Experiencing Restaurant Abaca's winter offerings

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Mommy and Daddy recently celebrated their 44th wedding anniversary. In faithful Anna and Rochie style, we suggested eating somewhere "masarap" (aka fine dining). Anna suggested we go to a Korean restaurant in Danville; however, we discovered it was closed that day while en route. So I suggested (while we were on I-680) that we eat at Restaurant Abaca instead. After all, they haven't tried the wagyu salpicao and the bougie halo-halo that Ate Maddie and I raved about on a late summer visit.

Thankfully, Abaca had an available table at 5:30 pm. 

Abaca now has a four-course degustation menu called "Paubaya". However, we weren't too hungry, so we ordered a la carte for this occasion. We ordered wagyu skirt steak salpicao, sisig fried rice, Manila clams, pork lumpia, pork barbecue, crispy pata, and Java rice. 

The portions were big enough to fill us but not overly so. In fact, we had room for dessert! Sadly, the halo-halo I was raving about a few months earlier was no longer offered, but there were other yummy options. We got the ube mochi and different types of cakes. The staff kindly gave us apricot ice cream and some pastries to wish Mommy and Daddy a happy anniversary.






What can I say? Abaca really knows how to treat their clients well. Great food. Great service. Donan and I have eaten there four times this year and will return for more. 

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