We ordered the Laing and Bistek Bangus Belly (In honor of Holy Week, meat free diet)
Laing (a well-known dish from Bicol) is made up of taro leaves, garlic, ginger, lemon grass, chili pepers, and dried fish (can include pork) was made two ways, with coconut milk and without coconut milk. The dish can be salty so mid-way through the meal I realized I had consumed a lot of rice and water. I could not even make it to the bangus without feeling full.
The Bangus, also known as milk fish, was prepared differently from what I was use to. As a kid, my mom would simply deep fry it. In this instance, however, the bangus was cooked in a sauce that tasted like a popular Filipino meat dish called called bistek, or as Americans like to call it "Beef Steak", which is sirloin beef slow cooked in soy sauce and calamansi juice. Except in this instance the dish was more on the sweet than salty side, which made for a good complimentary meal.
Top the dinner off with a sweet mango shake for dessert :D yay!
Nothing like a good dose of Filipino food to end the day.