I haven’t done a Food Flashback in a while, so here’s a flashback to a restaurant I went to with my dad and my mom while on vacation in the Philippines back in 2013. (Yeah, I’m kinda missing my parents today, which explains this post.) We ate at Wooden Spoon Restaurant, which is owned by well-known Philippine chef Sandy Daza, son of veteran Philippine gourmet chef Nora Daza.
We waited for a table for about 20 minutes. They had seating available in the second floor, but my parents didn’t feel like going up a flight of stairs.
When we were finally seated, the server took our orders quickly. Due to the small space, you can pretty much hear the other people at the neighboring table, which we didn’t mind. The place was packed, both in the first floor and the second floor.
The Filipino food they served was familiar, but some had a different spin to it. The Garlic Fried Rice was garnished with chopped spring onions and toasted garlic. Lots of toasted garlic. Which means it’s a whole bunch of awesome because I love toasted garlic.
Tortang talong is Filipino eggplant omelet, which is my parents’ favorite. They both love eggplant.
Adobong kangkong with lechon kawali. Kangkong is supposedly either water spinach or watercress, but I’m not sure. Adobong kangkong is a favorite dish of mine, but they added lechon kawali (pork belly). This could be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you look at it.
The last item is Adobo Flakes. I love adobo, whether it’s chicken or pork. Heck, I even make bangus (milkfish) adobo when the whim strikes! But it was my first time to taste adobo flakes. A crispy and flaky adobo? Seems like a travesty, but it was pretty good with the garlic-mayo dip.
They offer reasonable portions of really tasty Filipino food. The adobo flakes was an excellent discovery. Who knew you can do that with adobo? Not me. As for the adobong kangkong with lechon kawali, it’s really hard to mess up that dish. Location-wise, it’s just too bad that they lack parking spaces.
It was a good thing that my parents knew about this place. You know how food evokes memories? Eating at Wooden Spoon is part of my memories when I spent time with my parents during that vacation in the Philippines.
Address:
Wooden Spoon Restaurant
#329 Katipunan Avenue Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Philippines