There was Kapitolyo before Maginhawa and Poblacion stormed into the the Manila food scene but I was never there because I thought Pasig is too off my usual way until my Line Manager asked that I accompany a colleague from Delhi to a meeting with the Asian Development Bank which got me booked for a night at Red Planet-Ortigas [after two nights at Red Planet-Mabini and a no-show at Red Planet-Timog].
Pasig was once the capital of Rizal province and that perhaps expains Kapitolyo but whatever is the case, its strategic location at the crosshairs of Ortigas, Makati, BGC and Mandaluyong has evolved it into a culinary enclave [predating Maginhawa and Poblacion].
Richa who requested for Filipino fare gave me a reason to finally explore Kapitolyo and both of us being first timers walked and got lost until a tricycle who also got lost taking us to Skinita got us to Kainan AuGusto instead, a sef-described "sosyal na carideria" that serves Filipino home-cooked meals.
Kainan AuGusto is amost like a slchemist's laboratory with its array of bric-a-brac and if it is, its concoction of pork dinuguan and adobo is almost sublime, the sinuglaw is above average, and the stuffed lumot an inch to perfection
There's a lot to taste-test in Kapitolyo, from the hole-in-the-wall of East Drive to the fancy restaurants in West Drive, and I will be back like when I came back the next day for the breakfast of baked beans, crispy pork slices and French toast at Kanto Freestyle Breakfast.
Cafe Adritico, The Aristocrat, Kainan AuGusto and Kanto Freestyle Breakfast is equals to calories gained that needs to get burned fast which I did in the bike trails for the next three days before the juices of life turns into uric acid, sugar, cholesterol and even gallstones.
Bulan came home for the data gathering of his college thesis which started us into a dinner of rabbit sisig and satay at the Backyard Project in Munoz that, after he concluded, I also concluded with his Ninong Amor with happy buckets of beer, pizzas, dinakdakan and fried Oreo lathered with vanilla ice cream at Tvoli & Su in San Jose, huge reasons for the bike trails next week.
Maybe after Nhong Rim Klong's crab and Kuayjub Mr. Jo's crispy pork in Bangkok...
Pasig was once the capital of Rizal province and that perhaps expains Kapitolyo but whatever is the case, its strategic location at the crosshairs of Ortigas, Makati, BGC and Mandaluyong has evolved it into a culinary enclave [predating Maginhawa and Poblacion].
Richa who requested for Filipino fare gave me a reason to finally explore Kapitolyo and both of us being first timers walked and got lost until a tricycle who also got lost taking us to Skinita got us to Kainan AuGusto instead, a sef-described "sosyal na carideria" that serves Filipino home-cooked meals.
Kainan AuGusto is amost like a slchemist's laboratory with its array of bric-a-brac and if it is, its concoction of pork dinuguan and adobo is almost sublime, the sinuglaw is above average, and the stuffed lumot an inch to perfection
There's a lot to taste-test in Kapitolyo, from the hole-in-the-wall of East Drive to the fancy restaurants in West Drive, and I will be back like when I came back the next day for the breakfast of baked beans, crispy pork slices and French toast at Kanto Freestyle Breakfast.
Cafe Adritico, The Aristocrat, Kainan AuGusto and Kanto Freestyle Breakfast is equals to calories gained that needs to get burned fast which I did in the bike trails for the next three days before the juices of life turns into uric acid, sugar, cholesterol and even gallstones.
Bulan came home for the data gathering of his college thesis which started us into a dinner of rabbit sisig and satay at the Backyard Project in Munoz that, after he concluded, I also concluded with his Ninong Amor with happy buckets of beer, pizzas, dinakdakan and fried Oreo lathered with vanilla ice cream at Tvoli & Su in San Jose, huge reasons for the bike trails next week.
Maybe after Nhong Rim Klong's crab and Kuayjub Mr. Jo's crispy pork in Bangkok...
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