We were sooo looking forward to our date night today. It was a long day and we came out from a very frustrating meeting at work. Just before heading to our designated date place, wifey and I drove by our parents' place to pick up something and do some errands for dad. When we got there, dad was all by himself 'coz mom was in Cebu.
On the way to the bank (dad requested us to withdraw money from his atm), wifey and i thought of just having dinner with dad. We both decided that since dad was alone in the house, that we just eat with him instead of our usual datenight. We realized that he looked really tired and stressed out and a nice dinner would cap the day right for him.
As we drove back to the house, we chanced upon a barbeque stall/restaurant called "Three Sisters". I read somewhere that this joint has been judged as one of Manila's top 10 grills, which made us more interested to taste their food. For tonight's dinner, we bought chicken and pork barbeque. The smell of charcoal and meat grilling made us hungrier every minute.
Just before heading home, wifey noticed an Oriental Shop just across the street that sells"Fresh Chinese Rolls". She went in and bought some to accompany our grilled foodies.
When we arrived home, Dad was surprised to know that we brought food and had planned to eat with him. He was actually about to eat left over food (*ginataang langka and half of a fried tilapia). We noticed how his face lit up when he learned that we brought freshly grilled yummy barbeque. Moreso, we think that he was happier that he had company for dinner.
Digging into our grilled foodies, we shared visions of how we wanted the house to look. We are about to share the apartment with our parents after the Holy Week as we attempt to semi-live in Pasig again. We talked about the appliances that we needed to fix and stuff that we need to arrange so that the house will be homey and presentable. Dad shared that he was super tired of fixing the airconditioning unit the entire day. He said it was refreshing for him to have someone to share dinner with after a long day of doing manual work. He was even teasing us that the rice he cooked was a special kind of thai jasmine rice and was very delicious and goes super well with the barbeque. (Wifey and I are abstaining from rice for the lenten season, so...yeah, eating grilled meat without rice was a bit frustrating)
Food Talk: The pork and chicken barbeque were served in big portions. It was regular in taste and was served with extra sauce to make it the uniquely "Three Sisters" barbeque. It looked good which means that it was well cooked and the meat was quite tender. No burnt chicken skin that causes cancer..hehehe. The extra sauce however did not make any difference since the base sauce was already absorbed by the meat that gave it its barbeque-y taste. We didn't bother putting on the extra sauce as the marinated barbeque tasted okay already. Generally, there was nothing grand about this meal. Probably because we are very much used to "street barbeque" that tasted almost the same as this one. Moreso, street barbeque is waaaaay cheaper.
The Chinese Fresh Roll that wifey bought across the street complimented the grills. And for us who are abstaining from rice, it definitely went well with the barbeque :)
The dinner date night surprise for dad ended with a simple thank you and the relatively good food gave us good mood to end the day. As we drove home, wifey and i had a peaceful feeling. Today's date was made extra special as we shared this night with dad. Being with him that night made us realize that no one must feel alone and abandoned when you are in a family. A family that reaches out to pull special surprises to each other is a sign of deep respect and love, specially for a guy who dedicated his whole being to make our lives comfortable during his younger years and made sure that this family was/is taken cared for. Now that he is in his retirement age, we are happy to serve him and let him know that we are here for him with our small surprises such as this special datenight.
*Ginataang Langka - is a Filipino dish cooking young Jackfruit in Coconut Milk. Fried Tilapia - is fried St. Peter's Fish.
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