Yucky!!!

Last Wednesday before the last day of our class, my stomach is craving for a Filipino dish since i was feeling hungry as we going home at about 11 am.

As we traverse Makati Ave., we decided to eat at Barrio Fiesta thinking that my palate & my craving will be satisfied. So i ordered two pieces of fried 'Hito'(fish) along with steamed rice and a Bicolano native vegetable dish called 'Laing'. Soren ordered 'Sinigang na pla-pla' (a Tilapia fish stew) for himself, because 'sinigang' are one of his favorites.

We waited for about 25-30 minutes before our meals came in. By that time we're really hungry, so we devoured the fragrant steamed rice, the sinigang and the fried hito. But the laing is curiously absent. Soren being instinctly inquisitive, has some wild thoughts rushing to his mind on why the laing is delayed when the sinigang which is a follow-up order only was already half-eaten.

His and my suspicion were validated by the sight and smell of the laing when it finally came.

The smell is burnt. You can't see the leaves and the texture of the vegetables. The cream of the coconut milk was nowhere, the green patina of the vegies were gone, instead the color is watery yellowish and it tastes awful, so yucky! for the price of 275 pesos(?) per order!!!

Up until now i can't imagine how did it happen! For a restaurant like Barrio Fiesta, already an established name in Filipino food, why did it happen? Was it an accident, was it the first time? Were we so unfortunate to dine there?

The ironic thing happened once we arrived home. There, we found that our househelp bought a 'Laing' from a nearby eatery. It was so authentic and so yummy for the price of only 30 pesos per order!

Wondering why out loud...why did we dine THERE in the first place?
BUT i won't be fooled again by that name...