On the Menu : NEW ORLEANS

New discoveries are best shared when you're out with the people you call home. Me and my bestfriend Jing took a Sunday night out with no major plans in mind. Come grub time we decided to get ourselves some baby back ribs from Casa Verde. But as per usual, the place was crowded and already had 13 groups on the waiting list - putting us next to never in getting our dinner on time. So, we checked out Ayala's attic (I honestly have no idea what that floor's called. I just kind of liked the "attic's" ring to it.)

Anyway, we chose this cool place beside the Seafood Grill restaurant 'cause it kind of looked new. It was a little quaint and unassuming for a restaurant in that area. And yes! Their menu had pictures of what our eyes can only describe as mouthwatering dishes of steaks. Meat. Hard core meat. 

We were ushered by very friendly waiters who made sure we had a table and chairs despite the almost crowded restaurant. As we were deciding which dishes to try out, I took a couple of mental notes with the place's interiors. They had a semi stage with a lady singer and a pianist, playing mostly jazz. The walls were decorated with festive masks and blings to give the interiors the jazzy vibe - typical of New Orleans. The staff were dressed with a plain white shirt and some denim bottoms. Nothing flashy, but functional. And the place can house, more or less, 10 tables. 

Now, as Jing and I settled on our orders (which was made extra harder to make considering the fact that we were both surprisingly hungry and every single food on the menu, plus the pictures, were just pure heavenly, that you wouldn't think twice of wolfing them down in a snap), the waiter promised us a 15-minute service time. Guess what? He came back with our orders in 10 - with full on plating and all. How did they manage to do that and not spoil the food's glorious taste and texture was beyond me. But hey! I am not complaining. Look at what we had for that night :



Salmon Ponchartrain




Chop Chop Ranch Salad




Famous Baby Back Ribs

 


Cold Lemonade

 Word to the wise: If you're a water person like myself, and is cutting down on soda and alcohol intake, drown your meat and salmon with New Orleans' cold lemonade. I swear it tasted like it was concocted straight from your very own kitchen. Plus, it was worth 105 php and you get yourself a bottomless treat! And speaking of prices, theirs is very competitive. Here's a run down with our bill that night:

                                            Chop chop Ranch Salad (half) - 180 php

Famous Baby Back Ribs (half) - 549 php

Salmon Ponchartrain - 420 php

Bottomless Lemonade - 105 php

I am no food critic. I eat, basically, any meal as long as it isn't stale nor puke-inducing. But given that I have already spent 20 minutes blogging my New Orleans' food experience, I'd say it was a 4 out of 5. The only miss were the interiors. They could've done something better to spruce up the place and probably rearrange the inner section of the area to make it more cohesive with the whole jazzy vibe. But for somebody who rarely experiments with restos but adores food nonetheless, I would definitely recommend it for you guys to try out. We were sated and extremely full and I would'nt mind going back there to get a taste of their other meals. Perhaps, some rib eye steak, eh?