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| - "You ready B?" - I turn my head and expect to see Jay-Z break into a rap song but instead it's Jerry Jesin shooting the shit with St. Andrew Poultry's chef, Bernadette Calpito who trained under the likes of Massimo Capra and Roger Mooking. She might just be my newest chef crush as she's just a ball of energy and has some serious swagger.
The rebranded butcher shop re-opened last month and is a family business that Jessin took over from his aging parents who ran the joint for some 60+ years. He's expanded the offerings to include frozen prepared foods and a hot food counter that opens daily at noon. There is also a small but growing selection of in-house baked goods which consist of scones, banana bread and cookies.
Jesin, is a dentist by trade but had always grown up raising chickens with his parents. Being the second youngest in a family of six, he tells me that it was always a fight to the finish line at the dinner table lest you want to end up eating the leftover spoils but as a grown-up he's quite the food lover and apparently has very picky taste buds.
The team spent three months in a "test kitchen" coming up with the current menu offerings at St. Andrew Poultry which include recipes inspired by Calpito's grandma and mom (the pineapple cabbage "slaw" on her wonton beef cheek tacos and fried chicken respectively).
"You'd never expect a filipino to make good shwarma, right?" quips chef B, but the lamb version here is filled to the brim with a medley of eggplant, onions, and tomatoes topped with French fries, which are bathed in vanilla and bourbon up in this joint. Calpito tried a variety of different shwarmas from Israeli to Lebanese and the finished product is sort of a "greatest hits" compilation, drawing on components from each of the iterations she taste-tested. For $25 you can also buy a DIY-shwarma, mounted on a spit that you just throw upright into the oven.
Perhaps the biggest draw here is the Supper Club, wherein $20 will get you a lifetime membership and 20% off between the hours of 5-6:30PM on stickered items. Jesin wanted people to be able to eat during regular dinner hours without having to wait for end-of-the-day markdowns.
Familiar brands such as Neal Brothers and Raincoat Crisps can also be found around the store and you can even grab something for the dog... they have a small section of pet food which was Calpito's idea, being a dog owner herself. While the meat counter is mostly chicken-heavy, the team expects to roll out a more complete roster of other proteins in the months to come. Catering is also available and it's not just limited to the items that are on the existing menu. If there's something you want, chef B will happily deliver.
We're surprised purchases don't come with a pack of dental floss, after all, we all gotta look presentable back at the office ;)
St. Andrew Poultry is open daily from 10am - 7pm.
Pro tip - They have their own parking, though it is soon to turn into a paid parking lot. Jesin tells me customers get 30 minutes free. Definitely a plus for convenience.
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