Comments on: Filipino Food so good you’ll wax nationalistic

By: mameejhy

mameejhy — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:48:04 +0000

saan pa may nagbebenta ng ginataan?

By: bia

bia — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:04:00 +0000

do you know the operating hours of this restaurant?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:29:00 +0000

Just some trivia… Tita Cely owned the Grove restaurant along Makati Ave in the 70s which moved to Pasay Road in the 80s to 90s.. Sadly it closed down when she was asked to manage a hotel restaurant in Davao. Grove was the first to have the “eat all you can” Filipino food with around 30-40 viands to choose from. Grove also served the best Guinataang Kuhol I have ever tasted. Tita Cely is really one terrific cook! I understand, she never uses bottled ingredients for her halo-halo… always fresh stuff and i think the secret of the halo halo is in the ice (she uses the old fashioned iron ice crusher) and the milk…

By: Jay P

Jay P — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 02:06:00 +0000

hey D.M. game! ummm err do i know you? lol! Lori if you need someone to eat with do let me know

when are you going to publish your work? care to make a manila version of Zaggats?

By: Anton

Anton — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:24:00 +0000

this has been on my list for months but had no reason to go.

thanks for giving me a reason this time to check it out

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 09:03:00 +0000

If I have one regret about the restaurants you share with us, Lori-san, it’s that some of them in the Southern side of Metro Manila, to which I rarely go.

But I might make an exception to this one. The food looks really, really good. Manoman.

By: Mila Tan

Mila Tan — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 06:30:00 +0000

I nearly bought from her at the Salcedo market last Saturday! Darn, I’ll have to make a point to buy tomorrow. The ginataan looks yumderful! And I love laing and bicol express, so I’ll make a point of getting a portion. Thanks for the tips!

By: mok

mok — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 04:21:00 +0000

OI! Jay P.! Foodies hang together!

Lori, this is the place you pointed out in Save-a-Lot, years ago, right? I want to go back to Market Market. now I have a new place to check out.

By: Jay P.

Jay P. — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 01:07:00 +0000

here’s a little tidbit- Tita Cely used to cater for the national mental hospital back in the 70′s when my Lolo used to work there.

My mom says laing has been spectacular even then. tried the bicol express. love it but i dont think i can eat the chilis.. i feel they will come out just as hot lol!

let me know if you want to take them mountain bikes out on some trails.

By: joey

joey — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:26:00 +0000

That is some crab claw! Whoa! Thanks for the tip on Tita Cely’s…can’t wait to check it out