Artichoke Adobo
Friday, August 19, 2005
Food Review 2: Rise of the Republic
Key Words: Food
| Along the stretch (not much of a stretch really) of Anonas Avenue, a short walk from the Sikatuna statue watches over the Jollibee-Mcdo-Caltex intersection, there is this place called "Adobo Republic". Okay... enough with the canned intro. This place rocks. It's a little better than a hole-in-the-wall but it exceeds expectations in terms of value-for-money. Actually, Mox discovered this place. She's the avid adobo lover, not me, and in one of her good-mood days, we decided to try it out on our way home from work. We were not disappointed. |
|
 | They mostly serve different variants of adobo meals. Each one comes with half a red salty egg, half a tomato, and a cup of rice. I personally, love the "Adobo sa Gata" variant which is pork, chicken, or mix Adobo stewed with virgin coco milk and spiced up with chopped long green peppers. It offers the absolutely perfect combination of sweet, sour, salty, spicy, and everything in between. |
You do have to eat it with a lot of rice, though (which is good strategy for the Adobo Rep management since you'd probably have to order an extra cup). It simply has too much flavor to eat on its own.
| Their Regular Adobo comes a not-so-distant second. Cooked the conventional way, their "vanilla variant" is as good as a home-cooked meal. Generously seasoned with chopped garlic and whole pepper corns, the mix of chicken and pork creates an experience of ever-changing textures and tastes. For the standard 70 Pesos a full meal, this is definitely worth ordering. The restaurant also serves the common fare: Sisig, Lechon Kawali (I think), Barbecue, etcetera. I haven't tried any of these other viands, though, simply because the adobo meals always successfully seduce me. I'll try to resist one of these days and report what I find. |
| You get one free regular desert for every 250 Pesos you spend in the restaurant (which means you have to eat with two other people -- or eat the way Mox and I eat). The deserts are not good enough to mention, though, which is not too much of a problem given that you can probably walk to the neighboring 7-11 or Jollibee to get something better after your meal. It just justifies the old Confucian Proverb: "When in Adobo Republic... Order Adobo." |  |
Average Budget per person: 70-100 pesos
Pros: Great Adobo, Good Service
Cons: 2 Parking Slots, No Ambiance, So-so Deserts
Gaping Navels: @@@@ out of 5
Dish of choice: Adobo sa Gata
My advice: Go slow when going through Anonas. Blink and you might miss it.
|
|
# posted by ManongGuard @ 8:28 AM 
Comments:
<< Home
Will check this place out. Our currently rented house is on the street just behind Glori Sikatuna.
You might also wanna "eat-by" (hindi pass by) this other place, between the Sikatuna statue and Glori, called Tuna Sikat Pares. Their specialty: Sizzling Bulalo! There should be a disclaimer under that menu item. Malapit lang naman ang East Avenue Medical Center, in case of "batok attacks".
You might also wanna "eat-by" (hindi pass by) this other place, between the Sikatuna statue and Glori, called Tuna Sikat Pares. Their specialty: Sizzling Bulalo! There should be a disclaimer under that menu item. Malapit lang naman ang East Avenue Medical Center, in case of "batok attacks".
EJ,
Great suggestion! Mox will kill me but I will try to go there within the week. And I wouldn't go to East Ave Med... Coz The Heart Center is just a couple of blocks away. Hehehe. De-clog those arteries.
Btw, if you leave near Glori then that means you could probably walk to The Republic... Thanks again.
Post a Comment
Great suggestion! Mox will kill me but I will try to go there within the week. And I wouldn't go to East Ave Med... Coz The Heart Center is just a couple of blocks away. Hehehe. De-clog those arteries.
Btw, if you leave near Glori then that means you could probably walk to The Republic... Thanks again.
<< Home
