When the Food is Good

The best indicator that you had good food…you don’t have any pictures to show. hahaha…Needless to say, I feel bad about the fact that I dont have any pictures to share with you all cause the food Ruy and I had last night was FANTASTIC. I don’t know what made it so good considering that we’ve eaten each and everything before but somehow last night everything tasted so good and tasted well together. It must be the fact that I was so hungry (we ate dinner at around 9:50) that I was practically chewing on my arm.

We ate in Gerry’s Grill in Libis and I was initially in a sour mood because: 1. I can’t eat the fish I wanted to eat cause I’m pregnant (tuna, salmon and blue marlin); 2. I’m so hungry. I chose the first dish which was Tinomok.

Tinomok to those who are not familiar with this dish is a bit like laing. It’s also made out of gabi leaves cooked in thickened coconut milk (geez I’m drooling again) the difference with laing is that this dish has meat balls wrapped inside the gabi leaves. I imagine that this dish would taste so good if its a bit spicier as it is though it has a sweetish taste from the coconut milk which perfectly complements Ruy’s chosen dish which is Sisig.

Seriously, who eats at Gerry’s without eating sisig? The best thing about Gerry’s Sisig is the fact that it’s topped with very crisp chicharon bits.  I also like the fact that the meat is cooked well so much so that you can’t feel the texture too much. I personally find sisig disgusting (but I still eat it) and the less I’m able to identify the parts I’m eating the better.  =) I love  Gerry’s sisig with calamansi and Knorr Seasoning (yohohoy, MSG deluxe!!). This went so well with the Tinomok I’m telling you.

Lastly, we also had baked tahong. The baked tahong was my least favorite cause it was dry and a bit over cooked. The mussels were also small and so they weren’t interesting. With that being said, I was the one who ate most of the tahong. Yes, yes, I’m a pig!! Hahaha. What can I say, I was hungry!! Once again this dish went so well with the other dishes.

Ruy and I left the restaurant wondering if Gerry’s really tasted that good in the past. After all, a hungry, hormonal woman and a 6 foot man who just came from a day at work and a basketball game are probably not the most reliable judges when it comes to food.