Kanin Club

December 24th, 2008
Family & Friends, Food & Health

To celebrate my husband’s 35th birthday, we had lunch at this Filipino restaurant called Kanin Club (Westgate, Alabang). The name “Kanin Club” doesn’t seem to promise any specialty dish — just the usual Pinoy staple food. So as soon as we got there I wondered for a while what sort of food we could eat aside from kanin. It didn’t seem right to eat rice cakes for lunch. Haha. But you got to trust my husband when it comes to food. He comes from a clan of good cooks.

G ordered 2 of the restau’s bestsellers: Sigarilyas Express (Bicol Express with freshly chopped sigarilyas – one of my favorite veggies) and Crunchy Dinuguan (lechon kawali heavily laden with dinuguan sauce). Ooh. I just had to burst every thought balloon on cholesterol, calories and diet — and eat!

The fresh sigarilyas blended so well with the soft texture of Bicol Express. I also loved the balance of flavors: the saltiness of bagoong, the sweetness of coconut milk, and the spiciness of siling labuyo and siling haba.

The restaurant’s kind of small and the kitchen is so near the dining area. We actually smelled of Bicol Express and Dinuguan when we got out of the place. But overall, service is good. And the food is so Pinoy, it will make you want to go back home and ask your mother to cook the same dishes for you.

Here we are, standing in front of Kanin Club. See the sign on the door? Yup, we asked the management to close the restaurant just for that day.

OK, not really.

I’ll definitely come back as soon as I manage my fat intake and trim this Romanesque belly, which is now busting ready for the holidays!

Possibly Related Posts:

• Pregnancy 2: Cutting Down On Sweets
• Pregnancy 2: Something Fishy
• Batangas Suman & Tsokolate
• Chocolate Appreciation 101 – A Second Round!
• Making Baby 2: Constant Cravings

Trackback URL.