also try their sinigang and bicol express! superb!!

Trellis is still there along Kalayaan Avenue, right behind the Quezon City Hall. Last time I went, sisig now costs P90.00. However, the portions are still very generous.

Dencio's has been bought by the pulblicly listed arm of the Pancake House conglomorate (owned by the Lorenzo family, I think).

Now for some other random thought, though the burger in Araneta is quite good, the distinction for the best burger I ever ate in the Cubao area still belongs to Jack's restaurant. It was formerly located at the corner of EDSA and P. Tuazon (where the Sea Oil gas station now stands). How good was it? Think Brothers Burger being served in the early 80s.

Finally, I bet the current generation hasn't eaten in good old Ma Mon Luk. Word to the wise, out of sheer nostalgia, I went to their only surviving branch along Quezon Avenue last year, the food's terrible now! However, you feel like you stepped into the twilight zone with the old ceiling fans, antique tile flooring and autographed pictures of all the 70s movie stars who patronized the joint back then.

Eagle Eyes, Aysee is really just a hole in the wall type of resto. Even with the probability of getting hepa, i just can't resist this little resto. I usually ask for some boiling water and then i soak the utensils there before i use them.

Hey Giant! I miss Trellis! We used to eat here when we had long breaks in college. The lechon kawali with sauce is also good.

Tostado sisig in Dencio's? SARAP! But i have eaten in several different branches and sometimes, the taste is really no longer consistent. After the DLRT game last sunday, we ate in Dencio's in Araneta. Nyek, the sizzling squid had absolutely no taste. Had to give it a super-generous drizzling of Knorr.

Giant, just let me know when you want to sample the roadside appeal of Aysee. Sama ako.

Ma Mon Luk! I didn't know it's still alive! My family and I used to eat there when they still had that branch along EDSA. Whatever happened to Ma Mon Luk? I heard the owners had some kind of dispute kaya nagsara yung mga branches nila.

yeah i still remember that old jack's restaurant. was right beside what became club dredd in the late 90's (or was the club dredd facility part of the old jack's?) hehe those were the days when ali mall was still the "in" mall to be in

i remember there was a ma mon luk along aurora boulevard near the area of those old theaters (remar, coronet, diamond, etc.). i have no idea if that eatery is still there. damn creepy place.

Dencio's good but Congo Grill sisig is better.

Ma Mon Luk.... how can i forget this place?!

It was the type of restaurant where you'd get to see the exact opposite of restaurant hygiene.

When you asked for a glass of water, it iwould be completely normal to see the waiter's fingers touching the inside of the glass. It was actually worse when the glass was already filled with water and the fingernails were dipping into the liquid. (softdrinks na lang po manong!)

I also used to think that fat & sweaty cooks wearing sandos were only a product of philippine cinema, but Ma Mon Luk cubao branch proved me wrong. (kaya pala sumasarap ang siopao pag siya ang lumalamas)

Also, the wanton soup/mami was really great. However, the smell was a complete turnoff. Imagine boiling your sweaty football socks along with the broth. That's how bad it smelled. (but it tasted good!)

speaking of ma mon luk, i remember the late, great joe cantada describe the legendary lim eng beng, then playing for u-tex, as looking like "a short-order cook from ma mon luk."

As Mav would say, "amoy cacheechas".

Tastes like heaven, smells like hell.

speaking of sisig, i really like the one in trellis.... sobrang sarap!!! mmmm

Anyone familiar with those inuman establishments along Xavierville Avenue?... yung malapit sa gate ng Xavierville Phase 1...near the Eat Bulaga Office.

i remember ambrosia's at the corner of esteban abada and xavierville avenue me and my buddies at the state U used to frequent the place when it was but a hole-in-the-wall, kahit medyo mahal yung roasted calf.

Call! Pag-uwi mo, chibog tayo dun. Will eat oatmeal daily ngayon pa lang, para may nakabangko akong room pang swallow ng cholesterol

Sangre Azul's friend owns the Chicken Boy Inasal franchise along that road.

there are two establishments there, the one with the orignal idea of setting up a sidewalk drinking place is called the meatshop, then the liquor store beside it copied the idea a few weeks later.

beer is ice cold and cheap, the last time i was there, they sold it at 19 bucks. food is good, they first started with barbeques, then moved on to inihaw na pusit and tilapia.

it is frequented by people from ateneo, up and foreign students. parking is a bit of a hassle when the place is packed.

i remember ambrosia's, after lolo's that was the only place were you could get a brew without going too far from the katipunan area. remember playing poker there with friends late at night, the big guy Manong, would let us play in the corner for as long as we don't attract attention.

