Fely J's Kitchen - Greenbelt 5

Fely J's Kitchen
Filipino and Asian Home Cookin
2nd/F Greenbelt 5
Ayala Center, Makati City
Tel # : +63 2 728 8858

First time in the Philippines for my German and Chinese colleagues. Naturally they requested to eat in a Filipino Restaurant ... Since it was raining, I had to choose a restaurant which is near Manila Peninsula where they are staying ... Greenbelt 5 is the most accessible for them ... Good thing there are two Filipino Restaurants to choose from - the Fely J's Kitchen and the Cafe Damaso ... Since I haven't been to either restaurant, we choose the one with more people inside - the Fely J's Kitchen ...

Only vacant seats were outside ... we took it as a sign that the food must really be good to have a full-packed resto ...


What did we order?
Starters : Crispy Swahe (Php 195), Shrimp & Pomelo Salad (Php 195)
Main Dish : Sizzling Sisig (Php 175), Lola Ising's Adobo (Php 395), Bangus Belly in Tamarind Soup (Php 330), Jasmine Rice ( @ Php 55)
Drinks : San Miguel Beer Pale Pilsen (@ Php 79), Banana Shake (Php 135)
Dessert : Mango Fruit (@ Php 65), Vanilla Ice Cream (@ Php 75)



What was good?

• Service was great ... the waiters were very attentive ... I think they were supposed to close at 10pm but they didn't in any way made us feel that we must hurry ...
• the Bangus Belly in Tamarind Soup was delicious ... it really tasted like a home-cooked meal
• the fresh mango fruit was very sweet ... good thing because i was bragging that our mangoes are the best in the world ... that they were better than Brazil's and India's ... i held my breath while they had their first bite ... and I was proven correct! hweh!!! ... they liked the mangoes so much that they even want to take some back to Germany :)

What wasn't great?

• The Lola Ising's Adobo was supposed to be their Bestseller ... It was highly recommended by the waiter ... but it wasn't that great ... nothing extra-ordinary ... and what's worse is that we were given a portion which is mostly fats! ugh!!!
• the resto is a bit expensive ... it was around Php 700 per head ... but nonetheless it was okay because over-all the food was good ...