Saturday Lunch

Lunch is like 9:00am every morning. During Saturdays, lunch comes from the Organic Market at Leviste St., Makati. So like any other Saturday, we go there and agonize on what to eat.  Today, it’s fresh tilapia, okra with dressing and chicken with rosemary in tomatoes.

The tilapia is really fresh. Some of them were still alive when I got there. They actually splash water to the ignorant buyer who stands near their very very big basin. I stood three paces away. J They die as the day progresses, as buyers purchase them one by one. Once cooked, they are sweet and juicy. Php 90 for a foot-long tilapia. Worth it. Although if you have a queasy stomach, don’t watch the lady who kills the tilapia.

We bought the okra and tomatoes near the sweets area. The okra (at Php 45) was steamed just right and the dressing was tomatoes and anchovies. Since we had to bring the food back to the office, the flavor of the dressing was already absorbed by the okra.The okra was a bit dry though, probably because it got exposed to air for too long, but well compensated by the dressing.

My officemates said the tomatoes were over-priced.Php70 for 3 tomato halves, which had chicken, rosemary, cheese and some other herbs I couldn’t identify.It was creamy and one couldn’t taste the tomatoes. I didn’t like that I bit 2 pieces of small chicken bones though.

Saturday sunshine.

Recommended foodstuffs:
- Lengua de gato - Php120
- Chocolate Crinkles - Php95
- Baked Tahong - Php60
- Canonigo - Php 65
- Lechon Baka - Php 300 (1/4 kilo)