I’ve been gone for a looong time from this blog. I’ve been occupied with other matters, blog matters specifically. But that’s another story. Although I have been absent from this place for at least two weeks, that doesn’t mean I have stopped writing. I have in fact been producing a lot of materials for blogs (not just this one). But then again, that’s another story.
What I can tell you today though is that I have found another piece of heaven, hmm– terribly sounds like a Belinda Carlisle rip-off. Foremost of course is Quiapo, that ever familiar place with its two-hour-escape-from-reality offerings. This one however is located in the rather nose-up-in-the air part of town. I’m talking about Salcedo Village Park. On any other day this park is just ordinary– benches, a little space, some vegetation. But on Saturday mornings, the park turns into a different kind of animal.
On Saturday mornings, the park morphs into a market. The kind of market that you see in some movies where folks buy organic food and other stuff. This market however showcases more than that. They have created makeshift stalls offering the widest variety of food I have ever seen in the Philippines. And if you’re a nocturnal employee like me, who’s only choice for lunch (2am) is either McDo, KFC, or Tropical Hut, seeing a food market like this on a Saturday morning is like being given a sexy lingerie by your dad on your birthday. The lingerie being worn by a scorching hot supermodel offering you handcuffs and a feather boa.
I wanted to cry after browsing through all those food. And the food they have on display! Pinoy, French, Italian, Indian… Gah, why hasn’t anybody told me about this all these years? I wanted to taste everything, I was even thinking of buying that frozen Tbone steak that comes in a box. And can you believe it, they have “lechong baka” right within the market! It’s not chopped up lechong baka, it’s an honest to goodness calf being roasted in a spit!
Man, and the folks manning the stalls? I think they’re the owners themselves. There was a french-looking guy cooking in the french stall, an italian in the italian stall, I mean heck the only time I see these chefs at work is in glossy magazines! There were celebrities there too. Julie Yap Daza was there sort of overseeing everything. And then I saw that yummy Studio 23 VJ, the one with the really beautiful eyes. Forgot her name.
In the end, I had to settle for Risotto and some fish with almond and parsley and then washed them all up with Soya milk. Oh lord, I swear I’ll be in that place every frigging Saturday morning– if only to erase the bad memories of my daily midnight lunches.
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Fence,
That was indeed quite a long absence, my friend. Where have you been? Hahaha
I got to visit this place you wrote about the last time I was in Manila, and that was back in August last year. The food choices were indeed superb and were of very good quality. (The same “very good quality” also extended to a number of women out there, too. Ehem.)
Anyway, aside from Salcedo, my gf told me that they also hold the same event at Legazpi village this time on Sundays. You may want to check that place out too.
Welcome back. You’ve been gone quite a while. Kamusta?
(:
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