Wednesday, October 17, 2007

The Frisspoint literal hole in the wall

For all its hoity-toity weekend market for expats reputation, Salcedo Village still has a humble panaderia sa kanto like any Philippine neighborhood.

Turning left into Herrera st., coming from Leviste, you may miss the piles of pan de sal peeping out the window. That would be Frisspoint, your 24-hour basic food source – pan, lugaw and Ricoa Flat Tops by the tingi. Syempre, there’s cellphone load too.

My favorite neighbors go there to fill their late-night crusty & crumbly pan de sal cravings. But as I like my pan de sal chewy & heavy, I find myself there to fill hankerings for lugaw instead.

Frisspoint’s lugaw is one of the best cheap, non-resto porridges I’ve tried – savory from chicken stock and generous with the ginger. A truly comforting and full-flavored lugaw, not some half-hearted attempt to squeeze out a quick buck from left-over rice.
Lugaw is 15pesos with a whole boiled egg, 10pesos without. Arroz Caldo is 25 with egg, 20 without. I usually go for the lugaw, as paltry chicken pieces in arroz caldo depress me.

Apart from the pan de sal and lugaw, the staples on their whiteboard menu are simple breads like monay and pan de coco. They also offer a variety of siomais for four pieces at 40pesos. At 10pesos for each average dumpling though, parang it’s not worth it. You might also chance upon their chocolate chip banana muffin. It used to be a real treat at 9pesos. But they upped the price to 18 (Hello!), suddenly making it not sulit for the size. Sayang.

This morning, they had taho. So I had a nostalgic 10peso breakfast on the go. I love panaderias sa kanto.

(The Frisspoint window peeps out of Makati Executive Tower, Herrera cor. Leviste Strts. Or the corner tangent to the Leviste KFC. Or in front of the building with a 711/Gloria Jean’s/BDO. And oh, don’t mistake it for Frisspoint restaurant.)

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

hmm.. something to try:)

Anonymous said...

Gosh i miss so much pinoy foods..glad to discover your site...:-)

docemdy said...

Treasures abound in the traditional panaderya. Masarap ang hopia and ensaymada.

bogchief said...

Malapit sa office ko 'to. Welcome, kaladkarin. Thanks for joining.

pro said...

thanks for letting me in ;p
sana i can keep it up, i have a whole list of places na, oras na lang ang kailangan, hahaha.

Ich said...

You kidding? Thei pandesal is what makes them stay afloat. Substancial and thick. Almost, almost justifying the five pesos for it.

Forget the goddamn lugaw arroz caldo. they refrigerate their eggs so most often, its very pitiful to eat since the constitution of the hard boiled egg is "warped."

Their pan de coco is quite addictive. Even if th measly thing is still five pesos.

And its open all night! Now if only they have better-looking salespeople hahaha.

bogchief said...

Salcedo Village would benefit from down-to-earth places like Frisspoint. I've always hoped for an enterprising isaw vendor to set up shop somewhere near the office.

caloy said...

where do you eat the lugaw?

pro said...

caloy, you'll have to take it while standing. or do as i do and get everything take out.