Good food at Good Earth
We brought a client out to lunch last week. I wasnt the host so I was prepared to eat anywhere – not really thinking about a specific place I would like to recommend. Plus, I was raring to try something new – mainly for the purposes of writing about it (ok ok I also love to eat).
It was a restaurant that served Chinese food so I wasnt really expecting much. Its not that I dont like Chinese food. Its just that my father loves it so most of our family lunches and dinners more or less involved something chinese… chopsuey with seacucumber, noodles galore, beef with broccoli and a lot more. Not to mention our trips to chinatown in manila that led us to authentic chinese restaurants. With all that history on my palate, I normally do not prefer eating Chinese when the opportunity to eat somewhere else is present.
I was in for a surprise.
We ordered family style and the menu was composed of the choices that I had already figured out in my mind on the way to the restaurant. We ordered one of every food type. Beef with mushroom. Chicken chowmein. Crispy catfish in salt and pepper. Prawns and mushrooms. Pork Siomai. Spareribs in Mandarin Orange Sauce. And of course the ever present fried rice – which came in the form of – Good Earth fried rice.
Beef with mushroom. Very traditional. Very good. Served hot. That in itself deserves an A+ as not a lot of establishments serve food hot nowadays. The beef was very tender. The taste was far from my recollection of Chinese food which is for me in one word -bland. It was very tasty and I loved the mushrooms.
Chicken chowmein. I must say, from all the dishes served that day – this is the one I will come back for. The chicken chowmein was incredibly delicious. It was salty and sweet at the same time with just enough gooey sauce to complement the dish. The noodles and sauce alone is enough of heaven to me. Imagine eating it with the veggies. Yummy!
The two other dishes I loved but do not have a picture of are the spareribs in Mandarin Orange Sauce and the fried rice. Too bad I do not have pictures to show you. I did not bother with the rice because I assumed it would taste like fried rice. I did not expect it to taste sooo good. By the time, I realized it – the rice was almost gone. As for the spareribs, they were almost gone too before I had a chance to flash my cam at them. But dont take my word for it… try it out.
The Good Earth restaurant has turned Chinese food for me from common into something exceptional. I can now again enjoy truly good chinese dishes without having to deal with the same tastes.
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Thanks for this bit of resto review! We also take clients out to lunch or dinner every now and then; your blog will indeed be a great help in checking out restaurants.
@Nick
- Thanks! Im glad my experience is able to help people decide where they can go to try out great food. I simply love to eat so a food blog really is a natural thing for me. Happy Eating! Chow!
it’s a good blogging niche…. some restu will offer you something in exchange of review…… mabubusog ka nito lagi ng kakaibang mga pagkain
@SELaplana
- Thanks! Although I doubt that will happen… I will continue to blog about my dining experiences.
what SELaplana said is not so far from the truth, sweetie… i actually had an offer just today to do exactly just that!! :d
i like their food!
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How are the prices?
Morgan Lee – The prices of the main course dishes range from Php 300 to 400.
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