First visit review.
I ordered the crispy pata and fried short ribs. My first time having the pata, all I knew of it was how good everyone says it is when I read Filipino restaurant reviews. And fried ribs? C'MON!!!
While waiting for the food, I sat at one of the tables. This place has a charm. I guess it was because the lights were dimmed and this really mellow music was playing on a good sound system they have. The tv was on but was practically muted. Nice and warm in there. Clean. A great place to bring a date for dinner.
I was also the only person in there. The whole 20 minutes I was waiting, no one else came in. In fact, unless you knew the place was over there in its little corner, you'd think nothing was there but closed up businesses. They are in a horrible spot. The only way you'd see it is if you were coming out of the Rally's drive-thru, and by then you're set for food anyway.
Food was ready and came up to bout' $25...pricey. But whatever, I knew it would be thanks to their menu being available on the net, WITH the prices...something I really like. Got it home and I see why it costs so much. HUGE pan full of crispy pig. The menu says its pork knuckles...that made me laugh cause my cuz is always saying "I'm having mooseknuckles tonight." when he knows he ain't having a good dinner.
Anyway, wow. Crispy pork is just...correct. Tender meat under all that crispy skin, and lots of knuckles to suck on. Regardless of how silly the end of that last sentence seems, the fun comes in sucking the meat from between the knuckles.
The short ribs. There were only 4 pieces for $9. Not a value. They were dry, but that's how they are supposed to be. I don't see you getting these any better, and the taste was great. The sauce that comes with it really kicks and may be a bit much for some, but it def adds something to the dry meat. I'm on the fence about this, plus it costs way too much. Wouldn't get again.
The place is a bit more upscale than other Filipino restaurants I've been to and setup really nice. I will be ordering from here again for dinner, as well as going further up in the day to see how things differ. Take your sweetie here.