Interesting Fast Food at Robinson’s Galleria

Robinson’s Galleria is another mall in Ortigas Center that’s even nearer to my store. We are lucky or unlucky to have 3 big malls- SM Megamall, Robinson’s Galleria and Shangri-la Plaza and 1 small one- The Podium in the area. Imagine the traffic jam when all these malls go on sale at the same time.I went to Galleria’s food court recently and was surprised to see that they have renovated. It’s a welcome change. There were also several new and unique kiosks that opened.Sisig is a popular dish in the Philippines. It’s made of pig’s cheeks, nose, ear and liver. It’s usually served on a sizzling plate. It’s a mainstay in menus of bars because it’s fantastic when eaten with iced cold beer. That’s what everyone says. It sounds gross but even Anthony Bourdain proclaimed it delcious and wonderful.

Sisig Hooray sells made to order pork, chicken and bangus (milkfish) sisig. I’d like to try the bangus sisig one of these days. It sounds interesting and not gross at all.

Some of Eggstacy’s products look like it comes straight from Fear Factor. Balut is an incubated duck egg with 16 to 18 day old embryo, while Penoy is an infertile incubated duck egg or with dead embryo. Whatever- they still have EMBRYO in them! Coating them in a heavy batter and frying them is supposed to make it yummier? But that’s just me. A lot of Filipinos actually like eating balut and penoy.

The only thing in their menu that I’ll go for is the salted eggs. Salted eggs are yummy with chopped tomatoes as a salad. It’s also used as topping on congee like the one I ate here.

fried balut, quail eggs

Coconut Republic sells fresh coconuts still in the shell and filled with different toppings. They also have coconut juice and shakes. Everything on the menu looks yummy.