Cafe Bola

We went to Greenbelt 3 for lunch today. It was a easy choice as Gentley took us driving there. Feeling a little sick with flu like symptoms, I opted for some hot chicken soup meal, the sinampalokang manok (chicken in tamarind broth). The order was quite huge, I shared the soup with Maidette and Gentley. Mimi was happy with her adobo flakes, she didn't care to try out the soup any longer.

Cafe Bola is a mid-priced restaurant by Gaita Fores whose italian chain restaurant, Cibo, was more than popular with the high end market. Cafe Bola specializes in filipino cuisine with a twist, presenting the usual home cooked fare in a restaurant setting. It has its own unique clintele, although the diners have dwindled over the years.

We ordered the usual favorite starter, the bangus mouse (milkfish pate). The meat of the milkfist is cooked and spiced-up and processed into a pate like consistency. It is served chilled with freshly toasted bread slices. The group so loved this starter.

My chicken meal tasted good. The sourness of the tamarind was just enough, any discriminating pallet would have likely agreed with its taste. Chicken breast meat was so tender, it tasted sweet and juicy when chewed in the mouth. Slices of Okra, raddish, string beans, aubergrine and onions were in abundance. It melts my heart out and made me break a sweat or two as I gulped on the hot broth.

I paid Php280.00 or US$6.22 for my meal. That too bad, considering that I had some freshly squeezed local sweet orange frapped, to accompany my meal.