My pinay craving took me to Max’s
My feet took me to Max’s restaurant in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) for lunch today. My hunger pangs begged for something to really satisfy my almost quivering body cells as the clock ticked near 12 noon and I was able to grab a meal to nourish my depleted energy. Today I wanted a balanced meal (combination of meat and vegetables) at a reasonable price.
Haya, the waitress who will serve me, received me. She was friendly but a bit slow. I chose the fried chicken and lumpiang ubod fresh food promo from Max’s Restaurant and ordered a refillable sago’t gulaman for my drinks. My verdict is as follows:
Fried Chicken: I got a small portion of chicken thigh and a cup of steamed rice. The chicken tasted good, it was just marinated correctly and I was able to pick up the taste of Max’s fried chicken in that small portion of the chicken. The house ketchup this time was not as good as when they still had Jufran ketchup. Now it is sweeter and thicker. I will rate my Fried Chicken Max 3 stars and 3.5 stars with the house ketchup.
Fresh Lumpiang Ubod – This is their fresh spring roll served with a thick, sweet sauce topped with ground peanuts. The lumpia wrap they used was very good, it was soft and fresh, it mixed nicely with the vegetables and you get the nice old flavor of lumpiang ubod in sauce that you would expect. I’ll give their lumpiang ubod 4 stars for this (if it wasn’t for the very sticky sauce it might have been 5 stars!)
Sago’t Gulaman – A really refreshing sweet gulaman drink to satisfy my quivering body. It quenched my thirst and the cold was perfect. Nothing really fancy as the taste is very simple and traditionally the sago’t gulaman that I have known since I was young. Classification? 3.5 stars!
Expect! Haya asked me to order her “bottomless” sago’t gulaman? I think so, but when I asked one of the waiters to refill it, he didn’t and I felt like he was being dodgy. Hmmmm…well, I asked the other waitress (Hi Haya, where are you? I thought you said you’d be my server for the day?), she refilled my glass quickly.
All for the Php380+ price was not bad, but given the choice I would choose to spend my Php385 somewhere that would make me feel more satisfied and happy. Where could it be? I am still looking for the candidate restaurants/food establishments to win the spot.
Until next lunch time!