I'm taking a short break from my hiatus to thank all the wonderful people who have made my 26 years simply amazing. Thank you so much. We may not communicate often but believe me I think of you not only on your birthday ;) Have fun, laugh a lot, travel some more, spend time with loved ones, change the world, save the cheerleader.
Much love to everyone!!
K
So, Thursday night, the three henchmen and I decided to meet up at Henny Penny situated beside Hi-top supermarket in Quezon Avenue. The place is very unassuming, it's cosy and good if you want to have a quiet conversation. I plopped down on one of their comfy seats and surveyed the place. Not too many diners that night. There's a display window with lots of cakes and weiners at the counter and loaves of bread as well. A divider is up between the main dining area and the cashier's counter which displays different gourmet-flavoured coffee, which I didn't bother to check. I can still wait for my Kenyan coffee still traveling halfway around the world, I presume.
I was really famished and hoped that the food is great and the serving big enough to sate the revolution in my tummy. There's a lot in the menu but we all asked for the tried and tested selection: I had a plate of french toast, two eggs, bacon, huge weiner, and a grilled tomato (Php168) plus hny and I shared half a chicken (Php138). The guys had the same except for pancakes. I also ordered Buko shake (Php50).
The meal was very satisfying. The french toast cut in, bite-size for easier nibbling and the pancake were both fluffy and not too sweet. The sausage was tender and not oily nor rubbery plus it's huge! I also liked the roasted chicken with its sweet and spicy sauce, I think roasting was perfectly timed as if it's left too long the meat would be hard, too short there'd still be blood on the chicken.
While eating, the guys are comparing the food with other restaurants serving "breakfast" meals, like Harry's and Pancake House. The latter got the biggest flak for serving size and Harry's is a bit far along UST plus I remembered their sausage was a bit overcooked when I had it in their Baguio branch. Obviously, HP is the hands down winner.
Henny Penny is located beside Hi-top Supermarket along Quezon Avenue. Ample parking.
I got a lesson on karma and the philosophical interrelation of things. Please!
Rewind.
I love Indian food, especially the curries, the rotis and the naan breads. While in Johannesburg, I didn't pass up the opportunity to try out Indian cuisine (and Chinese too, oh well). One of my favorite places (since it's the most accessible from the workplace) me and my friends frequent is Bismillah. We'd have a bet on who's gonna use the f word while with teacher Per and the first to say it would pay for whole gang's next Bismillah meal. I'm fortunate that I have a housemate, J, who has lived in India for two years and taught me how to cook some basic Indian dishes. And how could I forget Mamu's fish curry!
I forgot to buy garam at the Oriental Plaza before heading back to Manila, I thought maybe it's easy to find it here since there's definitely an Indian community somewhere in this bustling metropolis.
I put off interviewing Indians in motorbikes as I thought they might be too busy doing their daily house to house debt collections. I inquired in a forum instead and somebody assumed I was Indian because of my nick, and told me that somebody named "krishnna" should know where to buy garam...connect.
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Update: I've left this a draft ages ago and I'm too lazy to finish it now. Read in forums (fora) that one can find masala and other spices along UN Avenue. Haven't been there yet. Bought lots in Kota Kinabalu: dried chili, different curry powder, soup mix, etc. Also, I have seen a shop selling spices in Market! Market! at the Fort.
Location: Katipunan, behind Bing Pimentel's Flower Shop before KFC
I was planning to eat downstairs and die having bad food on my stomach. Thankfully, my officemates asked me for a lunch out. I happily agreed, but when I asked where are we having lunch they mentioned some unheard of place in Katips. I kept asking if the food is ok there and they said "ok lang". I braced myself for another disappointment.
We reached a very unassuming place named Eyrie. The first floor was almost full with diners so we were ushered upstairs. A lot of delicious sounding dishes were listed on the menu and very affordable too. Two of our chosen dishes were suddenly not available, so we settled for Chicken and Mushroom, Baby Back Ribs, Lehon Kawali with Kangkong in Oyster Sauce, Spaghetti Parmigiana, and stir-fried vegies .
We really are famished so we didnt wait for our friends whose orders are not included in the menu. They're both vegetarians and ordered pasta primavera, it turned out unavailable, so they ended up requesting for stir-fried vegies. Haay, they never know what they're missing! We started eating like there's theres no tomorrow. Everyone's trying to savor the taste of the dishes. My Baby back ribs was really delicious! I think it can rival that of Kenny Rogers' ribs. The sauce was superb and i end up scraping the small container of that delectable mixture. They shared dishes but i didnt share mine so i didnt get to taste their food, but judging from that happy look on their faces and the burps i heard after finishing the meal, I assume that theirs are also good and recommendable. On top of that, i only paid P120 for my meal and get to taste their dessert courtesy of my dear officemate. An ice cream lover since birth i ordered chocolate sundae while they had turon ala mode and mango crepe. Again we ended up tasting everything, I mean I, coz again I didn't share my ice cream hehe The turon ala mode was good i'll definitely try to make one at home.
I definitely recommend this place. It was cozy and you can have a wonderful time chatting and hanging out with friends while eating. Its good for dates too, theres also a smoking area near a window overlooking guess what, KFC.
All in all,that was really a delectable eating experience without leaving a dent in your pocket. I fell in love with the place rightaway, in fact we're having dinner there tonight ;)
Happy Eating!!
