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Reviewers rave about the rich, soul-warming bulalo, praising its fall-off-the-bone beef and savory broth. The overall vibe is one of humble, deeply satisfying comfort food that feels like a hearty home-cooked meal.
“This bulalo is totally different from the last version we had — it's made with beef feet, so it's super thick and milky, like melted cow hoof. I take some tendon and meat, add the skin, the gelatin, the milky oils under the rice, squeeze calamansi, and absolutely must add a couple of these chilies. You need that calamansi to contrast the richness, and the chili is always a good idea. It's another bulalo but just completely different.”
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This is Manny Pacquiao's favorite eatery in General Santos, where he used to eat when training as a young boxer; the owner was his nutritionist, and the food is legendary.
Dishes mentioned
Bulalo
This bulalo is totally different from the last version we had — it's made with beef feet, so it's super thick and milky, like melted cow hoof. I take some tendon and meat, add the skin, the gelatin, the milky oils under the rice, squeeze calamansi, and absolutely must add a couple of these chilies. You need that calamansi to contrast the richness, and the chili is always a good idea. It's another bulalo but just completely different.
KBL (Kadios Baboy Langka)
KBL stands for kadios (beans), baboy (pork), and langka (jackfruit). You've got the whole pork leg down here — it's extremely hearty. The pork leg just slides off the bone, it's so tender. The jackfruit has that smoky saltiness, everything melts in your mouth. Even the beans — they've been simmered with that soup so you can really taste it, they just dissolve. The soup has the collagen of that pork leg boiled down, plus the flavor of the beans. That is a bowl right there that could fuel your boxing needs — it's calorie-rich.
Pork Kinilaw
This is different — it's marinated maybe in lime juice or vinegar for sure, and I can see some cucumbers and some pretty fatty pieces of pork. All the pepper in there, it's a little bit sour, you definitely feel the richness of that pork. It's mostly like pork skin and fat, gelatinous. Definitely that is tasty.
Tuna Tail Sinigang
This is the tuna tail — it's like a sour soup, not sinigang but prepared that way. Look at how thick that skin is — it's like built like a tank, all those gelatinous parts. You need some lime to fry the meat off the bone, it's so thick and muscular. That is textural — there are so many textures in there. It is so gelatinous, so tough and blubbery almost, you can just feel the gelatin going into your system. The vinegar has kind of congealed it a little bit. That is a torpedo of tuna.
Beef Steak
This is beef steak with a brown gravy — straight up beef, brown gravy, really beefy, meaty, really good. That would be good with a little bit more calamansi and chilies on there for sure.
