How many times have I planned on coming back? I can't count na.haha I would often suggest eating here when I would meet someone around the area. But because we often meet up at Megamall, that's where we usually had meals, too. Not that I don't enjoy the food options there, it's just that since the one time I tried this place, I have always wanted to go back. :-) And since I no longer work near Ortigas, opportunities are rare.
Well this weekend, I finally got to go back, yey! We were supposed to hang out at one of my friends' house but we had some errands to do first. We registered for the Avon Pink War.
We quickly finished the registration at Chris Sports and then headed to Pearl Plaza. It's just a short distance. And since it's around lunch time when we got there, it was easy to convince them to eat somewhere else. Unless they're willing to spend at least a good half an hour waiting.
Budget for 2 P500 - P600. Aside from their ala carte offerings, they also have budget meals: the Selfie P149 and the Groupie meals P1,499 / 6 persons.
Now the food. Mr. Kabab offers affordable Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Cuisine. These were what we ordered:
Sizzling Burger P175, Sizzling Keema with Pita (instead of rice because keema alone was filling enough, and who wouldn't want room for desserts, right?) P175, Sizzling Chicken P180.
Special Beef Chelo Kabab P180 and Special Chicken Chelo Kabab P175.
They have a Sunday Special treat - buy 2 Special Chelo Kabab meals and you'd get (I think) P90 off. It was a good deal but since we're after trying out different dishes we stuck with choosing two different meats. Not to mention that neither Jo nor Krystal wanted to yield, hahaha.
While waiting Jo had a question about the names, like what's keema or chello? Always the curious kitty, eh? I only knew that keema is minced meat (the sizzling beef giniling looking dish up). And i just Googled what chello is, hehehe. Chelow Kabab (Persian) is the national dish of Iran. The meal is simple, consisting of steamed, saffroned basmati or Persian rice (chelow) and kabab (dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted or grilled on a skewer). Chelow kabab is served with the basic Iranian meal accompaniments, in addition to grilled tomatoes on the side of the rice, and butter on top of the rice.
We had the place all to ourselves since it's weekend and this resto's located near office buildings hence, the leisurely atmosphere. We even moved to the tables at the other end for desserts, the view was nothing special though. hehehe
In the chiller: cakes, canned fruit juices, Sola Iced Tea, baklava, and fruits w/yoghurt.
They're now offering coffee, too. But we were only in the mood for cake, maybe next time.
Someone's checking out Chris Tiu in a magazine. Fangirl hehehe
2/F Pearl Plaza, 8101 Pearl Drive
Ugong, Pasig
Budget for 2 P500 - P600
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