.
Third, usually chicken sisig (at least from Max in the Philippines and in Casa Manila in Toronto), is a little saucy. This is because chicken in general has less flavour than pork. And if you're using Chicken Breast, you better put that sauce because it ends up exactly like what we had: dry, bland and just disappointing.
If you want to experience real chicken sisig, go to Casa Manila please.
3. Garlic Rice
The garlic rice just wasn't as flavourful as other places I've tried, like Casa Manila.
4. Ube Decadence Dessert
So as we were checking-in in Yelp. We noticed there was a check-in offer. Cool! Let's see terms and conditions: "Applicable for dine-in only". Sweet! We showed the server my yelp check-in to avail.
This dessert is just like pudding with some ube filling. There's nothing much here that reminds me about Filipino food here other than the ube which tasted a little fake, like not the Philippine ube taste.
FINALE:
So we asked for our bill, and it came after 20 mins. We showed them our Yelp Deal and the server took my phone to bring it to the cashier. She comes back and says Yelp Deal cannot be used with Yelp Check-in Offer. So it's either we get the $30 off the meal BUT pay for the dessert, OR get the free dessert and use the Yelp Deal next time. I tell them that there was nothing in the Yelp Check-In Offer that stated that. And that if we had known we couldn't use it, we wouldn't be ordering that dessert to begin with. She went back to talk to the cashier again and comes back to say that they can't do both and we have to pick one of the two options. I'm just frustrated at this point and definitely choose the Yelp Deal option since I don't really want to have to go back again. What an ordeal!
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