Though Maginhawa is teeming with restaurants and small diners where you could eat your fill, everything on this street seems to shut down at around 10PM, and it becomes a veritable ghost town with eerily quiet streets at the stroke of midnight. It must be because of the zoning of the area (residential + commercial), and the zoning laws that prevent businesses from attracting so much noise and commotion at the dead of the night. One of the places that are open 24/7 is Sinangag Station, which is quite a lifesaver if you wake up hungry at an ungodly hour, and convenience store food just won't cut it.
The place is typical tapsilogan-chic - a huge menu board, outdoor seating, utilitarian furniture.The food here is also typical of your tapsilog places. However, I am always impressed by how clean the food appears. I can judge by checking the plates, which are always non-greasy. You can take a behind-the-scenes peek when you go to the bathroom, and their back room/kitchen is always kept clean and sanitary. What I love ordering are the danggitsilog and the bangusilog, since I don't eat beef nor pork.
The food is so-so, but what made me give Sinangag Station a 5 is the commendable service and utmost honesty that their staff Eric exemplified last night. I was really tired and sleepy but I just had to get fed, because I know a hungry tummy will have kept me up. Anyway, I was finished with my food, and my friends and I went back to the car. I didn't realize until I was already in bed and about to set up an alarm on my phone that my wallet and my phone were gone. I looked in my bag, my pockets, the car, but they were nowhere to be found (oh no! My rent and grocery money!!!). I dialed my phone on my friend's cell, and Eric picked up, and told me that I left my stuff on the bench in their al-fresco area. He reassured me that they were going to safekeep my stuff, and I ran back to the place and got my phone and wallet without a single centavo missing. You don't find that kind of honesty anywhere else! Thank you, Eric! read more