In the Comfort of The Pancake House

Yeah, I could agree no lesser. Undoubtedly, there's something comfortingly homey with The Pancake House which keeps me coming back everytime I seek for familiar  food. Ordinary dishes that I actually cook and eat at home , only here they make them a lil' bit extraordinary.

What could be more ordinary with pancakes? I love pancakes as much as my kids love them as breakfast and snack. But I particularly love the blueberry pancakes of  TPH. Yes, I do make pancake at home and top it with blueberries (from the can), TPH's has blueberries inside the pancake. Berries oozing down the plate when you slice it.That's so pretty!

Not only that, b-berries are not only incorporate in the batter but in the syrup as well. Unless, I would take an extra mile to mix my own pancake batter and prepare a homemade syrup in an attempt to come up with TPH's version , I wouldn't achieve my favorite blueberry pancake. So when the craving hits me_ I just jump to the nearest The Pancake House which I thought is lot practical than to make my own.



On the other hand, my daughter loves their pan fried chicken cos it's so ordinarily quite similar to our own version at home.Nothing's special but she likes it that way.

And the pastas! Well,  love them all. Most of my pasta concoctions at home are inspired by the pastas of TPH.  But when other ingredients are not available or quite costly for my allotted budget for a recipe, it's time to jump to  TPH again.

"The workaholics and leisureholics managed to return to sobriety in time in the comforting sanctuary of The Pancake House ".

The Original Savory, Sta. Cruz

The original Savory at Sta. Cruz, Manila says it has been there since 1950. Wasn't born yet then, but I have to admit I grew up passing this resto through decades of my life. Yet I don't remember much eating there. Maybe because we're not from this area and not even near. I only see it from the road if I got to go to Chinatown. I don't even have any recollection of the dishes there or how the carrier fried chicken dish taste. I am more of Max or Aristocrat  foodie in this category. The thing is, I worked in a bank branch nearby but I didn't have the chance to try dining here in a whole year I was assigned there.

Finally and accidentally we went in to Savory when we went to buy Chinese delicacies from this area. We were tired and hungry, so going through unfamiliar menu was a tedious task. I suggested to the group to just order the dishes we usually eat in other resto with similar food list as Savory. And hey ofcourse_ don't forget the Savory chicken!

Admittedly old but surely already held a lot of grand memories, the resto looked generically like most of the Chinese restaurants in Manila. With big round tables and red linens. Always,the question of the status of the kitchen (given that the resto is old, would the kitchen be in anyway newer) makes me reluctant to enter an old establishment as this. Yet I had no doubt about the tastefulness of the dishes, I bet they had already mastered their recipes through the long standing years in the business. Besides, they wouldn't be here for the longest time if they didn't serve the best food.

pancit

And my guess was so right. Each plate on our table was delicious. Even the simplest dish such as pancit was one of  the best I've tasted in town.

Chinese cold cuts, mine & cuzin's fave

i didn't actually taste the rest of the cold cuts plate. i only had the sea weeds and century eggs

crispy pig intestine. loveth! i would definitely come back to Savory cos of this alone!

rice was fairly good too

i also like their version of chicken feet in ? sauce


And now. . (drum roll pls.>>) the Savory Chicken_________

Savory chicken

____  sorry lah, but I didn't try it! I had too much of the pig intestine I didn't have room and appetite for the chicken. No one even raved about it in our table. I guess it's just fair to say that we're not really fried chicken people ( except for KFC & Kenny R). We don't even like Max fried chicken. Fair enough Savory?

Sponge Bob Bucket Meal

Have you ever fell to a packaging gimmick ? I did , not always thu', but my girls love the Sponge Bob bucket meal of KFC.








Look how bubbly and sunny these characters are !!! Springing out of the tumblers !










We came from a busy-shortslept- night of hospital and Marla's prom, so when we entered the chain, we were kindah' on the low. But these smiley bucket and tumblers lifted our moods. See how little things animated something in us.




Suddenly, chicken tasted summery and fun !!



But this guy couldn't care less. He loves Kfc chicken whether it is wrapped in banana leaves or plainly served with bare hands. hahaha!!!