Vicentico's Grill and Restaurant

I was in Cabanatuan last weekend for an evaluation activity. Just like in my previous visits, my friends and I had dinner at Vicentico's Grill and Restaurant. I keep on coming back to that restaurant primarily because of the ambiance. I also like the food (which i'll talk about later) but its really the overall appeal of the place that draws me to the place. You can have 'al fesco dining' at Vicentico's. The place is cool so you'll really be comfortable. Unfortunately, I found out that they renovated the place. The area for al fresco dining looks smaller now. I do not know if the space really got smaller but that's what i felt last Saturday night. You see, they added a 'function room' that looks like an old Spanish house. It was supposed to be nice because Spanish houses usually have large windows to allow fresh air to get in but in this function room, what seems to be open windows aren't really open. They are covered with glass. Why? Because the room is 'aircon', as we Filipinos fondly call rooms with 'airconditioning' systems. The place still looks nice but it has somehow lost some of the things that made it really charming in the past. But at the end of the day, all i ca say is i still like the place...

Now on to the food. Here are my favorites.

Gising gising

Gising gising is like chopseuy that is made hot and spicy. The sauce of their gising gising is thick. It is good to be mixed with steamed rice. The gising gising also has lots of squid slices.

Adobong Pusit

Their adobong pusit is great. It is not very 'black' like how you would expect in a regular homemade adobong pusit but it still has that rich taste. It is not really spicy so there's no problem even if you order it with gising gising. The only thing that I do not like with their adobong pusit is that the serving is not so big. I believe if food is as good as this, serving should be big.

Seafood Kare kare

Their seafood kare kare is also 'to die for'. It has lots of shrimps, squid slices and crabs. It is not like the usual seafood kare kare you will commonly find in 'food courts' in Manila where only a few pieces of these seafood s can be found. Sometimes, they even substitute 'squid balls' for squid.

We also ordered crispy pata but i didn't get to take pictures. One serving of crispy pata can already serve about 6 to 7 people (with everybody satisfied). The skin is cripy. Really. Uhmm...Yum yum...I was so excited with it I totally forgot about taking snapshots.

They serve halo-halo, fruit juices and 'bottomless' iced tea.

Overall, the experience was fun. Even if the place lost some of its appeal (at least for me), it is still worth visiting.

Oh, before I forget, the place has wifi connection.....no password needed.