I spent a good chunk of Sunday with the Jojo L and Family. We started off at Rockwell Bazaar (disappointing), then did the usual rounds of going to a health food store (rice dream!), hardware (light bulbs!), and the grocery (apples!).
For drinks, we went to L'entrecote at Burgos Circle. I would like to return because they have adopted the concept of only serving one dish: steak and fries. This is something I last had in Geneva; and the restaurant owner kindly explained that the idea actually originated there in the 40s before it moved to Paris in the 60s.
The restaurant has to learn how to communicate this concept better though. Some eaters in our party were taken aback with the menu: that's it? where are the other plats?
I can imagine that from a inventory management point of view, steak and fries as the only main dish has its benefits. :)
We had dinner at the nearby restaurant, Just Thai. Nothing special.
We noticed that these new restaurants in Burgos Circle really need to up the ante on service. L'entrecote took more than 20 minutes to process a senior's discount. Orders in Just Thai took 45 minutes to arrive. And in BOTH, just outside their doorstep, were flies, bugs and mosquitoes. Jo quipped that it feels like we're eating in a construction site.
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Watching J and his dad interact is always interesting. I didn't notice the bad service so much because I was talking to them the whole while. The conversation was the usual fare with this particular Tito: UAAP basketball, politics, investments. .
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Today was the boss' birthday. My tummy is lined with cebu lechon, dinuguan, pancit, puto and turon. All eaten during merienda time. Dinner is off for me.
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