Cycle 5 – Item 42

16 (Sun) February 2014

Morning Glory with Crispy Pork

2.5

at People’s Palace

(Greenbelt 3)

-Ayala Center, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines-

with Uncle CS

People’s Palace is a Thai restaurant.  The menu is pretty standard, from salads and soups to noodles and curries.  Extremely popular, especially among expats, current ranking on TripAdvisor: 3 of 892 restaurants in Makati.  Prices are mid-to-high end, most mains around 500 pesos.

As anticipated, I’m now eating dinner with my uncle on a regular basis, daily in fact.

The food was pretty good, though hardly good enough to be ranked the 3rd best in the entire city.  The only dish ordered at my insistence was the morning glory, which was sautéed with basil and bell peppers and tossed with deep-fried pork belly.  Too sweet, otherwise okay.   The only reason that it’s the featured dish for this post is that the photo turned out a bit better than the rest.  Benefit of the doubt, I’ll go back once more and try some other dishes.

(See also BOOZE)

(See also GLOBAL FOOD GLOSSARY)

(See also RESTAURANTS IN PHILIPPINES)