McDonalds, Jollibee and the swallowed incisor

Saturday, October 8, 2005

I have given up on finding good food here in
Ortigas. A couple of months ago when I worked in Eastwood; dammit,
I’m salivating just thinking about it–there were a lot of reasonably
priced restaurants that serve really good food. There was this
totally sweet Filipino-style food court near my building; it was
nondescript– on first glance, not different than any of the
restaurants all over the area with its simple neon sign and homey
feel to it; but the food was dirt cheap yet so delectable.

What makes them different? The sauce. Everybody
knows that as far as Filipino food are concerned, the sauce make the
food. This is not negotiable. Their sauces were distinctive and taste
delightfully peppery. I’m no food connoisseur but from their sauces,
I could taste something that was made up of many different flavors
and spices intertwined and the end result was me saying
“Yummmmmeeeheeeheee! Can someone stick a broom handle into my
occipital cavity while I eat this shit? Wait, I think I just creamed
my pants. Anybody have some tissue?”

Here in the Ortigas center however, or at least
in the vicinity of Emerald Avenue where I work, the choices are
basically narrowed down to the two ubiquitous fast food giants:
Jollibee and McDonald’s. This pisses me off. I like Filipino food and
I can’t get it, not as easy as I would like it to be at least. I’m
sure I could get really good food around here but I have to walk all
the way out to Galleria or Megamall but surprise surprise! I’m too
lazy. And walking makes me sweat like a motherfucker which is
something I don’t want when I’m about to consume vast quantities of
food.

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