Floating Island

We had a scheduled doctor's visit at Makati Medical Center. My wife will have her sugar rechecked with an Endocrinologist as she seemed to have gestational diabetes. We visited Dr. Jimmy Aragona, who seemed like a nice doctor, but I was kinda disappointed to know that the sugar challenge to check on whether a person does have diabetes comes in different dosages. I was thinking, why was it not done at the first instance, since, it was more or less sure by virtue of the ultrasound results that my wife may have had gestational diabetes. Anyways, we have to come back to the laboratory for the increased dosage sugar test. Visiting doctors is just too much of a hassle as we have to wait in line and you will have virtually nothing to do in the hospital.

We were prescribed to consult a dietician and some training on how to inject insulin and monitor blood sugar. First thing that comes to my mind was, shouldn't their be a flyer or something that says, eat only these kinds of food at these proportions, etc. Well, apparently, Makati Med wanted to make more money than a flyer may cost that there is actually a 1-hour seminar on planning your diet for something like Php640.00. Imagine that. I can do better by surfing the internet for diabetes diet plans. Well, to make the story short, I was a bit pissed that it ruined by lunch mood and we decided to forgo the seminar until after the results of the sugar challenge is completed the following day.

It was way past 1pm and I was more than hungry to walk and find a place to eat. So, I decided to take my wife for a quick bite at Floating Island at Makati Med. This restaurant is quite peculiar as it serves liquour and such gastronomic delights you wouldn't think a place like a hospital would ever endorse such as the cardiac causing crispy pata (deep fried pork leg) and bulalo (beef shank stew). There is even a smoking area on the al fresco dining part of the resto. Imagine that.

Well, I ordered the shrimp with brocolli for my lunch. I wasn't able to take a snapshot of it as well, remember, I'm in no mood after our short visit to the Dietician. The shrimp was cooked well with the shell just a prick away from its meat. The brocolli also was tender to the bite, never cooked too long. I loved the taste, I caught myself spreading the sauce on my cupful of rice. Despite its location in the hospital, the resto serves good food. Although, I couldn't help thinking that I must be smelling that distinctive hospital smell even inside the resto I could lose my appetite at any time. But maybe, it's just me as I'm no fan of hospitals, its smell, the dangers of getting germs and diseases while walking through its corridors and such. If I can get as far away from a medical facility or hospital at any given point in time, I would.

I spent close to Php500.00 or US$11.11 for my meal. A bit pricey, but I just didn't care at that time.