When Pinoys get together, they eat. When friends who live abroad are in town for teh Christmas, we take them out to eat out at Pinoy restaurants. We’d already done Kanin Club at the Ayala Triangle a couple of weeks before, so we decided to eat at Crisostomo (Eastwood) next.
Crisostomo not only served Filipino cuisine, but it was — you guessed it — Jose Rizal-themed. Menu items were named after characters in the national hero’s life and his books.
Their version of the smoked fish (Tinapa ni Tiburcio – PhP 200/$5) made for an excellent appetizer. I could eat this with rice (come to think of it, I think I did). It was an unusual way of serving tinapa, so I recommend you order this if you eat there.
I’m generally not a tofu person, so I think I didn’t try this. But, look, I took a photo! I suppose it’s called the Bracken tofu (PhP 198/$5) as a reference to Josephine Bracken, Jose Rizal’s girlfriend, and not named after the fern. (Wait, are they inferring that she was bland and uninteresting?)Read more…











