A lot of people don't know this but

[sledger]

It's no nasi lemak

 

[Daemon]

What about Nasi Kang Kang?

 

[sledger]

What about Nasi Kang Kang?

I was more interested in the leng loi tbh

 

[Gnske]

minds in the gutter, truly.

disgusting

 

[silentstriker]

I tried Balot while in the Philippines

Would not recommend. At least not the one I got. I hear the quality varies.

I haven’t been to the Philippines but I’ve had that in New York and a few other places in the States and it has always been delicious.

 

[GIMH]

Crispy Pata was my favourite.

A lot of local food was off limits for me given my hatred of seafood

 

[sledger]

Do you ever wonder if seafood hates you in return

 

[Daemon]

Do you ever wonder if seafood hates you in return

idk but it definitely hates ssoyoung (not for the squeamish)

 

[GIMH]

Do you ever wonder if seafood hates you in return

GDPR compels me not to answer soz

 

[sledger]

dick

 

[fredfertang]

Presumably this is how they market the local prostitutes to tourists as well.

(har-har)

In the notorious Stephen Downing miscarriage of justice case the victim was often referred to as the Bakewell Tart

 

[silentstriker]

Probably for the best, the attempts at English cuisine in the Philippines were suboptimal.

I make fun of English cuisine but arguably the best meal I've ever had was English at Dinner by Charles Blumenthal. And rules was great too, in a very different way (e.g everyone except me and my wife were old English ladies). I think between Dinner, rules, and sketch tea room - I've never had better food than when I was in London.

Best part was meeting sledger obvs. But the food was the second best thing.

 

[sledger]

That was a great night.

I've only been to The Rules once, but it was brilliant.

 

[GIMH]

I make fun of English cuisine but arguably the best meal I've ever had was English at Dinner by Charles Blumenthal. And rules was great too, in a very different way (e.g everyone except me and my wife were old English ladies). I think between Dinner, rules, and sketch tea room - I've never had better food than when I was in London.

Best part was meeting sledger obvs. But the food was the second best thing.

What was said meal?

 

[silentstriker]

What was said meal?

I think I took a picture of the menu. Let me find it.

 

[silentstriker]

Each course was from a different period in English history - you can see in the menu the year the dish was originally from. They had an eight course option with wine pairings (which were very generous pours, I think cause they knew we were on our honeymoon), it took like three hours and we got way drunk. It was wonderful. We also made an apparent faux pas during the meal, so that was great. And the explanation of each course was wonderful too. This was 3 years ago almost, so I'm sure the menu has changed but I highly recommend.

The menu pictured had some of the dishes that we got but not all of them. Here are some pictures.

 

[sledger]

Which one is the meat fruit?

 

[silentstriker]

Which one is the meat fruit?

#4 and #5. We got that after the meal, which was apparently 'a big no no'.

 

[sledger]

Haha yeah I remember you saying. Weird.

 

[silentstriker]

My wife went to the restroom and the attendant was like “How was the meat fruit? We heard you ordered it AFTER the main course?” we were like sorry..didn’t realize that was a big deal....it just looked good....

Also we just spent $600 for lunch, and we are more than slightly inebriated- so just give us what we want damn it.

But it was more funny than anything and everyone was nice, and obviously the meal was of the absolute highest quality. I would definitely recommend.