After taking a van from Port Barton to PP, I was ready to eat. Balinsasayaw Restaurant looked promising and my hostel also recommended it so off I went.
I dropped in on a Friday afternoon (around 4:15pm). The place is massive but I grabbed a table near the front. Some of the tables have a bell/shaker that you can ring to get the waiters attention. Clever.
The menu is long: all day breakfast, sizzlers, soup, meats, pasta, sandwiches, burgers, combo meals and drinks.
- Avocado mango shake (110 PHP) - they charge an extra 20 PHP to mix two fruits. Decent but the avocado wasn't creamy.
- Garlic rice (30 PHP) - they gave me plain rice instead. Lame.
- Grilled squid (265 PHP large) - three option sizes (small is 215 PHP and medium is 245 PHP). Might as well go large! I didn't expect the inside squid rings to be stuffed with red onion, tomato and cucumber. Nice but it gets a bit boring after a few bites. The grilled squid was excellently cooked. Great texture and fresh.
This is a place where you want to go with a large group so that you can try several things. The garlic crab (495 PHP) looked promising. read more