Chicken boy is directly across those two establishments.

Commercial lang ha - beer there is P15, lower pa if you drink non-smb brands.

ARANETA BURGERS: hehe. i told you so. panalo lalo pag dinagdagan mo yung mayo at ketsup. wait. yun pala ang hindi ko nagawa nung last game. di ako nakabili ng burger. nanlibre kasi ng pizza yung syota ng brod ko. syet, kaya siguro nasira yung cosmic balance.

AYSEE: i don't know guys... pero last time i visited the place, sumakit batok ko (baka tumatanda na talaga). at di na sya kasingsarap nung dati. pero ayokong kumain doon pag game. dati kasi, nung college, sa tuwing doon kami kumakain pag may game... laging talo.

TRELLIS: hehe. champion talaga. swerte nga at sa UP ako ngayon nagpo-post grad studies. lapit sa trellis. lapit din sa pre-school na pinagtuturuan ng girlfriend ko. kaya napapadalas ako rito. suggestion: TRY THE TOKWA'T BABOY. champion. SUKA PA LANG ULAM NA!

MA MON LUK: another advantage of studying in UP. lapit sa quezon av branch. madalas din kami doon kumain ng UP classmates ko (anim kami sa barkada--- 3 kaming atenista). ang alam ko ay may branch pa ito sa may quiapo. malapit sa raon. dito kami tsumitsibog pag namimili kami ng dvd sa quiapo.

CONGO: so far, the best sisig for me. Pero close second pa rin ang trellis.

Pero guys, ang paborito kong hang-out ngayong ay yung BARTOLO’s sa may tapat ng mini-stop sa UP village. Malapit lang sa STUD FARM. Dati jemboy’s ang pangalan ng lugar pero new management na. reasonable yung presyo ng beer. Sarap din yung lechon manok. Pero ang clincher dito ay yung napaka-cute na manager--- si miss em! Kakatuwa sya. Sobrang refreshing ng smile.jinejego nga sya nung isa kong brod na apostle na larry fonacier (kahit UP undergrad sya). Okay dito. May TV kaya nakakapanood kami ng games in between classes pag may Thursday game. Try it…

I ate lunch at Trellis yesterday for the first time in four or five years. Sorry to disagree with you, bluewing, but I think Trellis' sisig is still the best.

About Bartolo's, is that the popular hole-in-the-wall joint owned by some Beta Sigmans?

And I'd like to add myself to the growing number of satisfied Araneta burger customers in this site. And sarap talaga. Sayang, most of the remaining elimination games will be held at Philsports.

Trellis - great sisig, good portions others fares yummy as well. The price is still reasonable. A plus, they've renovated the comfort rooms so it's clean and well maintained. A must try - crumbled apple pie (with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!!!) throw the diet away and splurge on this number. Worth it talaga!!!

Chicken Boy Inasal at Xavieville ave. - despite the location, they serve good food for the price that's less than a P100. Full meal na yon!!! Don't forget to ask for the Chicken oil that you drizzle on your rice. And the special salt... If you can't stand eating by the roadside, they also have spaces inside (para safe lungs mo from all the cars passing...) [hey, i'm not being partial since place is owmed by my good friend -- ok naman talaga!]

Ambrosia's -- wonder if they still have another branch elsewhere??? They had the best roasted calf! Way better than the other one ___ ano na nga yun? the one they have in NBC tent bazaars come christmas time??? Ambrosia's is way tastier even without sauce. But the sauce, yummmmm, sauce pa lang, ulam na!!! he he

Full house -- it was so sad that this last restaurant of 80's era closed down less than a year ago. Loved their chicken fillet with cheese sauce. Brought my kids over there one weekend last year and they were hooked. So whenever we were in the area, we'd swing by for a meal. Wonder if anyone can contact the owners for the recipe... I miss that Chicken fillet

There was this other place in the katipunan area just in front of Gate 3 -- they served the best Korean beef back in the late 80's POTLUCK ata name of the place...

