Years ago, in the early eighties, I would have classified Good Ah! as a carinderia, but today, the lugaw (rice porridge) and goto (tripe porridge) shop is already a fastfood outlet, with shops located in various malls in Metro Manila. We used to go to their open-air shop along Annapolis St., and we'd spend the wee hours of the morning shaking off our drunken stupor with their hot and steamy arroz caldo (chicken porridge). Those were great times, and we'd love the way their calamansi came pressed and bottled. No nonsense, no frills food, generous serving portions, quite great for midnight snacking. Cheap, as in really cheap.
Today, prices are still cheap, and when Monique and I went over to have a snack at their Eastwood branch, I found that the good old favorites were still on the menu, and was delighted to find out that our spending tab came to less than P100 per head. When the orders came, I was a bit disappointed. My verdict is that the commercialized expansion has detracted from the taste and quantity--as you can see above, the serving portions were budget size, and the our orders of tokwa't baboy and lumpiang Shanghai were pretty pathetic. Times truly have changed, but oh well, c'est la vie....
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