Tuna Town

We left earlier than usual for lunch today. Gentley was prodding on taking a quick lunch but was suggesting to hit Glorietta. This was kinda ironic, considering that the Glorietta's not a destination for quick lunches. Anyways, it's just that Gentley had some errands at Glorietta, hence, a good lunch destination choice.

It could not be decided where to eat, hence, it was decided we pick the Food Choices in G4, instead. I saw a new outlet towards the end of the Food Choices stretch named Tuna Town. I thought, this place must be specializing in tuna cuisine. I decided to try it out, no harm there, I liked tuna very much. Tuna Town claims to have grilled seafood and sizzling plates. One can order the sinigang sa miso tuna (miso stew blue marlin), all sorts of the tuna fish, be it grilled, sizzling or whether it's the tuna belly, tuna head or the jaw. Other orders can be had for squid, pork barbecue and other a la carte menus.

I ordered the grilled tuna panga (blue marlin jaw) with a side order of garlic kangkong (water spinach), a cup of rice and some soda. The price was pretty cheap, I paid Php136.00 or about $3.00 only. The tuna jaw was grilled just right, although, it wasn't as freshly cooked as I want it to be. I believe, it can't be called fastfood center if you can't have a faster service, hence, most outlets tend to pre-cook their fares and just re-heat it when a customer orders. Hence, my tuna jaw was not a perfect as I envisioned it to be. Nonetheless, I thought it was some fresh tuna indeed. I was able to sample their miso stew and it paled in taste when compared with Sizzler's (another joint offering a pretty similar menu). The water spinach was a welcome side dish though, it's garlic toppings are superb to counteract the tuna taste. Tuna Town is just an ordinary joint, nothing spectacular about the food they offer. I doubt very much if they thrive for long in the competitive food section at Glorietta.

In the end, I was longer for a dessert. It's been two days straight where I have fish for lunch. I decided to get some funnel cake at The Funnel Cake Factory. For Php70.00 or US$1.56, one can have an order of Chocoloco Funnel Cake. It's basically, cake butter funneled into some super hot cooking oil. When cooked, it gets a sprinkling of some confectioner's sugar then drizzling of black chocolate, then some slivered almonds and another round of the black chocolate syrup. It smelled good and tasted even better.

I shared the funnel cake with Maidette, Mimi and Chay. It was one perfect ending to an ordinary lunch I hade. Gentley had scrambled ahead to do his errand. We parted ways as Mimi and Chay proceeded to Shoe Mart for some shopping, while Maidette went on her own and me had to visit Sanry's for money changing. While waiting for the troop, I walked around the appliance exhibit in the activity center for some refrigerator hunting. I also saw LCD TVs made by Syntax, a china company that retails their TVs at only Php50,000.00. Prices for flat screen TVs have continually dropped significantly and the resolution have grown better and brighter. I wonder, when can I buy my own. hmmmmp.

We converged at the lobby of G4 where Jimmy once again picked us up and drove us back to the office.