Revisiting Our Date Place
We’re back, Cafe Juanita! This was one of our date place when I was still working in Mandaluyong eons ago. We’d go to Cafe Juanita whenever we have longer lunch time or dinner time because of the longer cooking time.
I was quite surprised to find that Cafe Juanita was more alive than our previous dinner visits but I was glad too! At least, it was in a festive mood, just in time for Christmas.
Juanita’s Caesar Salad (P 242). Glad to have ordered a veggie salad this time…I’m up to my neck eating meat and meat these days…How am I going to lose the pounds I need to lose?! And aside from that, I need to eat healthy as JX would also need the nutrition the most! I liked the salad, sauce generously mixed with the greens.
Dinuguan with chicharon (P230?). HB decided to order this dinuguan. It was not in the menu but just sticking on a wall in front of our table…new dish….Dinuguan! And so we tried…I am a sucker for sauce…and this lacked the sauce I wanted but nevertheless, this tasted good. I could taste the coco cream but wished I could have more sauce to mix with my rice. Fat content on the pork was considerably fair. The chicharon was kinda stale. But overall, it was okay.
Kare-Kare ni Juanita (P483). Always served with pride as one of our specialties: Ox-tail and tripes stewed in peanuts and toasted rice with tropical vegetables.
If you’ve noticed, we have been eating in Filipino restaurants these days AND been ordering Kare-Kare (though of different variants) and so far, I have liked this BEST. The sauce tasted real…made of peanuts. It was grounded to bits. The bagoong was also good to complement the dish. At least, the kare-kare didn’t rely on the bagoong to make the dish delish unlike the previous kare-kare we had (I haven’t blogged about it.)
Sticky Toffee Pudding (P89). I didn’t like this dessert. If I remember it right, the pudding tasted like Food for the Gods and I do not like Food for the Gods. Wished I was the one who ordered the dessert.
If I had the chance, I’d try their Sunday Lunch buffet…another date place too!
Cafe Juanita
No.2 United Street corner West Capitol Street, Brgy Kapitolyo, Pasig.
Telephone Number: +632 632-0357.
September 25th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
I love Cafe Juanita. During special occasions, we go for their Sunday buffet.
I really love the dessert table. Hehe.
September 26th, 2008 at 2:39 am
I went to Cafe Juanita recently, on a rainy evening, and it was quite nice! It was my friend’s birthday and when i told the waiter, they came out with what i think is that toffee pudding with ice cream. They sang the birthday song (with the piano accompaniment pa ah!) The dessert was too sweet, but the kare kare is great!