i hope someone would answer this:

what's the diff between being a member, a junior member, and a senior member in this site este forum?

i mean, when do you get to be one? parang gnon.

well, it is a hole-in-the-wall. i'm not sure about it being owned by beta sigmans. i do know it's owned by miss em's family.

hey, another must-try in UP village is SALT OF THE EARTH. malapit lang sa adobo atbp. try their katsudon and salpicao. maiihi kayo sa sarap. 79 bucks lang, may kasama pang iced tea. generous yung serving at masarp talaga.

one thing about moving to diliman, nawala man si MANANG, marami namang pagpipilian. pero syemps, MANANG'S pa rin ang da bomb! kaya nga ako sa UP nag-aral at hindi sa rockwell... para malapit kay MANANG's!

oo nga pala, i'm sure you guys have tried MANG JIMMY's. mamamatay ka sa sarap. or kung di ka man masarapan... mamamatay ka pa rin. i suggest mag-gulay muna kayo ng isang lingo bago kayo sumabak dito.

Totoo ito! Nakakamatay! Natatakot na akong bumalik! Puso ko!

Pero masarap bumalik eh. Libre pa yung rice. Naaawa lang ako sa puso ko.

This thread sure has taken a life of its own. The late Doreen Fernandez would have been proud.

Think we should rename this thread "Culinary Creations" or "Gastronimic Delights"? Paging Mr. Wolfgang Puck, you're wanted in the Atenista.net "Random Thoughts" thread.

Man, I get hungry everytime I visit this thread. Hopefully one of these days, one of you takes the time out to point out all these places.

I need a midnight snack right about now.

Hahahaa!!! Tama!!!

Did anybody else hear this in the DLSU game..."Macky del Rosario"?

Finally took a look at what was going on here and I was surprised it turned into a food column.

If there's any place I miss in Manila, it's this place that calls itself "the original Ma family restaurant." It's the original Ma Mon Luk resto. It's called Ma Su Ki (also popularly known among the older generation and Chinoys as Ma Kong) and it's located in Salazar Street in the belly of Chinatown. That place was great. My Sunday evening ritual was to go there and order their big bowl of mami (sa laki, parang pang-hilamos), siopao (so round and huge, a naughty friend of mine once compared it to a certain public figure's breasts) and siomai. They had this sweet secret sauce that you poured on everything and it was pure heaven. The broth did have a weird smell. Forget cachichas, this thing was something else. My girlfriend (then) said it smelled of urine and refused to eat it. I said, love me, love my food. We're friends now.

But, that stuff was great! I actually hand-carried a few of their siopaos with me when I went to the States. Only one is left and it's been sitting in the back of my freezer since I got here last year. Am actually scared to eat it because that would be the end of my supply -- and because, God knows how it tastes now.

Thanks for keeping me updated on the food scene. Nothing like food to make you miss home.

Mang Jimmy's... home of the original tapamix... rice-all-you-can.

Wonderboynastyman's notes on the mang Jimmy Experience:

Mang jimmy is a retired philippine navy cook. He started the restaurant in 1995 (my freshman year in UP) and he only had 3 lawanit tables. At first, the story about an eatery with eat all you can rice and the legendary mixed tapa circulated like an urban legend until our yano clasmate was kind enough to draw us a map (yes, a map!). I think we were among the first ateneans to ever set foot on mang jimmy soil (lupa talaga yung sahig niya).

The original tapa mix serving cost 50 pesos and could feed 2 to 3 persons. Add that to the endless supply of rice plus the very affordable coke litro from the nearby tindahan and you had college boys with enough baon money to spend at gulod and sarah's.

By the second sem of 95, our AHS 95 classmates were indoctrinated on the art of fine dining, mang-jimmy-style.

And just in case you were thinking, the food was that greasy from the very start.

My wife and I went back to the eatery along Maginhawa in UP Village that serves its famed burritos and I finally saw Bartolo's. Turns out we were talking about two different places. The place owned by Beta Sigmans is further down the road near Equitable Bank.

I'm sure you also know about the burritos place since it's just a stone's throw away from Bartolo's. Masarap pa rin ang burritos nila although I was surprised to see the price is now P48. When I first ate there ten or so years ago a burrito could be had for less than P30. Btw, exactly where in UP Village is this Salt of the Earth?

