It's been sometime since someone had wrote a review about Jempoy's Lechon . To give most places an honest review I believe that people should actually visit the restaurant location and not just judge them via a food delivery experience.
So here's my two bits. Staff are very friendly. The space has quite a few long tables. They even have a patio area for when it's nice out. So it's great if you have a large party of six or more.
Once we decided to sit in, we were quickly given time to peruse the menu. Of course we had to try the "Cebu style" lechon belly. The combo comes with soup and rice. They also have classics like, adobo, sisig and dinuguan. As well as dessert like cassava cake, halo halo and even mais con yelo.
What we ordered: (I didn't take a photo of the menu, so the prices are from the Door Dash website)
Combo 1- lechon with java rice $21
Mais Con Yelo $11.95
Even though we only ordered one combo we have greeted with two small bowls of soups. A very clean beef shank/marrow soup. A great way to start the meal.
The lechon was okay. The skin wasn't super crispy and the meat was pretty lean so it took a bit of effort to chew through. The flavour was delicious and when you add the sauce and rice it's one of the best combos you can get. I'm not sure if it was because we were eating around 3PM, but I expected a bit more with the lechon.
The Mais Con Yelo, a sweet corn dessert with shaved ice, ice cream, milk and caramel syrup. It's a hard to find dessert that I fell in love with while in the Philippines, especially in Vancouver . So it was such a surprise to see that Jempoy's had it. It's not then best I've ever had, but so far it's the best in BC. So congrats on that!
Over all a great warm experience with some comfort foods and rarely seen desserts. I'd come again to try more items. Please check them out if you're in the area.
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