at the 2F Paseo Center
Paseo de Roxas
beside Equitable Bank Tower


This sucked. Makunat and bitter. But it was free so I didn't complain.
A freshly opened pack of this must is too much to ask ba?
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The lowly monggo.

I love monggo soup (especially how my friend Erika's mom makes it - with tiny tinapa floating on top) and am quite unhappy that it is not a common restaurant offering. They serve it every friday at the carinderia behind my office so I make sure to get my weekly dose.

Timpla serves a variation. Creamed monggo bean and spinach soup -- the beans blended with cream and some spinach thrown in for variety. It's a bit bitter (because of the spinach?) but the cream does help give a twist on the old favorite. Personally, I think other cooks could have made a more inspired version. I can see the intention...but hoped for more in the execution.

I still like the regular monggo soup, but the creamy monggo soup is a good start. I hope more restaurants incorporate the bean in their menus.
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This was good! The lechon kawali was delicious. Tender meat, well cooked translucent fat, and almost-chicharon like skin that cracked as you bit it. My veins still tremble in fear at the memory. Top this piece of heaven with spicy barrio-fiesta like bagoong (not too sweet, well-cooked, and not malansa) - enjoy, and wait for your batok to start hurting.
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This dish was inspired by the deep fried crisp Tawilis. As with the creamy monggo soup...this def had some potential. Timpla's version used a pregnant japanese fish (I forget what it is called) that had its belly filled with fish eggs. It came with a sweet soy-vinegar sauce.

This would have been terrific if the fish was nice and crisp (the sort which would break into pieces when you bit it). But it was a bit makunat. Pwede na, pero sayang it could have been better. Ano ka ba, cook? Was it because we had lunch at 3pm and you were too tamad to make the effort?
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The Laing was creamy and spicy and it disappeared in about 5 minutes. This is quite different from the Bicol version I tasted (which had the leaves dried in a bundle and hardly any sauce and loads more sili). Still a delicious dish, which will go well with a lot of rice.

Manny ordered the longganisa and queso puti pandesal. Looked pretty, but I forgot to ask him how it was. Heeeh, I'll do some reconnaisance and order this myself.
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Dishes cost from 65+ to less than 200. We (3 people) spent about 200 each for this meal, drinks included.

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