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Eating with Gusto at Kainan au Gusto

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Plants and an old door guard the entrance to this place of simple pleasures harkening back to old times.

Once you enter the doorway, you’ll be faced with a narrow hallway lined with antiques.

Opening up to a large dining area decorated with more antiques and eclectic array of chairs and tables highlighted by disco balls in the nipa ceiling. Pipe in music with the likes of “Bahay Kubo” , “Leron Leron Sinta” and other classic Filipino songs sets the mood.

On to the gustatory portion of the program. Food is served “carinderia” (cafeteria) style. Most dishes are P49 except for the beef dishes which are more expensive.

We ordered Adobo, Pechay, Beef Bulgogi and Chicken Pastel together with one and one half plain rice. I liked the bulgogi but it was not sweet korean taste I was expecting, its more of a filipinized bulgogi, but it was still good. The meat was tender, though they were a couple of fatty pieces. I had a piece of the chicken pastel, I expected it to be creamier.

We had 3 bottles of Coke Zero to go with our meal. This is my first time to see and drink Coke Zero in bottle form and I was amused to see two different labels, one colored and one black and white label.

To round off the meal, who can resist dessert, Irene had her favorite Halo-Halo and I had Iced Banana. This is the same iced banana they served in sister restaurant, Cafe Juanita. You might notice that my iced banana does not have milk, I like the taste just as it is.
It was a great lunch with my wife. It’s my first time to be in this place, Irene usually takes out food when she does not want to cook lunch at home.  I suggest you try this place out for wonderful food at reasonable prices. Just don’t expect the serving to be at par with the pricier Cafe Juanita.  Imagine we had all that food and had two turon for take out for just P350.

Kainan au Gusto
21 United Street corner West Kapitolyo
Pasig

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Comments

  1. Okay for the next lunch out… this is where Bubba and I are headed! :)

    I’ve always been curious about this place but havent found the time to visit.

    There’s also Korean place owned by same owner nearby?

  4. OOOH yummeh! This post officially made me hungry and my craving for pancit canton just went 100x more *drools* need to grocery soon