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| - Our first Summerlicious meal in 2014! I've wanted to try Filipino food for a while and this came at just the right time. This restaurant is a bit smaller but quaint and the nice service with good food added up to a nice night out.
The decor of the restaurant was nice. Honestly looked like somebody's home but it felt welcoming with the friendly staff.
My fiance and i started off with the Halo Halo Sisig. This was very interesting, because my understanding of Halo Halo was only with the dessert but I learned it just means a mix of things. This came in a mini iron skillet which was a nice touch and allowed for the food to kept warm. I'd compared this meal to the Korean bibimbap (I'm Korean by the way) without the spicy red pepper sauce. MIxed altogether, you have nicely cooked well seasoned pork, chicken and beef with a fried egg, raw tomato and onions and chilies. I didn't feel like this was an appetizer at all because both my fiance and I were a bit full after eating this. A good balance of nicely cooked rice with pork/chicken/beef withe flavours I couldn't place with tomato and onions. Hearty and a well balanced dish.
Next we ordered the Fried Chicken Adobo and the Sarsi Sticky Ribs. The fried chicken was okay. The outer layer of the fried chicken seemed like double or triple deep fried because it was super crispy (which was nice) but the meat itself was okay. It could've been seasoned more. The larger piece was dry. The sauce it came with however, was delicious! Even the grilled corn with the sauce was delicious! It had some sort of onion with roasted garlic and some sweetness. Addictive sauce. My ribs were just alright as well. I myself don't really like ribs but I wanted to try ribs Filpino style. The ribs were cooked perfectly, but I could tell it was cooked in a pressure cooker, so it was missing that charred grill taste and texture. The ribs, well, just tasted very meaty. Somewhat seasoned and no sauce at all to complement the meatiness of the ribs. I'm sorry to say but this dish reminded me why I don't really like ribs. The coleslaw was okay, more sour than I would've liked.
For dessert, we ordered the Ginataan Sundae and Ovaltine Chocolate Cheesecake. I would've hoped for a Halo Halo shaven ice dessert (my favourite) but it was an additional $7 and despite my wanting it, it was too much after our dessert course. The Sundae was beautiful. The ice cream was purple (perhaps Taro?), there were green small jellys, caramel popcorn, corn puff cereal, and whipped cream. Just the look of this dish was beautiful and once you dive into it, there are so many different flavours and textures. However, way too sweet. Finally the ovaltine cheesecake....not good. It came in a tiny jar, you know the ones you use for a candle. My fiance told me about ovaltine, I've never had it, but I should've listened. It's some sort of sweet powder, and the malt with cream cheese, egh. Sorry, this was a bit of a disaster. Even me, with a sweet tooth, did not finish this.
Overall, a nice meal. The waiter and waitress was really nice. The waiter even came and explained the first dish and crouched down to our level to speak to us eye to eye. I thought that was nice. I'd definitely recommend this restaurant to others.
A note*: on the Summerlicious menu, this restaurant did initially have Halo Halo dessert on its menu!! http://www.toronto.com/articles/lamesa-filipino-kitchen-summerlicious-menu/ I'm disappointed because this dessert was a big reason why I decided to come here. It is on the menu but an extra $7. The item that replaced the Halo Halo was some sort of creme brulee. Too bad.
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