A day before flying to Manila, my brood treated me to a farewell lunch.The seafood restaurant where we ate was made of bamboo and nipa(palm leaves). It is a small unassuming affair nestled by the river. Its is called Joy-Joy's.A foodie's JOY indeed!
See for yourself .
The to -die-for Menu consisting of the freshest,shrimps, steamed oysters and and seaweed salad w/strips of green mangoes
Steamed Talaba(oysters)on the shell
Fresh Gulaman(seaweed) salad generously drizzled with native palm vinegar and garnished with sliced tomatoes, onions and strips of drool- inducing green mango.
Charcoal grilled Managat(Red Snapper). A very popular fare for sea food junkies.
Fish Sinigang whose piquant sourness whets the appetite and turns on the sweat glands.Nice cure for hangover. Believe me.
Steamed shrimps that shuts out the word uric acid in your vocabulary.
Crabs galore ooozing with. . . . . .
talangka.....fat...fat...fat
Sinamak-The mother of all vinegars. You can't just eat your seafood without this.
There were about 10 of us in the group and had a double order of each dish. Guess how much we spent for the delicious feast? P1,500 or less than $50. Unbelievable?.Only in Iloilo.
If you happen to go to Iloilo and want to eat in this place, email me. I'll be happy to show the way. Basta treat mo.
and what a spread! kainggit ulit! welcome back to blogging!
Posted by: ces | March 03, 2007 at 04:24 PM
I've been to Iloilo ages ago and had lunch in a place very much like Joy's. In fact my Ilonggo college barkada's name is Joy :-)
Welcome back Angelo!
Posted by: iska | March 04, 2007 at 03:52 AM
hi ces and iska,
thanks for welcoming me back to cyberbia.
but know what? i still can't get over with the wonderful experiences i had in Pinas.Marami pa akong gustong tikman. Na pagkain ha?:) Gusto ko na bumalik.
i guess that is the irony of leaving one's homeland. you do not get to realize how much you love it until you leave it.
absence makes the heart grow fonder, indeed.
Posted by: angelo | March 04, 2007 at 02:29 PM
What river - the Iloilo river? Sounds interesting - I guess that place wasn't there yet in 2005 when we went home..sigh..
Definitely will get a list from you the nest time we go home!
Posted by: jenny | March 13, 2007 at 12:28 PM