By “adult”, I mean “financial”.
A random weekend meet-up was scheduled via Viber chat with my very first-ever work teammates! Unfortunately our team leader then wasn’t able to make it, but there’s always next time I guess. I’ve been eating out with these people since late 2009 and despite us having gone on to different paths already, we still share the same love for gab and food.
I honestly never thought that there would ever be a time where I would sit down at an affordable restaurant with these guys and just share our views on money. See, five years ago we didn’t really care where our money went; we’d drop five hundred peso bills for random breakfasts without even batting our eyelashes. Now, however, with a little bit of wisdom between our ears, we’re trying to be a little bit smarter when it comes to finances. Our topics for the late afternoon were investment vehicles, life insurance, mutual funds and our personal way of budgeting our funds.
Recovery Food in Molito was specifically chosen because while it’s comparatively cheaper than the other food joint in the area, it still has a reputation for good food. We might still be all budget-conscious these days but that doesn’t mean that we don’t have our standards.
The Recovery Food menu is a bit different from others because it only has one page for all of the food they’re serving, which includes only a handful of options for the starters, noodles, sandwiches, and deserts. They have the most offerings for their Rice-A-Bowls portions, which I guess is the one type of food you’re bound to go for after a long stressful day at work.
A had the Joe Pho, which includes rice noodles, fish cakes and kani in Recovery Food’s “special broth”. He said that it was a little bland but one spoonful of Siracha chili sauce made all the difference.
I had their Porkqua – tender brined pork fillets with organic brown Petchay rice. The pork was really tasty and I liked the texture that the Petchay brought to the dish. Like A, I reached for the condiments and dumped a lot of Hoi Sin Sauce onto the dish. The serving size was huge that I didn’t get to finish the whole bowl.
R got the Happy Chicken Rice that we didn’t get to picture because she arrived a few minutes late and we were already tucking into our orders when hers was placed on the table, haha.
Recovery Food offers drinks by the bottle and we got their Dalandan juice. It was a hit because the juice was very refreshing and didn’t taste like it came from a can.
The true winners of the meal, however, were the Turondots with Dulce Gatas. Deep-fried langka and banana and ube wrapped in wanton to be dipped in cream?? Who wouldn’t be a fan?? One plate wasn’t enough so we got two 😛
With huge servings, incredibly attentive staff and good but affordable food, Recovery Food will definitely be one of my stops whenever I’m in the Molito area.
