AMERICAN THANKSGIVING PANDEMIC STYLE
I called around to see where the best deal on a Thanksgiving meal was: American Legion 123 in Balibago was the winner. Anticipating a crowd, hubby and I went early (9:30am) and had planned for take out. Luckily for us, the indoor dining room had only one other customer, so we decided to stay.
Masks are mandatory for entrance. We were greeted warmly by the vivacious masked staff, temps taken, we registered in their log book and sanitized our hands. We sat down at a table with a plastic screen in between us, right in front of their widescreen tv, which was set to the American Forces Network channel. Oldies were playing on the radio, WiFi was strong, as well as the aircon. I overheard one of the staff say that they had a lot of take out orders. When I emailed prior to find out if they were offering a Thanksgiving meal, they mentioned that they will serve it until their supply runs out.
MEAL INCLUDED
- Turkey - meat tender but bland, gravy bland until I added salt and pepper. The turkey with the pumped up gravy, cranberry sauce and stuffing was a delicious bite.
- Ham topped with a pineapple segment - thick slice that's tender with decent flavor
- Stuffing had great flavor but was on the mushy side
- sweet potatoes were ok
- Vegetable mix was standard from frozen imo.
- roll was soft and fluffy
- Sweet potato pie was DELISH, so much more better than their Pumpkin pie.
Decent American Thanksgiving meal at a decent price. read more