Weekend Eats (Round 2)

here's to share more food finds for August!

1. August 24, 2013: Fat Juan

The Annex of SM North Edsa has now become a dining destination with newly opened restos such as Brickfire which Jeff and I got to try weeks back.

since we try to eat something new as often as we could, we again headed to the Annex to see what it could offer us this time.

we were almost heading back towards Peri-peri, when we were greeted by a cheerful female staff handing out fliers for Fat Juan; the offering was straight forward and prices were okay so  might as well try it out

there weren't that too many customers at that time since they were still on soft opening. the store was well-kept and had a nice vibe naman.  

interesting landscape artworks featuring fruits and vegetables

they had a decent selection of dishes which were mostly the typical home-cooked meals such as Chicken Curry, Lumpiang Shanghai and a rice topping of meat balls which they called "Rolly Polly"

I love meat balls and would have ordered that dish, kaso I remember having had that dish that same week so I opted to eat something else na lang.

Fat Juan Pork Barbecue with rice (Php 99)

Potbelly with Rice (Php 139)

I ordered the Pot belly which Jeff ended up eating and I ate the Barbecue meal he ordered naman.

the barbecue was pretty good. it had the right arrangement of lean meat and slices of fat which I really liked. it made me feel less guilty eating it. haha. btw they had a condiments section so you could just create your own sauce. we really liked the spicy vinegar they had available. :)

the potbelly was actually just adobo but it was sweeter than usual to the point na it was parang pata tim na. and you could really taste the laurel leaf in the dish. really nice touch.

btw, if you want a drink with your meal just add Php 10 for your choice of softdrink.

happy customers here!

Fat Juan
G/F, The Annex, SM City North Edsa


2. August 30, 2013: Wooden Spoon

this resto was featured in a TV show months back and I remember mentioning to Jeff that we should try this place some time.

since he got his bonus over the weekend, he took me out to dinner but didn't specify where it was exactly that he was taking me. all along I thought we'd go to Maginhawa St. or to Don Day which was a Korean resto we'd been to at least 2x.

when we got to Katipunan I was thrilled when we stopped in front of Wooden Spoon! surprise, surprise!

there were groups standing outside though so you could tell the place was full na, plus it was Friday night pa!

I could not remember exactly the dishes that were recommended in the show thought and didn't have my pocket wi-fi so I couldn't research. so I texted a few friends for suggestions.

good thing we were still 3rd in line. hehe.

the place wasn't that big though it had a second level naman. considering the number of customers they get, they should really expand soon!

I like these spoon details on the panel behind me

as recommended by a friend we ordered:

Crispy Crab Pancit (Php 165)

yes, that's pancit with a scrambled egg and crab sauce. it doesn't look too appealing here because we had it mixed na.

and because of our love for spicy dishes, we also got:

Bicol Express (Php 195)

Stuffed Pechay (Php 165)

when we ordered, I was actually considering getting one more dish because it might not be enough for us. surprisingly though we barely finished the Bicol Express and we also had a leftover Pechay.

we stuffed ourselves too much with the Pancit that we ended up not finishing the other dishes.but I have to say that dish was really good talaga and I would definitely order it the next time.

yun lang I couldn't say the same for the Bicol Express, which seemed pa naman like a bestseller since the other guests in the tables adjacent to us ordered it too.

it wasn't as spicy as I would have wanted it to be and honestly it was just like the generic shredded pork dish we get in our office canteen.

the stuffed pechay was good rin and actually liked the sauce a lot. it was quite similar to another dish we had in another resto called the Dinakdakan.

too bad lang we didn't get to try their desserts that time. this gives me a reason however to come back for another round of the Crispy Crab Pancit and to get to try their other dishes too. the adobo flakes and Caldereta from the other table looked pretty good haha.


Wooden Spoon
329 Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City