Kuya's at the Fort

Kuya's at the Fort is one good example of word-of-mouth advertising.  We never even heard of the restaurant until some of Vicky's friends scheduled a party there and the wonders of their home-style Filipino cuisine was a very much talked about topic.  Located along Bayani Road (on the road from Lawton to C5), this restaurant has no frills and has simple decor, but people visit the place for the food.

Interestingly, the place is also home to Jed & Jillian's Burger House--they serve burgers, pizzas and pasta--but we elected to try the Filipino food this trip.  At night, the bar is open; also, the second floor serves a function room that can accommodate some 30 people with a Karaoke set-up.

It was Lola Dee's birthday, and we chose to sit in the air-conditioned  side of the restaurant.  For a Sunday lunch, we were lucky that there were only 3 other tables that were taken, and we were able to find a big table even without making reservations.

They make their own potato chips, which retails for something like P50 per bag.  We tasted both the regular version and the cheese version, and while the kids liked the cheese, I would stick to the regular salted one.

We started off with birthday Bam-i noodles, which came in steaming hot!  That was a good first dish, as we got to the restaurant past 1pm and were quite hungry.  The specialty of the restaurant was Kare-Kare (with real sauce from ground rice and peanuts), and twice-cooked adobo (this is a rare treat--most adobo dishes are just boiled, and only a few do the boil-fry-boil technique as this is time-consuming).  The crispy pata (pork leg) came in with a lot of garlic, and  the steamed pampano was very fresh.  The chicken dish was a hit with the kids, and the lengua (ox tongue) was mostly taken by the adults.

We finished the meal with dessert--the bobo chacha was also liked by the kids (it's something like halo-halo, but without the crushed ice), and the leche flan was ordered by the adults.  Very reasonable pricing--we spent something like P450 per head for a very fine and filling meal.