Haven't been to Mang Jimmy's in awhile. Glad to hear the place is alive and well.

Someone asked about the restaurant in front of Gate 3? Yep, that was Potluck. That place actually burned down in 1986 but was rebuilt. I think it finally closed for good in the early '90s. Ken Afford has taken its place.

aaaah, yesss.... the buritos place. how can i forget? champion nga. although i never really understood why "buritos" ang tawag nila. di ba mukha syang shawarma? pero the white sauce is simply divine. by the way, have you tried the pork isaw and barbecue that they also sell? champion din. a 14 peso stick of isaw pero sulit. ibabad mo doon sa sukang pula... syet, nagutom tuloy ako.


salt of the earth... kahilera ng bartolo's. medyo malapit sa adobo atbp. pero mas lampas pa. mahirap makita kasi parang nahaharangan ng sign nila yung place. brown yung sign with white lettering. minsan ay nalalampasan ko rin sya pag napapabilis ang drive ko. hehe.

This quote really came from this thread, but it felt inappropriate to reply there, given the topic.

Anyway, is this the one that goes, "Go LaSalle. Go LaSalle. Gooo LaSalle, go LaSalle, go LaSalle." (one more time!) ? I think I may have heard it the very first time in our game last week. Nagkatinginan na lang kami ng mga kasama ko nung narinig namin.

But hey, I'm not saying anything...

i kinda like the shift from stanza to chorus...... pffft!

All I know is, the more they scream that they are good, the more karma will come to kick them in the bottom. *rolls eyes*

The wave, "Gooo go La Salle", and when we scream "Go La Salle" during a teams' familiar drum beat helps us somehow. Though, I'm not sure if we should aways do it since karma is very easily annoyed. *nod*

OT: Anyone else here notice that Marcy Arellano and RJ Rizada kinda' look and play alike? Parang Rey Evangelista and Eddie Laure part two?

Speaking of lookalikes, is it just me or does Coach Jong Uichico (father of our very own Johan, para lang may UAAP connection ) look like Carolina Hurricanes center Rod Brind'Amour?

post-game posts almost always leave out the final score.

just an observation from someone who relies heavily on forums for game results.

Would you believe I tend to block out the final score? ...At least I do when Ateneo wins. Losses, like yesterday's loss to UP, 74-69, get burned into my brain.

FINALLY!!! thanks carrot. i'll use the shout-out next time to get a more real time response.

in the meantime, go 'teneo!

am in an internet cafe im galleria right now. my room is being repainted so i just decided to surf outside.

anyway, sitting beside me right now is a dude logged on at ga.net. im trying my darnest best to check out who the hell he is but no luck so far

might be one of our "best friends" you know. at kung si @%# na to, yayayain ko na ng debate harap-harapan

hinay-hinay lang, eagle eyes.

I believe you know who still surf in GA.net but he has to use an alternic. The "die hards" who moved to AP.com swore not to post in the old fora.

Posted this query here coz i dont know where else to put it:

are we allowed to have a tailgate party at the araneta parking lot? unofficial syempre, parada lang dun tapos magdala ng cooler at inom until gametime....will we be violating any ordinances if we try to do this?

paging any people with araneta connections or yung mga lawyer na rin

Madalas naman lawyers are not too familiar with local (city) ordinances so malamang you won't be getting a definite answer anytime soon.

Anyway, I know that QC (where Araneta is situated) has an ordinance prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages during daytime - you can see this sa mga 7-11 usually posted sa beer ref. I assume that with an ordinance like this, alcohol consumption sa daytime, lalo na in a rather public setting like a carpark, is likewise prohibited.

Speaking of lawyers, Atenistang lawyer daw ang bagong head ng Sea World.

So the sign says, "Alleged Killer Whale."

It's my lolo's birthday on Saturday. Can I bring a "EAGLES, MAKE MY LOLO'S BIRTHDAY HAPPY!" banner to the game?

Just a random thought!

Pare papatoma ba lolo mo?

hey cager, advanced happy b-day to your lolo!

Depende kung happy yung birthday niya.

Salamat pare, makakarating.

random thought as well - is there a way to find out how admu is doing in the SMART download party promo?



if we do go all the way this season, this is a nice thing to have - a free party for all of us