This toss-up is a call that is quite hard to make. We had to get some dinner for our visit to Oregon, and as we passed by N. Domingo in San Juan, we noticed that Sr. Pedro and Baliwag, two of the more famous lechon manok stalls, were competing side by side. I just had to buy one chicken from each stall in order to compare! Offhand, Sr. Pedro was priced more attractively at P189 per chicken, while Baliwag was the premium brand at P199 per chicken. The Baliwag boys though, stressed that their chicken was slightly bigger, and maybe they were right. As we got home, we found out that both birds were cooked tasty and juicy; I think that Sr. Pedro used a slightly sweeter marinade. Baliwag relied on the typical sweet lechon sauce, and Sr. Pedro gives out a mix of soy sauce-cum-vinegar spiced up with a spicy siling labuyo. Both birds had a wonderful inviting aroma! At the end of the meal, Vicky and Monique think that Sr. Pedro has the edge, while I stick with Baliwag. What sayest thou?
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