Kubiertos

A few months ago, I was looking to buy some lunch and I did not fancy eating at the office canteen. I was already on the walkway going towards Landmark Dept Store when I noticed this little coffee shop just beside IAM shoe store. At that time, I knew it had already been there for a long time but I just didn’t notice. My hunger made me extra sensitive to anything remotely resembling food. So I went in and was prepared to stay a minute as I initially saw that aside from coffee, all they had were candy, chocolates and chips. As I was turning to leave, some microwables caught my eye and. True enough, they were selling take out food. There were many choices: baked macaroni, chicken adobo, pork chops, beef sukiyaki, salads etc. And it all costs a mere P99! Talk about value for money. Since I am a pasta addict, I tried their lasagna. It was the right choice as since then I have kept coming back.

Yesterday, my lunch appointment (with free lunch) got cancelled so I headed that way again. I wanted to try something else this time so I took a few moments in front of the chiller musing. Some kind of pork meal caught my eye. I looked closer and the label said “Crispy Pork Binagoongan”. One of the store ladies approached and asked if I was interested to buy any of their lunch meals. I said of the pork meal – “di kaya makunat na to?”. The lady said no in such a pleasant encouraging manner that I immediately thought – sold!. The food was heated in the micro and I brought it back with me to eat at my desk.

My first bite was unexpected. The meat was not tough at all! It was still crispy on the outside yet, it wasn’t dry and starchy on the inside. Due to my hunger and surprise of the unexpected tenderness of the meat, it took me 3 spoonfuls to remember I wanted to take a picture and write about it. As you will see from the image below of the “can’t wait to be eaten pork binagoongan”.

This dish has cemented my relationship with Good to Go store. I’m definitely coming back for more… maybe next time I’ll add a box of Whitman’s chocolates to my purchases.

So Makati office peeps drop by now for a taste of affordable lunches which will give you more than a burger meal at the local fastfood.

Good to Go is located at 2/L Greenbelt 4, Ayala Center Makati.

** Update on April 26 2009 – This establishment has long been closed and has been replaced by other stores.